Nerang State High School

Nerang State High School (NSHS) is a state high school located on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia.

Nerang State High School
Location
Gold Coast
,
Queensland

Australia
Coordinates28.00091°S 153.327223°E / -28.00091; 153.327223
Information
TypeState secondary day school
MottoSeek within, strive beyond[1]
Established1986[2]
PrincipalScott Ison[3][4]
Enrolment1,060 (August 2023)[2]
CampusNerang
Colour(s)    Maroon, navy blue, and white
Websitewww.nerangshs.eq.edu.au[2]

Infrastructure

Solar Panels

In 2021, Nerang State High School had 484 solar panels installed and up-and-running.[5] This $310,000 investment[5] was part of Queensland’s "Advancing Clean Energy Schools" (ACES) program that was completed in 2022, which saw a total of 200,000 solar PV panels installed on rooftops at 912 schools across that state.[6]

Curriculum

Languages

The school's language department offers Japanese and Spanish.[2]

Students

Class Sizes

The trend in the average size of classes has been: -

Movie Premiers
Year Year 7 – 10 Year 11 – 12
2018 22 15[7]
2019 22 15[7]
2020 22 18[7]
2021 20 17[8]
2022 21 16[9]

Student Enrolments

In 2023, Nerang State High School was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,295 students.[10]

The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:-

Year Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Boys Girls Total
2014 - - - - - - 435 442 877[11]
2015 - - - - - - 477 514 991[12]
2016 - - - - - - 482 508 990[13]
2017 - - - - - - 507 530 1,037[14]
2018 197 210 209 175 112 123 512 514 1,026[7][15]
2019 230 202 213 204 156 92 561 536 1,097[7][16]
2020 218 229 195 212 180 126 593 567 1,160[7][17]
2021 198 210 199 188 171 152 587 531 1,118[8][18]
2022 205 186 199 190 158 138 572 504 1,076[9][19]
2023 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 1,060[2]

Attendance

In 2017, based on data from Queensland Education and MySchool, Nerang High School had the highest average number of sick days per student (4.75) and the second highest average number of unexplained absences per student (3.69) of any Gold Coast school.[20]

The trend in student attendance has been: -

Year Years Overall
7 8 9 10 11 12
2018 90% 88% 87% 87% 85% 87% 87%[21]
2019 90% 86% 84% 84% 86% 88% 86%[21]
2020 87% 83% 81% 80% 84% 86% 83%[21]
2021 87% 82% 77% 82% 83% 84% 82%[22]
2022 84% 80% 76% 73% 78% 80% 78%[23]

Discipline

The trend in student discipline has been: -

Movie Premiers
Year Short Suspensions
1 – 15 days		 Long Suspensions
6 – 20 days		 Exclusions Cancellations of Enrolment Total
2018 286 4 8 3 301[24]
2019 288 7 11 3 309[24]
2020 240 3 5 0 248[24]
2021 351 9 1 2 363[25]
2022 356 21 10 12 399[26]

Notable Alumni

Sports
Sports
Name Sport Achievements
Shelley Cronau Wheelchair Basketball Paralympic athlete in Tokyo's 2020 Summer Paralympics[27]

See also

References
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  5. Grace, Ignazia Graziella "Grace" (28 July 2022). "Solar power target smashed at Gold Coast state schools". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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  27. Dick, Callum (23 August 2021). "Reigning Paralympic and world champions headline Coast's incredible group competing in Tokyo". Gold Coast Bulletin (www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au). Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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