Malek Fahd Islamic School (abbreviated as MFIS) is a multi-campus independent Islamic co-educational primary and secondary day school, with its main campus located in the south-western Sydney suburb of Greenacre with smaller campuses in Hoxton Park and Beaumont Hills, New South Wales, Australia. After Al-Faisal College, Malek Fahd Islamic School is the second largest Islamic school in Australia, that caters for 2,444 students from Year K to Year 12 across three campuses. All MFIS students (and 80% of the staff) are Muslim. History Malek (King) Fahd Islamic School was opened in October 1989 with one campus in Greenacre. The purchase of the land for the school was secured through a $12 million gift from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. The school started with 87 students from kindergarten to year 3 but has grown to over 2,000 students in 2013. In 2007 the school made its debut when it came 9th in the state's HSC ranking. In April 2011 the school established two campuses in Hoxton Park and Beaumont Hills, both catering for students in early primary school. In June 2013 the School Board, chaired by Tom Alegounarias, appointed the school's first Christian headmaster, Ray Barrett. By 2016 the school's state ranking for the HSC had dropped to 76th. Campuses The school's main campus in Greenacre includes 1070 students in the primary school (Kindergarten to Year 6) and 990 students in the secondary school (Years 7 to 12). Students in the main campus originate mainly from the local Bankstown area, Lakemba, Auburn and Guildford. The Hoxton Park campus opened in April 2011 for 78 students in Kindergarten and Years 1 and 2 as well as 4 staff. In 2013 the campus has 87 students enrolled from Kindergarten to Year 4. The campus has a modern two-story building which caters for students from Hoxton Park, Liverpool, Lurnea, Hinchinbrook and Prestons. The school also operates a campus in Beaumont Hills, opened in April 2011, for children in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2. The campus initially started with 31 students but has increased in size with over 200 students in 2012 from Kindergarten to Year 6. In 2014 the school expanded to include Year 7. The campus draws students from Beaumont Hills, Kellyville, Castle Hill, The Ponds, Blacktown, Seven Hills, Rooty Hill and Mt Druitt. Curriculum Malek Fahd Islamic School teaches according to the NSW Board of Studies mandated syllabuses. However all students