Founded in 1966, the school has grown from a small rural junior high school to a comprehensive senior high school with 880 students in 2012, approximately 7% of whom are
Aboriginal. The school is situated on of land in town and with an 800 hectare school farm situated 35 kilometres out of town. In 2004, a upgrade of the north wing and the establishment of the Curtin Vocational Training and Education Centre (VTEC) enhanced the provision for practical subjects. The Fixing Our Schools program contributed to the maintenance of buildings. In 2006, the junior campus, with 18 classrooms catering for year 8 and 9 students, was built. The Australian Government's Building the Education Revolution building program has funded the following building projects at the school in more recent times: • a Trade Training Centre; • a National School Pride project extending connectivity between the junior campus and the rest of the school and enhancing canteen facilities; and • a refurbishment of the science facilities. In addition, the state government's Royalties for Regions grant funding provided for industry-standard equipment for the Trade Training Centre. In 2010 a student took a loaded gun to school following an argument with another student. The 15-year-old was persuaded to lay down his
double-barrel shotgun by
teachers and
police after being spotted walking around the campus with the weapon and was then taken into custody. Lawyers representing the boy claimed the student following years of
bullying. This event marked the first time that a loaded weapon had been taken into a
Western Australian school. Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady over the past few years with 932 in 2007, 1044 in 2008, 1063 in 2009, 925 in 2010, 887 in 2011 and 880 in 2012. A
fire started on 13 February 2024 burnt a small section of the
agricultural block, on the outskirts of the school. Following the immediate evacuation of all staff and students, the blaze was quickly contained by local firefighters. == Staffing ==