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The NAPLAN test scores have been published, and the Sydney Morning Herald has listed down the top primary schools, albeit not in a single downloadable file anymore. Using the SMH database, I searched for the Top 20 primary schools within the postal code range 2000 to 2999 for NSW, looking only at the Overall Rank column, which SMH calculated by averaging the NAPLAN scores in all five areas in both years 3 and 5. Schools that did not have all results in the five categories for both years 3 and 5 have not been given an overall ranking, and SMH warns that the results for very small schools should be treated with caution, as the results for just one or two students can skew results up or down.

  1. Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Preparatory School (1224)
  2. Sydney Grammar School, Edgecliff Preparatory School (1222)
  3. Abbotsleigh (1196)
  4. Masada College (1256)
  5. St Aloysius’ College (1197)
  7. SCEGGS Darlinghurst (1207)
  8. Artarmon Public School (1197)
  9. Neutral Bay Public School (1194)
  10. Burren Junction Public School (1020)
  12. Woollahra Public School (1201)
  13. Queenwood School for Girls Ltd (1189)
  14. Beecroft Public School (1198)
  15. Pymble Ladies’ College (1202)
  16. Matthew Pearce Public School (1165)
  17. St Mary’s School (1208)
  18. John Colet School (1203)
  19. Ascham School Ltd (1211)
  20. Gordon West Public School (1175)
  21. St Ives North Public School (1199)
  22. Mosman Church of England Preparatory School (1200)

The number in parenthesis after the school name is the ICSEA, of Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage. The variables that make up ICSEA include socio-economic characteristics of the areas where students live, as well as whether a school is in a regional or remote area, and the proportion of Aboriginal students enrolled at the school. Read more about the ICSEA here.

Please note that in the list above, ranks 6th and 11th are missing. This is because despite due diligence browsing through the list provided by SMH using postal codes from 2000 to 2999, no school ranked 6th and 11th respectively have been recorded.

It will be noted that the Sydney Grammar Schools are consistently on top. St. Ives and Edgecliff simply changed positions from 1st to 2nd and vice versa. Top gainer is Abbotsleigh having jumped 6 places to 3rd from 9th last year. SCEGGS moved up 3 rungs to 7th from 10th last year. Artarmon Public however slid down to 8th from 5th last year, Woollahra Public slid down to 12th from 7th, St Mary’s Prep down to 17th from 4th, and John Colet down as well to 18th from 6th. Mosman and St Francis did not even make the Top 20 anymore.