Merrimac State High School | |
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Dunlop Court , , 4218 | |
Coordinates | 28°02′24″S153°25′04″E / 28.0400°S 153.4177°E |
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Type | State secondary day school |
Motto | Pride in excellence [3] |
Established | 1979 [4] [1] |
Principal | Rachel Cutajar [3] [2] |
Year levels | Year 7 – Year 12 [4] [2] |
Gender | Coeducational [5] |
Enrolment | 970 |
Campus size | 10.4 acres (0.042 km2) [6] |
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Website | merrimacshs |
Merrimac State High School is a public high school in Mermaid Waters (Queensland, Australia). [1] [2] The school falls within Division 12 of Gold Coast council. [8]
In 2015, Anna Bligh's state-wide "Flying Start" program was officially implemented to align Queensland with the other states by transferring year 7 into the high school system, [9] meaning that in 2015 Merrimac State High School started catering for years 7 – 12. [10] [11]
In 2023, Merrimac State High School was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,492 students. [12]
The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:-
Year | Years | Gender | Total | Ref | ||||||
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7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Boys | Girls | |||
2010 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 679 | 613 | 1,292 | [13] |
2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 640 | 590 | 1,230 | [14] |
2012 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 690 | 618 | 1,308 | [15] |
2013 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 662 | 651 | 1,313 | [16] |
2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 660 | 619 | 1,279 | [10] [17] |
Addition of year 7 | ||||||||||
2015 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 699 | 700 | 1,399 | [11] [18] |
2016 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 636 | 622 | 1,258 | [19] [20] |
2017 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 628 | 579 | 1,207 | [21] [22] |
2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 605 | 595 | 1,200 | [23] [24] |
2019 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 605 | 624 | 1,229 | [25] [26] |
2020 | 217 | 234 | 197 | 210 | 194 | 182 | 623 | 611 | 1,234 | [27] [28] |
2021 | 250 | 220 | 235 | 183 | 192 | 143 | 623 | 600 | 1,223 | [29] [30] |
2022 | 224 | 225 | 203 | 208 | 167 | 147 | 593 | 581 | 1,174 | [31] [32] |
2023 | 165 | 203 | 210 | 191 | 199 | 115 | 557 | 526 | 1,083 | [5] [33] |
2024 | 177 | 144 | 199 | 181 | 176 | 142 | 513 | 506 | 1,019 | [34] |
2025 | 151 | 172 | 138 | 195 | 170 | 144 | TBA | TBA | 970 |
Name | Graduation date | Achievement | Ref |
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Pete Evans | 1990 | Chef, author, and My Kitchen Rules judge | [35] |