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Sydney Grammar and James Ruse Agricultural High top NAPLAN

The state’s public schools have given their private school counterparts a run for their money by taking out six of the top 10 spots in Year 5 NAPLAN results, an analysis of results has revealed. DID YOU SCHOOL MAKE THE TOP 50?

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Public primary schools took out six of the top 10 spots for Year 5 NAPLAN results, an analysis of the state’s top performing schools has found.

While selective public high schools dominated the top 10 for Year 9 results, the exclusive analysis of five years of results for the state’s NAPLAN results by The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

The top performing Year 5 school between 2014 and 2018 was Sydney Grammar School, in Darlinghurst, where the average yearly result NAPLAN score was 3113.6.

The selective James Ruse Agricultural High School in Carlingford, was the state’s top Year 9 school with average yearly results of 3719.6.

Rankings for the best performing schools were established by combining every school’s results across the five different NAPLAN subjects and calculating the yearly average score.

Each school’s results were independently collated through the Federal Government’s MySchool website.

The state’s s second-best performing Year 5 school was Abbotsleigh, in Wahroonga in the city’s leafy north, with average yearly results of 2961.8.

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The third-highest scoring Year 5 school was St Aloysius’ College, in Kirribilli, where the average yearly results across the five years were 2957.4.

Woollahra Public School was the fourth best performing school for Year 5 NAPLAN results in the five years to 2018.
Woollahra Public School was the fourth best performing school for Year 5 NAPLAN results in the five years to 2018.

It was followed closely by Woollahra Public School with a score of 2957.2 and Artarmon Public School with a score of 2939.4.

The second-best performing Year 9 school was Sydney Girls High School, in Surry Hills where the average yearly results was 3598.4.

North Sydney Girls High School, in Crows Nest, had the third highest average yearly results with scores of 3584.0.

New South Wales’s 10 best performing Year 5 schools between 2014 and 2018

Sydney Grammar School: 3113.6

Abbotsleigh: 2961.8

St Aloysius’ College: 2957.4

Woollahra Public School: 2957.2

Artarmon Public School: 2939.4

John Colet School: 2906.6

Matthew Pearce Public School: 2902.2

Hornsby North Public School: 2900.4

Beecroft Public School: 2899.2

North Rocks Public School: 2898.2

New South Wales’s 10 best performing Year 9 schools between 2014 and 2018

James Ruse Agricultural High School: 3719.6

Sydney Girls High School: 3598.4

North Sydney Girls High School: 3584.0

North Sydney Boys High School: 3582.4

Sydney Grammar School: 3553.4

Baulkham Hills High School: 3542.4

Hornsby Girls High School: 3538.4

Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus: 3512.8

Sydney Boys High School: 3492.6

Fort Street High School: 3490.2

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