 The school is mainly non-selective, and currently caters for approximately 800 students from Year 7 to Year 12.The college is administered by the Catholic Education Office for the Archdiocese of Sydney, and is affiliated with the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA), as well as the Metropolitan Catholic Colleges Sports Association (MCC).Marist College North Shore was first established on 2 July 1888 by the school's first headmaster, Br Walter Moore.