Collie Senior High School is a comprehensive

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The first school in Collie opened in 1899, when the town was still called ''Coalville''. The initial enrolment was for 55 students. Enrolment doubled the next year and a new school house was built. From 1924 the school was known as ''Collie District High School'', and it became a senior high school in 1952. By 2012 the school had an enrolment of 486 students between Year 8 and Year 12, and enrolled students as of . Enrolments at the school have been reasonably stable over the last few years with , the principal of Collie Senior High School is Bridgid Lafferty.

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* {{Authority control Public high schools in Western Australia Educational institutions established in 1899 1899 establishments in Australia Collie, Western Australia

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