Revealed: The eastern suburbs schools that dominated Victoria's 2025 NAPLAN rankings
Schools in Melbourne’s east ranked among the top NAPLAN performers in Victoria, with 11 of the top 20 scoring high schools hailing from the eastern suburbs. See how your child’s school ranked.
Melbourne’s eastern suburbs are home to 11 of the state’s top 20 best performing high schools according to the latest NAPLAN results.
Students at selective all boys government school Melbourne High were the top performers, with an average Year 9 NAPLAN score of 717.8 – a 12.6 point improvement from 2024.
Other top scoring high schools from the leafy east were Presbyterian Ladies’ College (666.8), Fintona Girls’ School (666.4) and Camberwell Girls School (661.8).
High schools further east also made the top 20, with the Huntingtower School in Glen Waverley, St Andrew’s Christian College in Wantirna South and Yarra Valley Grammar all scoring highly
Glen Waverley Secondary College was the best government school in Victoria with a NAPLAN average across the five domains of 630.6.
Glen Waverley Secondary College principal Suzanne Plant credited the school’s “really great” teachers, “extremely supportive” parents and a school-wide commitment to learning for its fantastic NAPLAN results.
“We work really closely with our feeder primary schools, we have very supportive families and really great teachers who work collaboratively,” Ms Plant said.
“We provide learning specialists for our high performing students and programs for those who need more support.”
Croydon Community School, Yarra Hills Secondary College and Healesville High School were the worst performing schools in the area.
At the primary school level, Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Burwood topped the state with an average score of 588.8.
St Andrews Christian College, Oakleigh South Primary School, Wheelers Hill Primary School and Huntingtower School rounded out the top five.
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.
Special schools, schools with fewer than 20 students enrolled, and schools that did not report any results for NAPLAN subjects were excluded from the analysis.
The figures were independently compiled from the Federal Government’s MySchool website.
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Originally published as Revealed: The eastern suburbs schools that dominated Victoria's 2025 NAPLAN rankings
