Lesmurdie Senior High School
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Lesmurdie Senior High School is a public high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in Lesmurdie, 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...

, Australia
Australia
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.

History

The school was established in 1981 and caters for students in Year 8 to 12.

Enrolments at the school hve been relatively stable over the last five years with 869 students in 2007, 930 in 2008, 887 in 2009, 833 in 2010 and 866 in 2011.

Catchment area

Lesmurdie's catchment area has been specified by the Department of Education and Training to include the suburbs of Lesmurdie
Lesmurdie, Western Australia
Lesmurdie is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda.It is viewed as being a rival suburb to the neighbouring suburb of Kalamunda directly to the north. The main access to the suburb from the Swan Coastal Plain is via Welshpool Road, that snakes its way up the...

, Walliston
Walliston, Western Australia
Walliston is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda.Prior to 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range Railway. It was named after John and Emma Wallis, the area's first settlers who arrived in the 1880s...

, Carmel
Carmel, Western Australia
Carmel is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda.Prior to 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range Railway. The railway siding was originally known as Green's Landing after Perth businessman Levi Green, who had moved into the area in 1844...

, Pickering Brook
Pickering Brook, Western Australia
Pickering Brook is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda.Prior to 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range Railway....

, Wattle Grove
Wattle Grove, Western Australia
Wattle Grove is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda.-Description:Wattle Grove is approximately 3/4 Semi Rural, and 1/4 Urban Development...

 and Bickley. Lesmurdie's feeder primary schools are Falls Road, Lesmurdie, Pickering Brook, Walliston and Wattle Grove. Some students from Falls Road and Walliston catchment are able to attend Kelmscott Senior High School
Kelmscott Senior High School
Kelmscott Senior High School is a public co-educational high school in Western Australia. The school is located on Cammillo Road in the suburb of Kelmscott.The school was established in 1973 and caters for students in Year 8 to 12....

 and some studnts from the Wattle Grove catchment can attend Forrestfield Senior High School.

Its neighbour high schools are Kalamunda Senior High School
Kalamunda Senior High School
Kalamunda Senior High School is a government, co-educational, secondary day school located in Kalamunda, a suburb north of Perth, Western Australia.Kalamunda Senior High School offers a comprehensive education to students from Year 8 to Year 12....

 to the north, Thornlie Senior High School
Thornlie Senior High School
Thornlie Senior High School is an Public high school in Western Australia. The school is located on Ovens Road in the suburb of Thornlie.The school was established in 1971 and caters for students from Year 8 to Year 12...

 to the south-west and Forrestfield Senior High School to the west.
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