Taroona High School
government comprehensive junior secondary school in Australia
Taroona High School is a government co-educational comprehensive junior secondary school located in Taroona, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1958, the school caters for approximately 1,200 students from Years 7 to 10 (Taroona@UTAS caters for years 11 to 12). The school is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Education.
In 2019 student enrollments were 1,110. The school principal is Charles White. The school is planning to expand into years 11 and 12 with limited courses starting in the 2022 school year at the University of Tasmania campus.
The school's most notable former student is Queen Mary of Denmark.
Facilities
The school is located on the shore of the River Derwent, with a rocky beach. In 2003 Taroona High School underwent a major redevelopment. The school feeder zone covers students in the southern suburbs of Hobart such as Taroona, Dynnyrne and Sandy Bay but students also come from access schools in a wide range of other areas such as West Hobart and Blackmans Bay.
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