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Top Primary Schools in Melbourne - 2021

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The following table lists the 2021  best 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 Non-government 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 Enrolments Trend / CompareSector SES
Fintona Girls' School,Balwyn,VIC,3103 3103 100 1% 440 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
1 Presbyterian Ladies' College,Burwood,VIC,3125 3125 100 1% 1470 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
2 Huntingtower School,Mount Waverley,VIC,3149 3149 100 1% 730 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
3 Camberwell Grammar School,Canterbury,VIC,3126 3126 100 1% 1350 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
4 Haileybury College 3173 100 1% 4310 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
5 Camberwell Girls Grammar School,Canterbury,VIC,3126 3126 100 1% 770 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
6 St Margaret's School,Berwick,VIC,3806 3806 100 1% 680 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
7 Serpell Primary School,Templestowe,VIC,3106 3106 100 1% 1140 Trend / Compare Government 96
8 St Andrews Christian College,Wantirna South,VIC,3152 3152 100 1% 680 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
9 Beverley Hills Primary School,Doncaster East,VIC,3109 3109 100 1% 650 Trend / Compare Government 96
10 Fintona Girls' School,Balwyn,VIC,3103 3103 100 1% 440 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
11 Balwyn Primary School,Balwyn,VIC,3103 3103 100 1% 600 Trend / Compare Government 96
12 Lighthouse Christian College,Cranbourne,VIC,3977 3977 100 1% 1020 Trend / Compare Non-government 83
13 Scotch College,Hawthorn,VIC,3122 3122 100 1% 1880 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
14 St Christopher's School,Glen Waverley,VIC,3150 3150 100 1% 90 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
15 Wheelers Hill Primary School 3150 100 2% 670 Trend / Compare Government 96
16 Glendal Primary School,Glen Waverley,VIC,3150 3150 100 2% 910 Trend / Compare Government 96
17 Oakleigh South Primary School,Oakleigh South,VIC,3167 3167 100 2% 1070 Trend / Compare Government 96
18 Korowa Anglican Girls' School,Glen Iris,VIC,3146 3146 100 2% 710 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
19 Waverley Christian College,Wantirna South,VIC,3152 3152 100 2% 2130 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
20 Doncaster Gardens Primary School,Doncaster East,VIC,3109 3109 99 2% 760 Trend / Compare Government 96
21 Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School,Ivanhoe,VIC,3079 3079 99 2% 820 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
22 Mont Albert Primary School,Mont Albert,VIC,3127 3127 99 2% 570 Trend / Compare Government 96
23 Kilvington Grammar School,Ormond,VIC,3204 3204 99 2% 760 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
24 Templeton Primary School,Wantirna,VIC,3152 3152 99 2% 740 Trend / Compare Government 95
25 Canterbury Primary School 3126 99 2% 620 Trend / Compare Government 97
26 Lauriston Girls' School,Armadale,VIC,3143 3143 99 2% 890 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
27 Kew East Primary School 3102 99 2% 390 Trend / Compare Government 97
28 Ruyton Girls' School,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 99 2% 870 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
29 Carey Baptist Grammar School,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 99 2% 2440 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
30 Preston West Primary School 3072 99 2% 680 Trend / Compare Government 95
31 Erasmus Primary School 3122 99 2% 120 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
32 Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School,Croydon Hills,VIC,3136 3136 99 2% 560 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
33 Bentleigh West Primary School 3204 99 3% 670 Trend / Compare Government 95
34 St Catherine's School,Toorak,VIC,3142 3142 99 3% 590 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
35 Fitzroy Community School,Fitzroy North,VIC,3068 3068 99 3% 120 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
36 South Yarra Primary School 3141 99 3% 400 Trend / Compare Government 96
37 Mount Waverley Primary School,Mount Waverley,VIC,3149 3149 99 3% 800 Trend / Compare Government 96
38 Brighton Grammar School,Brighton,VIC,3186 3186 99 3% 1330 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
39 St Kevin's College,Toorak,VIC,3142 3142 99 3% 2120 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
40 The Knox School,Wantirna South,VIC,3152 3152 99 3% 620 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
41 Donburn Primary School,Doncaster East,VIC,3109 3109 99 3% 490 Trend / Compare Government 95
42 Birralee Primary School,Doncaster,VIC,3108 3108 99 3% 610 Trend / Compare Government 96
43 Westbourne Grammar School,Truganina,VIC,3029 3029 99 3% 1490 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
44 Tintern Grammar,Ringwood East,VIC,3135 3135 99 3% 790 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
45 Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School 3033 99 3% 2790 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
46 Mount View Primary School,Glen Waverley,VIC,3150 3150 99 3% 1020 Trend / Compare Government 96
47 Donvale Christian College,Donvale,VIC,3111 3111 99 3% 1520 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
48 Brandon Park Primary School,Wheelers Hill,VIC,3150 3150 99 3% 620 Trend / Compare Government 95
49 Ormond Primary School 3204 99 3% 380 Trend / Compare Government 96
50 Hartwell Primary School,Camberwell,VIC,3124 3124 99 3% 650 Trend / Compare Government 96
51 Xavier College,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 99 4% 1750 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
52 Christ Church Grammar School,South Yarra,VIC,3141 3141 99 4% 290 Trend / Compare Non-government 98
53 Methodist Ladies' College,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 99 4% 2020 Trend / Compare Non-government 97
54 Pinewood Primary School,Mount Waverley,VIC,3149 3149 99 4% 880 Trend / Compare Government 96
55 Trinity Grammar School,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 99 4% 1490 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
56 Mckinnon Primary School 3204 99 4% 770 Trend / Compare Government 96
57 Laburnum Primary School 3130 99 4% 710 Trend / Compare Government 96
58 Camberwell Primary School,Camberwell,VIC,3124 3124 99 4% 660 Trend / Compare Government 97
59 Strathmore North Primary School 3041 99 4% 560 Trend / Compare Government 95
60 Essex Heights Primary School,Mount Waverley,VIC,3149 3149 99 4% 580 Trend / Compare Government 96
61 Shelford Girls' Grammar,Caulfield,VIC,3161 3161 99 4% 470 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
62 Hampton Primary School,Hampton,VIC,3188 3188 99 4% 620 Trend / Compare Government 96
63 Highvale Primary School,Glen Waverley,VIC,3150 3150 99 4% 340 Trend / Compare Government 95
64 Lighthouse Christian College,Keysborough,VIC,3173 3173 98 4% 850 Trend / Compare Non-government 85
65 Camelot Rise Primary School,Glen Waverley,VIC,3150 3150 98 4% 350 Trend / Compare Government 96
66 Templestowe Heights Primary School 3107 98 4% 440 Trend / Compare Government 95
67 Thomastown East Primary School 3074 98 4% 260 Trend / Compare Government 75
68 Banyule Primary School,Rosanna,VIC,3084 3084 98 5% 690 Trend / Compare Government 96
69 Melbourne Grammar School 3004 98 5% 1810 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
70 Doncaster Primary School 3108 98 5% 460 Trend / Compare Government 94
71 Vermont Primary School 3133 98 5% 750 Trend / Compare Government 95
72 Lloyd Street Primary School 3145 98 5% 470 Trend / Compare Government 96
73 Glen Iris Primary School 3146 98 5% 420 Trend / Compare Government 96
74 St Anne's Parish School,Kew East,VIC,3102 3102 98 5% 80 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
75 St Joseph's School,Malvern,VIC,3144 3144 98 5% 170 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
76 Malvern Primary School,Malvern East,VIC,3145 3145 98 5% 600 Trend / Compare Government 96
77 Deepdene Primary School,Balwyn,VIC,3103 3103 98 5% 430 Trend / Compare Government 96
78 Toorak College,Mount Eliza,VIC,3930 3930 98 5% 770 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
79 Burwood East Primary School 3151 98 5% 590 Trend / Compare Government 96
80 Blackburn Lake Primary School 3130 98 5% 550 Trend / Compare Government 96
81 Weeden Heights Primary School,Vermont South,VIC,3133 3133 98 5% 160 Trend / Compare Government 92
82 Research Primary School 3095 98 5% 160 Trend / Compare Government 93
83 Holy Trinity Primary School,Eltham North,VIC,3095 3095 98 5% 390 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
84 Sacre Coeur,Glen Iris,VIC,3146 3146 98 5% 710 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
85 Glen Waverley Primary School,Glen Waverley,VIC,3150 3150 98 5% 910 Trend / Compare Government 96
86 St Joseph's School,Elsternwick,VIC,3185 3185 98 6% 350 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
87 Hawthorn West Primary School 3122 98 6% 500 Trend / Compare Government 96
88 Livingstone Primary School 3133 98 6% 790 Trend / Compare Government 95
89 St Joan of Arc School,Brighton,VIC,3186 3186 98 6% 380 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
90 Camberwell South Primary School 3146 98 6% 440 Trend / Compare Government 96
91 Carlton Gardens Primary School 3053 98 6% 410 Trend / Compare Government 96
92 ELTHAM College of Education,Research,VIC,3095 3095 98 6% 630 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
93 Mentone Girls' Grammar School,Mentone,VIC,3194 3194 98 6% 660 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
94 Mountain Gate Primary School 3156 98 6% 410 Trend / Compare Government 75
95 Yarra Valley Grammar School,Ringwood,VIC,3134 3134 98 6% 1360 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
96 Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School,Canterbury,VIC,3126 3126 98 6% 750 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
97 North Melbourne Primary School 3051 98 6% 810 Trend / Compare Government 96
98 Oakleigh Primary School 3166 98 6% 490 Trend / Compare Government 95
99 Loreto Mandeville Hall,Toorak,VIC,3142 3142 98 6% 1240 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
100 Nunawading Christian College,Nunawading,VIC,3131 3131 98 6% 270 Trend / Compare Non-government 92
101 Northcote Primary School 3070 98 6% 370 Trend / Compare Government 96
102 Westbreen Primary School 3044 98 6% 330 Trend / Compare Government 68
103 Kew Primary School 3101 98 6% 520 Trend / Compare Government 96
104 Rangeview Primary School 3132 98 7% 670 Trend / Compare Government 95
105 Templestowe Park Primary School,Templestowe,VIC,3106 3106 98 7% 580 Trend / Compare Government 95
106 Caulfield Grammar School,St Kilda East,VIC,3183 3185 98 7% 3150 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
107 Carnegie Primary School 3163 98 7% 580 Trend / Compare Government 96
108 Yesodei Hatorah College,Elwood,VIC,3184 3184 97 7% 170 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
109 Our Holy Redeemer School,Surrey Hills,VIC,3127 3127 97 7% 160 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
110 Bialik College,Hawthorn,VIC,3122 3122 97 7% 930 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
111 Sacred Heart Parish School,Kew,VIC,3101 3101 97 7% 240 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
112 Southern Cross Grammar,Caroline Springs,VIC,3023 3023 97 7% 770 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
113 Donvale Primary School 3111 97 7% 320 Trend / Compare Government 95
114 Huntingdale Primary School 3167 97 7% 380 Trend / Compare Government 95
115 Good Shepherd School,Wheelers Hill,VIC,3150 3150 97 7% 510 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
116 St Cecilia's Parish School,Glen Iris,VIC,3146 3146 97 7% 240 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
117 Alphington Primary School,Alphington,VIC,3078 3078 97 7% 390 Trend / Compare Government 96
118 Eltham East Primary School 3095 97 7% 630 Trend / Compare Government 96
119 Clifton Hill Primary School 3068 97 8% 740 Trend / Compare Government 97
120 Orchard Grove Primary School 3130 97 8% 690 Trend / Compare Government 95
121 Murrumbeena Primary School 3163 97 8% 530 Trend / Compare Government 96
122 St Clement of Rome School,Bulleen,VIC,3105 3105 97 8% 420 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
123 St Gregory the Great School,Doncaster,VIC,3108 3108 97 8% 360 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
124 Glenferrie Primary School,Hawthorn,VIC,3122 3122 97 8% 300 Trend / Compare Government 96
125 Bacchus Marsh Grammar,Bacchus Marsh,VIC,3340 3340 97 8% 3100 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
126 St Leo the Great Catholic Primary School,Altona North,VIC,3025 3025 97 8% 290 Trend / Compare Non-government 93
127 Blackburn Primary School 3130 97 8% 430 Trend / Compare Government 95
128 Mount Waverley Heights Primary School,Mount Waverley,VIC,3149 3149 97 8% 310 Trend / Compare Government 95
129 St Leonard's College,Brighton East,VIC,3187 3187 97 8% 1520 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
130 Mentone Grammar School,Mentone,VIC,3194 3194 97 8% 1660 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
131 Cheltenham Primary School 3192 97 8% 450 Trend / Compare Government 95
132 Melbourne Girls Grammar School,South Yarra,VIC,3141 3141 97 8% 1030 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
133 Heathdale Christian College,Werribee,VIC,3030 3030 97 8% 1870 Trend / Compare Non-government 96
134 Heatherton Christian College,Clarinda,VIC,3169 3169 97 8% 670 Trend / Compare Non-government 95
135 Our Lady of Lourdes School,Prahran,VIC,3181