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Top Private Primary Schools in Melbourne - 2020

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The following table lists the 2020  best non-government primary schools in Melbourne. English and Maths are rated with 5 grades while the overall academic performance has 3 rating scales for you to choose. Related ratings: Top Melbourne Primary Schools | Top Melbourne Government Primary Schools | Top VIC Primary Schools | VIC Primary School Ratings. Alternatively you can compare up to 5 VIC primary schools and trends with 2D / 3D charts side by side. For other types of results or rankings, please visit School Ranking Home. There are a large range of factors that impact on academic results in addition to the role played by the school itself. These include the SES (Socio Economic Status) background of students, whether the school is selective in its student intake, etc. It is for the reader to do his own research and draw his or her own conclusions. If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by this DISCLAIMER.

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OrderSchoolPostcode State Overall Score Better Education Percentile English Maths Total EnrolmentsTrend / CompareICSEA
1 Lighthouse Christian College,Keysborough,VIC,3173 3173 96 10% 766 Trend / Compare 1080
2 Presbyterian Ladies' College,Burwood,VIC,3125 3125 100 1% 1429 Trend / Compare 1202
3 Haileybury College 3173 100 1% 4054 Trend / Compare 1179
4 St Andrews Christian College,Wantirna South,VIC,3152 3152 100 1% 639 Trend / Compare 1159
5 Huntingtower School,Mount Waverley,VIC,3149 3149 100 1% 711 Trend / Compare 1175
6 Camberwell Grammar School,Canterbury,VIC,3126 3126 100 1% 1304 Trend / Compare 1178
7 Camberwell Girls Grammar School,Canterbury,VIC,3126 3126 100 1% 739 Trend / Compare 1195
8 Fintona Girls' School,Balwyn,VIC,3103 3103 100 1% 442 Trend / Compare 1147
9 Scotch College,Hawthorn,VIC,3122 3122 100 1% 1875 Trend / Compare 1191
10 Fitzroy Community School,Fitzroy North,VIC,3068 3068 100 1% 117 Trend / Compare 1197
11 Waverley Christian College,Wantirna South,VIC,3152 3152 100 2% 1960 Trend / Compare 1143
12 Christ Church Grammar School,South Yarra,VIC,3141 3141 100 2% 306 Trend / Compare 1219
13 Korowa Anglican Girls' School,Glen Iris,VIC,3146 3146 99 2% 699 Trend / Compare 1191
14 St Leonard's College,Brighton East,VIC,3187 3187 99 2% 1500 Trend / Compare 1174
15 St Kevin's College,Toorak,VIC,3142 3142 99 2% 2079 Trend / Compare 1177
16 Lighthouse Christian College,Cranbourne,VIC,3977 3977 99 2% 985 Trend / Compare 1061
17 Trinity Grammar School,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 99 2% 1480 Trend / Compare 1182
18 Erasmus Primary School 3122 99 2% 126 Trend / Compare 1193
19 Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School,Croydon Hills,VIC,3136 3136 99 2% 530 Trend / Compare 1139
20 Carey Baptist Grammar School,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 99 3% 2375 Trend / Compare 1164
21 Sholem Aleichem College,Elsternwick,VIC,3185 3185 99 3% 187 Trend / Compare 1150
22 Loreto, Mandeville Hall,Toorak,VIC,3142 3142 99 3% 1272 Trend / Compare 1166
23 Methodist Ladies' College,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 99 3% 2024 Trend / Compare 1174
24 Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School 3033 99 3% 2699 Trend / Compare 1162
25 Firbank Grammar School,Brighton,VIC,3186 3186 99 3% 1126 Trend / Compare 1163
26 Toorak College,Mount Eliza,VIC,3930 3930 99 3% 748 Trend / Compare 1145
27 Westbourne Grammar School,Truganina,VIC,3029 3029 99 3% 1488 Trend / Compare 1144
28 Brighton Grammar School,Brighton,VIC,3186 3186 99 3% 1301 Trend / Compare 1144
29 Lauriston Girls' School,Armadale,VIC,3143 3143 99 3% 890 Trend / Compare 1194
30 Tintern Grammar,Ringwood East,VIC,3135 3135 99 3% 812 Trend / Compare 1150
31 Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School,Canterbury,VIC,3126 3126 99 3% 748 Trend / Compare 1143
32 St Joseph's School,Elsternwick,VIC,3185 3185 99 4% 345 Trend / Compare 1164
33 The Knox School,Wantirna South,VIC,3152 3152 99 4% 588 Trend / Compare 1133
34 Ruyton Girls' School,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 99 4% 879 Trend / Compare 1185
35 St Joan of Arc School,Brighton,VIC,3186 3186 99 4% 371 Trend / Compare 1166
36 Mentone Girls' Grammar School,Mentone,VIC,3194 3194 99 4% 722 Trend / Compare 1150
37 Melbourne Grammar School 3004 99 4% 1795 Trend / Compare 1171
38 St Christopher's School,Glen Waverley,VIC,3150 3150 98 4% 79 Trend / Compare 1140
39 Good Shepherd School,Wheelers Hill,VIC,3150 3150 98 4% 510 Trend / Compare 1123
40 Heathdale Christian College,Werribee,VIC,3030 3030 98 5% 1537 Trend / Compare 1140
41 Sophia Mundi Steiner School 3067 98 5% 195 Trend / Compare 1120
42 Caulfield Grammar School,St Kilda East,VIC,3183 3185 98 5% 3170 Trend / Compare 1116
43 Kilvington Grammar School,Ormond,VIC,3204 3204 98 5% 742 Trend / Compare 1171
44 Holy Trinity Primary School,Eltham North,VIC,3095 3095 98 5% 388 Trend / Compare 1133
45 Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School,Ivanhoe,VIC,3079 3079 98 5% 838 Trend / Compare 1161
46 Heatherton Christian College,Clarinda,VIC,3169 3169 98 5% 469 Trend / Compare 1115
47 St Margaret's School,Berwick,VIC,3806 3806 98 6% 746 Trend / Compare 1133
48 St Leonard's Catholic Primary School,Glen Waverley,VIC,3150 3150 98 6% 272 Trend / Compare 1152
49 St Catherine's School,Toorak,VIC,3142 3142 98 6% 673 Trend / Compare 1162
50 Sacred Heart Parish School,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 98 6% 256 Trend / Compare 1165
51 Shelford Girls' Grammar,Caulfield,VIC,3161 3161 98 6% 515 Trend / Compare 1162
52 Melbourne Girls Grammar School,South Yarra,VIC,3141 3141 98 6% 981 Trend / Compare 1165
53 Deutsche Schule Melbourne,Fitzroy North,VIC,3068 3068 98 6% 126 Trend / Compare 1209
54 Kingswood College,Box Hill,VIC,3128 3128 97 7% 582 Trend / Compare 1157
55 Mentone Grammar School,Mentone,VIC,3194 3194 97 7% 1548 Trend / Compare 1142
56 Bialik College,Hawthorn,VIC,3122 3122 97 7% 877 Trend / Compare 1163
57 St Cecilia's Parish School,Glen Iris,VIC,3146 3146 97 7% 247 Trend / Compare 1172
58 Donvale Christian College,Donvale,VIC,3111 3111 97 7% 1357 Trend / Compare 1158
59 Xavier College,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 97 7% 1936 Trend / Compare 1160
60 Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School 3205 97 8% 353 Trend / Compare 1144
61 St Leo the Great Catholic Primary School,Altona North,VIC,3025 3025 97 8% 275 Trend / Compare 1085
62 Wesley College,Elsternwick,VIC,3185 3185 97 8% 3145 Trend / Compare 1159
63 Wesley College,Melbourne,VIC,3004 3004 97 8% 3145 Trend / Compare 1159
64 Genazzano FCJ College,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 97 8% 928 Trend / Compare 1131
65 Nunawading Christian College,Nunawading,VIC,3131 3131 97 8% 229 Trend / Compare 1100
66 Melbourne Montessori School,Caulfield South,VIC,3162 3162 97 8% 285 Trend / Compare 1112
67 Wesley College,Glen Waverley,VIC,3150 3150 97 8% 3145 Trend / Compare 1159
68 Yesodei Hatorah College,Elwood,VIC,3184 3184 97 8% 159 Trend / Compare 1107
69 St Roch's Parish School,Glen Iris,VIC,3146 3146 97 8% 180 Trend / Compare 1155
70 St Gregory the Great School,Doncaster,VIC,3108 3108 97 9% 402 Trend / Compare 1105
71 Bacchus Marsh Grammar,Bacchus Marsh,VIC,3340 3340 96 9% 2561 Trend / Compare 1096
72 Lighthouse Christian College,Keysborough,VIC,3173 3173 96 10% 766 Trend / Compare 1080
73 St Anne's Primary School,Park Orchards,VIC,3114 3114 96 10% 279 Trend / Compare 1118
74 St Clement of Rome School,Bulleen,VIC,3105 3105 96 11% 389 Trend / Compare 1109
75 St Mary's School,Williamstown,VIC,3016 3016 96 11% 342 Trend / Compare 1135
76 Sacre Coeur,Glen Iris,VIC,3146 3146 96 11% 717 Trend / Compare 1178
77 Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish School,Deepdene,VIC,3103 3103 96 11% 242 Trend / Compare 1177
78 St Joseph's School,Hawthorn,VIC,3122 3122 96 11% 419 Trend / Compare 1179
79 Ivanhoe Grammar School,Ivanhoe,VIC,3079 3079 96 11% 2168 Trend / Compare 1145
80 Southern Cross Grammar,Caroline Springs,VIC,3023 3023 96 11% 681 Trend / Compare 1122
81 Casey Grammar School,Cranbourne East,VIC,3977 3977 96 12% 930 Trend / Compare 1073
82 Yarra Valley Grammar School,Ringwood,VIC,3134 3134 96 12% 1268 Trend / Compare 1133
83 Overnewton Anglican Community College,Keilor,VIC,3036 3036 96 12% 2031 Trend / Compare 1097
84 Yeshivah College,St Kilda East,VIC,3183 3183 95 12% 437 Trend / Compare 1081
85 St James' School,Vermont,VIC,3133 3133 95 12% 332 Trend / Compare 1129
86 Alphington Grammar School,Alphington,VIC,3078 3078 95 12% 535 Trend / Compare 1102
87 St Mary's Primary School,Ascot Vale,VIC,3032 3032 95 12% 372 Trend / Compare 1123
88 St Bridget's Primary School,Greythorn,VIC,3104 3104 95 13% 62 Trend / Compare 1113
89 Our Lady Help of Christians School,Brunswick East,VIC,3057 3057 95 13% 342 Trend / Compare 1105
90 Oakleigh Grammar,Oakleigh,VIC,3166 3166 95 13% 728 Trend / Compare 1073
91 St Mary's Primary School,Hampton,VIC,3188 3188 95 13% 301 Trend / Compare 1151
92 St Margaret's Primary School,Maribyrnong,VIC,3032 3032 95 13% 362 Trend / Compare 1125
93 St Finbar's School,Brighton East,VIC,3187 3187 95 13% 327 Trend / Compare 1142
94 St Dominic's School,Camberwell,VIC,3124 3124 95 13% 276 Trend / Compare 1160
95 The King David School,Armadale,VIC,3143 3143 95 14% 568 Trend / Compare 1166
96 Resurrection School,Essendon,VIC,3040 3040 95 14% 153 Trend / Compare 1105
97 Maranatha Christian School,Endeavour Hills,VIC,3802 3802 95 14% 669 Trend / Compare 1088
98 St Kevin's Parish School,Ormond,VIC,3204 3204 95 14% 35 Trend / Compare 1124
99 St Paul's Parish Primary School,Coburg,VIC,3058 3058 94 14% 251 Trend / Compare 1093
100 St Michael's Primary School,Ashburton,VIC,3147 3147 94 14% 295 Trend / Compare 1169
101 Oxley College,Chirnside Park,VIC,3116 3116 94 15% 832 Trend / Compare 1102
102 St Michael's Grammar School,St Kilda,VIC,3182 3182 94 15% 1180 Trend / Compare 1152
103 St Joseph's School,Malvern,VIC,3144 3144 94 15% 163 Trend / Compare 1171
104 Northside Christian College,Bundoora,VIC,3083 3083 94 15% 412 Trend / Compare 1087
105 St Vincent de Paul School,Strathmore,VIC,3041 3041 94 15% 407 Trend / Compare 1124
106 Our Holy Redeemer School,Surrey Hills,VIC,3127 3127 94 15% 166 Trend / Compare 1157
107 Lumineer Academy - Williamstown, Williamstown, VIC 3016 94 15% 114 Trend / Compare
108 St Paul's Primary School,Bentleigh,VIC,3204 3204 94 16% 356 Trend / Compare 1123
109 Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School,Essendon,VIC,3040 3040 94 16% 802 Trend / Compare
110 St James Catholic Primary School,Brighton,VIC,3186 3186 94 16% 205 Trend / Compare 1153
111 St Anthony's Primary School,Glenhuntly,VIC,3163 3163 94 16% 149 Trend / Compare 1108
112 St Philip's School,Blackburn North,VIC,3130 3130 94 16% 106 Trend / Compare 1101
113 Christ Our Holy Redeemer School 3166 94 16% 286 Trend / Compare 1109
114 St Louis de Montfort's Primary School,Aspendale,VIC,3195 3195 94 17% 658 Trend / Compare 1109
115 Mary Immaculate School,Ivanhoe,VIC,3079 3079 93 17% 126 Trend / Compare 1150
116 Sacred Heart School,Sandringham,VIC,3191 3191 93 17% 274 Trend / Compare 1142
117 St Patrick's School,Murrumbeena,VIC,3163 3163 93 17% 343 Trend / Compare 1139
118 Cornish College,Bangholme,VIC,3175 3175 93 17% 627 Trend / Compare 1089
119 Mount Scopus Memorial College,Burwood,VIC,3125 3125 93 17% 1289 Trend / Compare 1173
120 St Francis Xavier's Parish Primary School,Box Hill,VIC,3128 3128 93 18% 337 Trend / Compare 1125
121 Hume Anglican Grammar,Mickleham,VIC,3064 3064 93 18% 1292 Trend / Compare 1083
122 Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School,Surrey Hills,VIC,3127 3127 93 18% 173 Trend / Compare 1163
123 St Anthony's School,Alphington,VIC,3078 3078 93 18% 237 Trend / Compare 1154
124 Sacred Heart School,Newport,VIC,3015 3015 93 18% 308 Trend / Compare 1120
125 St Luke the Evangelist School,Blackburn South,VIC,3130 3130 93 18% 193 Trend / Compare 1116
126 St Peter's School,Bentleigh East,VIC,3165 3165 93 18% 617 Trend / Compare 1117
127 Our Lady of Lourdes School,Prahran,VIC,3181 3181 93 18% 149 Trend / Compare 1136
128 Stella Maris Primary School,Beaumaris,VIC,3193 3193 93 18% 301 Trend / Compare 1128
129 St Mary's School,St Kilda East,VIC,3183 3183 93 18% 278 Trend / Compare 1127
130 ELTHAM College of Education,Research,VIC,3095 3095 93 19% 584 Trend / Compare 1135
131 St Bernadette's Primary School,Ivanhoe,VIC,3079 3079 93 19% 249 Trend / Compare 1138
132 Peninsula Grammar,Mount Eliza,VIC,3930 3930 93 19% 1265 Trend / Compare 1113
133 Balcombe Grammar School,Mount Martha,VIC,3934 3934 93 19% 862 Trend / Compare 1094
134 Our Lady of the Pines School,Donvale,VIC,3111 3111 93 19% 307 Trend / Compare 1099
135 Plenty Valley Christian College,Doreen,VIC,3754 3754 93 19% 740 Trend / Compare 1106
136 Good News Lutheran College,Tarneit,VIC,3029 3029 93 19% 1026 Trend / Compare 1086
137 St Bede's Parish School,Balwyn North,VIC,3104 3104 92 19% 289 Trend / Compare 1142
138 St Joseph's School,Black Rock,VIC,3193 3193 92 19% 98 Trend / Compare 1147
139 St Mark's School,Dingley,VIC,3172 3172 92 19% 468 Trend / Compare 1086
140 Sts Peter and Paul's School,Doncaster East,VIC,3109 3109 92 20% 95 Trend / Compare 1102
141 St John's School,Mitcham,VIC,3132 3132 92 20% 144 Trend / Compare 1136
142 St Martin of Tours School,Rosanna,VIC,3084 3084 92 20% 513 Trend / Compare 1119
143 Beaconhills College,Pakenham,VIC,3810 3810 92 20% 2888 Trend / Compare 1051
144 St John Vianney's Primary School,Parkdale,VIC,3195 3195 92 21% 154 Trend / Compare 1094
145 St Martin de Porres School,Avondale Heights,VIC,3034 3034 92 22% 288 Trend / Compare 1097
146 St Mary's School,East Malvern,VIC,3145 3145 91 22% 243 Trend / Compare 1147
147 St Luke's School,Wantirna,VIC,3152 3152 91 22% 137 Trend / Compare 1094
148 Edinburgh College 3140 91 22% 328 Trend / Compare 1072
149 St Columba's School,Elwood,VIC,3184 3184 91 22% 163 Trend / Compare 1141
150 Our Lady Help of Christians School,Eltham,VIC,3095 3095 91 22% 180 Trend / Compare 1114
151 St Patrick's Primary School,Mentone,VIC,3194 3194 91 22% 378 Trend / Compare 1104
152 Emmaus Catholic Primary School,Sydenham,VIC,3037 3037 91 22% 415 Trend / Compare 1061
153 Our Lady of the Nativity School,Aberfeldie,VIC,3040 3040 91 22% 375 Trend / Compare 1113
154 St Thomas the Apostle School,Blackburn,VIC,3130 3130 91 23% 321 Trend / Compare 1113
155 St Theresa's School,Albion,VIC,3020 3020 91 23% 236 Trend / Compare 1068
156 St Christopher's School,Airport West,VIC,3042 3042 91 23% 708 Trend / Compare 1080
157 St Damian's School,Bundoora,VIC,3083 3083 91 23% 407 Trend / Compare 1093
158 St Mary's School,Greensborough,VIC,3088 3088 91 23% 538 Trend / Compare 1094
159 St John's School,Clifton Hill,VIC,3068 3068 91 23% 97 Trend / Compare 1070
160 Village School 3136 91 24% 65 Trend / Compare 1109
161 St Therese's School,Essendon,VIC,3040 3040 90 24% 517 Trend / Compare 1125
162 Woodleigh School,Langwarrin South,VIC,3911 3911 90 24% 923 Trend / Compare 1110
163 Flinders Christian Community College,Tyabb,VIC,3913 3913 90 25% 1614 Trend / Compare 1084
164 St Joseph's School,Brunswick West,VIC,3055 3055 90 25% 292 Trend / Compare 1126
165 Darul Ulum College of Victoria,Fawkner,VIC,3060 3060 90 25% 1130 Trend / Compare 1031
166 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School,Oakleigh,VIC,3166 3166 90 25% 288 Trend / Compare 1103
167 St Francis of Assisi Primary School,Mill Park,VIC,3082 3082 90 25% 1163 Trend / Compare 1074

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