Taroona High School is a co-educational state high school located in Taroona, a southern riverside suburb of greater Hobart, the capital of the island state Tasmania. The school has approximately 900 students in grades 7 to 10. In 2003 Taroona High School underwent a major redevelopment. The school caters for students in the southern suburbs of Hobart such as Taroona, Dynnyrne and Sandy Bay but students also come from a wide range of other areas such as West Hobart and Blackmans Bay.