St Ives High School

St Ives High School is a coeducational government high school located on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, Australia. Approximately 850 students are enrolled at the school each year. Due to its location, the school has extensive views of the city skyline from its spacious grounds. Apart from the immediate local area of St Ives, the school's intake area extends through Hornsby to north of Mount Colah.

Brief history

The building development of the school began in 1963. Prior to the development, the school had an enrolment of 150 students. Due to the incomplete construction, these students were transferred to Asquith Boys High School, Hornsby Girls' High School and Asquith Girls High School. They were segregated from the other students at their respective foster schools as they had their own uniform and classes. When the construction finally finished in 1964, students were able to start classes at their own school. However, the infrastructure of the school was still unfinished. The students and staff had neither electricity nor gas and the windows were unglazed.

Achievements

St Ives High School has achieved consistent results at the Higher School Certificate with 90% of its Year 12 students awarded a HSC achieving an ATAR of over seventy or more each year, higher than the state's average. Other participation by students include:

• Dramatic, dance and musical productions
• Instrumental and choral performances
• Visual Arts and Design and Technology exhibitions