Brisbane State High School

Brisbane State High School
Crest of Brisbane State High School
Location
South Brisbane , Queensland Australia
Coordinates	27°28′49″S 153°1′5″E / 27.48028°S 153.01806°E / -27.48028; 153.01806
Information
Type	Public, selective, co-educational, secondary, day school
Motto	Latin: Scientia est Potestas (Knowledge is Power)
Established	1913, 1921 (official) 1913–1925 (known as The Normal School) 1925–present (known as Brisbane State High School)
Principal	Greg Pierce[1]
Enrolment	3,361 (7–12) (2020)[2]
Campus	Urban (South Brisbane)
Colour(s)	Cerise and navy blue
Website	brisbaneshs.eq.edu.au

Brisbane State High School (BSHS or often commonly State High) is a partially selective, co-educational, state secondary school, located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland, and the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association. It was the first state secondary school established in Brisbane, as well as the first academic state high school to be founded in Queensland. The school employs a variety of selection criteria for prospective students, maintaining a quota for local area enrolments, however also using academic, sporting, cultural and artistic talents as means of determining the annual intake.^[3][4][5]

One of the school's buildings, H Block, was the former Brisbane South Girls and Infants School built in 1864 and is now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.^[6]