Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its name is taken from Sir Walter Murdoch (1874–1970), the Founding Professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia.
Curtin University is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945, and is Western Australia's largest university, with 58,607 students in 2022.
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public research university in Western Australia. It is named in honour of the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament, Edith Cowan, and, as of 2024, still the only Australian university named after a woman. It is the second-largest university in the state with over 30,000 students in 2023. Gaining university status in 1991, it was formed from an amalgamation of tertiary colleges with a history dating back to 1902 when the Claremont Teachers College was established, making it the modern descendant of the first tertiary institution in Western Australia.
Shenton College is a public co-educational senior high school, located in Shenton Park, an inner western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Like many WA high schools, it is a partially selective school with out-of-area students accepted on a number of criteria. It is one of the largest schools in Western Australia, with 2,839 enrolled students as of 10 May 2024.
Willetton Senior High School (WSHS) is a public secondary school in Willetton, Western Australia, 12 kilometres south of the Perth central business district and 12.6 kilometres east of the port of Fremantle. The school opened in February 1977 with 77 students. It is one of the largest schools in Western Australia, with 2,712 enrolled students as of 11 May 2024.
Darch is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of the central business district. Previously part of Landsdale, much of the suburb was rural in character until the late 1990s. It was named after an early settler family in the area, with the name being approved in 1997. The area was subsequently opened to residential development, especially from 2001 onwards, as part of Cell 6 of the East Wanneroo Development Area.
Applecross Senior High School is a public co-educational high school, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Churchlands Senior High School is an independent public secondary school located in Churchlands, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately eight kilometres northwest from the Perth central business district. It is one of the largest schools in Western Australia, with 2,357 enrolled students as of 10 May 2024.
Trinity College is an independent day school for boys, located on the Swan River foreshore in East Perth, Western Australia. The school was established in 1962 when students from the city schools CBC Perth and St Patrick's Boys School moved to the new Trinity College campus.
Perth Modern School is a public co-educational academically selective high school, located in Subiaco, an inner city suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Perth Modern is Western Australia's only fully academically selective public school. Established in 1911, the school is both the oldest public high school and the oldest co-educational high school in Western Australia (WA).
Ocean Reef Senior High School is an independent Public high school, located in Ocean Reef, 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia. Opened in 1983, the school's catchment area covered the northwestern part of the City of Joondalup and provides an education for approximately 1,300 students from Year 7 and Year 12.
Comet Bay College is a public co-educational high school, located in Secret Harbour, 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of Perth, Western Australia. Established in 2006 at the premises now occupied by Comet Bay Primary School, the College moved to its present location south of the primary school in 2007. In 2020 the school for the first time ranked academically within the top ten public secondary schools in the state.
Lynwood Senior High School is an independent public co-educational specialist high day school in the City of Canning, located in the Perth suburb of Parkwood, Western Australia.
Atwell College is an independent public secondary school in the southern Perth suburb of Atwell, Western Australia.
John Forrest Secondary College is an Independent Public secondary school in the Perth suburb of Morley, Western Australia.
Ellenbrook Secondary College is an Independent public co-educational high day school, located in the Perth suburb of Ellenbrook.
Hampton Senior High School is an Independent public co-educational high day school, located in the Perth suburb of Morley, Western Australia.
Wanneroo Secondary College is an Independent Public secondary school in Wanneroo, a suburb 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia.
Byford Secondary College is an Independent Public secondary school in Byford, a suburb 33 kilometres (21 mi) south-east of Perth, Western Australia.
