Home Rankings ACT Private Private schools in Australian Capital Territory, ranked Every list here comes from a published government dataset, and each one measures a different thing. Results track family advantage closely, so read every position next to its ICSEA, and treat small cohorts as indicative only.
Primary High schools Private Largest schools Most language diversity Largest schools Total enrolments in the latest published year. Top 30 of 47 schools with data.
# School Suburb Largest schools ICSEA Students 1 Canberra Grammar School Red Hill 2,116 1,187 2,116 2 Radford College Bruce 2,091 1,203 2,091 3 St Mary Mackillop College - Senior Campus Isabella Plains 2,088 1,068 2,088 4 Marist College Canberra Pearce 1,852 1,142 1,852 5 Burgmann Anglican School Valley Campus Gungahlin 1,755 1,165 1,755 6 Daramalan College Dickson 1,498 1,127 1,498 7 St Francis Xavier College Florey 1,323 1,070 1,323 8 Canberra Girls Grammar School Deakin 1,203 1,177 1,203 9 Trinity Christian School Wanniassa 1,073 1,150 1,073 10 Merici College Braddon 992 1,138 992 11 St Edmund's College Canberra Griffith 935 1,080 935 12 Brindabella Christian College Lyneham Campus Lyneham 929 1,154 929 13 St Clare's College Griffith 887 1,087 887 14 St John Paul II College Nicholls 880 1,089 880 15 Good Shepherd Primary School Amaroo 762 1,095 762 16 Holy Spirit Primary School Nicholls 733 1,085 733 17 Mother Teresa School Harrison 716 1,102 716 18 Holy Family Parish Primary School Gowrie 641 1,076 641 19 Emmaus Christian School Dickson 590 1,138 590 20 St Francis Of Assisi Primary School Calwell 516 1,055 516 21 St Clare Of Assisi Primary School Conder 483 1,044 483 22 Islamic School of Canberra Weston 455 1,073 455 23 St Jude's Primary School Holder 425 1,131 425 24 St Anthony's Parish Primary School Wanniassa 421 1,067 421 25 Orana Steiner School Weston 413 1,136 413 26 St Monica's Primary School Evatt 412 1,080 412 27 Taqwa School Moncrief 407 1,099 407 28 Holy Trinity Primary School Curtin 387 1,145 387 29 St Thomas Aquinas Primary School Charnwood 374 1,045 374 30 Rosary Primary School Watson 369 1,121 369
Most language diversity Share of students with a language background other than English. Top 30 of 46 schools with data.
# School Suburb Most language diversity ICSEA Students 1 Islamic School of Canberra Weston 97% 1,073 455 2 Taqwa School Moncrief 94% 1,099 407 3 Brindabella Christian College Lyneham Campus Lyneham 72% 1,154 929 4 Canberra Christian School Mawson 63% 1,087 228 5 Burgmann Anglican School Valley Campus Gungahlin 55% 1,165 1,755 6 Covenant Christian School Gordon 54% 1,090 320 7 Radford College Bruce 42% 1,203 2,091 8 Good Shepherd Primary School Amaroo 39% 1,095 762 9 St Vincent's Primary School Aranda 37% 1,117 195 10 Sts Peter & Paul Primary School Garran 36% 1,130 299 11 Trinity Christian School Wanniassa 36% 1,150 1,073 12 Mother Teresa School Harrison 35% 1,102 716 13 Canberra Girls Grammar School Deakin 32% 1,177 1,203 14 Emmaus Christian School Dickson 32% 1,138 590 15 St John The Apostle Primary School Florey 30% 1,077 368 16 St Jude's Primary School Holder 28% 1,131 425 17 St Matthew's Primary School Page 26% 1,085 332 18 St Benedict's Primary School Narrabundah 25% 1,061 165 19 Holy Spirit Primary School Nicholls 23% 1,085 733 20 St John Paul II College Nicholls 23% 1,089 880 21 St Thomas Aquinas Primary School Charnwood 23% 1,045 374 22 St Joseph's Primary School O'Connor 21% 1,130 334 23 St Michael's Primary School Kaleen 20% 1,094 171 24 Canberra Grammar School Red Hill 19% 1,187 2,116 25 Sacred Heart Primary School Pearce 17% 1,131 210 26 Holy Trinity Primary School Curtin 16% 1,145 387 27 St John Vianney's Primary School Waramanga 16% 1,094 159 28 Rosary Primary School Watson 15% 1,121 369 29 Marist College Canberra Pearce 13% 1,142 1,852 30 Merici College Braddon 13% 1,138 992