Coffs Harbour High School

Coffs Harbour High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Coffs Harbour, in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The aboriginal country the school is built on is Gumbaynggirr Country.

Coffs Harbour High School
Location
Coffs Harbour, Mid North Coast region of New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	30°18′20″S 153°08′09″E
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Lumen ex tenebris (Light out of darkness[citation needed])
Established	1938; 87 years ago (1938)
School district	Coffs Harbour; Regional North
Educational authority	NSW Department of Education
Principal	Peter South[1]
Teaching staff	71 FTE (2018)[2]
Years	7–12
Enrolment	1,004[2] (2018)
Campus type	Regional
Colour(s)	Navy, white, and yellow
Website	coffsharb-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in 1938, the school enrolled approximately 1,000 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, including nine percent of students who identified as Indigenous Australians and fifteen percent who were from a language background other than English.^[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Peter South.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Bob Brown – a former Australian politician, medical doctor, and environmentalist^[3]
• Mark McGowan – 30th Premier of Western Australia^[4]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Schools portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales: A–F
• List of schools in the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast
• Education in Australia
• Coffs Harbour Senior College