Bracken Ridge State High School (BRSHS) is a public co-educational secondary school located in the Brisbane suburb of Bracken Ridge (Queensland, Australia), serving the suburbs of Brighton, Bracken Ridge, Nashville, Sandgate, Shorncliffe, and Bald Hills. It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education. The school is located within the Bracken Ridge ward of Brisbane City Council.
History The school opened on 23 January 1967, under the name Nashville State High School, which changed to its current name on 25 September 2000.
In 2018, the school developed Australia's first "off the grid" classroom, a classroom using just renewable energy around the clock. The project was run by Hivve Technologies Pty Ltd and received an Australian government grant of more than $370,000 through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
The school celebrated its 50th anniversary on 1–2 September 2017.
Staff demographics Staff In 2024, the school had 63 teachers (59.1 full-time equivalent) and 32 non-teaching staff (23.0 full-time equivalent).
Principals The school's first principal was Noel Rollings, and, as of 2025, the current principal is Michelle Lyons. The prior principals have included:
+ Past PrincipalsTenurePrincipalRef Initial Final 2022 Current Michelle T. Lyons 2020 2022 Ross W. Bailey 2015 2019 Roger Atkins 2011 2015 Jeffrey E. Hennessey 2007 2011 David G. Friis
During 2014, Regina Garrick (Deputy Principal) took on the role as acting principal.
Principals prior to this include Jeff J. Major.
Student demographics
Until 2014, the school catered for students from year 8 to year 12, however, the school has catered for students from year 7 to year 12 from 2015 to the current day.
In 2025, the school had 626 students enrolled in the school, with a maximum student enrolment capacity of 827 students. Enrolments trends for recent years have included:
+ Student enrolment trendsYearYearsBoysGirlsTotalSchoolCapacityRef 7 8 9 10 11 12 1991 - 88 77 94 97 80 - - 436 - 1992 - 84 87 84 83 93 - - 431 - 1993 - 73 86 79 77 71 - - 386 - 1994 - 82 74 82 61 63 - - 362 - 1995 - 73 82 80 67 48 - - 350 - 1996 - 97 71 85 65 61 - - 379 - 1997 - 92 100 84 73 53 - - 402 - 1998 - 100 99 105 65 61 - - 379 - 1999 - 123 94 108 101 53 - - 479 - 2000 - 112 123 96 90 84 - - 505 - 2001 - 119 119 120 83 78 - - 519 - 2002 - 132 116 124 108 75 - - 555 - 2003 - 116 131 119 112 103 - - 581 - 2004 - 112 112 134 110 88 - - 556 - 2005 - 120 100 118 111 90 - - 539 - 2006 - 144 120 105 120 83 - - 572 - 2007 - 144 142 125 107 94 - - 612 - 2008 - 127 136 139 127 86.6 - - 615.6 - 2009 - 110 130 140 145 85 - - 610 - 2010 - - - - - - 277 265 542 - 2011 - - - - - - 250 242 492 - 2012 - - - - - - 262 225 487 - 2013 - - - - - - 267 233 500 - 2014 - - - - - - 231 220 451 -Addition of year 7 2015 - - - - - - 249 218 467 - 2016 - - - - - - 266 217 483 - 2017 - - - - - - 266 218 484 -2018 104 116 98 91 49 62 263 257 520 - 2019 122 114 119 88 82 43 290 278 568 - 2020 133 124 116 116 86 69 344 300 644 718 2021 127 123 119 108 100 80 345 312 657 718 2022 120 131 117 105 93 89 337 318 655 718 2023 116 120 127 108 87 82 329 311 640 718 2024 138 117 121 112 76 70 325 309 634 718 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 329 297 626 718 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 827
In 2025, Indigenous enrolments accounted for a total of 12%, and 13% of students had a Languages Other Than English background. The trend has been:
+ Multicultural CompositionYearIndigenous (%)Language Background other than English (LBOTE) (%)Ref 2014 8 5 2015 6 9 2016 7 8 2017 7 92018 8 9 2019 7 9 2020 8 9 2021 9 10 2022 9 10 2023 10 9 2024 12 10 2025 12 13 2026 TBA TBA
Notable alumni
+ Notable alumni Student Achievement Ref Trent Dalton Novelist and journalist Jeremy Neale Singer and songwriter Kári Gíslason Literature professor and author
See also
Education in Queensland History of state education in Queensland List of schools in Greater Brisbane List of schools in Queensland Lists of schools in Australia
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