NAPLAN school rankings 2025: Penrith schools results
The 2025 NAPLAN results are in, and we can reveal the top 10 primary and high schools in Penrith. FIND OUT YOUR SCHOOL’S RESULTS HERE.
The top performing primary and secondary schools in Penrith in this year’s NAPLAN have been revealed.
Taking the top spot in Penrith for secondary is none other than Penrith High School scoring at 697, putting it in 10th place across the entire state.
Penrith High School’s principal, Jaclyn Kush told this masthead how proud she was of her “students and staff”.
“Ranking number 10 it’s a wonderful achievement but what matters most to us is the consistent hard work and wellbeing that under pins it,” she said.
“This year we’re celebrating 75 years as a public high school and that achievement is a really wonderful way to honour our history.”
Following behind are Wollemi College in Werrington with 632, St Paul’s Grammar School in Cranebrook with 610.2, Penrith Anglican College in Orchard Hills with 596 and Caroline Chisholm College in Glenmore Patk with 573.
The highest scoring primary school in the Penrith area was Kingswood Public School with a score of 522.4.
Coming close behind was St Paul’s Grammar School in Cranebrook at 518.
Wollemi College scored 515.4, and Penrith Anglican College scored 513.4, with all three combined schools showing their primary school kids scoring lower than their secondary students.
Coming in fifth for the Penrith area was Leonay Public School in Emu Plains with a score of 510.
Kingswood Public School is also among the most improved Penrith schools compared to last year, while Penrith High School was the 15th highest performing school across the entire state.
The Daily Telegraph’s analysis of the state’s highest performing schools in this year’s NAPLAN has revealed the most improved primary and high schools, and the top performing mainstream schools that outperformed both academically selective and elite private institutions.
Every school’s performance has been analysed by averaging Year 5 and Year 9 students’ reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy results in the 2025 NAPLAN.
TOP PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst
Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga
Woollahra Public School
Matthew Pearce Public School
Beecroft Public School
Artarmon Public School
Balmain Public School
Pymble Ladies’ College
Northcross Christian School, Ryde
Hornsby North Public School
Al-Faisal College, Campbelltown
St Aloysius’ College, Kirribilli
Meriden School, Strathfield
Dural Public School
Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga
TOP SECONDARY SCHOOLS
James Ruse Agricultural High School, Carlingford
North Sydney Girls High School, Crows Nest
Baulkham Hills High School
Sydney Girls High School, Surry Hills
Conservatorium High School, Sydney
Hornsby Girls High School
North Sydney Boys High School, Crows Nest
Sydney Boys High School, Moore Park
Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst
Normanhurst Boys High School
Fort Street High School, Leichhardt
Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus
Girraween High School
Hurlstone Agricultural High School, Glenfield
Penrith High School
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Originally published as NAPLAN school rankings 2025: Penrith schools results
