Wagga Wagga High School

Wagga Wagga High School (abbreviated as WWHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on Coleman Street, Wagga Wagga, a city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.

Wagga Wagga High School
Wagga Wagga High School, pictured in 2011
Location
Wagga Wagga, Riverina, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	35°7′26″S 147°21′54″E
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Vincit Qui Se Vincit (Success through self-discipline)
Established	1912; 113 years ago (1912)[1]
School district	Riverina
Educational authority	NSW Department of Education
Principal	Chris Davies
Teaching staff	78.4 FTE (2018)[2]
Years	7–12
Enrolment	1,044[2] (2018)
Campus type	Regional
Colour(s)	Blue and white
Website	waggawagga-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Established in 1912, the school catered for approximately 1,050 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom eight percent identified as Indigenous Australians and twelve percent were from a language background other than English.^[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Chris Davies.

Overview

The school was the first state secondary school established in Wagga Wagga, and is currently the oldest still operating. Wagga Wagga High School was originally located on Gurwood Street, closer to the CBD. It moved to its current site in 1917, and now serves five feeder primary schools in Wagga Wagga and the surrounding region.^[1][4]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Schools portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales: Q–Z
• List of schools in the Riverina
• Education in Australia