List of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka
The following is a list of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka that are still functioning.
| Current name | Foundation name | Foundation date | Founders | Province | District | Education zone | Location | Current type | |
| Richmond College, Galle | The Galle School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | ||
| Matara Janadipathi Vidyalaya | The Matara School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Matara | Matara | Matara | Provincial | ||
| Methodist Central College | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Eastern | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | Provincial | |||
| Newstead Girls College | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Western | Gampaha | Negombo | Negombo | National | |||
| Union College, Tellippalai | Common Free School | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Tellippalai | Provincial | ||
| Jaffna Central College | Jaffna Wesleyan English School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | National | ||
| Christ Church Boys' School | Baddegama Seminary | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Southern | Galle | Baddegama | Baddegama | National | ||
| Methodist Girls' College, Trincomalee | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Provincial | |||
| Vincent Girls' High School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Eastern | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | National | |||
| Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya | Cotta Institute | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Western | Colombo | Sri Jayawardenepura | Sri Jayawardenapura | |||
| St. John's College, Jaffna | Nallur English Seminary | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | Private | ||
| Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro | Wesleyan Mission Central School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon | Northern | Jaffna | Vadamarachchi | Point Pedro | Provincial | ||
| Vigneshwara Maha Vidyalaya | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | ||||
| Uduvil Girls' College | Missionary Seminary and Female Central School | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Uduvil | Private | ||
| Vembadi Girls' High School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | National | |||
| Royal College, Colombo | Hill Street Academy | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | National | |||
| Manipay Memorial English School | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Manipay | Provincial | |||
| Hartley College | Wesleyan Mission Central School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon | Northern | Jaffna | Vadamarachchi | Point Pedro | Provincial | ||
| St. Thomas' College, Matara | Christian Missionary Society of England | Southern | Matara | Matara | Matara | National | |||
| Holy Family Convent, Jaffna | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | Provincial | ||||
| Kopay Christian College | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Kopay | Provincial | ||||
| St. Patrick's College, Jaffna | Jaffna Catholic English School | Roman Catholic Church | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | Private | ||
| S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia | College of St. Thomas the Apostle | Church of Ceylon | Western | Colombo | Mount Lavinia | Private | |||
| Udupiddy American Mission College | 04.01.1852 | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Vadamarachchi | Udupiddy | Provincial | ||
| St. Anthony's College, Kandy | Roman Catholic Church | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | Private | |||
| St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa | Roman Catholic Church | Western | Colombo | Moratuwa | Private | ||||
| St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya | Roman Catholic Church | Central | Nuwara Eliya | ||||||
| St. Mary's College, Trincomalee | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | National | ||||
| St. Benedict's College, Colombo | Benedictine monks | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | |||
| Methodist College, Colombo | Kollupitiya Girls' English School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | ||
| St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | National | |||
| All Saints College, Galle | Anglicans | Southern | Galle | Galle | |||||
| Jaffna College | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Vaddukoddai | Private | |||
| St. Anne's College, Kurunegala | Roman Catholic church | North Western | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | ||||
| Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo | Good Shepherd Order | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | |||
| Rippon College | Whitfield Road Girls' School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | ||
| St. Mary's College, Negombo | Roman Catholic Church | Western | Gampaha | Negombo | Negombo | ||||
| Trinity College, Kandy | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | Private | |||
| St. Anthony's College, Kayts | Northern | Jaffna | Islands | Kayts | Provincial | ||||
| St. Michael's College, Batticaloa | St. Mary's English School | Roman Catholic Church | Eastern | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | National | ||
| St. Thomas' College, Matale | Central | Matale | Matale | Matale | National | ||||
| Wesley College, Colombo | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | |||
| Bishop's College, Colombo | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | |||
| Drieberg College | Drieberg English School | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Thenmarachchi | Chavakachcheri | Provincial | ||
| Methodist Central College, Hakmana | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Matara | Mulatiyana | Hakmana | Provincial | |||
| Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa | 14.09.1876 | Western | Colombo | Piliyandala | Moratuwa | National | |||
| St. John's College, Panadura | Western | Kalutara | Panadura | ||||||
| Victoria College, Chulipuram | Chulipuram Hindu English School | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Chulipuram | Provincial | |||
| Girls' High School, Kandy | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | National | |||
| Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte | Kotte Bauddha Mixed School | 04.11.1880 | Western | Colombo | Sri Jayawardenapura | Kotte | National | ||
| Saranath Collage - Kuliyapitiya | 1 December 1882 | North Western | Kuliyapitiya | Kuliyapitiya West | Kulipitiya | National | |||
| Southlands College, Galle | Girls' High School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | ||
| Ananda College | English Buddhist School | Buddhist Theosophical Society | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | National | ||
| Dharmaraja College | Kandy Buddhist High School | Buddhist Theosophical Society | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | National | ||
| Jaffna Hindu College | The Native Town High School | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | National | |||
| Piliyandala Central College | Western | Colombo | Piliyandala | Piliyandala | National | ||||
| Christ Church Girls' College | The Girls' Boarding School | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Southern | Galle | Baddegama | Baddegama | National | ||
| Maliyadeva College | Kurunegala Buddhist Institution | Buddhist Theosophical Society | North Western | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | National | ||
| Nelukkulam Kalaimagal Maha Vidyalayam | Northern | Vavuniya | Vavuniya South | Nelukkulam | Provincial | ||||
| Holy Cross College, Kalutara | Western | Kalutara | Kalutara South | Kalutara | Private | ||||
| Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam | Northern | Vavuniya | Vavuniya South | Vavuniya | National | ||||
| Kingswood College, Kandy | The Boys' High School | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | National | ||
| Musaeus College | Musaeus Buddhist Girls' School | Buddhist Theosophical Society | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | ||
| Mahinda College | Buddhist Theosophical Society | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | |||
| Zahira College, Colombo | Al-Madrasathul Zahira | Colombo Muslim Educational Society | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | ||
| St. Aloysius' College, Galle | Jesuits | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | |||
| Chundikuli Girls' College | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | Private | |||
| St. Joseph's College, Colombo | French Roman Catholic missionaries | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | |||
| Sacred Heart Convent, Galle | 30.11.1896 | Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | |||
| St. Servatius' College | Father Augustus Standaert and few others | Southern | Matara | Matara | Kotuwegoda | National | |||
| R. K. M. Sri Koneswara Hindu College | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | National | ||||
| St. Aloysius College, Ratnapura | Peter & Paul's Mixed School | Jesuits | Sabaragamuwa | Ratnapura | Ratnapura | Ratnapura | National |