Hedland Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in South Hedland, a regional centre 1,632 kilometres (1,014 mi) north east of Perth, Western Australia. The school was established in 1964 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 603 students between Year 8 and Year 12, 35% of whom were Aboriginal. The school was initially established as a junior high school but became a high school in 1970 and a senior high school in 1971. A fire that was lit under suspicious circumstances broke out in the school’s library in 2008, causing significant damage to the school.