Top private schools in Adelaide, 2026

Pembroke School is one of Kensington Park's most established independent (non-denominational) co-educational school. Founded 1974. ICSEA 1182 (well above the national average of 1,000). IB Diploma alongside SACE pathway. Tuition: $32,601/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Wilderness School sits among Medindie's top independent (non-denominational christian) girls schools. Founded 1884. ICSEA 1178 (well above the national average of 1,000). Year 13 gap-year style program. Tuition: $28,515/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Regional, interstate or international families needing boarding

Note: Year 7 fee gated; school publishes ranges only.

Walford Anglican School for Girls, in Hyde Park, is a long-standing anglican girls school. Founded 1893. ICSEA 1173 (well above the national average of 1,000). IB Primary Years Programme in Junior School. Tuition: $29,000/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

St Peter's Girls' School (Stonyfell) is recognised as a leading anglican girls school. Founded 1894. ICSEA 1173 (well above the national average of 1,000). IB Primary Years and Diploma Programmes. Tuition: $28,600/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Pulteney Grammar School is one of Adelaide CBD's most established anglican co-educational school. Founded 1847. ICSEA 1158 (well above the national average of 1,000). Kurrajong outdoor education centre at Mount Compass. Tuition: $33,074/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families who value a residential outdoor-education program

Scotch College Adelaide sits among Torrens Park's top uniting church co-educational schools. Founded 1919. ICSEA 1157 (well above the national average of 1,000). International Baccalaureate Primary Years and Diploma Programmes. Tuition: $34,040/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Saint Ignatius' College, in Athelstone, is a long-standing catholic co-ed school. Founded 1951. ICSEA 1156 (well above the national average of 1,000). The world's first Jesuit school to go fully co-educational (Reception to Year 12), making the change in 1996; founded by the Jesuits on their 1951 return to Adelaide. Tuition: $18,368/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families wanting a service-leadership and faith formation focus

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 tuition fee $18,368 confirmed from the official 2026 Fee Schedule PDF (Years 11 and 12 both $18,368 tuition; plus a compulsory Fixed Fee of $4,115 = $22,483 total, excluded here as a levy per the 'tuition on

Westminster School Adelaide (Marion) is recognised as a leading uniting church co-educational school. Founded 1961. ICSEA 1152 (well above the national average of 1,000). South Adelaide Uniting Church co-ed. Tuition: $21,680/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $25,800/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Music-strong students and families

Seymour College is one of Glen Osmond's most established uniting church girls school. Founded 1922. ICSEA 1145 (well above the national average of 1,000). International Baccalaureate World School. Tuition: $29,370/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Prince Alfred College sits among Kent Town's top uniting church boys schools. Founded 1867. ICSEA 1144 (well above the national average of 1,000). Strong sporting heritage in cricket and AFL. Tuition: $32,640/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $31,800/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Regional, interstate or international families needing boarding

Loreto College Marryatville, in Marryatville, is a long-standing catholic (loreto) girls school. Founded 1905. ICSEA 1138 (well above the national average of 1,000). Mary Ward Loreto Sisters tradition. Tuition: $15,420/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Music-strong students and families

Mercedes College Adelaide (Springfield) is recognised as a leading catholic (mercy) co-educational school. Founded 1954. ICSEA 1138 (well above the national average of 1,000). IB Diploma alongside SACE. Tuition: $13,280/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Immanuel College is one of Novar Gardens's most established lutheran co-educational school. Founded 1895. ICSEA 1132 (well above the national average of 1,000). Lutheran tradition + values. Tuition: $18,820/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $19,200/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Sport-focused families, especially rowing and water-sports

Concordia College Adelaide sits among Highgate's top lutheran co-educational schools. Founded 1890. ICSEA 1118 (well above the national average of 1,000). Lutheran heritage + values. Tuition: $18,420/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $18,800/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Regional, interstate or international families needing boarding

St Aloysius College Adelaide, in Angas Street, Adelaide, is a long-standing catholic (mercy) girls school. Founded 1880. ICSEA 1112 (well above the national average of 1,000). Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition. Tuition: $13,280/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families seeking an established single-sex girls education

Christian Brothers College Adelaide (Wakefield Street, Adelaide) is recognised as a leading catholic (christian brothers) boys school. Founded 1878. ICSEA 1110 (well above the national average of 1,000). Edmund Rice tradition. Tuition: $13,180/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families seeking an established single-sex boys education

St Dominic's Priory College is one of North Adelaide's most established catholic girls school. Founded 1884. ICSEA 1091 (well above the national average of 1,000). Highest-ICSEA school of this group at 1091 (ACARA) — an academically advantaged Catholic girls' college. Tuition: $11,710/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families seeking an established single-sex girls education

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 fee is the 2026 'Year 11-12' tuition band of $11,710; Year 7 is $10,060 — both taken directly from the school's official 2026 fee page. Add a compulsory $550-per-year Capital Levy (per family). ICSEA 1091 co

Sacred Heart College Senior Adelaide sits among Somerton Park's top catholic (marist) boys schools. Founded 1897. ICSEA 1083 (well above the national average of 1,000). Marist Brothers tradition. Tuition: $13,280/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families seeking an established single-sex boys education

Endeavour College, in Mawson Lakes, is a long-standing lutheran co-ed school. Founded 1998. ICSEA 1083 (well above the national average of 1,000). A rare standalone Years 7-12 secondary-only Lutheran college (no primary years), around 738 students, opened 1998 and on its purpose-built Mawson Lakes Boulevard campus from 1999. Tuition: $9,595/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 day tuition $9,595 confirmed from the official 2026 fee page (same band as Years 10 and 11; the most senior year fee). This excludes the compulsory ~$898 Digital Learning Technology Program fee and ~$654 Yea

St Michael's College Henley Beach (Henley Beach) is recognised as a leading catholic (lasallian) co-educational school. Founded 1937. ICSEA 1078 (well above the national average of 1,000). De La Salle Brothers tradition. Tuition: $11,820/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families wanting Catholic faith formation alongside academic outcomes

Cabra Dominican College is one of Cumberland Park's most established catholic (dominican) co-educational school. Founded 1886. ICSEA 1062 (well above the national average of 1,000). Dominican Sisters tradition. Tuition: $9,820/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families wanting Catholic faith formation alongside academic outcomes

Rostrevor College sits among Woodforde's top catholic boys schools. Founded 1923. ICSEA 1059 (well above the national average of 1,000). Home of the only Manchester City Football School in South Australia and the Northern Territory, delivered by a dedicated Man City coach to Years 7-9 in place of standard HPE. Tuition: $15,490/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $24,990/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Regional, interstate or international families needing boarding

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 day tuition $15,490 confirmed from the official 2026 Fees & Charges PDF (Years 10-12 all sit at $15,490; a further $375 Year 12 memorabilia/formal/graduation charge applies on top). Boarding fee $24,990 from

Gleeson College, in Golden Grove, is a long-standing catholic co-ed school. Founded 1989. ICSEA 1045 (well above the national average of 1,000). Part of the unique tri-school Golden Grove campus shared with Golden Grove High School (state) and Pedare Christian College (Anglican/Uniting) — Year 11-12 students can cross-enrol and share science labs, tech centres and a performing-arts theatre. Tuition: $9,330/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families wanting Catholic faith formation alongside academic outcomes

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 full tuition AUD 9,330 and Year 7 5,050 for 2026 — taken directly from the official 'Gleeson College Fees 2026 Information and Payment Agreement' PDF; the school confirmed no fee increase for 2026. ICSEA 104

Nazareth Catholic College (Findon) is recognised as a leading catholic co-ed school. Founded 2007. ICSEA 1038 (well above the national average of 1,000). Formed in January 2007 from the amalgamation of four western-suburbs Catholic schools (Siena College Findon, Cardijn/Cardinia, Mater Christi Seaton and Our Lady of the Manger) - became fully co-educational with its first co-ed Year 12 cohort in 2011. Tuition: $7,930/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 full day tuition $7,930 confirmed from the official 'Fee Structure and Financial Information for Families 2026' PDF (released 19/11/2025); Years 11 and 12 share the same $7,930 band, the most senior fee. Sch

Blackfriars Priory School is one of Prospect's most established catholic boys school. Founded 1953. ICSEA 1037 (well above the national average of 1,000). One of only a handful of Dominican-run schools in Australia, governed by the Friars of the Dominican Province alongside the School Board. Tuition: $12,440/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families seeking an established single-sex boys education

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 tuition $12,440 confirmed from the official 2026 School Fees Schedule PDF (a $451 per-family Capital Levy applies separately). Note: Good Schools Guide still lists an older figure of $10,465 for Years 10-12;