Skip to content
S

Oldest Schools in Karnataka (2026)

CBSE schools with the earliest recorded founding year. Ordered by the measure shown, with the CBSE school directory for context; 100 schools shown.

  1. 1
    –
    H M S Public SchoolTumakuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1878
  2. 2
    –
    St.thomas High SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1905
  3. 3
    –
    The Home SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1930
  4. 4
    –
    Mahila Seva SamajaBengaluru Urban · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1937
  5. 5
    –
    Rashtriya Military SchoolBelagavi · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1946
  6. 6
    –
    Rashtriya Military School BengaluruBengaluru Urban · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1946
  7. 7
    –
    Sree Saraswathi Vidya Mandira AssociationBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1950
  8. 8
    –
    St. Marys English SchoolMysuru · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1954
  9. 9
    –
    M.E.S. SchoolChikkamagaluru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1962
  10. 10
    –
    Madhava Kripa SchoolUdupi · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1962
  11. 11
    –
    Gnanajyothi SchoolKolar · Private SecondaryFounded: 1963
  12. 12
    –
    Cftri SchoolMysuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1964
  13. 13
    –
    Demonstration SchoolMysuru · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1965
  14. 14
    –
    Milagres Central SchoolDakshina Kannada · Government SecondaryFounded: 1965
  15. 15
    –
    Nitk English Medium SchoolDakshina Kannada · Private SecondaryFounded: 1968
  16. 16
    –
    Sambhota Tibetan SchoolMysuru · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1969
  17. 17
    –
    Sambhota Tibetan SchoolMysuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1969
  18. 18
    –
    Sambhota Tibetan SchoolMysuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1969
  19. 19
    –
    Sambhota Tibetan SchoolMysuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1969
  20. 20
    –
    Sambhota Tibetan SchoolUttara Kannada · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1969
  21. 21
    –
    Shree Gujarati English Medium High SchoolDakshina Kannada · Private SecondaryFounded: 1970
  22. 22
    –
    Sri Aurobindo Memorial SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1970
  23. 23
    –
    Air Force SchoolBengaluru Urban · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1971
  24. 24
    –
    Air Force SchoolBengaluru Urban · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1971
  25. 25
    –
    Air Force SchoolBengaluru Urban · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1971
  26. 26
    –
    Air Force SchoolBengaluru Urban · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1971
  27. 27
    –
    Air Force SchoolBidar · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1971
  28. 28
    –
    D V S H SChitradurga · Private SecondaryFounded: 1972
  29. 29
    –
    Mje Sys Lions English Medium SchoolDharwad · Private SecondaryFounded: 1972
  30. 30
    –
    Bill Memorial Rotary English Medium School MudholBagalkote · Private SecondaryFounded: 1973
  31. 31
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1Bengaluru Urban · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1973
  32. 32
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1Dakshina Kannada · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1973
  33. 33
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1Dharwad · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1973
  34. 34
    –
    Oxford Secondary SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1975
  35. 35
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya VidyalayaBidar · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1975
  36. 36
    –
    Bharatha Matha SchoolMysuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1976
  37. 37
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2Belagavi · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1977
  38. 38
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2Bengaluru Urban · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1977
  39. 39
    –
    Frank Public SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1978
  40. 40
    –
    Lions English Medium SchoolHaveri · Private SecondaryFounded: 1978
  41. 41
    –
    Maruthi VidyalayaBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1978
  42. 42
    –
    Chinmaya VidyalayaMandya · Private SecondaryFounded: 1979
  43. 43
    –
    St. Marys English Medium SchoolUdupi · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1979
  44. 44
    –
    Gurukula International SchoolHassan · Private SecondaryFounded: 1980
  45. 45
    –
    Vidya Samskruthi SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1980
  46. 46
    –
    Auden SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1981
  47. 47
    –
    Hps PoornaprajnaChikkamagaluru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1981
  48. 48
    –
    Kodagu VidyalayaKodagu · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1981
  49. 49
    –
    M.e.s English SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1981
  50. 50
    –
    Sjr Public SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1981
  51. 51
    –
    St Thomas SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1981
  52. 52
    –
    Cordial SchoolTumakuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1982
  53. 53
    –
    Sanjeevini Vidya SamsthaChikkamagaluru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1982
  54. 54
    –
    Sindhi High SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1982
  55. 55
    –
    Sindhi High SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1982
  56. 56
    –
    V S S International Public SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1982
  57. 57
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya VidyalayaBelagavi · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1983
  58. 58
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya VidyalayaBelagavi · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1983
  59. 59
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya DharwadDharwad · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1983
  60. 60
    –
    Sera-Je Secondary SchoolMysuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1983
  61. 61
    –
    Shantiniketan Trust SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1983
  62. 62
    –
    Aditya Birla Public SchoolKalaburagi · Private SecondaryFounded: 1984
  63. 63
    –
    Karnataka Public SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1984
  64. 64
    –
    Karnataka Public SchoolBidar · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1984
  65. 65
    –
    The Aditya Birla Public SchoolHaveri · Private SecondaryFounded: 1984
  66. 66
    –
    The Aditya Birla Public SchoolKalaburagi · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1984
  67. 67
    –
    Tungal SchoolVijayapura · Private SecondaryFounded: 1984
  68. 68
    –
    Poornaprajna Education CentreBengaluru Urban · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1985
  69. 69
    –
    Poornaprajna Education CentreBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1985
  70. 70
    –
    Poornaprajna Education CentreShivamogga · Private SecondaryFounded: 1985
  71. 71
    –
    Bal Bhavan English Medium High SchoolUttara Kannada · Private SecondaryFounded: 1986
  72. 72
    –
    Green Valley English SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1986
  73. 73
    –
    Mangala Vidya MandiraBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1986
  74. 74
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya VidyalayaBallari · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1986
  75. 75
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya VidyalayaBallari · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1986
  76. 76
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya HassanHassan · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1986
  77. 77
    –
    PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya KalaburagiKalaburagi · Kendriya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1986
  78. 78
    –
    Sree Ayyappa Education CentreBengaluru Urban · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1986
  79. 79
    –
    Vidyaniketan Public SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1986
  80. 80
    –
    Vijaya Bharathi VidyalayaBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1986
  81. 81
    –
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,district:ramanagaraRamanagara · Navodaya Vidyalaya Senior secondaryFounded: 1987
  82. 82
    –
    Deva Matha Central SchoolBengaluru Urban · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1988
  83. 83
    –
    Deva Matha Central School VidyaranyapuraBengaluru Urban · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1988
  84. 84
    –
    Jnanodaya SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1988
  85. 85
    –
    Mysore West Lions Sevaniketan SchoolMysuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1988
  86. 86
    –
    Arunodaya Primary SchoolBengaluru Rural · Private SecondaryFounded: 1989
  87. 87
    –
    Jyothy Kendriya VidyalayaBengaluru Urban · Kendriya Vidyalaya SecondaryFounded: 1989
  88. 88
    –
    Mirambika School for New AgeBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1989
  89. 89
    –
    Mother Theresa Memorial SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1989
  90. 90
    –
    Nalanda English Medium High SchoolChikkamagaluru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1989
  91. 91
    –
    The Oxford Senior Secondary SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1989
  92. 92
    –
    Kaveri Vidya Samsthe HsMysuru · Private SecondaryFounded: 1990
  93. 93
    –
    St Thomas Residential SchoolRamanagara · Private SecondaryFounded: 1990
  94. 94
    –
    St.thomas Residential SchoolUdupi · Private SecondaryFounded: 1990
  95. 95
    –
    Suman Vidya SamstheBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1990
  96. 96
    –
    V J International SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private SecondaryFounded: 1990
  97. 97
    –
    Atomic Energy Central SchoolMysuru · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1991
  98. 98
    –
    Atomic Energy Central SchoolUttara Kannada · Government Senior secondaryFounded: 1991
  99. 99
    –
    Cmr National Public SchoolBengaluru Urban · Private Senior secondaryFounded: 1991
  100. 100
    –
    Scholars Academy English SchoolBengaluru Rural · Private SecondaryFounded: 1991

100 oldest schools in Karnataka, listed alphabetically: 73 private, 14 kendriya vidyalaya, 12 government, 1 navodaya vidyalaya. No academic ranking is published for India.

Use the rankings to build a shortlist, then visit the schools and ask how they support students at your child's level.

Download this table as CSV · free to reuse with attribution to the original sources and Success Tutoring

Oldest Schools in:IndiaAndaman & Nicobar IslandsAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDadra & Nagar HaveliDaman & DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJammu & KashmirJharkhandKeralaLadakhLakshadweepMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOdishaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTelanganaTripuraUttar PradeshUttarakhandWest Bengal

Free academic assessment

Preparing for CBSE board exams?

Success Tutoring offers personalised online English and Maths tutoring aligned to the CBSE, ICSE and state board syllabi. Start with a free assessment.

  • Personalised learning plan mapped to the Australian Curriculum
  • English & Maths from Kindergarten to Year 12
  • Flexible memberships, no lock-in contracts
  • Centres across NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA and ACT

No cost, no obligation. By submitting you agree to be contacted by Success Tutoring about your enquiry. See our privacy policy.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best oldest school in Karnataka?

H M S Public School in Tumakuru ranks first among oldest schools in Karnataka with Founded 1878 (Students: 232).

How are oldest schools in Karnataka ranked?

CBSE schools with the earliest recorded founding year. Figures are the most recent published by the national authority and matched to the school directory.

Are these 2026 rankings official?

No. They are computed by Success Tutoring from official Indian data (CBSE SARAS – list of affiliated schools; UDISE+ Know Your School – school report cards and state statistics). Nothing on this site ranks Indian schools by results, because no board or ministry publishes school-level results. Lists are ordered by size, pupil–teacher ratio, growth, founding year or name, each of which describes the school rather than its outcomes.