# Woonona High School

Woonona High School is a NSW government secondary school in Woonona, New South Wales, Australia.

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Secondary School
- **Gender**: Co-ed
- **Year levels**: Year 7 to Year 12
- **Enrolments**: 767 (2025)
- **Address**: Nicholson Lane, Woonona NSW 2517
- **Phone**: (02) 4283 1623
- **Website**: https://woonona-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: woonona-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 46435
- **Established**: 1964-01-01

## About

Woonona High School is a comprehensive co-educational school celebrating over 50 years of quality education, situated in the northern Illawarra. The school prioritises excellence, innovation, and success by providing students with a diverse and extensive curriculum. Students benefit from enrichment classes across all year groups, a specialist creative and performing arts class, and an accelerated visual arts program. The school also offers remarkable extracurricular activities and a wide vocational education and training program, which includes alternative patterns of study.

A strong emphasis is placed on student wellbeing and achievement, recognising the relationship between academic, physical, and emotional development as vital to successful educational outcomes. Woonona High School is committed to quality teaching and assessment, maintaining high expectations for all students. In partnership with the University of Wollongong, the school is involved in developing excellence in teacher professional learning.

Leadership opportunities are readily available for students, with encouragement to engage in leadership roles and volunteer activities in both the school and the wider community, supported by an active Student Representative Council. The school also boasts a proud history of sporting achievements, with students representing Australia and NSW in a variety of sports including Athletics, Basketball, Netball, and more. Woonona High School reflects strong community expectations and fosters productive partnerships with parents to enhance student success and opportunities.

## Mission

Woonona High School - where every student is provided with every opportunity for success.

Motto: "Respect - Integrity - Success - Excellence"

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 767 |
| 2024 | 821 |
| 2023 | 867 |
| 2022 | 894 |
| 2021 | 885 |
| 2020 | 850 |
| 2019 | 795 |
| 2018 | 735 |
| 2017 | 642 |
| 2016 | 599 |
| 2015 | 568 |
| 2014 | 593 |
| 2013 | 584 |
| 2012 | 608 |
| 2011 | 657 |
| 2010 | 736 |
| 2009 | 754 |
| 2008 | 787 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/46435-woonona-high-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.