Coffs Harbour High School | |
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Australia | |
Coordinates | 30°18′20″S153°08′09″E / 30.3055°S 153.1358°E |
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Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
Motto | Latin: Lumen ex tenebris (Light out of darkness[ citation needed ]) |
Established | 1938 |
School district | Coffs Harbour; Regional North |
Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
Principal | Peter South [1] |
Teaching staff | 71 FTE (2018) [2] |
Years | 7–12 |
Enrolment | 1,004 [2] (2018) |
Campus type | Regional |
Colour(s) | Navy, white, and yellow |
Website | coffsharb-h |
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