Elizabeth Macarthur High School
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Elizabeth Macarthur High School is an academically selective and community high school in New South Wales
located in the suburb of Narellan Vale. The school is the first official partial selective high school in the Camden region, found on the outskirts of metropolitan Sydney
. It is named in honour of Elizabeth Macarthur
, wife of John Macarthur
, who were agricultural pioneers of Australia
, notable for the establishment of the Australian Merino wool industry.
results, was 386th in New South Wales, its highest rank being equal 90th for Year 9 Reading with 8 other high schools.
The school is an agricultural high school, capable of providing students with the subject of Agriculture. The school has an established performance in livestock shows, such as the Camden Show and the Royal Easter Show, where students who participate do so in sacrifice of their own time.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
located in the suburb of Narellan Vale. The school is the first official partial selective high school in the Camden region, found on the outskirts of metropolitan Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. It is named in honour of Elizabeth Macarthur
Elizabeth Macarthur
Elizabeth Macarthur was born in Devon, England, the daughter of provincial farmers, Richard and Grace Veale, of Cornish origin. Her father died when she was 7; her mother remarried when she was 11, leaving Elizabeth in the care of her grandfather John and friends. Elizabeth married Plymouth...
, wife of John Macarthur
John MacArthur
John MacArthur may refer to:* John Macarthur , Australian wool industry pioneer and Rum Rebel* John McArthur, Jr. , American architect* John McArthur , Union general during the American Civil War...
, who were agricultural pioneers of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, notable for the establishment of the Australian Merino wool industry.
Introduction
Established in 1988, the school officially became an academically selective school in 2010, where currently only Years 7-8 are included within the selective stream. The entrance score for Elizabeth Macarthur High School from the Selective High Schools Entry Test currently sits at around 172, low in comparison to other state selective schools. Its rank, according to a document produced by the Sydney Morning Herald in 2009 through NAPLANNAPLAN
NAPLAN, or National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy, is a battery of tests administered to Australian students. These standardized tests assess students' reading, writing, language , and numeracy, and are administered by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting...
results, was 386th in New South Wales, its highest rank being equal 90th for Year 9 Reading with 8 other high schools.
The school is an agricultural high school, capable of providing students with the subject of Agriculture. The school has an established performance in livestock shows, such as the Camden Show and the Royal Easter Show, where students who participate do so in sacrifice of their own time.