Broome Senior High School

Coordinates: 17°57′22″S 122°13′57″E / 17.9560°S 122.2326°E

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Broome Senior High School
Location

Broome, Kimberley region, Western Australia Australia
Coordinates	17°57′22″S 122°13′57″E / 17.9560°S 122.2326°E / -17.9560; 122.2326
Information
Type	Public co-educational high day school
Motto	Perseverance and Integrity
Established	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Educational authority	WA Department of Education
Principal	Mathew Burt^[1]
Years	7–12
Enrolment	900 (2021)
Campus type	Regional
Website	www.broomeshs.wa.edu.au

Broome Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in Broome, a regional centre in the Kimberley region, 2,240 kilometres (1,392 mi) north east of Perth, Western Australia.

Overview

The school was established in 1972 and by 2015 had an enrolment of 900 students between Year 7 and Year 12, approximately 40% of whom were Indigenous Australians.

The school was initially founded as a district high school in 1972, but in 1990 the senior high school and the primary school separated forming Broome Senior high School.^[2]

In 2008 the school was hit by fire causing over $50,000 in damage,^[3] including destroying a transportable classroom.

Enrolments at the school have increased as the Western Australia School system increased the number of high school years from 5 to 6. Much of growth is from these changes as well as the slow steady growth of Broome as a tourist and economic hub in the West Kimberley. 448 students in 2007, 502 in 2008, 527 in 2009, 511 in 2010, 492 in 2011 and 560 in 2012

The school has had R Dorn, G Ransom, G Downsborough, S Amin and M Burt as Principals.

References

^ "Department of Education Schools online". 2009. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
^ "Broome SHS – Parent Info". 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ "ABC News – Fire hits Broome high school". 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

External links

Broome Senior High School website

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