Best Australian private schools under $20,000/year

Opus Dei Personal Prelature affiliated · Strong HSC academic outcomes · Single-sex Catholic girls north-west Sydney

Oldest secondary school in Brisbane · Strong academic + Mercy social-justice tradition · Very competitive fee for top-tier ICSEA

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

Presentation Sisters tradition · Bayside Melbourne Catholic girls · Mid-fee Catholic option

Two campuses (Valley Gungahlin and Forde) · Newest of ACT's leading Anglican schools · Strong NAPLAN performance for the region

Presentation Sisters Nano Nagle tradition · Strong music + drama programs · Lower-fee Catholic girls option in Perth

Tasmania's longest-running Anglican girls school · Boarding for rural Tasmania · Strong music + drama programs

Edmund Rice tradition · Strong rowing + AFL programs · Toorak elite community at lower fee

Mary Ward Loreto Sisters tradition · Lower-fee Catholic girls option · Strong music + drama programs

IB Diploma alongside SACE · Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition · Lower-fee Catholic co-ed

Marist Brothers Champagnat tradition · Mid-fee Catholic boys option in Sydney North · Strong rugby tradition

Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition · WA's oldest girls' Catholic school · Perth CBD campus

Three sub-schools (Junior, Middle, Senior) on a 40-hectare campus · Strong academic results within Anglican Schools Commission · International House for full-fee international students

Marist Brothers tradition of holistic education · Strong rugby and cricket programs · Member of Associated Southern Colleges

Lutheran tradition + values · Strong rowing + sport programs · Boarding for regional SA + Pacific

North Brisbane Anglican co-ed school · Strong music + drama programs · Mid-fee Anglican option

IB World School: Primary Years Programme + IB Diploma alongside VCE · Three campuses with school bus included in fees · More educationally advantaged than 96% of Australian schools

Lutheran heritage + values · Mid-fee co-ed Christian school · Boarding for regional SA + Pacific families

Brigidine Sisters Mary Aikenhead tradition · Eastern Sydney Catholic girls · Strong VCE outcomes for fees tier

Edmund Rice tradition · Strong rugby league + cricket · South Brisbane Catholic boys

Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition · Adelaide CBD inner-city campus · Lower-fee Catholic girls option

Edmund Rice tradition · Adelaide CBD inner-city campus · Lower-fee Catholic boys option

Edmund Rice tradition · Inner west Sydney Catholic boys · Strong rugby league + soccer

Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian) tradition · North-west Sydney Catholic girls · Lower-fee accessible option

Franciscan Friars tradition · North Brisbane Catholic boys · Strong rugby league + cricket

Run by Missionaries of the Sacred Heart · Strong performing arts and music program · Co-ed across all year levels since 1996

South-west WA Anglican boarding · Wine country campus · Outdoor + agriculture programs

CSA Christian co-ed school · Lower-fee eastern Melbourne option · Christian curriculum integration

CSA Christian co-ed school · North-west Sydney bushland campus · Lower-fee Christian option

Good Samaritan Sisters tradition · Lower-fee Catholic girls option · Brisbane east river-edge campus