Phor Tay High School (Chinese: 菩提国民型华文中学 ; Malay: Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Phor Tay or SMJK Phor Tay) is a public, Buddhist, co-educational high school, located in Sungai Dua, Penang.

It was officially converted to a co-educational school after its relocation from Jalan Bagan Jermal in 2009.

It is originated from the efforts of a Buddhist nun called Hong Lien who set up the Phor Tay institute as an orphanage in 1936 [2] She came from the province of Xiamen in China to propagate Buddhism in Penang, Malaysia.

[citation needed] After the war, the school was rebuilt with Ong Dong Shu, who had previously taught in Yangon and Makassar becoming the school's first principal until retiring for health reasons in 1958.

[6] Phor Tay High School has since moved to its present location in Sungai Dua in 2009 due to the demand for a Chinese national-type secondary schools in the south-west district of Penang island.