St. Paul's Girls School, Milagiriya

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| name = St. Paul's Girls' School

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| motto = {{Langx|la| Per Aspera ad Astra}}

| established = {{start date and age|1887|01|14|df=y}}

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| type = National School

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| founder = St. Paul's Church of Milagiriya

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| city = Milagiriya, Colombo

| country = Sri Lanka

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| staff = 250 academic staff

| enrollment = 5,500

| gender = Girls

| lower_age = 5

| upper_age = 19

| houses = Bhakti, Deepthi, Keerthi, Maithri, Pragathi, Shakthi

| colours = Red and white

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| free_label_1 = Former pupils

| free_1 = Old Paulians

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St. Paul's Girls' School is one of the oldest schools for girls, and is situated in Milagiriya, Colombo. The school was founded on 14 January 1887 as a Parish school affiliated to St. Paul's Church with 24 students and four teachers, with Stella Coban (1887 – 1892) as the first principal.{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/sunday-times-sri-lanka/20120304/304684981648300|title=St. Paul's Girls' School's vision is to endow the world with righteous individuals|newspaper=The Sunday Times|first=Joanne|last=Kotelawala|date=4 March 2012|access-date=22 October 2024}} In the early years of the school the majority of the students belonged to the Burger community and the medium of education was English. In 1957 the school provided education in Sinhala, Tamil and English mediums.{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/sunday-times-sri-lanka/20171029/283970357702108|title=130th celebration of St. Paul's Girls' School, Milagiriya|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=29 October 2017|access-date=22 October 2024}}

In February 1993 during the administration of principal, Gothami Fernando, the school was declared a National School. Today the school has more than 5,500 students with 250 academic staff and 55 non-academic staff.