Every school’s NAPLAN results ranked

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Outstanding schools with some of the state’s best NAPLAN results are in every part of Melbourne and around the state, new data shows.

The best of West Melbourne schools are in suburbs including Werribee, Keilor East, Macedon, Caroline Springs and Essendon.

The highest-scoring private school in the area is Penleigh and Essendon Grammar — ranked 31 in the state for year 9 results, followed by Alice Miller School and Southern Cross Grammar.

State school superstars in the west include the selective Suzanne Cory High School, Alamanda K-9 College, Williamstown High and Mount Alexander College.

In the east, the top private providers are Fintona Girls’ School, ranked 5 overall in the state, Presbyterian Ladies’ College, ranked 6, and Camberwell Grammar, ranked 8.

In terms of state schools, top performers in the east include Melbourne High, a boys’ selective school – ranked No.2, followed by Balwyn High, ranked 22, then Glen Waverley Secondary College and Highvale Secondary College.

Top eastern suburbs for the best schools include Balwyn, Burwood, Canterbury, Mount Waverley and South Yarra.

The best schools in the city include Melbourne Grammar, ranked 15, and Wesley College ranked 53.

The best schools in the north, including Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar, ranked 21 and Ivanhoe Grammar, ranked 62.

State schools in the north and city include MacRobertson Girls’ High, which is the best in the state overall, followed by University High, Viewbank College and Northcote High.

Top northern suburbs include Ivanhoe, North Melbourne, Parkville and Alphington.

Southern stand-out schools include Haileybury College in Keysborough, ranked 9, Lighthouse Christian College in Cranbourne, ranked 12, and St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar, ranked 16.

Best-performing state schools in the area include Nossal High, Victoria College of the Arts, McKinnon Secondary College and Brighton Secondary College.

Best suburbs for schools include Berwick, Keysborough, Cranbourne and Southbank.

There are also some stand-out schools in regional areas, including Ballarat, Kilmore , Bacchus Marsh, Wonthaggi and Shepparton.

These include Ballarat Clarendon College, ranked 16 in the state, followed by Colmont School and Bacchus Marsh Grammar. Regional state schools with top marks include Lavers Hill K-12, Charlton College, Donald High and Lake Bolac College.

Woodlands Primary School students celebrate their NAPLAN results. L to R: Hanna, Locky, Evie, Stella, Finn, Liam. Picture: Mark Stewart

Meanwhile, Girls’ schools are powering ahead of boys’ schools, a comparison of single-sex academic results shows.

A total of 28 in the top 100 are girls-only schools, compared with just 12 boys-only schools.

The latest 2022 NAPLAN results, the first snapshot since Covid, shows the best non-selective secondary girls’ school is Fintona Girls’ School.

The best non-selective secondary boys-only school is Camberwell Grammar.

Fintona is ranked fifth in the state, while Camberwell Grammar is ranked eighth.

The top scorers have been identified by the Herald Sun, based on average 2022 NAPLAN year 9 and year 5 reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy results.

Only six boys-only schools are in the top 100 primary schools compared with 15 girls’ schools, with the majority co-ed state and private schools.

The top four secondary positions on the list are filled by selective schools, with Mac. Robertson Girls’ High School achieving an average NAPLAN score of 695 – the best in the state.

The top 10 is filled by private schools, including Ballarat Clarendon College which scored an average of 656 and Camberwell Grammar School with 650.

Christopher Dalton, principal of Sacred Heart Girls’ College in Oakleigh, which achieved a score of 621, said the leadership team was “pleased” to celebrate this year’s NAPLAN results.

“This is a credit to the hard work of our students and teachers and their ability to maintain continuity of learning over the past couple of years,” Mr Dalton said.

“As a college we are always striving to improve all aspects of student learning. We have also had a focus on literacy across the curriculum which we believe is having an impact.”

Serpell Primary School, which scored an average of 579, achieved better results than many of the state’s most prestigious schools.

Sacred Heart Girls College students in Oakleigh celebrate their NAPLAN results. Picture: Ian Currie

Parents pay voluntary school fees of $160 at Serpell, compared with other top private schools where school fees for year 5 students cost an average of $7682 per year, but can reach up to $30,000.

Langwarrin’s Woodlands Primary School has also achieved strong improvement in its NAPLAN results.

Principal Matt Gallagher said: “We’re very proud of our students, certainly how they’ve returned out of lockdowns.”

ACARA chief executive David de Carvalho said My School provided data on schooling across Australia, helping parents, carers, schools and governments to understand the performance of schools.

“It’s an important resource for parents to make informed decisions about their children’s schooling,” Mr de Carvalho said. “As well as providing an overview of the approach and focus of each school, My School gives parents and carers information on student and teacher numbers, attendance rates, income and expenditure, and NAPLAN results.”

Education Minister Natalie Hutchins said: “We are continuing to implement reforms to support students and teachers including the Tutor Learning Initiative, mental health reforms and a campaign to recruit more teachers.”

“Victorian students again achieved some of the highest NAPLAN results in the country, ranking first or second in eight out of 10 domains at the primary level,” she said.

“There have been outstanding improvements in the results of many schools … that’s why we continue to be Australia’s education state.”