This is a list of schools in the state of

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, located outside the

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. The Western Australian education system traditionally consists of

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

s, which accommodate students from Kindergarten to Year 6, and

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s, which accommodate students from Years 7 to 12. Previously primary schools accounted for Year 7 education, but in 2015 all Western Australian schools transitioned Year 7 to be a part of the high school system. In country areas, District High Schools serve as both a primary and a junior high school, with students generally commuting to or boarding at larger towns to finish the last two years of their education.

Public schools

Primary schools

District high schools

The term "district high school" in Western Australia typically means a primary school combined with a high school on the one campus which services the educational needs of a rural district. The term came into use in the 1970s; prior to this, such schools were either known as "Junior High Schools" or simply "Schools" (covering the same range of years), or "Primary Schools" which were limited to year 7, and started serving high school students only upon becoming DHSs.

High schools

Historically, a Junior High School (JHS) was a primary school with a Year 8–10 component (now known as a District High School), a High School (HS) was a high school limited to Year 8–10, whilst a Senior High School (SHS) was a high school extending to year 12.

Other schools

This is a list of all other schools operated by, or under, the Western Australian Department of Education and Training. These include special schools for the disabled, the

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and remote community schools which usually represent an Aboriginal community and typically offer a multilingual education in the local language and/or Kriol, and English. While some of these remote schools are new and have been established on behalf of the community, others were previously mission schools and were funded and operated by religious orders or private benefactors.

Public schools

Primary schools

District high schools

High schools

Other schools

Defunct public schools

Closures since 1980

Earlier closures

Non-government schools

Catholic Primary Schools

Catholic K–12 and secondary schools

Independent Schools

Defunct non-government schools

See also

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