Applecross Senior High School | |
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Location | |
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Coordinates | 32°01′46″S115°50′05″E / 32.0295114°S 115.8348206°E |
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Type | Public co-educational high school |
Motto | Achieve |
Established | 1958 |
Educational authority | WA Department of Education |
Principal | Paul Leech |
Enrolment | 1,731 [1] (Semester 1, 2021) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Black, green, red and white |
Website | www |
Applecross Senior High School is a public co-educational high school, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Founded in 1958, [2] Applecross Senior High School has traditionally been one of the leading public high schools in Western Australia and consistently ranks academically within the top ten secondary schools in the state. [3] [4] [5] Applecross has produced two Rhodes Scholars. [6]
Applecross runs dedicated art, tennis and chess programs, and has traditionally been dominant in these areas. [7] [8] [9] [10] It also runs Academic Extension classes, for those students talented in the areas of English, Maths, Science, Society and Environment, French and Japanese.
Like many WA high schools, Applecross is a partially selective high school with out-of-area students accepted on a number of criteria. [11]
The school was opened in 1958 to service the rapidly growing south-of-the-river suburbs of the city of Perth. As of 2021 [update] 1,731 students from Years 7 to 12 attended the school. [1]
In 2009 the WA Government allocated $56 million for the re-development of the school. A competitive tender process was completed in April 2010. The original school 'H' block, science block, swimming pool, and the 1970s gymnasium was retained. All other existing buildings were removed. A new south wing on the site of the existing tennis courts was designed to house a new administration area, library, resource centre, science, home economics and health and physical education wings. A new design, and technology centre was constructed to the east of the swimming pool and a new visual arts centre was located on the site of existing basketball courts. The gymnasium was converted into a performing arts centre, while the original 'H' block was refurbished for use by business/information technology, careers & vocational education, English, languages, mathematics, society & environment and student services. [12]
The school crest is a combination of a black swan holding a book, signifying proximity to the Swan River, with a hand holding a scimitar, emerging from a five-pointed crown ("issuant from an eastern crown or, a dexter hand holding a scimitar, in fess all proper"), the crest of the Chief of the Matheson clan. Sir Alexander Matheson Bt of Lochalsh, a property developer who in 1897 initiated the subdivision of the suburb of Applecross, became Chief of the Clan in 1920 on the death of his brother, the 2nd Baronet. [13] [14]
The Year-12 cohort at Applecross perform consistently well in the WACE school rankings, and the school ranks well when compared to other schools in Western Australia.
WA school ATAR ranking
Year | Rank | Median ATAR | Eligible students | Students with ATAR | % students with ATAR | Notes |
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2017 | 25 | 86.15 | 229 | 158 | 69.00 | [15] |
2016 | 24 | 85.10 | 237 | 175 | 74.76 | [16] |
Year 12 student achievement data
Year | Rank [lower-roman 1] | % +75 in WACE [lower-roman 2] | Rank | % +65 in WACE [lower-roman 3] | % graduates [lower-roman 4] | Notes |
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2015 | 33 | 13.54 | 28 | 39.05 | 97.71 | [17] |
2014 | >50 | <10.03 | 40 | 34.94 | 100 | [18] |
2013 | 41 | 10.98 | 46 | 31.75 | 100 | [19] |
2012 | >50 | <9.88 | 45 | 35.64 | 100 | [20] |
2011 | 35 | 13.54 | 41 | 44.68 | 97.51 | [21] |
2010 | 33 | 13.22 | 48 | 43.61 | 98.47 | [22] |
2009 | 26 | 38.54 (>75% minimum of one subject) | 25 | 44.39 (64.6% or more) | 98.42 | [23] |
Beazley Medals
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