Banora Point High School is a
government-funded co-educational
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comprehensive secondary
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day school
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, located in
Banora Point
Banora Point is a suburb located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire
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, a town in the
Northern Rivers
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region of
New South Wales
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, Australia.
Established in 2004, the school catered for approximately 600 students in 2018, from
Year 7
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to
Year 12
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, of whom approximately 12 percent identified as
Indigenous Australians
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and six percent were from a
language background other than English.
NSW Department of Education
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; the principal is Christopher Randle.
See also
* List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P
* List of schools in the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast
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* Education in Australia
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References
External links
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Public high schools in New South Wales
2004 establishments in Australia
Educational institutions established in 2004
Education in Tweed Heads, New South Wales
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