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Coomealla High School is a comprehensive secondary school located close to the Murray River in the Far SW of NSW, near the Victorian Regional Centre of Mildura on Barkindji country. Mildura is a 20 min drive away and is a lively riverside town, with lots of great shops, sporting facilities, cafes, restaurants, wineries, galleries and a performing arts centre.
The school grounds are extensive and cover 23 acres including a productive farm, extensive sporting fields, a double covered COLA and well-equipped music studio. The school supports an active sporting and excursion program and values the involvement of the local community in enrichment opportunities for students. The school's staffing entitlement in 2023 is teaching staff and 12 non-teaching staff. Staff are supportive, talented and caring and work collaboratively to deliver quality learning and wellbeing outcomes for our students.
Current student enrolment is 250 with a support unit of 4 classes. The school has 42% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and a Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) of 145, with 87% of students in the lowest two income quartiles. The school joined the Connected Communities Strategy in 2022 and is currently focused on building quality community partnerships and delivering an inclusive and engaging curriculum to enrich and improve outcomes for students. Our current plans for improvement include student growth in literacy and numeracy, retention to Year 12 and strengthening transition support at both ends of schooling.
We have an active and committed Parents and Citizens' (P&C) Association and strong ties to the local Aboriginal community and Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG).