Today, Albury's students who board feel more connected through social media, and have more flexible arrangements for their stays.

For the first time on Wednesday, the Scots School Albury let the public into their boarding house, where there are 50 permanent boarders including Ruby Devere, 17.

"I started boarding in year 10, and it was quite different getting used to schedules and being away from home," she said.

"I've decided to come full-time now while I'm studying more in year 12.

"There's a lot of academic support.

"Most people like me from Mansfield go to Melbourne, but all of a sudden a lot of people seem to be going up to Albury."

Ruby took over Scots' Instagram page on Wednesday to demonstrate a 'day in the life of a boarder' - breakfast at 8am, school at 8.45am, dinner at 6pm and prep for classes from 7pm to 9pm most days.

There are sports available during the afternoons and permanent boarders are invited to attend activities on the weekends.

But there's usually only a handful of students around on the weekend - most, like Casey Scott of Henty, go home to see family.

"I thought I would find it really difficult, but I got used to it after two weeks," she said.

"There's a lot of great people and it's still a country town."

Director of boarding Neale Poole said there were about 15 students who fell under a range of flexible boarding arrangements.

"A lot of our day students travel from places like Bright or Holbrook and have activities after school, so once or twice a week they will stay," he said.

"They travel a long way on buses, so it's a good option for them."

Mr Poole said the boarding house was attracting students from new parts of the region.

"Our traditional catchment has been the Riverina, but we're also taking more from Victoria," he said.

Scots School in Albury and St Paul's College in Walla are the two providers of boarding in Southern NSW.