Queensland’s top 150 high schools ranked by Better Education

Queensland’s top 150 high schools have been revealed, with dozens of public schools ranked alongside the state’s private powerhouses. SEARCH THE INTERACTIVE

More than 30 public schools have been named alongside some of the state’s powerhouse colleges to be ranked in Queensland’s top 150.

Independent schools specialist website Better Education has revealed Queensland’s best schools a compilation of both government and private schools between years 7-10.

The selective Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology retained the top spot in 2022 with a perfect score of 100.

The Toowong-based school had full marks for English and Maths.

It was closely followed by Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Brisbane State High School, Somerset College, Ormiston College, Whitsunday Anglican School and St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School all with perfect scores.

Whitsunday Anglican School, which charges about $12,000 at a fraction of those in the top 10, was the only school from outside of the South East pocket.

Some of the top public schools included Mansfield State High School, Indooroopilly State High School and Brisbane and Cairns schools of distance education.

Some of the most improved schools included Ipswich Grammar School which went from 28 to 13, Redeemer Lutheran College (39 to 22) and the Brisbane School of Distance Education (111 to 37).

Whitsunday Anglican School students Chloe Ralph (Year 9), Asher Hobbs (Year 5), Ibrahim Musameh (Year 3) and Declan Loveless (Year 9).

Cairns School of Distance Education, Mount Gravatt State High School, Northpine Christian College and Coolum State High School were all new entries for 2022.

Better Education’s list is based on Year 9 results with English and Maths rated out of five and the overall academic performance with three rating scales.

Better Education is an independently-run site that aims to provide “informative and comparative school performance … to parents wanting to make ­choices about schooling for their children”.