But today, Nikita Sutton will have her first day at Griffith High, just like her mother, her grandmother and her great grandmother before her.

The four generations of women had not realised the concurrence until deputy principal Ron Anson pointed it out to them.

"I'm really pleased that it's happening this way," said Dawn Milne, who started at Griffith High 50 years ago this year.

"I sent five of my kids there and I had no hesitation because it's a really good school."

Mrs Milne started in the first year the HSC became mandatory - 1962 - and students were expected to continue until form six.

"The Catholic schools only went to year 10 so the students had to come over to do their HSC," she said.

"But I hadn't planned on doing six years and I only went to year 10."

Mrs Palframan said it was common for students to finish in year 9 which is when she left school to work at a bakery.

Her family lived in Yenda and she recalls staying with her sister on Binya Street during the week and going home for weekends.

She has passed her love of sport onto the rest of the generations and recalls travelling to Narrandera to play hockey.

Kerri Sutton, who started at Griffith High in 1988, said not a lot has changed since then.

"I did a lot of sport," Mrs Sutton said.

"I made a lot of friends and my best friend, who lives in Melbourne, I still keep in contact with."

Through their stories, the three women can recall the phasing out of corporal punishment in schools, a change in teaching style and the gradual introduction of more facilities at the school.

Nikita said she is excited to begin school as the fourth generation of successful women and she has a lot of friends to start the next chapter of her education with.