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.

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Website	Notes
Albury High School	Albury	Albury	1920	Website
Barham High School	Barham
Cootamundra High School	Cootamundra
Corowa High School	Corowa
Deniliquin High School	Deniliquin
Finley High School	Finley	Berrigan	1961	Website
Hay War Memorial High School	Hay
James Fallon High School	Albury	Albury	1961	Website
Junee High School	Junee
Kooringal High School	Wagga Wagga	Wagga Wagga	1973	Website
Leeton High School	Leeton	Leeton	1926	Website
Murray High School
Murrumbidgee Regional High School	Griffith	Griffith	2018	Website
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	Wagga Wagga	1912	Website
West Wyalong High School	West Wyalong	Bland
Yanco Agricultural High School	Yanco

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

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

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

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

Other private schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Category	Opened	Website	Notes
Scots School	Albury	City of Albury	Uniting	1972	Website

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

External links

• Public Schools Locator (Department of Education)
• Government Schools of New South Wales from 1848
• Catholic Schools (Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle)
• School Finder - Riverina region (Association of Independent Schools)