Alkimos College
independent public co-educational day school in Australia
Alkimos College is an Independent public co-educational high day school, located in the Perth suburb of Alkimos, Western Australia. It has an enrolment of 1,219 students as of 2025, and employs 131 full-time equivalent staff as of 2024.
Overview
The far northern suburbs of Perth are some of the fastest growing areas of the metropolitan area. There was a need for another secondary school to relieve pressure on Butler College, which had almost 1,800 students in 2018. The school started construction on stage 1 in 2018, with Butler North Secondary School as a planning name. Stage 1 involves construction of classrooms, administration, student services, a cafeteria and sports facilities. It cost A$48.4 million.
A community survey was done in March 2019 to determine the school's name. The options were Alkimos College, Alkimos Secondary College and Alkimos Community College. Alkimos College was decided to be the name of the school.
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