Queensland’s top 100 schools revealed, with seven earning perfect scores
Queensland’s top-performing high schools – both state and private – have been revealed following a study of academic outcomes, with seven of them managing to earn a perfect score. SEE THE FULL LIST
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Queensland’s top-performing high schools have been named following an analysis of academic outcomes among state and private schools, with seven of them managing to earn a perfect score.
Brisbane State High School was given an overall rating of 100 and was named as being in the top one per cent of schools in the state for 2020 by independent website Better Education, which analyses a school’s academic outcomes.
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With more than 3000 students, BSHS has long-suffered from catchment fraud from desperate parents determined to land their kids a spot due to its stellar reputation for academic and sporting achievements.
Also topping the list were neighbours – and Queensland’s most expensive private schools - Brisbane Grammar School and Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
Fellow top private schools St Joseph’s College Gregory Terrace, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School, Ormiston College and Somerset College were also awarded perfect scores by Better Education.
Mansfield State High School (with a score of 99) Indooroopilly State High School (98) Kelvin Grove State College (98) and The Gap State High School (98) were the next top rated public schools, rubbing shoulders with top privates such as All Hallows’ School (99), Anglican Church Grammar School (99) and Somerville House (99).
Some of the best performing schools outside Brisbane were Townsville Grammar School (99), Matthew Flinders Anglican College (99) and Sunshine Coast Grammar School (99).
Better Education state the overall score is an index of a performance, rather than a ranking, with schools rated from 100 to 60.
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