2026 ranking · 6 schools

Best Jewish private schools in Australia

Australian private schools with Jewish education + Hebrew language programs.

The Education Desk · Editorial team, schools + fertility + family services · Updated 11 June 2026 · How we rank · Editorial standards
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Bialik College

Hawthorn East, Melbourne · Jewish · co-educational

ICSEA 1213 $35k Y12 Median ATAR 90.3

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

2

Mount Scopus Memorial College

Burwood, Melbourne · Jewish · co-educational

ICSEA 1198 $34k Y12

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

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Emanuel School

Randwick, Sydney · Jewish · co-ed

ICSEA 1182 $36k Y12

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)

4

King David School

Armadale, Melbourne · Jewish · co-educational

ICSEA 1180 $33k Y12

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

5

Moriah College

Queens Park, Sydney · Jewish · co-ed

ICSEA 1153 $34k Y12

The largest Jewish day school in the Southern Hemisphere, with 1,400+ students K-12 on its Queens Park campus · Modern Orthodox Jewish co-educational school combining a full General Studies (HSC) program with a parallel Jewish Studies curriculum; founded 1943 by Abraham Rabinovitch · ICSEA 1153; total Year 12 annual fees are $46,700 once Jewish Studies, security and technology levies are added on top of the $33,700 General Studies tuition

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Carmel School

Dianella, Perth · Jewish · co-ed

ICSEA 1147 $25k Y12

Very high ICSEA of 1147 — among the highest of any WA school in this comparison set and well above the national average of 1000 (76th-90th+ percentile band) · Western Australia's only Jewish day school: a Modern Orthodox, Zionist, co-educational K-12 community school of around 410-460 students with a 9:1 student-teacher ratio · Integrated dual curriculum — full WACE/ATAR secular program plus a Jewish Studies program delivered with the Jewish Education Board of WA, including the Year 10 'Shorashim' Israel immersion experience

How this list is ranked

Australia has approximately 20 Jewish day schools concentrated in Melbourne, Sydney + Perth. Bialik (VIC) + Moriah (NSW) + Mount Scopus (VIC) are the highest-ranked academically.

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