Top of the Class: Selective Schools Clean Up in NAPLAN
Selective schools, MacRobertson Girls Grammar and Nossal High have delivered a one-two punch in southeast Melbourne's NAPLAN rankings. See how your child’s school ranked.
Two of the state’s most exclusive high schools have claimed the top spots in Melbourne’s southeast NAPLAN results, with Mac. Robertson Girls Grammar and Nossal High School leading the region.
Mac. Robertson – the all-girls secondary school that screens students through an entrance exam – has taken the top spot in Melbourne’s southeast and finished second statewide with an average score of 706.6.
Right behind it at second in the region and third in the state is selective school Nossal High School with an average score of 702.8.
Haileybury College, Keysborough was the third best secondary school – and the first non-selective, private school to make the list – with a score of 664.6.
Haileybury College’s primary school was also the best performing primary school in the region, sharing the top spot with Lighthouse Christian College Cranbourne with an average score of 588.4.
Mentone Girls Grammar School in Mentone was the second best primary school with an average score of 544.8.
South Melbourne Primary in Southbank was the best ranked public primary school, coming in at fifth with an average score of 559.6, ranking exactly one point above one of the state’s most elite private schools, Caulfield Grammar in St Kilda East.
Seaford Primary School and Karingal Heights Primary School ranked at the bottom of the region’s primary schools, with their grade five results averaging well below scores in the rest of the region.
To determine how each school performed in 2025, the scores for all five test subjects for the student cohort – Year 5 or Year 9 – were combined and the average found. Students are tested on their reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy skills.
Originally published as Top of the Class: Selective Schools Clean Up in NAPLAN
