The Rivers Secondary College is a multi-
campus government-funded co-educational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
comprehensive secondary day school
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, with three campuses located in the
City of Lismore
The City of Lismore is a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The seat of the local government area is Lismore, a major regional centre of the state.
The mayor of Lismore City Council since Decemb ...
in the
Northern Rivers
Northern Rivers is the most north-easterly region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located between north of the state capital, Sydney, and encompasses the catchments and fertile valleys of the Clarence, Richmond, and Tweed rivers. ...
region of
New South Wales
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Australia.
Established in 2016
[ through the administrative merger of ]Richmond River High School
Richmond River High Campus, part of The Rivers Secondary College, is a dual-campus government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus, located in North Lismore, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Austral ...
, Lismore High School
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, and Kadina High School, combined the College enrolled approximately 1,380 students in 2022, from Year 7
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to Year 12, including approximately 20 percent of whom identified as Indigenous Australians
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and approximately eight percent of whom are from a language background other than English.NSW Department of Education
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; and the Executive Principal of the College is Chris Randle.[
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See also
* List of government schools in New South Wales
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A secondary school des ...
* Education in Australia
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Public high schools in New South Wales
Educational institutions established in 2016
Lismore, New South Wales
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