Bracken Ridge State High School

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Bracken Ridge State High School
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Main Entrance, 2023
Location
Bracken Ridge State High School
68 Barfoot Street

Bracken Ridge, Brisbane
,
Queensland
,
4017

Australia [1] [2] [3]
Coordinates 27°18′27″S153°02′38″E / 27.30744°S 153.04392°E / -27.30744; 153.04392
Information
Former nameNashville State High School [4]
Type State secondary day school [5] [3]
MottoStrive To Accomplish [6]
Religious affiliationNon-denominational [5] [3]
Established1967 [2] [3]
Authority Department of Education (Queensland) [2]
PrincipalMichelle Lyons [7] [1]
Staff
  • 63 (Teaching) [2]
  • 32 (Non-Teaching) [2]
Year levels Year 7 – Year 12 [8] : 2 
Gender Coeducational [8] : 2  [5] [3]
Enrolment626 [2]  (August 2025)
LanguageEnglish
Campus typeUrban [2]
Colours
  •   Navy blue
  •   Sky blue
  •   White
Website brackenridgeshs.eq.edu.au [8] : 2  [2] [3]

Bracken Ridge State High School (BRSHS) is a public co-educational secondary school [5] located in the Brisbane suburb of Bracken Ridge (Queensland, Australia), [1] [2] [3] serving the suburbs of Brighton, Bracken Ridge, Nashville, Sandgate, Shorncliffe, and Bald Hills. [2] It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education. The school is located within the Bracken Ridge ward of Brisbane City Council. [9] [10]

Contents

History

The school opened on 23 January 1967, under the name Nashville State High School, [4] which changed to its current name on 25 September 2000. [11] [12]

In 2018, the school developed Australia's first "off the grid" classroom, a classroom using just renewable energy around the clock. [13] [14] [15] The project was run by Hivve Technologies Pty Ltd [16] and received an Australian government grant of more than $370,000 through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. [14]

The school celebrated its 50th anniversary on 1–2 September 2017. [17]

Staff demographics

Staff

In 2024, the school had 63 teachers (59.1 full-time equivalent) and 32 non-teaching staff (23.0 full-time equivalent). [2]

Principals

The school's first principal was Noel Rollings, [18] [19] and, as of 2025, the current principal is Michelle Lyons. [7] [1] The prior principals have included:

Past Principals
TenurePrincipalRef
InitialFinal
2022CurrentMichelle T. Lyons [20] [21] [7] [1] [22] : 2 
20202022Ross W. Bailey [23] [24] [25] [26] : 2 
20152019Roger Atkins [27] [28] [29] : 1 
20112015Jeffrey E. Hennessey† [30] [31] [32] : 1 
20072011David G. Friis [33] [34] [35] : 1 

† During 2014, Regina Garrick (Deputy Principal) took on the role as acting principal. [36] : 1 

Principals prior to this include Jeff J. Major. [37]

Student demographics

Until 2014, the school catered for students from year 8 to year 12, [38] [36] : 4  however, the school has catered for students from year 7 to year 12 from 2015 [39] [29] : 2  to the current day. [2] [1]

In 2025, the school had 626 students enrolled in the school, [2] with a maximum student enrolment capacity of 827 students. [40] Enrolments trends for recent years have included:

Student enrolment trends
YearYearsBoysGirlsTotalSchool
Capacity		Ref
789101112
1991-8877949780--436- [41]
1992-8487848393--431- [41]
1993-7386797771--386- [41]
1994-8274826163--362- [41]
1995-7382806748--350- [41]
1996-9771856561--379- [41]
1997-92100847353--402- [41]
1998-100991056561--379- [41]
1999-1239410810153--479- [41]
2000-112123969084--505- [41]
2001-1191191208378--519- [41]
2002-13211612410875--555- [41]
2003-116131119112103--581- [41]
2004-11211213411088--556- [41]
2005-12010011811190--539- [41]
2006-14412010512083--572- [42]
2007-14414212510794--612- [43]
2008-12713613912786.6--615.6- [44]
2009-11013014014585--610- [35] : 5 
2010------277265542- [45]
2011------250242492- [32] : 4 
2012------262225487- [45]
2013------267233500- [46]
2014------231220451- [38] [36]
Addition of year 7
2015------249218467- [39] [29] : 2 
2016------266217483- [47] [48]
2017------266218484- [49] [50]
201810411698914962263257520- [51] [52]
2019122114119888243290278568- [53] [54]
20201331241161168669344300644718 [55] [26] : 2  [56]
202112712311910810080345312657718 [57] [58] [59]
20221201311171059389337318655718 [60] [22] : 2  [61]
20231161201271088782329311640718 [62] [63] [8] [64]
20241381171211127670325309634718 [65] [66] [67]
2025TBATBATBATBATBATBA329297626718 [2] [68]
2026TBATBATBATBATBATBATBATBATBA827 [40]

In 2025, Indigenous enrolments accounted for a total of 12%, and 13% of students had a Languages Other Than English background. [2] The trend has been:

Multicultural Composition
YearIndigenous (%)Language Background other than English (LBOTE) (%)Ref
201485 [38]
201569 [39]
201678 [47]
201779 [49]
201889 [51]
201979 [53]
202089 [55]
2021910 [57]
2022910 [60]
2023109 [62]
20241210 [65]
20251213 [2]
2026TBATBA

Notable alumni

Notable alumni
StudentAchievementRef
Trent Dalton Novelist and journalist [69]
Jeremy Neale Singer and songwriter [69]
Kári Gíslason Literature professor and author [70]

See also

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