The Essington School, Nhulunbuy Christian College among best NAPLAN performers
The Northern Territory’s top schools for NAPLAN results over the past five years have been revealed. See how your school performed.
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An independent analysis of five years of NAPLAN results has revealed the Northern Territory schools that consistently performed the best in the Year 5 and Year 9 tests between 2017 and 2021.
To determine how each school performed between 2017 and 2021, 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.
REMOTE AND RURAL SCHOOLS
In remote and rural schools over that five-year period, Nhulunbuy Christian College had higher Year 5 annual results than any other school in rural and remote NT, scoring an average of 2468 each year.
Casuarina Street Primary School in Katherine East was the second best for the region with an average score of 2389.3, while Good Shepherd Lutheran College in Howard Springs was the third best with an average score of 2353.0.
The top performing Year 9 school was Nhulunbuy Christian College where the average yearly result was 2989.7 over the five years.
Good Shepherd Lutheran College in Howard Springs was the second best for the region with an average score of 2802.3, while Taminmin College in Humpty Doo was the third best with an average score of 2643.3.
The figures were independently compiled from the federal government’s MySchool website.
Rural and remote NT’s best performing Year 5 schools between 2017 and 2021:
Nhulunbuy Christian College: 2468.0
Casuarina Street Primary School: 2389.3
Good Shepherd Lutheran College: 2353.0
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School: 2342.8
Bees Creek Primary School: 2325.0
Girraween Primary School: 2317.8
Nhulunbuy Primary School: 2283.0
Berry Springs Primary School: 2265.3
Humpty Doo Primary School: 2244.5
Katherine South Primary School: 2185.5
Rural and remote NT’s best performing Year 9 schools between 2017 and 2021:
Nhulunbuy Christian College: 2989.7
Good Shepherd Lutheran College: 2802.3
Taminmin College: 2643.3
Nhulunbuy High School: 2592.8
St Joseph’s Catholic College: 2524.8
Katherine High School: 2448.3
Jabiru Area School: 2355.0
Tennant Creek High School: 2167.3
Xavier Catholic College: 2099.5
Ramingining School: 1916.0
PALMERSTON SCHOOLS
Over the same five-year period, Palmerston Christian College, in Marlow Lagoon, had higher Year 5 annual results than any other school in the Palmerston, scoring an average of 2432 each year.
Bakewell Primary School was the second best for the region with an average score of 2412.3, while Durack Primary School was the third best with an average score of 2370.8.
The top performing Year 9 school was Palmerston Christian College where the average yearly result was 2797.5 over the five years.
MacKillop Catholic College in Johnston was the second best for the region with an average score of 2741.
Palmerston’s best performing Year 5 schools between 2017 and 2021:
Palmerston Christian College: 2432.0
Bakewell Primary School: 2412.3
Durack Primary School: 2370.8
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School: 2331.3
Driver Primary School: 2311.5
Rosebery Primary School: 2296.8
Gray Primary School: 2235.3
Woodroffe Primary School: 2098.3
Moulden Primary School: 2008.5
Palmerston’s best performing Year 9 schools between 2017 and 2021:
Palmerston Christian College: 2797.5
MacKillop Catholic College: 2741.0
DARWIN SCHOOLS
The Essington School, in Rapid Creek, had higher Year 5 annual results than any other school in the Darwin, scoring an average of 2677.3 each year.
Larrakeyah Primary School was the second best for the region with an average score of 2584, while Haileybury Rendall School in Berrimah was the third best with an average score of 2554.8.
The top performing Year 9 school was The Essington School where the average yearly result was 3083.5 over the five years.
Darwin Middle School in The Gardens was the second best for the region with an average score of 2915.8, while O’Loughlin Catholic College in Karama was the third best with an average score of 2837.
Darwin’s best performing Year 5 schools between 2017 and 2021:
The Essington School: 2677.3
Larrakeyah Primary School: 2584.0
Haileybury Rendall School: 2554.8
Stuart Park Primary School: 2501.5
Nakara Primary School: 2485.3
St Paul’s Catholic Primary School: 2478.8
Parap Primary School: 2474.8
Marrara Christian College: 2453.5
Nightcliff Primary School: 2450.3
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School: 2450.3
Darwin’s best performing Year 9 schools between 2017 and 2021:
The Essington School: 3083.5
Darwin Middle School: 2915.8
O’Loughlin Catholic College: 2837.0
Dripstone Middle School: 2822.5
Nightcliff Middle School: 2813.5
Haileybury Rendall School: 2812.5
Marrara Christian College: 2629.0
Sanderson Middle School: 2626.0
St John’s Catholic College: 2510.8
ALICE SPRINGS SCHOOLS
Living Waters Lutheran School had higher Year 5 yearly results than any other school in the Alice Springs, scoring an average of 2465.8 each year.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College was the second best for the region with an average score of 2457.5, while Ross Park Primary School in Alice Springs was the third best with an average score of 2407.5.
The top performing Year 9 school was St Philip’s College where the average yearly result was 2847.5 over the five years.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College in Alice Springs was the second best for the region with an average score of 2814.3, while Araluen Christian College in Alice Springs was the third best with an average score of 2808.8.
Alice Springs’s best performing Year 5 schools between 2017 and 2021:
Living Waters Lutheran School: 2465.8
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College: 2457.5
Ross Park Primary School: 2407.5
Araluen Christian College: 2310.8
Larapinta Primary School: 2209.5
Bradshaw Primary School: 2202.0
Gillen Primary School: 2031.3
Braitling Primary School: 1985.8
Sadadeen Primary School: 1714.3
Yipirinya School: 1385.3
Alice Springs’s best performing Year 9 schools between 2017 and 2021:
St Philip’s College: 2847.5
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College: 2814.3
Araluen Christian College: 2808.8
Centralian Middle School: 2532.8
Yirara College: 1939.3
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