The 5 year NAPLAN trend: How schools in the Hunter region performed
An independent analysis of five years of NAPLAN results has revealed the schools in the Hunter that performed the best in the Year 5 and Year 9 tests between 2014 and 2018.
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These are the Hunter schools that consistently top the state's NAPLAN results.
An independent analysis of five years of NAPLAN results has revealed the schools that performed the best in the Year 5 and Year 9 tests between 2014 and 2018.
Over that five-year period, St Joseph's Primary School, in Merewether, had higher Year 5 yearly results than any other school in the state, scoring an average of 2733.8 each year.
The top performing Year 9 school was Merewether High School, in Broadmeadow, where the average yearly result was 3411.0 for the five years.
“We are very proud of our student’s achievements. While we do not teach to NAPLAN, we do prepare our students with the skills and knowledge required to be successful in the world they will move into when they finish their schooling with us,” a Merewether High School spokesperson said.
“As a school we focus on the whole person and the development of the qualities required to be successful in the future.”
To find how each school performed between 2014 and 2018, their average scores for each year were combined and the yearly average found.
Special schools, schools with fewer than 20 students enrolled in either year, and schools that did not report any results for NAPLAN subjects in either year were excluded from the analysis.
The figures were independently compiled from the Federal Government's MySchool website.
That revealed New Lambton Public School, in New Lambton, had the second highest results for Year 5s over that period, with a yearly average of 2727.8.
The third best performing Year 5 school was Holy Family Primary School, in Merewether Beach, with five yearly average results of 2716.6.
The second-best performing Year 9 results were at Newcastle Grammar School, in The Hill, where yearly results were 2727.8.
Hunter Valley Grammar School, in Ashtonfield, had the third highest average results between 2014 and 2018 with averages of 3076.8.
Hunter's 10 best performing Year 5 schools between 2014 and 2018
*St Joseph's Primary School: 2733.8
*New Lambton Public School: 2727.8
*Holy Family Primary School: 2716.6
*Newcastle East Public School: 2699.4
*Newcastle Grammar School: 2698.8
*St James' Primary School: 2692.0
*Hamilton South Public School: 2678.8
*Macquarie College: 2676.6
*The Junction Public School: 2630.8
*Hunter School of Performing Arts: 2627.2
Hunter's 10 best performing Year 9 schools between 2014 and 2018
*Merewether High School: 3411.0
*Newcastle Grammar School: 3157.2
*Hunter Valley Grammar School: 3076.8
*Macquarie College: 3044.4
*St Philip's Christian College - Waratah: 3033.0
*Hunter School of Performing Arts: 3006.2
*Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College: 2972.2
*Avondale School: 2972.0
*St Pius X High School: 2969.0
*St Philip's Christian College - Port Stephens: 2965.2