 Part of the girls' section broke away to form St George Girls High School in 1916 but girls continued to be taught by a section that became known as the Kogarah Central Domestic Science School.The infants' section moved away to the site of the present Kogarah Public School in 1954 and the primary section soon joined them.In 1959 the Home Science School became a full High School and the Boys' school received this status in 1959.