Best co-educational Australian private schools

Progressive Jewish + Zionist values · Dual curriculum + Hebrew · Strong VCE academic outcomes

Highest ICSEA in Victoria (1,210) · IB Diploma authorised since 1990, offered alongside VCE · Six-time consecutive Australian Schools' Chess Champions (2016-2021)

ICSEA of 1201 places it in roughly the 99th percentile nationally - one of the highest of any Victorian school and the highest of these four; serves a strongly advantaged community. · Consistent academic powerhouse: regularly ranked among Melbourne's top schools on VCE results, with the share of study scores/ATARs above 95 running many times the state average; The Age once ranked it the top co-educational school in Victoria. · Small, single-campus K-12 school (around 750-785 students) with an ~11:1 student-teacher ratio and 26 VCE subjects, marketed on individual attention rather than scale.

Largest Jewish school in Australia (~1,800 students) · Dual curriculum (Australian + Jewish + Hebrew) · Modern Orthodox religious orientation

Compulsory Year 9 residential at Howqua rural campus · IB Diploma offered alongside VCE · National-medal-winning rowing program (Head of the Yarra)

Computing and digital innovation program · Fully co-educational since 2018 · Boarding houses for senior students

Has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma since 1988 - longer than any other school in NSW - running it alongside the HSC; the Year 9 Moonbah Program is a bespoke nine-week residential experience at the school's own High Country Campus in Jindabyne · One of Sydney's highest-ICSEA schools at 1193 (~99th percentile, ~84% of students in the top socio-educational quarter); a premium, top-tier fee school with 2026 secondary tuition at $43,800-$47,100 · Distinctive experiential learning beyond the classroom: a compulsory Year 10 Arnhem Land cultural immersion with Culture College, an optional ten-week Year 10 Winter School at Jindabyne, and a transition to school-managed devices (MacBook Air for Year 7). Founded 1884, originally a girls' school, fully co-educational independent Anglican grammar today

Modern co-ed eastern suburbs · Strong music + drama + visual arts · Personalised learning pathways

North-west Sydney co-ed · Bushland Kenthurst campus · Strong VCE/HSC outcomes

IB Diploma alongside ACT BSSS pathway · Round Square member school · Largest enrolment in ACT independent sector (2,100+)

IB Diploma + AC Senior pathways · Largest Lutheran co-ed school in QLD · Strong music conservatorium and outdoor ed (Crows Nest)

IB Diploma offered alongside VCE in Years 11-12 (since 1997) · Carey Toonallook outdoor education campus in Gippsland · Strong music program via the Phil de Young Performing Arts Centre

IB Diploma alongside SACE pathway · Hearing Unit for hearing-impaired students · Up to 125 boarders Years 7-12

Heralded as the first Pre-school-to-Year-12 Progressive (Liberal) Jewish co-educational day school in the world, founded 1983 by Rabbi Brian Fox and the Temple Emanuel Woollahra community; PM Bob Hawke officially opened the Randwick campus in 1986 · Strong academic standing with an ICSEA of 1182 (well above the national average of 1000, ~99th percentile); compact ~830 student body with roughly two classes per year level · Distinctive dual-curriculum model: tuition is split into a Secular component and a Liberal Jewish Day School (LJDS) component covering Hebrew and Jewish studies; heritage Randwick site (Blacket-designed buildings, on the NSW State Heritage Register)

IB Diploma offered alongside HSC · Recently became co-educational from K-12 · Eastern Suburbs harbourside campus with strong arts program

28-time Head of the River rowing champions · Internationally touring symphony orchestra · Strong VCE results, median ATAR consistently 90+

Progressive Jewish + Zionist values · Dual curriculum + Hebrew language · Small school community feel

Bilingual program (Mandarin, French, German, Italian) · IB Diploma alongside HSC · Inner-city co-ed model

ICSEA 1179 (around the 98th percentile nationally) - one of NSW's most academically advantaged independent schools · Completed transition to full co-education in 2022 after introducing girls in senior years in 1975; now Pre-K to Year 12 co-ed on a single Hornsby campus · Boarding for Years 9-12 ($38,830) drawing rural and international students; notable alumni include Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett, film director Philip Noyce and cricketer Lisa Sthalekar

Largest independent school in Australia (4,600+ students) · Parallel Education model: separate gender classes Years 5-8 on shared campuses · Three-year VCE pathway plus Haileybury Pangea online learning

Very high ICSEA of 1175 - more educationally advantaged than roughly 99% of Australian schools; co-ed, about 711 students Years 7-12 · Signature compulsory Outdoor Education Program embedded across every year level (camping, kayaking, rock-climbing, orienteering) focused on relationships and reflection - a defining part of the school culture · All-inclusive single flat fee covering a maintained Apple laptop, all textbooks/e-texts, standard camps and Outdoor Education days, and student accident insurance

Only Victorian school offering IB from early childhood through Year 12 · Year 9 Clunes residential learning campus · Yiramalay/Wesley Indigenous education partnership in the Kimberley

Inner-city co-ed model · Strong VCE outcomes · St Kilda bayside campus

Joint Jesuit + Loreto Sisters foundation · Strong music + drama programs · Mid-fee Catholic co-ed in Perth west

Modern Anglican co-ed school · Strong IB + WACE outcomes · Perth south river-edge campus

Cathedral Choir + Gawura Indigenous program · Sydney CBD inner-city campus · Co-educational K-12

IB Diploma alongside VCE · Bayside Melbourne campus · Strong sport + creative arts

Southern Highlands co-ed · Burradoo rural campus · Strong outdoor education + agriculture

100+ year Methodist heritage · PSA sport (rugby, rowing) · Boarding (~160 students); new Year 7 boarding from 2026

ICSEA 1159 — more educationally advantaged than around 95-96% of Australian schools; a top-tier Northern Beaches independent co-ed school · Part of the Anglican Schools Corporation (TASC); dual-campus model with the Dee Why senior (Pre-K-12) campus and the Bayview (Pre-K-6) campus formed from the former Loquat Valley Anglican School in 2016 · Co-educational K-12 on an ocean-view headland site at Dee Why; grown from 488 students at its 1993 amalgamation to over 1,100 today