Choosing a school is one of the biggest decisions your family will ever make for your child with so many factors to consider. Are you thinking about whether to send your child to a single-sex or co-ed school in Brisbane?
Unfortunately, there’s not a wide amount of data out there to contrast the options… until now!
Keep reading to find out more about the top single-sex and co-ed schools in Brisbane!
Top Boys ATAR Schools in Brisbane
Top Girls ATAR Schools in Brisbane
Top Co-Ed ATAR Schools in Brisbane
How We Calculated the Scores
To calculate the ranking, we gathered publicly released data for each school, and averaged publicly released data from each school on the percentage of students who achieved above 80, 90, 95 and 99 ATAR results. We then averaged those percentages into a single score.
This was mapped against the state distribution (using the publicly released QTAC information), and then bravo! We are then able to identify the number of times (outperforming percentage) that a school performs above the state distribution.
Want to know which schools in Brisbane made the Top 50? Check out The Ultimate Brisbane ATAR High School Ranking List!
The Top Boys ATAR Schools in Brisbane
| Ranking # | School | Outperforming Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane Grammar School | 353% |
| 2 | Anglican Church Grammar School | 224% |
| 3 | Villanova College | 104% |
| 4 | Brisbane Boys' College | 103% |
| 5 | Marist College Ashgrove | 73% |
| 6 | Moreton Bay Boys College | 72% |
| 7 | St Laurence's College | 51% |
| 8 | St Joseph's Nudgee College | 34% |
| 9 | Ambrose Treacy College | -4% |
In the top boys schools, we can see that Brisbane Grammar takes the cake once again! Followed by Anglican Church Grammar, Villanova College and Brisbane Boys’ College.
The Top Girls ATAR Schools in Brisbane
| Ranking # | School | Outperforming Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane Girls Grammar School | 346% |
| 2 | St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School | 235% |
| 3 | All Hallows' School | 214% |
| 4 | St Margaret's Anglican Girls School | 201% |
| 5 | Mt St Michael's College | 139% |
| 6 | Somerville House | 129% |
| 7 | Ipswich Girls' Grammar School | 121% |
| 8 | Stuartholme School | 89% |
| 9 | Mount Alvernia College | 81% |
| 10 | Loreto College Coorparoo | 61% |
It’s a similar situation for the top girls schools, with Brisbane Girls Grammar crowning the list (with a 346% outperformance score!!), followed by St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School and All Hallow’s School following behind.
The Top Co-Ed ATAR Schools in Brisbane
| Ranking # | School | Outperforming Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane State High School | 224% |
| 2 | Mansfield State High School | 191% |
| 3 | Ormiston College | 172% |
| 4 | Redlands College | 172% |
| 5 | Cannon Hill Anglican College | 87% |
| 6 | Sheldon College | 86% |
| 7 | The Gap State High School | 71% |
| 8 | Corinda State High School | 71% |
| 9 | Northside Christian College | 65% |
| 10 | Kenmore State High School | 51% |
It’s interesting to note just how well single-sex schools do when compared to Co-Ed schools. The average outperforming percentage here reveals that Co-Ed schools are behind, and that’s reflected in the overall top schools list as well.
The average outperformance score for Girls Schools was 118%, closely followed by Boys Schools at 112%, with Co-Ed lagging a distance behind at 54%.
| School Type | Average Outperformance Percentage (%) |
|---|---|
| Girls | 118% |
| Boys | 112% |
| CoEd | 54% |
If we are to graph each type of schools with their average outperformance percentage, we can see the stark contrast that gender-streamed schools can offer!
In the choice between a Co-Ed school or a gender-streamed school, the difference in academic achievements should be heavily considered as a huge factor! But it’s also important to remember that Co-Ed schools offer other benefits that gender-streamed schools don’t.
Don’t see your school on here? It’s likely that your school does not publicly publish their ATAR data! Publicly submit your data in 2023 or contact us at [email protected] to submit your results to Art of Smart. Note that we don’t include schools that complete the IB system, to improve internal validity.
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