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Elgin High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational816 pupilsMoray
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals15%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support55%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher11.6Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas10%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll816Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Elgin High School is a council school in Elgin Moray for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 816 pupils. About 14 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Edgar Road, ELGIN MORAY, Elgin Moray, IV30 6UD01343 545181elginhigh.moray.sch.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Elgin High School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Moray council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll816Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals15%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support55%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English11%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas10%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas8%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
141S1
141S2
158S3
162S4
133S5
81S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 79679620222023: 83183120232024: 84284220242025: 85585520252026: 8168162026
Since 2022: +20
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll816855842831796
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals14.5%14.5%14.7%15.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)55.1%56.5%58.1%56.0%54.8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language10.5%5.0%4.5%3.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.612.011.912.512.012.912.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers70.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher11.6Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Elgin AcademyCouncil1.2 miles1,082HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Elgin High School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Elgin High School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Elgin High School have?

816 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Edgar Road, ELGIN MORAY, Elgin Moray, IV30 6UD
Telephone
01343 545181
Website
www.elginhigh.moray.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Moray
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5210038
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from