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North Rockhampton State High School

FieldValue
nameNorth Rockhampton State High School
addressBerserker Street
cityNorth Rockhampton
stateQueensland
postcode4701
countryAustralia
typeState secondary day school
coordinates
motto
motto_translationRemember to Keep Your Faith
established1956
authorityDepartment of Education (Queensland)
principalKurt Goodwin
principal_label1Deputy Principals
principal1
staff
gradesYear 7 – Year 12
grades_labelYear levels
area26 acre
genderCoeducational
enrolment968
enrolment_as_ofAugust 2025
homepage
box_width28em

North Rockhampton State High School, colloquially known as 'North Rocky', is a co-educational State High School at Beserker Street, Frenchville, Rockhampton (Queensland, Australia), in the Central Queensland region of that state.

History

North Rockhampton State High School was founded on 23 January 1956, initially renting rooms from two churches and a nearby business when the school buildings were not completed in time for the start of the school year. In 1970s, the school was the second largest state high school in Queensland.

Administration

The school has a teaching staff of 81 (Full-time equivalent: 79.4) and a non-teaching staff of 42 (Full-time equivalent: 34.5).

The first principal of the school when it opened in 1956 was Victor G. Honour. As of 2026, the current principal is Kurt Goodwin. Recent principals have included:

PrincipalTenureInitial YearRefFinal YearRef
Kurt Goodwintitle=Our Staffwebsite=North Rockhampton State High School (www.northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au)url=https://northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au/our-school/our-stafflanguage=enaccess-date=23 January 2026archive-url=https://archive.today/20260123224034/https://northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au/our-school/our-staffarchive-date=23 January 2026url-status=livedf=dmy}}
Janet Youngtitle=Congratulations to our graduating class of Year 12 students who finished their schooling on Friday 15 November, 2019.date=18 November 2019via=Facebook(North Rockhampton State High)publisher=North Rockhampton State High (www.northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au)url=https://www.facebook.com/NorthRockhamptonSHS/posts/congratulations-to-our-graduating-class-of-year-12-students-who-finished-their-s/963811423992387language=enaccess-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://archive.today/20251031-030311/https://www.facebook.com/NorthRockhamptonSHS/posts/congratulations-to-our-graduating-class-of-year-12-students-who-finished-their-s/963811423992387archive-date=31 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
Judith Newman
P. O'Beirne
L. Ferguson
G.J. Williams
B. Kehoe
P. MacDonald
A.G. Matthews
E.K. Haughton
C.J.R. Spall
A.F. Pembleton
D.J. Watson
Victor G. Honour

Students

Years

The school caters for Year 7 to Year 12 Queensland secondary schools started catering for year 7 to align Queensland with the other states, as part of the official implementation in 2015 of Anna Bligh's state-wide "Flying Start" program. As part of a 2013 trial, some schools implemented this transition early.

Enrolments

The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:-

YearYears (7 – 12)BoysGirlsTotalRef78910111220102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
------456478934title=North Rockhampton State High School│School annual report│Queensland state school reporting│2010date=16 June 2010website=North Rockhampton State High School (www.northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au)publisher=Department of Education (Queensland)url=https://northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2010.pdflanguage=enaccess-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia800806.us.archive.org/29/items/annual-report-2010_202510/annual-report-2010.pdfarchive-date=31 October 2025url-status=live}}
------439467906title=North Rockhampton State High School│School annual report│Queensland state school reporting│2011date=27 July 2012website=North Rockhampton State High School (www.northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au)publisher=Department of Education (Queensland)url=https://northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2011.pdflanguage=enaccess-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia600406.us.archive.org/35/items/annual-report-2011_202510/annual-report-2011.pdfarchive-date=31 October 2025url-status=live}}
------463476939title=North Rockhampton State High School│School annual report│Queensland state school reporting│2012date=1 July 2013website=North Rockhampton State High School (www.northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au)publisher=Department of Education (Queensland)url=https://northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2012.pdflanguage=enaccess-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia800702.us.archive.org/19/items/annual-report-2012_202510/annual-report-2012.pdfarchive-date=31 October 2025url-status=live}}
------451438889title=North Rockhampton State High School│School annual report│Queensland state school reporting│2013date=22 May 2014website=North Rockhampton State High School (www.northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au)publisher=Department of Education (Queensland)url=https://northrockhamptonshs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2013.pdflanguage=enaccess-date=25 October 2025archive-url=https://ia601008.us.archive.org/27/items/annual-report-2013_20251031/annual-report-2013.pdfarchive-date=31 October 2025url-status=live}}
------454420874title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2014date=2014url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=3access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia601205.us.archive.org/21/items/acara-2014_20251030/acara-2014.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
------518452970title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2015date=2015url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=3access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia600106.us.archive.org/8/items/acara-2015_20251030/acara-2015.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
------480426906title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2016date=2016url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=5access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia601009.us.archive.org/28/items/acara-2016_20251030/acara-2016.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
------472439911title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2017date=2017url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=5access-date=25 October 2025archive-url=https://ia800702.us.archive.org/13/items/acara-2017_20251030/acara-2017.pdfarchive-date=25 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
------431439870title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2018date=2018url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=4access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia600309.us.archive.org/28/items/acara-2018_20251030/acara-2018.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
------450445895title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2019date=2019url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=2access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia600204.us.archive.org/15/items/acara-2019_20251030/acara-2019.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
16117918017314193462465927title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2020date=2020url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=2access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia600702.us.archive.org/29/items/acara-2020_20251030/acara-2020.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
187169159161139108481442923title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2021date=2021url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=2access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia601502.us.archive.org/24/items/acara-2021_20251030/acara-2021.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
190180160152155103485455940title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2022date=2022url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=2access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia600204.us.archive.org/22/items/acara-2022_20251030/acara-2022.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
162186181177144124490484974title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2023date=2023url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2023website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=2access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia601205.us.archive.org/26/items/acara-2023_20251030/acara-2023.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
130158179210161141498481979title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2024date=2024url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2024website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enpage=2access-date=31 October 2025archive-url=https://ia600808.us.archive.org/20/items/acara-2024_20251030/acara-2024.pdfarchive-date=30 October 2025url-status=livedf=dmy}}
145138157197190141506462968title=North Rockhampton State High School, Frenchville, QLD → 2025date=2025url=https://myschool.edu.au/school/47436/profile/2025website=My Schoolpublisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)language=enaccess-date=21 January 2026archive-url=https://ia601707.us.archive.org/6/items/acara-2025_202601/acara-2025.pngarchive-date=22 January 2026url-status=livedf=dmy}}
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Cultural Diversity

Indigenous

The school is located on traditional lands of the Darumbal people.

Multiculturalism

The recent trends in multicultural composition been:

YearIndigenousLBOTERef
201415%7%
201518%8%
201619%8%
201722%9%
201824%10%
201924%10%
202026%10%
202125%10%
202224%10%
202326%10%
202428%11%
20253213%
2026TBATBA

Sports

Houses

The school's five sports houses are named after geography and historical explorers significant to the local area:

House NameGeography and historical explorersMascotColourRef
ArcherArcher brothers, Explorers and pastoralistsPegasusRed
BerserkerBerserker Range named after Norse “Berserkers”WarriorBlue
FitzroyFitzroy River named after Governor Charles Augustus FitzRoy.FalconGreen
KeppelKeppel Bay named after Admiral Augustus KeppelCobraYellow

Competition

Every year, North Rocky High holds Interhouse Athletics and Swimming Carnivals. Before Easter, the school holds an Interhouse Cross-Country day at Kemp Beach on the Capricorn Coast.

Notable alumni

AlumniNotorietyRef
Steve BaxterAustralian entrepreneur, known for his work at PIPE Networks, StartupAUS and River City Labs, is now a 'shark' on Network Ten reality television series, Shark Tank, which is based on the international Dragons' Den format.
Jamie DwyerField hockey player and Olympic gold medalist: {{unbulleted liststyle=margin-left:2em2004 Athens (Mens Field Hockey) - Gold
Mark KnowlesField hockey player and Olympic gold medalist: {{unbulleted liststyle=margin-left:2em2004 Athens (Mens Field Hockey) - Gold
Craig ZoncaAustralian radio broadcaster, was presenter of ABC Local Radio's long-running rural affairs program, The Queensland Country Hour from 2013 until 2016. In December 2016, he was announced as Spencer Howson's replacement as breakfast presenter on 612 ABC Brisbane.

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