Top ranking Australian primary schools for the year 2016 and this is only for non-government/private schools. The result is a combination of both year 3 and 5 numbers from NAPLAN. One thing to note is some schools listed have very low enrolment number so the result is possibly not a reliable reflection of the entire school’s performance and historically can have big fluctuations as well. This is why I also included the enrolment number here, some school got big enrolment number as well due to they are classified as combined with both primary and secondary components counted together. One more thing to note is that percentage is based on the number one primary school regardless of school sector. Just so to be clear that particular school is Sydney Grammar School – Edgecliff Preparatory School and it is so far ahead of everybody else and is a bit of anomaly. Just about everybody else government or non-government pretty close together.
Ranking | School Name | State | School Sector | Location | Total Enrolment | Percentage |
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1 | Sydney Grammar School - Edgecliff Preparatory Scho... | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 307 | 100.00% |
2 | Sydney Grammar School - St Ives Preparatory School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 425 | 99.06% |
3 | Presbyterian Ladies' College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 1426 | 94.05% |
4 | Abbotsleigh | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1415 | 93.46% |
5 | Fintona Girls' School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 452 | 93.43% |
6 | Haileybury College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 3435 | 93.06% |
7 | Meriden School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1012 | 91.97% |
8 | Ballarat Clarendon College | VIC | Non-government | Inner Regional | 1322 | 91.93% |
9 | St Francis of Assisi Regional Catholic Primary Sch... | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 214 | 91.78% |
10 | St Aloysius' College | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1246 | 91.68% |
11 | Korowa Anglican Girls' School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 559 | 91.55% |
12 | Ascham School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1135 | 91.41% |
13 | International School of Western Australia | WA | Non-government | Major Cities | 235 | 91.31% |
14 | St Aidan's Anglican Girls School | QLD | Non-government | Major Cities | 724 | 91.13% |
15 | Huntingtower School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 675 | 90.94% |
16 | Erasmus School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 89 | 90.79% |
17 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 917 | 90.77% |
18 | John Colet School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 201 | 90.46% |
19 | Blue Gum Montessori School | WA | Non-government | Major Cities | 137 | 89.94% |
20 | Camberwell Grammar School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 1301 | 89.85% |
21 | Camberwell Girls Grammar School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 708 | 89.72% |
22 | St Andrews Christian College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 554 | 89.70% |
23 | Northcross Christian School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 333 | 89.68% |
24 | Roseville College | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 903 | 89.67% |
25 | Arden Anglican School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 746 | 89.60% |
26 | Shelford Girls' Grammar | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 499 | 89.13% |
27 | Sydney Japanese International School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 206 | 89.06% |
28 | The Knox School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 602 | 88.66% |
29 | St Mary's Catholic Primary School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 325 | 88.48% |
30 | MLC School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1206 | 88.33% |
31 | St Joseph's Primary School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 359 | 88.33% |
32 | Fairholme College | QLD | Non-government | Inner Regional | 727 | 88.06% |
33 | Wahroonga Preparatory School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | N/A | 88.02% |
34 | Waverley Christian College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 1199 | 87.97% |
35 | Tintern Grammar | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 787 | 87.91% |
36 | Kilvington Grammar School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 672 | 87.89% |
37 | Pymble Ladies' College | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 2120 | 87.87% |
38 | SHORE - Sydney Church of England Grammar School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1601 | 87.77% |
39 | St James' Primary School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 300 | 87.71% |
40 | Loreto Kirribilli | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1079 | 87.66% |
41 | Central Coast Grammar School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1240 | 87.62% |
42 | Lauriston Girls' School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 880 | 87.60% |
43 | Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 711 | 87.60% |
44 | Knox Grammar School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 2735 | 87.59% |
45 | Holy Trinity Primary School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 391 | 87.55% |
46 | St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 234 | 87.52% |
47 | Christ Church Grammar School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 330 | 87.50% |
48 | Mentone Girls' Grammar School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 717 | 87.42% |
49 | Holy Family Catholic Primary School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 297 | 87.40% |
50 | Fitzroy Community School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 63 | 87.37% |
51 | Forestville Montessori School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 100 | 87.32% |
52 | Melbourne Girls Grammar | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 933 | 87.32% |
53 | Snowy Mountains Christian School | NSW | Non-government | Inner Regional | 86 | 87.30% |
54 | The King's School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1631 | 87.25% |
55 | Arkana College | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 201 | 87.25% |
56 | Presbyterian Ladies' College Sydney | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1194 | 87.22% |
57 | St Mary's Anglican Girls' School | WA | Non-government | Major Cities | 1385 | 87.20% |
58 | Scotch College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 1862 | 87.20% |
59 | Queenwood School for Girls | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 861 | 87.08% |
60 | SCECGS Redlands | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1558 | 87.03% |
61 | St Joan of Arc School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 368 | 87.02% |
62 | Tangara School for Girls | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 529 | 87.00% |
63 | Good News Lutheran School | QLD | Non-government | Major Cities | 338 | 86.93% |
64 | St Leonard's College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 1404 | 86.93% |
65 | Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 849 | 86.90% |
66 | Chrysalis Montessori School | WA | Non-government | Major Cities | 105 | 86.88% |
67 | Methodist Ladies' College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 2027 | 86.88% |
68 | Perth College | WA | Non-government | Major Cities | 1121 | 86.82% |
69 | Trinity Grammar School Kew | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 1367 | 86.77% |
70 | Ruyton Girls' School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 820 | 86.72% |
71 | St Peter's College | SA | Non-government | Major Cities | 1383 | 86.68% |
72 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary Scho... | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 415 | 86.68% |
73 | Sacre Coeur | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 731 | 86.65% |
74 | Heathdale Christian College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 1216 | 86.62% |
75 | Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 2383 | 86.62% |
76 | St Margaret's School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 943 | 86.60% |
77 | Carey Baptist Grammar School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 2161 | 86.58% |
78 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 330 | 86.58% |
79 | Montgrove College | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 555 | 86.58% |
80 | Lighthouse Christian College Cranbourne | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 770 | 86.56% |
81 | Geelong Grammar School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 1457 | 86.45% |
82 | Melbourne Montessori School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 243 | 86.43% |
83 | Sholem Aleichem College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 188 | 86.38% |
84 | Methodist Ladies' College | WA | Non-government | Major Cities | 1126 | 86.36% |
85 | St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School | SA | Non-government | Major Cities | 640 | 86.35% |
86 | Kambala | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 930 | 86.30% |
87 | St Cecilia's School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 248 | 86.28% |
88 | Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Primary Schoo... | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 149 | 86.26% |
89 | St Aloysius' School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 64 | 86.20% |
90 | Mosman Church of England Preparatory School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 324 | 86.15% |
91 | St Kevin's College | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 1982 | 86.13% |
92 | St Peters Lutheran College | QLD | Non-government | Major Cities | 1978 | 86.10% |
93 | Canberra Girls Grammar School | ACT | Non-government | Major Cities | 1472 | 86.10% |
94 | Reddam House | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 1009 | 86.08% |
95 | McAuley Catholic Primary School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 140 | 86.06% |
96 | St Rose Catholic Primary School | NSW | Non-government | Major Cities | 236 | 86.03% |
97 | Townsville Grammar School | QLD | Non-government | Outer Regional | 1327 | 85.96% |
98 | Brisbane Boys' College | QLD | Non-government | Major Cities | 1553 | 85.94% |
99 | St Andrew's School | SA | Non-government | Major Cities | 357 | 85.94% |
100 | The King David School | VIC | Non-government | Major Cities | 593 | 85.86% |
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