Parramatta High School
| Parramatta High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°49′03″S 150°59′51″E / 33.81750°S 150.99750°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school |
| Motto | Latin: Fax Mentis Incendium Gloriae (The torch of the mind lights the path to glory) |
| Established | 1913 |
| School district | Parramatta; Sydney metropolitan South |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Principal | (Dominique Splatt - retired 2024) , |
| Enrolment | ~1300 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Royal blue, sky blue, grey, white |
| Newspaper | Phoenix |
| Website | parramatta-h |
Parramatta High School (abbreviated as PHS and colloquially known as Parra High) is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located on the Great Western Highway in the central business district of Parramatta, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1913, the school was the first co-educational school in the Sydney metropolitan area and was previously a fully selective high school. Since 2013, it has been partially selective in the Parramatta region with a high multicultural student base. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and has over 1000 students from Year 7 to Year 12. The school ranked 93rd in 2019 for the NSW Higher School Certificate.