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*WRITTEN BY TEACHERS* | Secondary School Ranking Brisbane

The best academically performing schools for 2020 – UPDATED WITH END OF 2019 NAPLAN DATA:

Secondary school ranking | Best Brisbane high schools

Parents like you are smart and you know that the best way to see if a secondary school is a good match for your child is to visit and ask good questions. And you can do that at their Open Day. You can find them all here: Brisbane & Ipswich Secondary School Open Days

Here at Families Magazine, we believe that it is important to use a range of information to help determine the best high school in Brisbane for your child/ren. Unless you have chosen a P-12 school for your child’s primary school education, it is not too long until you are faced with the decision of which secondary school to turn to next.

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Best schools in Brisbane

Whilst academic success may be an important consideration for you and your family, and Brisbane high school ranking gives you some data to work with, it MUST be remembered that this is not the only piece of the ‘choosing a good school‘ puzzle to take into consideration. We’ve compiled multiple resources for our readers on this incredibly important and sometimes difficult decision – you can see some of them listed at the bottom of this article.

Top schools in Brisbane

Redeemer Lutheran College

We also have updated our primary school and Year 12 data on these links:

Primary School Ranking – Brisbane Northside

Primary School Ranking – Brisbane Southside, Logan and Redlands

Primary School Ranking – Brisbane West and Ipswich Corridor

Secondary School Year 12 Ranking Data (from OP/ATAR results)

Best high schools in Brisbane based on academic performance

For parents, teachers and carers who are interested in the secondary school ranking in Brisbane we’ve compiled this list based on 2019 results in maths and English – numeracy and literacy from Year 9 NAPLAN results. These list the best schools in Brisbane based on academic results.

This article will show you the best  Catholic schools in Brisbane, the best Independent schools in Brisbane and the best state high schools in Brisbane. Using the information in this article will give you some more information to help you choose the best school in Brisbane for your child. 

The data has been compiled from this source here.

We have compiled a list of the highest ranking schools based on their 2019 NAPLAN data for the 2020 school year. You can click on the *Parent Fact Sheet* link to get even more specific information about each school!

Top Brisbane high schools 

Brisbane Grammar – 100th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

Brisbane State High School – 100th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

Brisbane Girls Grammar School – 100th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

Anglican Church Grammar School – 100th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School – 100th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

St Joesph’s College (Terrace) – 100th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

Ormiston College – 100th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Peter’s Lutheran College Indooroopilly – 99th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Hillbrook Anglican School – 99th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Cannon Hill Anglican College – 99th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Brisbane Boys’ College – 99th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School – 99th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Mt St Michaels College (Ashgrove) – 99th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*All Hallows – 99th Percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Somerville House – 99th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Mansfield State High School – 99th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Philomena School – 99th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Indooroopilly State High School – 98th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Sheldon College – 98th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Northside Christian College – 98th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Redeemer Lutheran College – 98th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Villanova College – 98th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Rita’s College – Clayfield – 98th percentile 

*John Paul College – 98th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*The Gap State High School – 98th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Moreton Bay Boys College – 98th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Cavendish Road State High – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Loreto College – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Moreton Bay College – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Citipointe Christian College – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Marist College – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Stuartholme School – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Brisbane School of Distance Education – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Brigidine College – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Mount Gravatt State High School – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Clayfield College – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Kelvin Grove State College – 97th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Canterbury College – 96th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Kenmore State High – 96th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Genesis Christian College – 96th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Padua College – 96th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Lourdes Hill College – 96th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St John’s Anglican College – 96th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Saint Pauls’ School – 96th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Joseph’s (Nudgee) College – 95th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Thomas More College – 95th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Faith Christian School of Distance Ed – 95th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Westside Christian College Goodna – 95th percentile

*Mt Alvernia College – 95th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Ambrose Treacy College – 95th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Prince of Peace Lutheran College – 95th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Peters Lutheran College Springfield – 95th percentile

*Kedron State High School – 95th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*The Lakes College – 94th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Laurance’s School – 94th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*The Springfield Anglican College – 94th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Agnew School – 94th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Redlands College – 94th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Patrick’s School – 94th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*San Sisto College – 93rd percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Grace Lutheran College – 93rd percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Iona College – 93rd percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Stretton State College – 93rd percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Craigslea State High School – 93rd percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Mary MacKillop Nundah – 92nd percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Mueller College – 91st percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Northpine Christian College – 91st percentile – Parent Fact Sheet 

*West Moreton Anglican College – 91st percentile 

*Faith Lutheran College – 91st percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St John Fisher – 91st percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Centenary State High School – 91st percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*Islamic College – 91st percentile – Parent Fact Sheet 

*Holland Park State High School – 90th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

*St Benedicts College – 90th percentile – Parent Fact Sheet

Brisbane secondary school results | ATAR scores in Grade 12

If you are looking for the best high schools in Brisbane based on their Year 12 results and OP/ATAR scores, then you need to read this article here.

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Janine Mergler

Janine Mergler is a veteran Queensland teacher, graduating from QUT with a BEd majoring in Social Sciences. After many years in the classroom, Janine moved on to academia. She has proudly trained new generations of teachers in her role as a lecturer at Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Education. She has also worked in the Queensland Government as an education specialist, developing education resources and delivering community awareness programs to help families conserve water. Currently she is the owner and editor of Families Magazine, a publication specifically targeted at parents who value a quality education for children.  Janine leads a team of professionals who write about family lifestyle, early childhood, schools and education information and family-friendly events.

8 thoughts on “*WRITTEN BY TEACHERS* | Secondary School Ranking Brisbane”

  1. Do you know where All Hallows’ School placed? I’m surprised it didn’t make the list considering it was the top performing Year 9 cohort for writing in NAPLAN this year.

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