Ballina High School
Ballina Coast High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on Cherry Street, in Ballina, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1956 as Ballina High School, the school enrolled 722 students in 2025, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 19 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and eight percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the current principal is Peter Howes.
Ballina High School
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- Ballina Coast High School
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• Name — Ballina Coast High School • Location — Cherry Street, Ballina, Northern Rivers region, New South Wales • Country — Australia • Established — (as Ballina High School) • Type — Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school • Educational Authority — NSW Department of Education • District — Lennox Coast; Regional North • Grades Label — Years • Grades — 7–12 • Principal — Peter Howes • Teaching Staff — 67.9 FTE (2025) • Enrolment — 722 • Enrolment As Of — 2025 • Campus Type — Regional • Website — ballina-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
History
History
Ballina High School was established in 1956 in Burnett Street, Ballina; as the first high school in Ballina to be opened. In 2013, approximately 470 students were enrolled. In February 2015 it was announced that students in Year 7 to Year 12 at both Ballina High School and Southern Cross K–12 would combine to form the $40 million super school "Ballina Coast High School". New school and community facilities were built on the existing Ballina High School site and completed prior to the 2019 school year. Southern Cross will continue to cater for students in Year K to Year 6 and support units and will be the site for all distance education in Ballina. In 2017 demolition of Ballina High School began and the remaining students in Year 8 to Year 12 were moved to the Southern Cross campus along with the first year to begin the formation of Ballina Coast High School.
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• Simon Bakeractor • Chris Higginseconomist • Francine McRaesoftball player • Kerry Saxby-Junnarace walker
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- 1.New South Wales Department of Education. Annual Report 2018. Ballina Coast High School. 2. 25 June 2019.
- 2.Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Ballina Coast High School, Ballina, NSW: School profile. My School. 2025.
- 3.NSW Department of Education and Communities. Annual School Report 2013. Ballina High School. 2013.
- 4.Lennox lad struts the walk of fame. The Northern Star. 2 February 2013.
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