List of schools in the Riverina

This is a list of schools in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The New South Wales education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from Year K to Year 6 (ages 5–12), and high schools, which accommodate students from Year 7 to Year 12 (ages 12–18).

Public schools

High schools

In New South Wales, a high school generally covers Years 7 to 12 in the education system, and a central or community school, intended to provide comprehensive education in a rural district, covers Kindergarten to Year 12. An additional class of high schools has emerged in recent years as a result of amalgamations which have produced multi-campus colleges consisting of Junior and Senior campuses.

While most schools are comprehensive and take in all students of high school age living within its defined school boundaries, some schools are either specialist in a given Key Learning Area, or selective in that they set examinations or other performance criteria for entrance.

NameSuburbLGAOpenedWebsiteNotes
Albury High SchoolAlburyAlbury1920Website
Barham High SchoolBarham
Cootamundra High SchoolCootamundra
Corowa High SchoolCorowa
Deniliquin High SchoolDeniliquin
Finley High SchoolFinleyBerrigan1961Website
Hay War Memorial High SchoolHay
James Fallon High SchoolAlburyAlbury1961Website
Junee High SchoolJunee
Kooringal High SchoolWagga WaggaWagga Wagga1973Website
Leeton High SchoolLeetonLeeton1926Website
Murray High School
Murrumbidgee Regional High SchoolGriffithGriffith2018Website
Murrumburrah High SchoolMurrumburrah
Narrandera High SchoolNarrandera
Temora High SchoolTemora
Tumbarumba High SchoolTumbarumba
Tumut High SchoolTumut
Wagga Wagga High SchoolWagga WaggaWagga Wagga1912Website
West Wyalong High SchoolWest WyalongBland
Yanco Agricultural High SchoolYanco

Special schools

Special schools are public schools designed for children or youth with chronic disabilities or who for other reasons cannot be accommodated in the comprehensive school system.

Defunct high schools

NameSuburbLGAOpenedClosedNotes
Griffith High SchoolGriffithCity of Griffith19332018Merged with Wade HS to form Murrumbidgee Regional High School
Wade High SchoolGriffithCity of Griffith19712018Merged with Griffith HS to form Murrumbidgee Regional High School

Private schools

Independent or private schools are those schools run by an independent organisation, typically a school board or council.

Catholic schools

In New South Wales, Catholic primary schools are usually (but not always) linked to a parish. Prior to the 1970s, most schools were founded by religious institutes, but with the decrease in membership of these institutes, together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process completed by approximately 1995. The Catholic Education Office (CEO), located in the Wagga Wagga diocese of the Church, is responsible for coordinating administration, curriculum and policy across the Catholic school system. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.

Catholic high schools

NameSuburbLGAOpenedWebsiteNotes
St Mary MacKillop CollegeAlburyCity of Albury
Xavier High SchoolAlburyCity of Albury

Other private schools

NameSuburbLGACategoryOpenedWebsiteNotes
Scots SchoolAlburyCity of AlburyUniting1972Website

Special-purpose private schools

The Government of New South Wales recognises a registration category known as "Prescribed Non-Government Schools" which serve the same purposes as Special Schools but are privately operated.

See also

  • List of schools in Australia
  • List of schools in New South Wales
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