Top 100 “Richest” Schools in Australia

This is meant to be a fun one, so please do not take it too seriously. I processed the school financial data for 2017 just recently. Looking at the data, I thought I may as well do an entry for this.

A few things to note first regarding this, smaller schools require higher funding to run and this applies to the more remote schools as well. So Oak Valley Aboriginal School in a remote region with 4 students received funding of $280,387 per student. However, these schools are not typical ones in Australia and do not represent the average.

To get a meaningful and more representative look, I have chosen a rather arbitrary enrolment number of 400. I did run the lower enrolment number as well and the main difference being that there are more schools in the remote and regional area as well. The list actually does not look that different.

Ranking	School Name	State	School Sector	Geolocations	Total Enrolments	Income Per Student
1	Melbourne Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1794	$51,645
2	Sydney Distance Education High School	NSW	Government	Major Cities	483	$48,109
3	Sydney Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1876	$45,891
4	St Joseph's College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1094	$41,397
5	SCEGGS Darlinghurst	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	920	$41,147
6	Christ Church Grammar School	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1651	$40,749
7	Ascham School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1146	$40,591
8	Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School	NSW	Government	Inner Regional	594	$40,361
9	Cranbrook School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1410	$40,348
10	The King's School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1676	$40,022
11	SHORE - Sydney Church of England Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1615	$38,584
12	SCECGS Redlands	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1549	$37,501
13	Wesley College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	3031	$37,208
14	Ivanhoe Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1913	$36,761
15	Melbourne Girls Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	946	$36,684
16	St Catherine's School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1039	$36,145
17	Kambala	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	944	$36,095
18	MLC School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1154	$36,092
19	Barker College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2103	$36,029
20	Ruyton Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	839	$35,995
21	Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Thamarrurr Catholic C...	NT	Catholic	Very Remote	627	$35,885
22	Abbotsleigh	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1420	$35,711
23	St Catherine's School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	689	$35,378
24	Presbyterian Ladies' College Sydney	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1258	$35,347
25	Newcastle Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	786	$35,135
26	Queenwood School for Girls	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	873	$35,106
27	Dubbo School of Distance Education	NSW	Government	Inner Regional	436	$35,035
28	Xavier College	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1961	$35,016
29	Wenona School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1081	$35,000
30	Lauriston Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	897	$34,486
31	The Scots College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1904	$34,168
32	Methodist Ladies' College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2034	$34,136
33	St Ignatius' College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1576	$33,968
34	Caulfield Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	3082	$33,779
35	Scotch College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1883	$33,707
36	Ravenswood School for Girls	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1119	$33,636
37	Scotch College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1478	$33,582
38	Trinity Grammar School Kew	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1381	$33,499
39	Carey Baptist Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2248	$33,494
40	Knox Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2890	$33,456
41	Brisbane Grammar School	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	1698	$33,345
42	Presbyterian Ladies' College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1412	$33,327
43	St Andrew's Cathedral School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1205	$33,251
44	Hale School	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1489	$33,222
45	St Peter's College	SA	Independent	Major Cities	1396	$33,140
46	Pymble Ladies' College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2118	$33,121
47	Camberwell Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1301	$32,829
48	Guildford Grammar School	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1058	$32,660
49	Southern Cross School	NSW	Government	Inner Regional	994	$32,636
50	Brighton Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1218	$32,539
51	Trinity Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2084	$32,470
52	Newington College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2036	$32,464
53	Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	884	$32,317
54	Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1160	$32,235
55	St Leonard's College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1426	$31,941
56	The Geelong College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1247	$31,892
57	Eltham College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	597	$31,867
58	Brisbane Girls' Grammar School	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	1369	$31,721
59	Loreto Mandeville Hall	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1167	$31,633
60	Loreto Normanhurst	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1083	$31,458
61	Wesley College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1309	$31,354
62	Toorak College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	737	$31,109
63	Presbyterian Ladies' College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1072	$31,102
64	Reddam House	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1112	$31,048
65	St Michael's Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1203	$31,003
66	Tintern Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	804	$30,993
67	Haileybury College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	3754	$30,993
68	Glenvale School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	579	$30,815
69	Mentone Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1435	$30,621
70	Korowa Anglican Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	620	$30,386
71	Mentone Girls' Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	739	$30,160
72	Fintona Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	456	$30,125
73	Penrhos College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1115	$29,896
74	Methodist Ladies' College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1151	$29,866
75	Roseville College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	935	$29,864
76	Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	733	$29,669
77	The Kilmore International School	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	437	$29,655
78	Yarra Valley Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1214	$29,638
79	Firbank Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1107	$29,525
80	Genazzano FCJ College	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1026	$29,432
81	Seymour College	SA	Independent	Major Cities	758	$29,378
82	Loreto Kirribilli	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1096	$29,254
83	Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	920	$29,225
84	Perth College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1105	$29,005
85	Tara Anglican School for Girls	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	718	$28,822
86	Somerville House	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	1370	$28,705
87	St Vincent's College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	676	$28,678
88	Anglican Church Grammar School	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	1792	$28,647
89	The King David School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	595	$28,596
90	Kilvington Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	723	$28,504
91	Pembroke School	SA	Independent	Major Cities	1529	$28,372
92	St Aloysius' College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1242	$28,270
93	Peninsula Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1282	$28,242
94	St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1157	$28,211
95	Santa Sabina College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1185	$28,178
96	St Margaret's Anglican Girls School	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	883	$28,139
97	St Margaret's School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	824	$28,125
98	St Luke's Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1106	$28,124
99	Woodleigh School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	945	$28,080
100	Prince Alfred College	SA	Independent	Major Cities	1098	$28,068

The four government school in the list are all remote education or regional boarding school serving remote and regional areas. All the rest of the private schools are located in the major cities. Also looking at the list the per-student income drop rapidly from the top place of Melbourne Grammar School in Victoria which has per student total gross income of $51,645 to the 100th place Prince Alfred College in South Australia with a per-student total gross income of $28,068

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