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Hedland Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in South Hedland, a regional centre 1,632 kilometres (1,014 mi) north east of Perth, Western Australia.
The school was established in 1964 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 603 students between Year 8 and Year 12, 35% of whom were Aboriginal.
The school was initially established as a junior high school but became a high school in 1970 and a senior high school in 1971.[citation needed]
Mining Company, BHP, donated 120 laptop computers and 8 scholarships to the high school in 2005 as part of the companies $3 million commitment to educational opportunities in the Pilbara region.
A fire that was lit under suspicious circumstances broke out in the school’s library in 2008, causing significant damage to the school.
Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady with 619 students enrolled in 2007, 636 in 2008, 666 in 2009, 605 in 2010, 600 in 2011 and 603 in 2012.
Principal Carolyn Cook left the school in 2011 to take up the role at Gilmore College in the southern suburbs of Perth and was replaced by John Burke.