Better Education analysis reveals the top 20 primary schools in the Northern Territory
The top 20 NT primary schools have been revealed, with some surprising additions. See if your primary school made the list.
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The top 20 NT primary schools have been named, with government schools taking out four of the top five.
The data was compiled by Better Education, an Australian website that describes its aim as providing “comprehensive and valuable resources to assist parents in making informed decisions about their children’s education.”.
Better Education’s 2024 analysis ranked Haileybury Rendall School and Alice Springs School of the Air in equal first place.
Coming in third, fourth and fifth were government schools: Nightcliff Primary School, Larrakeyah Primary School and Katherine School of the Air.
The state overall score is an index of performance, not a ranking, the best score is 100 and the worst is 60.
Schools with the same score are measured by Better Education on academic results to provide overall placings in the state/territory.
Haileybury’s top spot comes after recent success with NAPLAN.
In 2024, Haileybury had the highest primary school NAPLAN results for the Territory, topping the primary school ranking for the third consecutive year.
The private school charges annual fees of $15,680 for years 5 and 6.
Other independent schools in the top ten included The Alice Springs Steiner School, St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Nhulunbuy Christian School and Marrara Christian School.
No data was available for the Essington School, which had the second highest NAPLAN results in 2024.
Ten of the top 20 primary schools were government schools, including smaller schools such as Alice Springs and Katherine schools of the air.
Nine of the schools were south of the Berrimah Line, including four in Alice Springs and three in Palmerton.
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