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Taroona High School | |
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Meath Avenue Australia | |
Coordinates | 42°56′34″S 147°21′16″E / 42.94278°S 147.35444°E |
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Type | Government comprehensive junior secondary school |
Motto | Enriching lives through learning |
Established | 1958 |
Status | Open |
School district | Southern |
Educational authority | Department for Education, Children and Young People |
Oversight | Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards & Certification |
Principal | Charles White |
Teaching staff | 79.9 FTE (2024)[1] |
Years | Year 7-12[1] |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrolment | 1,159[1] (2024) |
Campus type | Suburban |
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Website | taroonahigh |
Taroona High School is a government co-educational comprehensive junior secondary school located in Taroona, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1958, the school caters for approximately 1,100 students from Years 7 to 10. The school is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Education.
In 2019 student enrollments were 1,110.[1] The school principal is Charles White.[2] The school is planning to expand into years 11 and 12 with limited courses starting in the 2022 school year at the University of Tasmania campus.[3]
The school's most notable former student is Queen Mary of Denmark.