Most advantaged school communities
ACT · top 100 of 153
Ranked by our Community Advantage Index (from ABS SEIFA — education + occupation). This reflects the community a school sits in, not its academic results. CAI is a percentile of suburbs, not a mark out of 100: a suburb on 90 sits in the top 10% of Australian suburbs we hold a figure for (14,490 of them), and one on 10 in the bottom 9% of Australian suburbs. How it is calculated ▸
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| # | School | Suburb | Sector | Type | Area advantage (CAI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfred Deakin High School | Deakin, ACT | Government | Secondary | 100 · top 1% |
| 2 | Telopea Park School | Barton, ACT | Government | Secondary | 100 · top 1% |
| 3 | Campbell High School | Campbell, ACT | Government | Secondary | 100 · top 1% |
| 4 | Evelyn Scott School (7-10) | Denman Prospect, ACT | Government | Secondary | 100 · top 1% |
| 5 | The Woden School | Deakin, ACT | Government | Other | 100 · top 1% |
| 6 | Telopea Park School | Barton, ACT | Government | Other | 100 · top 1% |
| 7 | Canberra Girls Grammar School | Deakin, ACT | Independent | Other | 100 · top 1% |
| 8 | Merici College | Braddon, ACT | Catholic | Other | 100 · top 1% |
| 9 | St Clare's College | Griffith, ACT | Catholic | Other | 100 · top 1% |
| 10 | St Edmund's College Canberra | Griffith, ACT | Independent | Other | 100 · top 1% |
| 11 | St Thomas More's Primary School | Campbell, ACT | Catholic | Primary | 100 · top 1% |
| 12 | St Vincent's Primary School | Aranda, ACT | Catholic | Other | 100 · top 1% |
| 13 | Canberra Girls Grammar Junior School | Deakin, ACT | Non-government | Other | 100 · top 1% |
| 14 | Canberra Grammar School - Northside ECS | Campbell, ACT | Non-government | Other | 100 · top 1% |
| 15 | Forrest Primary School | Forrest, ACT | Government | Primary | 100 · top 1% |
| 16 | Aranda Primary School | Aranda, ACT | Government | Primary | 100 · top 1% |
| 17 | Campbell Primary School | Campbell, ACT | Government | Primary | 100 · top 1% |
| 18 | Turner School | Turner, ACT | Government | Primary | 100 · top 1% |
| 19 | Yarralumla Primary School | Yarralumla, ACT | Government | Primary | 100 · top 1% |
| 20 | Evelyn Scott School (P-6) | Denman Prospect, ACT | Government | Primary | 100 · top 1% |
| 21 | Ainslie School | Braddon, ACT | Government | Primary | 100 · top 1% |
| 22 | Dickson College | Dickson, ACT | Government | Combined | 99 · top 2% |
| 23 | Black Mountain School | O'Connor, ACT | Government | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 24 | Malkara School | Garran, ACT | Government | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 25 | O'Connor Cooperative School (Early Childhood School P-2) | O'Connor, ACT | Government | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 26 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT | Independent | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 27 | Daramalan College | Dickson, ACT | Independent | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 28 | Emmaus Christian School | Dickson, ACT | Independent | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 29 | Holy Trinity Primary School | Curtin, ACT | Catholic | Primary | 99 · top 2% |
| 30 | St Bede's Primary School | Red Hill, ACT | Catholic | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 31 | St Joseph's Primary School | O'Connor, ACT | Catholic | Primary | 99 · top 2% |
| 32 | Blue Gum Community School | Hackett, ACT | Independent | Primary | 99 · top 2% |
| 33 | Burgmann Anglican School Forde Campus | Forde, ACT | Independent | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 34 | Canberra Grammar Primary School | Red Hill, ACT | Non-government | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 35 | Sts Peter & Paul Primary School | Garran, ACT | Catholic | Other | 99 · top 2% |
| 36 | Curtin Primary School | Curtin, ACT | Government | Primary | 99 · top 2% |
| 37 | Garran Primary School | Garran, ACT | Government | Primary | 99 · top 2% |
| 38 | Chapman Primary School | Chapman, ACT | Government | Primary | 99 · top 2% |
| 39 | Red Hill Primary School | Red Hill, ACT | Government | Primary | 99 · top 2% |
| 40 | Hughes Primary School | Hughes, ACT | Government | Primary | 99 · top 2% |
| 41 | Canberra Montessori School | Holder, ACT | Independent | Other | 98 · top 3% |
| 42 | Radford College | Bruce, ACT | Independent | Other | 98 · top 3% |
| 43 | Rosary Primary School | Watson, ACT | Catholic | Other | 98 · top 3% |
| 44 | St Jude's Primary School | Holder, ACT | Catholic | Other | 98 · top 3% |
| 45 | Communities@Work Galilee School Holder Campus | Holder, ACT | Independent | Other | 98 · top 3% |
| 46 | Fadden Primary School | Fadden, ACT | Government | Primary | 98 · top 3% |
| 47 | Farrer Primary School | Farrer, ACT | Government | Primary | 98 · top 3% |
| 48 | Charles Weston School | Coombs, ACT | Government | Primary | 98 · top 3% |
| 49 | North Ainslie Primary School | Ainslie, ACT | Government | Primary | 98 · top 3% |
| 50 | Weetangera Primary School | Weetangera, ACT | Government | Primary | 98 · top 3% |
| 51 | Majura Primary School | Watson, ACT | Government | Primary | 98 · top 3% |
| 52 | Throsby School | Throsby, ACT | Government | Primary | 98 · top 3% |
| 53 | Canberra College | Phillip, ACT | Government | Combined | 97 · top 4% |
| 54 | Narrabundah College | Narrabundah, ACT | Government | Combined | 97 · top 4% |
| 55 | Harrison School (7-10) | Harrison, ACT | Government | Secondary | 97 · top 4% |
| 56 | Lyneham High School | Lyneham, ACT | Government | Secondary | 97 · top 4% |
| 57 | Melrose High School | Pearce, ACT | Government | Secondary | 97 · top 4% |
| 58 | Narrabundah Early Childhood School P-2 | Narrabundah, ACT | Government | Other | 97 · top 4% |
| 59 | Brindabella Christian College Lyneham Campus | Lyneham, ACT | Non-government | Other | 97 · top 4% |
| 60 | Islamic School of Canberra | Weston, ACT | Independent | Other | 97 · top 4% |
| 61 | Marist College Canberra | Pearce, ACT | Independent | Combined | 97 · top 4% |
| 62 | Orana Steiner School | Weston, ACT | Independent | Other | 97 · top 4% |
| 63 | Sacred Heart Primary School | Pearce, ACT | Catholic | Other | 97 · top 4% |
| 64 | St Benedict's Primary School | Narrabundah, ACT | Catholic | Other | 97 · top 4% |
| 65 | Mother Teresa School | Harrison, ACT | Catholic | Other | 97 · top 4% |
| 66 | Duffy Primary School | Duffy, ACT | Government | Primary | 97 · top 4% |
| 67 | Harrison School (P-6) | Harrison, ACT | Government | Primary | 97 · top 4% |
| 68 | Lyneham Primary School | Lyneham, ACT | Government | Primary | 97 · top 4% |
| 69 | Hawker College | Hawker, ACT | Government | Combined | 96 · top 4% |
| 70 | Belconnen High School | Hawker, ACT | Government | Secondary | 96 · top 4% |
| 71 | Gold Creek School (7-10) | Nicholls, ACT | Government | Secondary | 96 · top 4% |
| 72 | Holy Spirit Primary School | Nicholls, ACT | Catholic | Primary | 96 · top 4% |
| 73 | St John Paul II College | Nicholls, ACT | Catholic | Other | 96 · top 4% |
| 74 | Gold Creek School (P-6) | Nicholls, ACT | Government | Primary | 96 · top 4% |
| 75 | Hawker Primary School | Hawker, ACT | Government | Primary | 96 · top 4% |
| 76 | Torrens Primary School | Torrens, ACT | Government | Primary | 96 · top 4% |
| 77 | Franklin School | Franklin, ACT | Government | Primary | 96 · top 4% |
| 78 | Strathnairn Primary School | Strathnairn, ACT | Government | Primary | 95 · top 6% |
| 79 | Amaroo School (7-10) | Amaroo, ACT | Government | Secondary | 94 · top 6% |
| 80 | Mount Stromlo High School | Waramanga, ACT | Government | Secondary | 94 · top 6% |
| 81 | Aunty Agnes Shea High School | Taylor, ACT | Government | Secondary | 94 · top 6% |
| 82 | Canberra Christian School | Mawson, ACT | Independent | Other | 94 · top 6% |
| 83 | Good Shepherd Primary School | Amaroo, ACT | Catholic | Other | 94 · top 6% |
| 84 | St John Vianney's Primary School | Waramanga, ACT | Catholic | Other | 94 · top 6% |
| 85 | Amaroo School (P-6) | Amaroo, ACT | Government | Primary | 94 · top 6% |
| 86 | Arawang Primary School | Waramanga, ACT | Government | Primary | 94 · top 6% |
| 87 | Neville Bonner Primary School | Bonner, ACT | Government | Primary | 94 · top 6% |
| 88 | Mawson Primary School | Mawson, ACT | Government | Primary | 94 · top 6% |
| 89 | Margaret Hendry School | Taylor, ACT | Government | Primary | 94 · top 6% |
| 90 | University Of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra | Belconnen, ACT | Government | Combined | 93 · top 7% |
| 91 | Lyons Early Childhood School P-2 | Lyons, ACT | Government | Other | 93 · top 7% |
| 92 | Giralang Primary School | Giralang, ACT | Government | Primary | 93 · top 7% |
| 93 | Melba Copland Secondary School | Melba, ACT | Government | Combined | 92 · top 8% |
| 94 | Gungahlin College | Gungahlin, ACT | Government | Combined | 92 · top 8% |
| 95 | Canberra High School | Macquarie, ACT | Government | Secondary | 92 · top 8% |
| 96 | Melba Copland Secondary School | Melba, ACT | Government | Secondary | 92 · top 8% |
| 97 | Burgmann Anglican School Valley Campus | Gungahlin, ACT | Non-government | Other | 92 · top 8% |
| 98 | Fraser Primary School | Fraser, ACT | Government | Primary | 92 · top 8% |
| 99 | Mount Rogers Primary School | Melba, ACT | Government | Primary | 92 · top 8% |
| 100 | Macquarie Primary School | Macquarie, ACT | Government | Primary | 92 · top 8% |
Our own estimates from open, commercially-licensed data (CC BY / ODbL) — not ICSEA, not NAPLAN, not an official ranking, and not affiliated with ACARA/ABS/Education Departments. Method is shown; sources credited in the footer. Where a state doesn't publish a signal, its schools can't appear in that list.