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A Brief History
Xavier Catholic College is the realisation of a 30 year dream for the Ballina-Lennox Head Parish. After a number of false starts over the last few years the buildings commenced in June 1999 and the first students came through the gates in January 2000.
The Beginning
Xavier Catholic College, 2 Redford Drive, Skennars Head, opened its doors on the 31st January 2000 with 118 Year 7 students in 4 classes.
Stage One of the five stage project was built to accommodate years 7 and 8 although only year 7 was enrolled for 2000. In 2001 another 130 year 7 students as well as another class of year 8 students were enrolled taking the total number to 258 students with 5 classes in both year 7 and year 8 for a total of 10 classes. In 2002 extra classes were added to Years 8 and 9 and 6 classes were enrolled in Year 7 so that there were 18 classes with 420 students in years 7, 8 and 9. In 2003 24 classes with 575 students in years 7, 8, 9 and 10 enrolled at Xavier. In 2004 we had 710 students in Years 7 to 11. In 2005 we enrolled 840 students in Years 7-12. The college is designed as a six stream school and it is anticipated that it will reach its maximum enrolment this year.
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