Do you belong to South Australia, Australia? Are you searching for the list of top-rated high schools in South Australia? Do you want to select the best high school for your child? If yes, this post will be of help to you. Here, I’ve compiled a list of some of the best high schools in South Australia, Australia.
In this post, readers will find the following details – list of best high schools in South Australia, type of the high school, city/location of the school & additional information. After going through this post, readers will be able to find an ideal government or non-government high school.
Also check –
Best primary schools in South Australia
Best high schools in Queensland
Best high schools in Western Australia
Let us check out the list of high schools in South Australia now. Here it is –
Table of Contents
- List of best high schools in South Australia
- Aberfoyle Park
- Adelaide
- Adelaide University
- Aldinga
- Angle Park
- Balaklava
- Banksia Park
- Bedford Park
- Berri
- Birdwood
- Blakeview
- Bordertown
- Christie Downs
- Clare
- Davoren Park
- Eden Hills
- Edinburgh North
- Elizabeth
- Enfield
- Evanston
- Evanston South
- Findon
- Flinders Park
- Gawler Belt
- Gawler Place
- Gepps Cross
- Gladstone
- Glandore
- Glenunga
- Glossop
- Golden Grove
- Goolwa
- Hallett Cove
- Heathfield
- Henley Beach
- Holden Hill
- Kapunda
- Kensington
- Kidman Park
- Kingswood
- Loxton
- Magill
- Marden
- Marryatville
- Mawson Lakes
- Mile End
- Millicent
- Mitchell Park
- Modbury
- Morphett Vale
- Mount Barker
- Mount Gambier
- Murray Bridge
- Naracoorte
- Netherby
- Noarlunga Downs
- North Brighton
- Novar Gardens
- Nuriootpa
- Para Hills West
- Para Vista
- Parafield Gardens
- Paralowie
- Pasadena
- Pennington
- Penola
- Peterborough
- Port Adelaide
- Port Augusta
- Port Lincoln
- Port Pirie
- Prospect
- Renmark
- Richmond
- Riverton
- Rosewater
- Rostrevor
- Salisbury Downs
- Salisbury East
- Salisbury North
- Seacombe Heights
- Seaford
- Seaton
- Semaphore South
- South Plympton
- St Clair
- Torrensville
- Two Wells
- Underdale
- Victor Harbor
- Waikerie
- West Croydon
- Whyalla
- Whyalla Norrie
- Whyalla Stuart
- Willunga
- Woodville
- Different types of high schools
- Factors used to rate the quality of each government & non-government high school
List of best high schools in South Australia
Sr No | Name of the high school | Type of the high school | Suburb |
1 | Aberfoyle Park High School | Government school | Aberfoyle Park |
2 | Adelaide Botanic High School | Government school | Adelaide |
3 | Adelaide High School | Government school | |
4 | Adelaide International School | Non-Government school | |
5 | Eynesbury Senior College | Non-Government school | |
6 | Eynesbury College | Non-Government school | |
7 | Muirden Senior College | Non-Government school | |
8 | Specialised Assistance School For Youth (SASY) | Non-Government school | |
9 | University Senior College at Adelaide University | Non-Government school | Adelaide University |
10 | Cardijn College – Galilee Campus | Non-Government school | Aldinga |
11 | SEDA College SA – The Parks Campus | Non-Government school | Angle Park |
12 | Balaklava High School | Government school | Balaklava |
13 | Banksia Park International High School | Government school | Banksia Park |
14 | Australian Science and Mathematics School | Government school | Bedford Park |
15 | Berri Regional Secondary College | Government school | Berri |
16 | Glossop High School – Senior Campus | Government school | |
17 | Birdwood High School | Government school | Birdwood |
18 | Craigmore High School | Government school | Blakeview |
19 | Bordertown High School | Government school | Bordertown |
20 | Cardijn College – Marcellin Campus | Non-Government school | Christie Downs |
21 | Christies Beach High School and Southern Vocational College | Government school | |
22 | Clare High School | Government school | Clare |
23 | Compass Catholic Community | Non-Government school | Davoren Park |
24 | Edmund Rice Flexi School – Davoren Park Campus | Non-Government school | |
25 | Blackwood High School | Government school | Eden Hills |
26 | St Patrick’s Technical College | Non-Government school | Edinburgh North |
27 | Edmund Rice Flexi School | Non-Government school | Elizabeth |
28 | Northern Adelaide Senior College | Government school | |
29 | Playford International College | Government school | |
30 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Non-Government school | Enfield |
31 | Xavier College – Evanston Campus | Non-Government school | Evanston |
32 | Trinity College Senior | Non-Government school | Evanston South |
33 | Findon High School | Government school | Findon |
34 | Nazareth Catholic College – Flinders Park Campus | Non-Government school | Flinders Park |
35 | Xavier College – Head Campus | Non-Government school | Gawler Belt |
36 | University Senior College at Adelaide University – Gawler Place Campus | Non-Government school | Gawler Place |
37 | Roma Mitchell Secondary College | Government school | Gepps Cross |
38 | SEDA College SA – Football SA State Performance Centre | Non-Government school | |
39 | Gladstone High School | Government school | Gladstone |
40 | SEDA College SA – Glandore Recreation Centre | Non-Government school | Glandore |
41 | Glenunga International High School | Government school | Glenunga |
42 | Glossop High School | Government school | Glossop |
43 | Gleeson College | Non-Government school | Golden Grove |
44 | Golden Grove High School | Government school | |
45 | Goolwa Secondary College | Government school | Goolwa |
46 | SEDA College SA – Hallett Cove Campus | Non-Government school | Hallett Cove |
47 | Heathfield High School | Government school | Heathfield |
48 | Henley High School | Government school | Henley Beach |
49 | Kildare College | Non-Government school | Holden Hill |
50 | Kapunda High School | Government school | Kapunda |
51 | Mary MacKillop College | Non-Government school | Kensington |
52 | Nazareth Catholic College – Kidman Park Campus | Non-Government school | Kidman Park |
53 | Mitcham Girls High School | Government school | Kingswood |
54 | Loxton High School | Government school | Loxton |
55 | Norwood International High School | Government school | Magill |
56 | Norwood Morialta High School – Senior Campus | Government school | |
57 | Marden Senior College | Government school | Marden |
58 | Marryatville High School | Government school | Marryatville |
59 | Endeavour College | Non-Government school | Mawson Lakes |
60 | Maple Leaf School – University of South Australia | Non-Government school | |
61 | Temple Christian College | Non-Government school | Mile End |
62 | Millicent High School | Government school | Millicent |
63 | Hamilton Secondary College | Government school | Mitchell Park |
64 | SEDA College SA – Mitchell Park Campus | Non-Government school | |
65 | Modbury High School | Government school | Modbury |
66 | Wirreanda Secondary School | Government school | Morphett Vale |
67 | Cornerstone College | Non-Government school | Mount Barker |
68 | Mount Barker High School | Government school | |
69 | Grant High School | Government school | Mount Gambier |
70 | Mount Gambier High School | Government school | |
71 | Murray Bridge High School | Government school | Murray Bridge |
72 | Naracoorte High School | Government school | Naracoorte |
73 | Unley High School | Government school | Netherby |
74 | Urrbrae Agricultural High School | Government school | |
75 | Cardijn College – Marian Campus | Non-Government school | Noarlunga Downs |
76 | SEDA College SA – Noarlunga Downs Campus | Non-Government school | |
77 | Brighton Secondary School | Government school | North Brighton |
78 | Immanuel College | Non-Government school | Novar Gardens |
79 | Nuriootpa High School | Government school | Nuriootpa |
80 | Para Hills High School | Government school | Para Hills West |
81 | Valley View Secondary School | Government school | Para Vista |
82 | Parafield Gardens High School | Government school | Parafield Gardens |
83 | Temple Christian College – Bethany Campus | Non-Government school | Paralowie |
84 | Springbank Secondary College | Government school | Pasadena |
85 | Mount Carmel College Primary Campus | Non-Government school | Pennington |
86 | Penola High School | Government school | Penola |
87 | Peterborough High School | Government school | Peterborough |
88 | Indie School Port Adelaide Campus | Non-Government school | Port Adelaide |
89 | Port Augusta Secondary School | Government school | Port Augusta |
90 | Port Lincoln High School | Government school | Port Lincoln |
91 | John Pirie Secondary School | Government school | Port Pirie |
92 | Prescott College | Non-Government school | Prospect |
93 | Renmark High School | Government school | Renmark |
94 | St Francis of Assisi College | Non-Government school | |
95 | SEDA College SA – West Adelaide Football Club | Non-Government school | Richmond |
96 | Riverton and District High School | Government school | Riverton |
97 | Mount Carmel College | Non-Government school | Rosewater |
98 | Morialta Secondary College | Government school | Rostrevor |
99 | Norwood Morialta High School – Middle Campus – Morialta | Government school | |
100 | Thomas More College | Non-Government school | Salisbury Downs |
101 | Salisbury East High School | Government school | Salisbury East |
102 | Salisbury High School | Government school | Salisbury North |
103 | Seaview High School | Government school | Seacombe Heights |
104 | Seaford Secondary College | Government school | Seaford |
105 | Seaton High School | Government school | Seaton |
106 | Le Fevre High School | Government school | Semaphore South |
107 | SEDA College SA – Edwardstown Oval | Non-Government school | South Plympton |
108 | Woodville High School | Government school | St Clair |
109 | Thebarton Senior College | Government school | Torrensville |
110 | Xavier College – Two Wells Campus | Non-Government school | Two Wells |
111 | Nazareth Catholic College – St Gabriel Centre Campus | Non-Government school | Underdale |
112 | Underdale High School | Government school | |
113 | Victor Harbor High School | Government school | Victor Harbor |
114 | Waikerie High School | Government school | Waikerie |
115 | Adelaide Secondary School of English | Government school | West Croydon |
116 | Whyalla High School | Government school | Whyalla |
117 | Edward John Eyre High School | Government school | Whyalla Norrie |
118 | Whyalla Secondary College | Government school | |
119 | Stuart High School | Government school | Whyalla Stuart |
120 | Willunga High School | Government school | Willunga |
121 | SEDA College SA – St. Clair YMCA Recreation Centre | Non-Government school | Woodville |
Different types of high schools
In the Australia, high schools can be broadly classified into two types – government high schools and non-government high schools. Here, I’ve covered both types of high schools.
Factors used to rate the quality of each government & non-government high school
All the schools mentioned in this list are highly-rated by relevant authorities. These schools are trusted and recognized by relevant organizations and governing bodies. Factors such as – student to teacher ratio, safety, amenities, infrastructure, extra-curricular activities, performance of existing students, quality of the teaching staff etc are generally used to rate and evaluate a high school.
The high schools mentioned in this list are known to fare well in the above-mentioned areas. You may visit the school personally and check the above-mentioned factors/parameters and make sure that the school is a good one.




