Denmark High School
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Denmark High School is a comprehensive public high school located in the Denmark
Denmark, Western Australia
Denmark is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, south-south-east of the state capital of Perth. At the 2006 census, Denmark had a population of 2,732.-History:...

, a regional centre 400 kilometres (249 mi) south-southeast of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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The school was established in 2000 and caters for students from Year 8 to Year 12. It occupies an area of 19 hectares (47 acre) and is bordered to the west by the Denmark River
Denmark River
The Denmark River is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.The river rises near Pardelup and meanders in a southerly direction until it flows through Denmark into Wilson Inlet ....

 and to the south by the South Coast Highway
South Coast Highway
South Coast Highway is a Western Australia highway. It is a part of the Highway 1 network.With a length of , it runs from Esperance to Walpole roughly in parallel to the Western Australia's south coast...

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The school offers a specialist basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 program for students in Tear 8 to 10 and the school won A-division in basketball for both the boys and girls team in 2011 countryweek
Country Senior High Schools Carnival (Western Australia)
Country Week or Country Senior High Schools Carnival is an annual multi-sport event carnival held in Perth, Western Australia between rural high schools from Western Australia...

tournament.

Enrolments have been trending upward with the school having 229 students in 2007, 247 in 2008, 284 in 2009, 255 in 2010 and 266 in 2011.
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