Top Primary Schools in SA - 2020


The following table lists the 2020 best primary schools in South Australia. English and Maths are rated with 5 grades while the overall academic performance has 3 rating scales for you to choose. Related ratings: Top Adelaide Primary Schools | Top Adelaide Non-government Primary Schools | Top Adelaide Government Primary Schools | SA Primary School Ratings. Alternatively you can compare up to 5 SA 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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Overall Academic Performance Rating Scale
Lowest: 1, 6, 60 - Highest: 5, 10, 100

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OrderSchool State Overall Score Better Education Percentile English Maths Total EnrolmentsTrend / CompareLocalitySectorICSEA
1 St Peter's College,St Peters,SA,5069 100 1% 1451 Trend / Compare St Peters,SA,5069 Non-government 1153
2 St Andrew's School,Walkerville,SA,5081 100 1% 366 Trend / Compare Walkerville,SA,5081 Non-government 1176
3 Linden Park Primary School,Linden Park,SA,5065 100 1% 960 Trend / Compare Linden Park,SA,5065 Government 1154
4 Pembroke School,Kensington Park,SA,5068 100 1% 1647 Trend / Compare Kensington Park,SA,5068 Non-government 1178
5 Seymour College,Glen Osmond,SA,5064 100 1% 762 Trend / Compare Glen Osmond,SA,5064 Non-government 1145
6 St Peter's Collegiate Girls School,Stonyfell,SA,5066 100 1% 710 Trend / Compare Stonyfell,SA,5066 Non-government 1173
7 Wilderness School,Medindie,SA,5081 100 2% 823 Trend / Compare Medindie,SA,5081 Non-government 1169
8 Walford Anglican School for Girls,Hyde Park,SA,5061 99 2% 539 Trend / Compare Hyde Park,SA,5061 Non-government 1159
9 St Joseph's School,Clare,SA,5453 99 2% 268 Trend / Compare Clare,SA,5453 Non-government 1084
10 Rose Park Primary School,Rose Park,SA,5067 99 2% 605 Trend / Compare Rose Park,SA,5067 Government 1161
11 Prince Alfred College,Kent Town,SA,5067 99 2% 1127 Trend / Compare Kent Town,SA,5067 Non-government 1148
12 Immanuel Primary School,Novar Gardens,SA,5040 99 2% 580 Trend / Compare Novar Gardens,SA,5040 Non-government 1118
13 Scotch College,Torrens Park,SA,5062 99 3% 1094 Trend / Compare Torrens Park,SA,5062 Non-government 1157
14 Norwood Primary School,Norwood,SA,5067 99 3% 427 Trend / Compare Norwood,SA,5067 Government 1148
15 St Mary's Memorial School,Glenelg,SA,5045 99 3% 362 Trend / Compare Glenelg,SA,5045 Non-government 1101
16 Richmond Primary School,Keswick,SA,5035 99 3% 390 Trend / Compare Keswick,SA,5035 Government 1104
17 Highgate Primary School,Highgate,SA,5063 99 3% 755 Trend / Compare Highgate,SA,5063 Government 1152
18 North Adelaide Primary School,North Adelaide,SA,5006 99 3% 342 Trend / Compare North Adelaide,SA,5006 Government 1131
19 Burnside Primary School,Burnside,SA,5066 99 4% 818 Trend / Compare Burnside,SA,5066 Government 1151
20 King's Baptist Grammar School,Wynn Vale,SA,5127 99 4% 1078 Trend / Compare Wynn Vale,SA,5127 Non-government 1094
21 St Dominic's Priory College,North Adelaide,SA,5006 99 4% 664 Trend / Compare North Adelaide,SA,5006 Non-government 1087
22 East Marden Primary School,Campbelltown,SA,5074 99 4% 695 Trend / Compare Campbelltown,SA,5074 Government 1101
23 Pulteney Grammar School,Adelaide,SA,5000 99 4% 871 Trend / Compare Adelaide,SA,5000 Non-government 1154
24 St Ignatius College,Athelstone,SA,5076 98 4% 1359 Trend / Compare Athelstone,SA,5076 Non-government 1148
25 Marryatville Primary School,Kensington,SA,5068 98 5% 607 Trend / Compare Kensington,SA,5068 Government 1137
26 Stirling East Primary School,Stirling,SA,5152 98 5% 552 Trend / Compare Stirling,SA,5152 Government 1149
27 Loreto College,Marryatville,SA,5068 98 5% 502 Trend / Compare Marryatville,SA,5068 Non-government 1121
28 East Adelaide School,St Peters,SA,5069 98 5% 727 Trend / Compare St Peters,SA,5069 Non-government 1123
29 Southern Montessori School,O'Sullivan Beach,SA,5166 98 5% 184 Trend / Compare O'Sullivan Beach,SA,5166 Non-government 1099
30 Hawthorndene Primary School,Hawthorndene,SA,5051 98 5% 402 Trend / Compare Hawthorndene,SA,5051 Government 1122
31 Emmaus Christian College,South Plympton,SA,5038 98 6% 736 Trend / Compare South Plympton,SA,5038 Non-government 1104
32 Sunrise Christian School,Morphett Vale,SA,5162 98 6% 107 Trend / Compare Morphett Vale,SA,5162 Non-government 1085
33 Glen Osmond Primary School,Myrtle Bank,SA,5064 98 6% 411 Trend / Compare Myrtle Bank,SA,5064 Government 1139
34 Magill School,Magill,SA,5072 98 6% 884 Trend / Compare Magill,SA,5073 Government 1110
35 Parkside Primary School,Parkside,SA,5063 98 6% 408 Trend / Compare Parkside,SA,5063 Government 1128
36 Nailsworth Primary School,Nailsworth,SA,5083 98 6% 604 Trend / Compare Nailsworth,SA,5083 Government 1095
37 Walkerville Primary School,Walkerville,SA,5081 98 7% 678 Trend / Compare Walkerville,SA,5081 Government 1139
38 Annesley College,Wayville,SA,5034 98 7% 161 Trend / Compare Wayville,SA,5034 Non-government 1157
39 St John's Grammar School,Belair,SA,5052 97 7% 768 Trend / Compare Belair,SA,5052 Non-government 1128
40 Westminster School,Marion,SA,5043 97 7% 1157 Trend / Compare Marion,SA,5043 Non-government 1122
41 Mitcham Primary School,Kingswood,SA,5062 97 7% 760 Trend / Compare Kingswood,SA,5062 Government 1121
42 Mercedes College,Springfield,SA,5062 97 7% 1232 Trend / Compare Springfield,SA,5062 Non-government 1138
43 Goodwood Primary School,Goodwood,SA,5034 97 8% 416 Trend / Compare Goodwood,SA,5034 Government 1136
44 Heritage College,Oakden,SA,5086 97 8% 407 Trend / Compare Oakden,SA,5086 Non-government 1040
45 Pedare Christian College,Golden Grove,SA,5125 97 8% 914 Trend / Compare Golden Grove,SA,5125 Non-government 1086
46 St Thomas School,Goodwood,SA,5034 97 8% 382 Trend / Compare Goodwood,SA,5034 Non-government 1116
47 St Joseph's School,Kingswood,SA,5062 97 8% 227 Trend / Compare Kingswood,SA,5062 Non-government 1142
48 Aldgate Primary School,Aldgate,SA,5154 97 8% 308 Trend / Compare Aldgate,SA,5154 Government 1106
49 Henley Beach Primary School,Henley Beach South,SA,5022 97 9% 502 Trend / Compare Henley Beach South,SA,5022 Government 1088
50 Unley Primary School,Unley,SA,5061 97 9% 548 Trend / Compare Unley,SA,5061 Government 1135
51 Sunrise Christian School,FULLARTON,SA,5063 97 9% 176 Trend / Compare FULLARTON,SA,5063 Non-government 1127
52 St Catherine's School,Stirling,SA,5152 97 9% 194 Trend / Compare Stirling,SA,5152 Non-government 1122
53 Pilgrim School,Aberfoyle Park,SA,5159 97 9% 208 Trend / Compare Aberfoyle Park,SA,5159 Non-government 1115
54 Concordia College,Highgate,SA,5063 96 9% 1242 Trend / Compare Highgate,SA,5063 Non-government 1141
55 Scott Creek Primary School,Scott Creek,SA,5153 96 9% 35 Trend / Compare Scott Creek,SA,5153 Government 1102
56 Prospect Primary School,Prospect,SA,5082 96 10% 566 Trend / Compare Prospect,SA,5082 Government 1098
57 Trinity Gardens Primary School,Trinity Gardens,SA,5068 96 10% 853 Trend / Compare Trinity Gardens,SA,5068 Government 1098
58 St Peters Lutheran School,Blackwood,SA,5051 96 10% 143 Trend / Compare Blackwood,SA,5051 Non-government 1133
59 Cambrai Area School,Cambrai,SA,5353 96 10% 39 Trend / Compare Cambrai,SA,5353 Government 896
60 Upper Sturt Primary School,Upper Sturt,SA,5156 96 10% 120 Trend / Compare Upper Sturt,SA,5156 Government 1095
61 Gilles Street Primary School,Adelaide,SA,5000 96 10% 403 Trend / Compare Adelaide,SA,5000 Government 1113
62 Stradbroke School,Rostrevor,SA,5073 96 11% 824 Trend / Compare Rostrevor,SA,5073 Government 1089
63 St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School,Glenelg,SA,5045 96 11% 602 Trend / Compare Glenelg,SA,5045 Non-government 1121
64 Belair Primary School,Belair,SA,5052 96 11% 639 Trend / Compare Belair,SA,5052 Government 1115
65 St Therese's School,Colonel Light Gardens,SA,5041 96 11% 207 Trend / Compare Colonel Light Gardens,SA,5041 Non-government 1119
66 Heathfield Primary School,Heathfield,SA,5153 96 11% 130 Trend / Compare Heathfield,SA,5153 Government 1084
67 Uraidla Primary School,Uraidla,SA,5142 96 11% 121 Trend / Compare Uraidla,SA,5142 Government 1091
68 Portside Christian College,New Port,SA,5015 96 12% 621 Trend / Compare New Port,SA,5015 Non-government 1042
69 Blackwood Primary School,Eden Hills,SA,5050 95 12% 453 Trend / Compare Eden Hills,SA,5050 Government 1098
70 Sunrise Christian School,Marion,SA,5043 95 12% 255 Trend / Compare Marion,SA,5043 Non-government 1076
71 The Hills Montessori School, Aldgate, SA 95 12% 170 Trend / Compare Aldgate,SA,5154 Non-government 1096
72 Sunrise Christian School,Naracoorte,SA,5271 95 12% 136 Trend / Compare Naracoorte,SA,5271 Non-government 1040
73 Macclesfield Primary School,Macclesfield,SA,5153 95 12% 77 Trend / Compare Macclesfield,SA,5153 Government 1034
74 Good Shepherd Lutheran School,Para Vista,SA,5093 95 13% 420 Trend / Compare Para Vista,SA,5093 Non-government 1082
75 Meridian School,Aberfoyle Park,SA,5159 95 13% 106 Trend / Compare Aberfoyle Park,SA,5159 Non-government 1011
76 Cedar College,Northgate,SA,5085 95 13% 838 Trend / Compare Northgate,SA,5085 Non-government 1072
77 Coromandel Valley Primary School,Coromandel Valley,SA,5051 95 13% 472 Trend / Compare Coromandel Valley,SA,5051 Government 1093
78 Westbourne Park Primary School,Westbourne Park,SA,5041 95 13% 538 Trend / Compare Westbourne Park,SA,5041 Government 1110
79 Eden Hills Primary School,Eden Hills,SA,5050 95 13% 284 Trend / Compare Eden Hills,SA,5050 Government 1116
80 Colonel Light Gardens Primary School,Colonel Light Gardens,SA,5041 95 14% 702 Trend / Compare Colonel Light Gardens,SA,5041 Government 1100
81 St Raphael's School,Parkside,SA,5063 95 14% 155 Trend / Compare Parkside,SA,5063 Non-government 1115
82 Edwardstown Primary School,Melrose Park,SA,5039 95 14% 503 Trend / Compare Melrose Park,SA,5039 Government 1071
83 Southern Vales Christian College,Morphett Vale,SA,5162 95 14% 521 Trend / Compare Morphett Vale,SA,5162 Non-government 1046
84 The Hills Christian Community School,Verdun,SA,5245 94 14% 501 Trend / Compare Verdun,SA,5245 Non-government 1077
85 Flagstaff Hill R-7 School,Flagstaff Hill,SA,5159 94 14% 623 Trend / Compare Flagstaff Hill,SA,5159 Government 1056
86 St Aloysius College,Adelaide,SA,5000 94 15% 1252 Trend / Compare Adelaide,SA,5000 Non-government 1088
87 Black Forest Primary School,Black Forest,SA,5035 94 15% 507 Trend / Compare Black Forest,SA,5035 Government 1085
88 Paracombe Primary School,Paracombe,SA,5132 94 15% 67 Trend / Compare Paracombe,SA,5132 Government 1056
89 Karcultaby Area School,Karcultaby,SA,5654 94 15% 58 Trend / Compare Karcultaby,SA,5654 Government 1032
90 Sunrise Christian School,Whyalla Norrie,SA,5608 94 15% 180 Trend / Compare Whyalla Norrie,SA,5608 Non-government 1038
91 Bellevue Heights Primary School,Bellevue Heights,SA,5050 94 15% 263 Trend / Compare Bellevue Heights,SA,5050 Government 1107
92 Paringa Park Primary School,North Brighton,SA,5048 94 16% 529 Trend / Compare North Brighton,SA,5048 Government 1089
93 Torrens Valley Christian School,Hope Valley,SA,5090 94 16% 604 Trend / Compare Hope Valley,SA,5090 Non-government 1081
94 St Mark's Lutheran School,Mount Barker,SA,5251 94 16% 325 Trend / Compare Mount Barker,SA,5251 Non-government 1080
95 Christian Brothers College,Adelaide,SA,5000 94 16% 960 Trend / Compare Adelaide,SA,5000 Non-government 1078
96 St Michael's Lutheran School,Hahndorf,SA,5245 94 16% 211 Trend / Compare Hahndorf,SA,5245 Non-government 1076
97 Christ the King School,Warradale,SA,5046 94 16% 160 Trend / Compare Warradale,SA,5046 Non-government 1087
98 Vale Park Primary School,Vale Park,SA,5081 94 17% 508 Trend / Compare Vale Park,SA,5081 Government 1080
99 Prescott Primary - Northern,Para Vista,SA,5093 94 17% 423 Trend / Compare Para Vista,SA,5093 Government 1074
100 Stella Maris Parish School,Seacombe Gardens,SA,5047 93 17% 330 Trend / Compare Seacombe Gardens,SA,5047 Non-government 1082
101 Mypolonga Primary School,Mypolonga,SA,5254 93 17% 134 Trend / Compare Mypolonga,SA,5254 Government 1004
102 School of the Nativity,Aberfoyle Park,SA,5159 93 17% 170 Trend / Compare Aberfoyle Park,SA,5159 Non-government 1068
103 Whitefriars School,Woodville Park,SA,5011 93 17% 429 Trend / Compare Woodville Park,SA,5011 Non-government 1068
104 Crafers Primary School,Crafers,SA,5152 93 18% 302 Trend / Compare Crafers,SA,5152 Government 1121
105 Trinity College,Evanston South,SA,5116 93 18% 793 Trend / Compare Evanston South,SA,5116 Non-government 1049
106 Clapham Primary School,Clapham,SA,5062 93 18% 263 Trend / Compare Clapham,SA,5062 Government 1066
107 Owen Primary School,Owen,SA,5460 93 18% 54 Trend / Compare Owen,SA,5460 Government 1010
108 St Joseph's Memorial School,Norwood,SA,5067 93 18% 241 Trend / Compare Norwood,SA,5067 Non-government 1117
109 St Barbara's Parish School,Roxby Downs,SA,5725 93 18% 140 Trend / Compare Roxby Downs,SA,5725 Non-government 1028
110 St Anthony's School,Edwardstown,SA,5039 93 19% 136 Trend / Compare Edwardstown,SA,5039 Non-government 1092
111 Athelstone School,Athelstone,SA,5076 93 19% 457 Trend / Compare Athelstone,SA,5076 Government 1071
112 Pinnacle College,Elizabeth East,SA,5112 93 19% 447 Trend / Compare Elizabeth East,SA,5112 Non-government 1045
113 Fulham North Primary School,Henley Beach,SA,5022 93 19% 454 Trend / Compare Henley Beach,SA,5022 Government 1069
114 Seacliff Primary School,Seacliff,SA,5049 93 19% 417 Trend / Compare Seacliff,SA,5049 Government 1082
115 Trinity College Gawler River School,Angle Vale,SA,5117 92 19% 812 Trend / Compare Angle Vale,SA,5117 Non-government 1024
116 Lenswood Primary School,Lenswood,SA,5240 92 20% 63 Trend / Compare Lenswood,SA,5240 Government 1058
117 Saint Spyridon College,Unley,SA,5061 92 20% 57 Trend / Compare Unley,SA,5061 Non-government 1132
118 Sunrise Christian School,Paradise,SA,5075 92 20% 135 Trend / Compare Paradise,SA,5075 Non-government 1093
119 Seaview Christian College,Port Augusta,SA,5700 92 20% 75 Trend / Compare Port Augusta,SA,5700 Non-government 981
120 Mary Mackillop Memorial School,Penola,SA,5277 92 20% 86 Trend / Compare Penola,SA,5277 Non-government 1061
121 St Joseph's School,Payneham,SA,5070 92 20% 378 Trend / Compare Payneham,SA,5070 Non-government 1073
122 Star of the Sea School,Henley Beach,SA,5022 92 20% 503 Trend / Compare Henley Beach,SA,5022 Non-government 1099
123 Our Lady of Grace School,Glengowrie,SA,5044 92 21% 208 Trend / Compare Glengowrie,SA,5044 Non-government 1085
124 Watervale Primary School,Watervale,SA,5452 92 21% 59 Trend / Compare Watervale,SA,5452 Government 1035
125 Grange Primary School,Grange,SA,5022 92 21% 754 Trend / Compare Grange,SA,5022 Government 1069
126 St Martin's Catholic Primary School,Greenacres,SA,5086 92 21% 439 Trend / Compare Greenacres,SA,5086 Non-government 1066
127 Immaculate Heart of Mary School,Brompton,SA,5007 92 21% 124 Trend / Compare Brompton,SA,5007 Non-government 1096
128 West Beach Primary School,West Beach,SA,5024 92 21% 339 Trend / Compare West Beach,SA,5024 Government 1085
129 Manoora Primary School,Manoora,SA,5414 92 22% 27 Trend / Compare Manoora,SA,5414 Government 965
130 Trinity College Blakeview,Blakeview,SA,5114 91 22% 638 Trend / Compare Blakeview,SA,5114 Non-government 1029
131 Trinity College North,Evanston South,SA,5116 91 22% 827 Trend / Compare Evanston South,SA,5116 Non-government 1048
132 St Monica's School,Walkerville,SA,5081 91 22% 210 Trend / Compare Walkerville,SA,5081 Non-government 1103
133 St Bernadette's School,St Marys,SA,5042 91 22% 104 Trend / Compare St Marys,SA,5042 Non-government 1064
134 Sturt Street Community School,Adelaide,SA,5000 91 22% 183 Trend / Compare Adelaide,SA,5000 Government 1100
135 Redeemer Lutheran School,Nuriootpa,SA,5355 91 23% 396 Trend / Compare Nuriootpa,SA,5355 Non-government 1003
136 Nazareth Catholic College,Findon,SA,5023 91 23% 1976 Trend / Compare Findon,SA,5023 Non-government 1041
137 Tenison Woods Catholic Primary School,Richmond,SA,5033 91 23% 164 Trend / Compare Richmond,SA,5033 Non-government 1076
138 Investigator College,Goolwa,SA,5214 91 23% 615 Trend / Compare Goolwa,SA,5214 Non-government 1053
139 St Francis School,Lockleys,SA,5032 91 23% 406 Trend / Compare Lockleys,SA,5032 Non-government 1082
140 Craigburn Primary School,Flagstaff Hill,SA,5159 91 23% 544 Trend / Compare Flagstaff Hill,SA,5159 Government 1073
141 Whyalla Town Primary School,Whyalla,SA,5600 91 24% 340 Trend / Compare Whyalla,SA,5600 Government 1013
142 Saint David's Parish School,Tea Tree Gully,SA,5091 91 24% 349 Trend / Compare Tea Tree Gully,SA,5091 Non-government 1071
143 Kidman Park Primary School,Kidman Park,SA,5025 91 24% 471 Trend / Compare Kidman Park,SA,5025 Government 1057
144 Norton Summit Primary School,Norton Summit,SA,5136 91 24% 66 Trend / Compare Norton Summit,SA,5136 Government 1105
145 Golden Grove Lutheran Primary School,Wynn Vale,SA,5127 90 24% 249 Trend / Compare Wynn Vale,SA,5127 Non-government 1029
146 Loxton Lutheran School,Loxton,SA,5333 90 25% 172 Trend / Compare Loxton,SA,5333 Non-government 1040
147 Roseworthy Primary School,Roseworthy,SA,5371 90 24% 206 Trend / Compare Roseworthy,SA,5371 Government 1012
148 West Lakes Shore School R-7,West Lakes Shore,SA,5020 90 25% 620 Trend / Compare West Lakes Shore,SA,5020 Non-government 1051
149 Glenelg Primary School,Glenelg East,SA,5045 90 25% 813 Trend / Compare Glenelg East,SA,5045 Government 1066
150 Robe Primary School,Robe,SA,5276 90 25% 102 Trend / Compare Robe,SA,5276 Government 1007
151 Woodcroft College,Morphett Vale,SA,5162 90 25% 1277 Trend / Compare Morphett Vale,SA,5162 Non-government 1083
152 Laura Primary School,Laura,SA,5480 90 25% 85 Trend / Compare Laura,SA,5480 Government 1012

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