Grafton High School (abbreviated as GHS) is government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located in Grafton, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.
Grafton High School | |
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Australia | |
Coordinates | 29°40′58″S 152°55′59″E / 29.682698°S 152.933059°E |
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Type | Government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school |
Motto | Latin: Enitere ad finem (Strive to the end) |
Established | 1912 |
School district | Rural North[1] |
Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
Principal | Scott Dinham[2] |
Teaching staff | 72.2 FTE (2018)[3] |
Years | 7–12 |
Enrolment | 905[3] (2018) |
Campus type | Regional |
Colour(s) | Navy and white |
Website | grafton-h |
Established in 1912, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 15 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and four percent were from a language background other than English.[3] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Scott Dinham.[2]
Grafton High School was established on 1 January 1912 and opened on 1 July of that year as a formal education system was being established in New South Wales. A new building opened on 17 May 1915.[4]
Since at least the 1960s, but according to an attached note since 1915, the school has been home to the head of an Egyptian mummy.[5]