Merrimac State High School is a public high school in Mermaid Waters (Queensland, Australia). The school falls within Division 12 of Gold Coast council.
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Motto
The motto of the school is "Pride in Excellence", which is featured on the school's crest.
Administration
Staff
As of 2025, the school has a teaching staff of 84 (Full-time equivalent: 79.7) and a non-teaching staff of 51 (Full-time equivalent of 41.8).
Principals
In 1979, the first principal of the school was Brian Hallewell. As of 2026, the current principal is Rachel Cutajar. Recent principals have included:
Students
Years
In 2015, Anna Bligh's state-wide "Flying Start" program was officially implemented to align Queensland with the other states by transferring year 7 into the high school system, meaning that in 2015 Merrimac State High School started catering for years 7 – 12.
Student enrolments
In 2023, Merrimac State High School was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,492 students.
The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:-
Sports
Houses
The school's four sports houses dervied the name from various Australian native animals and the translation of the names of those animals into the local indigenous language.