# Billabong High School

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

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Secondary School
- **Gender**: Co-ed
- **Year levels**: Year 7 to Year 12
- **Enrolments**: 312 (2025)
- **Address**: Gordon St, Culcairn NSW 2660
- **Phone**: (02) 6029 8377
- **Website**: https://billabong-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: billabong-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 50513
- **Established**: 1978-01-01

## About

Billabong High School is a rural comprehensive high school located in the Greater Hume Shire between Albury and Wagga Wagga. With approximately 350 students and a teaching staff allocation of 37.4 for 2024, the school provides a nurturing educational environment on Wiradjuri land. Eleven percent of the students identify as having an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, emphasising the school's commitment to inclusivity.

## Educational Priorities
The school focuses on achieving excellence through the School Excellence Framework by driving literacy and numeracy growth and fostering collaborative practices. With a broad range of teachers at different career stages, the school actively seeks higher accreditation and continual improvement in teaching methodologies.

## Supportive Environment
Billabong High School offers three multi-categorical classes, including an integration support class, and has established a Learning and Wellbeing Hub to provide targeted support to students. This hub, along with the previously established Learning Hub, aims to improve students' wellbeing and learning outcomes.

## Facilities and Achievements
The school boasts high-quality facilities such as commercial-grade hospitality and industrial arts spaces, coupled with sporting amenities that enable students to participate in a wide array of sports. Billabong High School has garnered success in many academic areas and has produced numerous students who continue their education at tertiary institutions or are sought after by local businesses.

## Extracurricular Activities
Students engage in various extracurricular activities, including competitive sports, debating, public speaking, and the performing and creative arts. The agriculture program stands out, consistently offering career pathways and celebrating remarkable successes at events like the Royal Melbourne Show. The school promotes good citizenship, encouraging student involvement in community events such as Australia Day and Anzac Day ceremonies.

## Mission

Part of our Rural Community; Creating Paths to the Future; Striving for Excellence.

Motto: "We help every student to learn, grow and succeed."

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 312 |
| 2024 | 338 |
| 2023 | 352 |
| 2022 | 377 |
| 2021 | 372 |
| 2020 | 375 |
| 2019 | 392 |
| 2018 | 384 |
| 2017 | 386 |
| 2016 | 395 |
| 2015 | 372 |
| 2014 | 339 |
| 2013 | 345 |
| 2012 | 331 |
| 2011 | 368 |
| 2010 | 381 |
| 2009 | 386 |
| 2008 | 398 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/50513-billabong-high-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.