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 Kindergarten to Year 6 (ages 5–12), and high schools, which accommodate students from Year 7 to Year 12 (ages 12–18).

Public schools

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Primary schools (K–6)

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High schools

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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.

Name Suburb
Albury High School Albury
Billabong High School Culcairn
Barham High School Barham
Coleambally Central School Coleambally
Cootamundra High School Cootamundra
Corowa High School Corowa
Deniliquin High School Deniliquin
Finley High School Finley
Hay War Memorial High School Hay
James Fallon High School Albury
Junee High School Junee
Kooringal High School Wagga Wagga
Mount Austin High School Wagga Wagga
Leeton High School Leeton
Murray High School Lavington
Murrumbidgee Regional High School Griffith
Murrumburrah High School Murrumburrah
Narrandera High School Narrandera
Temora High School Temora
Tumbarumba High School Tumbarumba
Tumut High School Tumut
Wagga Wagga High School Wagga Wagga
West Wyalong High School West Wyalong
Yanco Agricultural High School Yanco

Special schools

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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 primary schools

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Defunct high schools

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Name Suburb LGA Opened Closed Notes
Griffith High School Griffith City of Griffith 1933 2018 Merged with Wade HS to form Murrumbidgee Regional High School
Wade High School Griffith City of Griffith 1971 2018 Merged with Griffith HS to form Murrumbidgee Regional High School

Private schools

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

Catholic schools

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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, Diocese of Wagga Wagga (CEDWW) 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 private schools

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Catholic high schools

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Name Suburb LGA
St Mary MacKillop College Albury City of Albury
Xavier High School Albury City of Albury

Other private schools

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Name Suburb LGA Opened
Scots School Albury City of Albury 1972

Special-purpose private schools

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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.

Defunct private schools

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See also

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