Best Co-educational Schools in Melbourne | 2025 Rankings & Insights
Melbourne’s private co-educational schools offer families a broad and balanced educational environment combining strong academic pathways, modern facilities, and extensive programs across sport, arts and music. Schools360’s 2025 Co-Ed Rankings provide an independent, data-driven assessment of how these schools perform across academic outcomes, student wellbeing, learning environment quality and institutional strength.
Use the table below to explore the leaders in Melbourne’s private co-ed education for 2025.
Updated January 2025 · Independent analysis by Schools360
2025 Rankings | Melbourne Private Co-ed Schools
This table shows the full list of private co-educational schools in Melbourne for 2025.
Top 10 Co-educational Schools in Melbourne (2025)
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1. St Leonard’s College — 91.4%
Location: Brighton East
Type: Independent co-educational
Strengths: Outstanding balance across all building blocks, with high Academic Excellence (90%), exceptional Learning Environment (97%), and strong Learning Programs (93%). Families benefit from modern facilities, high-quality teaching and broad developmental pathways.
2. Haileybury — 90.8%
Location: Multiple campuses (Keysborough, Brighton, Berwick, Melbourne)
Type: Independent co-educational
Strengths: Strong Academic Excellence (93%) and high Institutional Excellence (87%). Haileybury offers a structured, high-performance environment with extensive academic pathways and modern learning settings.
3. Carey Baptist Grammar School — 89.8%
Location: Kew
Type: Independent co-educational
Strengths: Well-rounded strengths across Learning Programs (93%), Wellbeing (87%), and Institutional Excellence (87%). A strong community and wide program diversity benefit student development.
4. Bialik College — 89.7%
Location: Hawthorn East
Type: Independent Jewish co-ed
Strengths: Strong academic orientation (93%) supported by excellent wellbeing and a robust learning environment. Known for close community connection and high teaching quality.
5. Wesley College — 89.5%
Location: Glen Waverley, St Kilda Road, Elsternwick
Type: Independent co-ed
Strengths: Strong Learning Environment (92%) and Institutional Excellence (90%), with broad academic and co-curricular programs. A large, well-resourced school with diverse opportunities.
6. Yarra Valley Grammar — 88.6%
Location: Ringwood
Type: Independent co-ed
Strengths: Strong across academics, wellbeing and program depth. A well-equipped campus with modern facilities and broad offerings in sport, arts and outdoor education.
7. St Michael’s Grammar School — 88.5%
Location: St Kilda
Type: Independent co-ed
Strengths: Strong Institutional Excellence (90%) and Learning Environment (88%). A community-centred school offering strong arts, music and performance programs.
8. Geelong Grammar School — 88.3%
Location: Corio (Regional VIC)
Type: Independent co-ed
Strengths: Exceptional Institutional Excellence (90%), large-scale facilities, and strong experiential learning programs. Broadest program range in the category, including significant boarding infrastructure.
9. Mount Scopus Memorial College — 88.0%
Location: Burwood
Type: Independent Jewish co-ed
Strengths: Strong academic culture (87%) with high wellbeing (90%) and strong engagement. Well-developed programs across STEM, arts and leadership.
10. Caulfield Grammar School — 87.4%
Location: Wheelers Hill, Caulfield, Malvern
Type: Independent co-ed
Strengths: Strengths across Learning Programs (92%), strong engagement and broad co-curricular offerings. Strong facilities and consistent academic performance.
Key Insights
Victoria’s private co-educational schools show some of the most balanced performance profiles in the state, with several schools delivering strong results across all five building blocks. The category is defined by high program breadth, strong learning environments and solid institutional capability, giving families a wide range of high-performing options.
Academic Excellence is strong across the top tier, with Haileybury, Bialik, St Leonard’s and Mount Scopus demonstrating consistently high performance. These schools combine strong expectations, high-quality teaching and structured academic support to deliver strong senior outcomes.
Learning Environment is a major driver of differentiation, with the top schools demonstrating modern facilities, technologically enabled classrooms and strong teaching quality. Schools such as St Leonard’s (97%) and Wesley College (92%) show how campus investment and teaching capability translate into positive day-to-day learning conditions.
Program depth is the defining strength of co-ed schools. The highest-performing schools offer extensive choice across academic subjects, sport, arts, music, leadership and experiential learning. This breadth gives students more pathways to develop confidence, capability and personal identity — a clear advantage for families seeking whole-person development.
Student Wellbeing is consistently strong across the top performers, with most leading co-ed schools operating in the mid-80s to 90% range. Strong pastoral systems, clear behavioural expectations and inclusive culture provide predictable environments with strong belonging and support.
Institutional Excellence differentiates long-term performance. Schools such as Wesley, St Leonard’s, Geelong Grammar and St Michael’s demonstrate strong governance, stable leadership and clear strategy, factors that strengthen program quality and build parent confidence over time.
Overall, the leading co-educational schools in Victoria combine academic ambition, strong learning environments and broad developmental opportunities supported by high institutional capability.
Snapshot for 2025
Strong academic depth across the top tier, giving students clear learning pathways and robust senior preparation.
High-quality learning environments featuring modern facilities, strong teaching practices and advanced technology integration.
Extensive program breadth across sport, arts, music, STEM, outdoor education and leadership, supporting whole-of-student development.
Wellbeing cultures that emphasise belonging and behavioural clarity, providing safe, predictable school environments.
Institutional strength across leading schools, offering more stable leadership, clearer strategy and long-term investment in facilities and programs.
Top performers include both metropolitan and regional schools, giving families diverse and high-quality options across Victoria.
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