St. Paul's Co-Educational College

St. Paul's Co-educational College 聖保羅男女中學
Location
33 MacDonnell Road Mid-levels Hong Kong
Information
Type	Grant, DSS, secondary, co-educational, day, boarding.
Motto	Faith, Hope and Love 信望愛
Established	1915 (as St. Paul's Girls' College)
Principal	Dr. Anissa Chan
Enrollment	approx. 1,200
Average class size	15-33
Forms Alumni	Form 1 to Form 6 Hong Kong Alumni Website
Website	http://www.spcc.edu.hk

St. Paul's Co-educational College (Traditional Chinese: 聖保羅男女中學), (often abbreviated as St. Paul's Co-ed., St. Paul's or SPCC) is a Christian secondary school located at 33 MacDonnell Road, Mid-levels, Hong Kong. It follows the HKDSE and IBDP curriculum, and is one of the Round Square schools in Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1915. It became the first school in Hong Kong to enforce uniform dress code. Until after World War II, it was a girls-only college. It is under the Direct Subsidy Scheme. It is regarded as one of the top schools in Hong Kong in terms of its excellent performance in academics, music and sports.

The college was founded in 1915 as St. Paul's Girls' College by the Anglican church. The school's motto is Faith, Hope and Love, derived from the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13.

In 1942, St. Paul's Girls' College was closed down due to Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. In 1945, the school re-opened after Japan surrendered, merging with St. Paul's College to become the first co-educational college in Hong Kong. It was officially renamed "St. Paul's Co-educational College" in 1950 when St. Paul's Boys' College moved to Bonham Road.

Since 2002, the College has been operated under the Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS). It was one of the first subsidised schools to join the scheme. In 2011, and it was authorised as an IB World School.

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