Plan every yearof school feesbefore they start.
SchoolCost helps you compare scenarios and plan private education costs with projections shaped by school and region in Australia.
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ExampleElmfield College
Reception → Year 12 · Mia, age 3
- Total projected fees
- $244,700
- 2027–2039
- Save each week
- $317
- Starting in 2026
Estimated fees · savings assume 5.5% real return
When are the biggest bills?
Peak annual fees $37,800 in 2039
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- Compare school plans side by side
- See fees for every school year
- Compare when to start saving
Fictional school and figures · All amounts AUD
Built by an Australian family who wanted clearer long-term school fee projections.
SchoolCost helps Australian families estimate the long-term cost of private, Catholic, and independent schooling before they make enrolment decisions. It uses publicly available fee schedules, transparent assumptions, and simple family-based projections to show what school fees may mean over time.
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Recent Australian school-fee benchmarks sit around the mid-single digits, so today's fee likely will not be what your family pays in the years ahead.
School pages show Low, Midrange, Premium and Prestige fee tiers so families can compare annual compulsory fee levels. Generated reports use the underlying checked data for detailed planning.
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