Denmark Senior High School | |
Former Name: | Denmark High School |
Motto: | Strive to Achieve |
Established: | 2000 |
Type: | Public co-educational high day school |
Principal: | Kath Ward |
City: | Denmark |
State: | Western Australia |
Country: | Australia |
Coordinates: | -34.9574°N 117.3654°W |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Western Australia |
Pushpin Image: | Australia Western Australia relief location map.png |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western Australia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Educational Authority: | WA Department of Education |
Campus Type: | Rural |
Enrolment: | 427 |
Enrolment As Of: | 2020 |
Denmark Senior High School, previously Denmark High School, is a comprehensive public co-educational high school, located in Denmark, a regional centre 400km (200miles) south-southeast of Perth, Western Australia.
The school was established in 2000 and caters for students from Year 7 to Year 12.[1] It occupies an area of 19ha and is bordered to the west by the Denmark River and to the south by the South Coast Highway.
The school offers a specialist basketball program for students in Year 8 to 10 and the school won A-division in basketball for both the boys and girls team in 2011 countryweek tournament.[2]
Enrolments have been trending upward with the school having 229 students in 2007, 247 in 2008, 284 in 2009, 255 in 2010, 266 in 2011 and 280 in 2012.
In 2013 the school appeared in the top 50 schools for WACE results at position 25 making it the top school in the Great Southern region.[3]
In 2015 the school was renamed from Denmark High School to Denmark Senior High School.[4]