Elite private schools for Institutional Excellence in Australia
50 schools reached Elite for Institutional Excellence.
Image: Loreto Kirribilli
50 of 566 Australian schools assessed by Schools360 reached Elite for Institutional Excellence — the highest tier on Schools360, reflecting exceptional overall performance. There is no partial credit and no shortlist beyond it: reaching Elite tier on this building block is itself the claim.
What Institutional Excellence measures
Institutional Excellence carries a weight of 12.5% in the S360 Score, the smallest weight of the five building blocks.
How well is the school run? Schools360 assesses this across three factors. School Governance: Focuses on the vision, strategy, parent involvement, transparency and communication in school governance. Reputation, Prestige and Alumni Connections: Considers school history, recognition, community engagement, alumni network and school impact. Sustainability: Examines the school's commitment, strategy, reporting and practices related to environmental sustainability.
The three factors
School Governance
Focuses on the vision, strategy, parent involvement, transparency and communication in school governance.
Reputation, Prestige and Alumni Connections
Considers school history, recognition, community engagement, alumni network and school impact.
Sustainability
Examines the school's commitment, strategy, reporting and practices related to environmental sustainability.
Data sources
Sources
- Annual and financial reports
- School strategic plans
- Principals' letters and public statements
- LinkedIn alumni network data
- Media reporting on governance and culture
Elite for Institutional Excellence (50)
Select schools to compare them side by side.
| School | State | Gender | Institutional Excellence score | S360 score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Loreto Kirribilli | New South Wales | Girls | 96.7% | 90.9% | |
 Scotch College | Victoria | Boys | 95.0% | 93.0% | |
 Camberwell Grammar School | Victoria | Boys | 95.0% | 90.9% | |
 Lauriston Girls' School | Victoria | Girls | 93.3% | 92.8% | |
 Melbourne Girls' Grammar School | Victoria | Girls | 93.3% | 92.1% | |
 Scotch College Perth | Western Australia | Boys | 93.3% | 91.0% | |
 Redlands | New South Wales | Co-ed | 93.3% | 87.6% | |
 Wesley College | Western Australia | Boys | 91.7% | 93.3% | |
 Abbotsleigh | New South Wales | Girls | 91.7% | 90.2% | |
 Camberwell Girls Grammar School | Victoria | Girls | 91.7% | 89.9% | |
 Loreto Mandeville Hall | Victoria | Girls | 91.7% | 89.5% | |
 Eltham College | Victoria | Co-ed | 91.7% | 85.7% | |
 Saint Ignatius' College | New South Wales | Boys | 91.7% | 85.1% | |
 Saint Ignatius' College | South Australia | Co-ed | 91.7% | 85.1% | |
 The King’s School | New South Wales | Boys | 90.0% | 92.7% | |
 Pymble Ladies' College | New South Wales | Girls | 90.0% | 92.0% | |
 Brisbane Boys' College | Queensland | Boys | 90.0% | 91.3% | |
 The Southport School | Queensland | Boys | 90.0% | 91.1% | |
 Canberra Girls Grammar School | Australian Capital Territory | Girls | 90.0% | 91.0% | |
 St Catherine's School | Victoria | Girls | 90.0% | 91.0% | |
 All Hallows' School | Queensland | Girls | 90.0% | 90.3% | |
 Hale School | Western Australia | Boys | 90.0% | 90.1% | |
 Wesley College | Victoria | Co-ed | 90.0% | 89.5% | |
 St Michael's Grammar School | Victoria | Co-ed | 90.0% | 88.5% | |
 Christ Church Grammar School | Western Australia | Boys | 90.0% | 88.3% | |
 Geelong Grammar School | Victoria | Co-ed | 90.0% | 88.3% | |
 Sceggs Darlinghurst | New South Wales | Girls | 90.0% | 88.1% | |
 Barker College | New South Wales | Co-ed | 90.0% | 86.3% | |
 St Spyridon College | New South Wales | Co-ed | 90.0% | 83.7% | |
 Trinity Grammar School | New South Wales | Boys | 88.3% | 92.4% | |
 Canberra Grammar School | Australian Capital Territory | Co-ed | 88.3% | 90.9% | |
 Brighton Grammar School | Victoria | Boys | 88.3% | 90.4% | |
 Kambala Girls | New South Wales | Girls | 88.3% | 90.2% | |
 Brisbane Girls Grammar School | Queensland | Girls | 88.3% | 90.1% | |
 PLC Perth | Western Australia | Girls | 88.3% | 90.0% | |
 Ruyton Girls' School | Victoria | Girls | 88.3% | 89.8% | |
 Bialik College | Victoria | Co-ed | 88.3% | 89.7% | |
 Wilderness School | South Australia | Girls | 88.3% | 88.2% | |
 Xavier College | Victoria | Boys | 88.3% | 87.8% | |
 Westminster School | South Australia | Co-ed | 88.3% | 87.6% | |
 Tangara School For Girls | New South Wales | Girls | 88.3% | 87.5% | |
 Xavier College | South Australia | Co-ed | 88.3% | 87.2% | |
 St Peter's Girls' School | South Australia | Girls | 88.3% | 86.7% | |
 Lourdes Hill College | Queensland | Girls | 88.3% | 86.1% | |
 St Hilda's Anglican School For Girls | Western Australia | Girls | 88.3% | 86.0% | |
 Emanuel School | New South Wales | Co-ed | 88.3% | 84.6% | |
 Trinity College | South Australia | Co-ed | 88.3% | 84.6% | |
 St Peter's Lutheran College | Queensland | Co-ed | 88.3% | 83.4% | |
 Toowoomba Grammar School | Queensland | Boys | 88.3% | 81.7% | |
 Moriah College | New South Wales | Co-ed | 88.3% | 79.1% |
- Elite for Institutional Excellence, Australia
- School
- Loreto Kirribilli
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 96.7%
- S360 score
- 90.9%
- Compare
- School
- Scotch College
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 95.0%
- S360 score
- 93.0%
- Compare
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 95.0%
- S360 score
- 90.9%
- Compare
- School
- Lauriston Girls' School
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 93.3%
- S360 score
- 92.8%
- Compare
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 93.3%
- S360 score
- 92.1%
- Compare
- School
- Scotch College Perth
- State
- Western Australia
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 93.3%
- S360 score
- 91.0%
- Compare
- School
- Redlands
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 93.3%
- S360 score
- 87.6%
- Compare
- School
- Wesley College
- State
- Western Australia
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 91.7%
- S360 score
- 93.3%
- Compare
- School
- Abbotsleigh
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 91.7%
- S360 score
- 90.2%
- Compare
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 91.7%
- S360 score
- 89.9%
- Compare
- School
- Loreto Mandeville Hall
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 91.7%
- S360 score
- 89.5%
- Compare
- School
- Eltham College
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 91.7%
- S360 score
- 85.7%
- Compare
- School
- Saint Ignatius' College
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 91.7%
- S360 score
- 85.1%
- Compare
- School
- Saint Ignatius' College
- State
- South Australia
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 91.7%
- S360 score
- 85.1%
- Compare
- School
- The King’s School
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 92.7%
- Compare
- School
- Pymble Ladies' College
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 92.0%
- Compare
- School
- Brisbane Boys' College
- State
- Queensland
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 91.3%
- Compare
- School
- The Southport School
- State
- Queensland
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 91.1%
- Compare
- State
- Australian Capital Territory
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 91.0%
- Compare
- School
- St Catherine's School
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 91.0%
- Compare
- School
- All Hallows' School
- State
- Queensland
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 90.3%
- Compare
- School
- Hale School
- State
- Western Australia
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 90.1%
- Compare
- School
- Wesley College
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 89.5%
- Compare
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 88.5%
- Compare
- State
- Western Australia
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 88.3%
- Compare
- School
- Geelong Grammar School
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 88.3%
- Compare
- School
- Sceggs Darlinghurst
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 88.1%
- Compare
- School
- Barker College
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 86.3%
- Compare
- School
- St Spyridon College
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 90.0%
- S360 score
- 83.7%
- Compare
- School
- Trinity Grammar School
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 92.4%
- Compare
- School
- Canberra Grammar School
- State
- Australian Capital Territory
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 90.9%
- Compare
- School
- Brighton Grammar School
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 90.4%
- Compare
- School
- Kambala Girls
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 90.2%
- Compare
- State
- Queensland
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 90.1%
- Compare
- School
- PLC Perth
- State
- Western Australia
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 90.0%
- Compare
- School
- Ruyton Girls' School
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 89.8%
- Compare
- School
- Bialik College
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 89.7%
- Compare
- School
- Wilderness School
- State
- South Australia
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 88.2%
- Compare
- School
- Xavier College
- State
- Victoria
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 87.8%
- Compare
- School
- Westminster School
- State
- South Australia
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 87.6%
- Compare
- School
- Tangara School For Girls
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 87.5%
- Compare
- School
- Xavier College
- State
- South Australia
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 87.2%
- Compare
- School
- St Peter's Girls' School
- State
- South Australia
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 86.7%
- Compare
- School
- Lourdes Hill College
- State
- Queensland
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 86.1%
- Compare
- State
- Western Australia
- Gender
- Girls
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 86.0%
- Compare
- School
- Emanuel School
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 84.6%
- Compare
- School
- Trinity College
- State
- South Australia
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 84.6%
- Compare
- State
- Queensland
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 83.4%
- Compare
- School
- Toowoomba Grammar School
- State
- Queensland
- Gender
- Boys
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 81.7%
- Compare
- School
- Moriah College
- State
- New South Wales
- Gender
- Co-ed
- Institutional Excellence score
- 88.3%
- S360 score
- 79.1%
- Compare
Elite tier: the highest tier on Schools360, reflecting exceptional overall performance
Image: Scotch College
By state
Every Elite Schools page uses the same independent, evidence-based assessment — explore what it takes to reach Elite on every other building block.
Common questions
How many schools reached Elite for Institutional Excellence?
50 of 566 assessed Australian schools reached the Elite tier for Institutional Excellence, 8.8 percent.
What does it take to reach Elite?
A building block score of 87.5 percent or above on Schools360. There is no partial credit and no top-N fallback: appearing on this list is the claim.
Why do some building blocks not have a page for every state?
A state page is only published once at least 8 schools in that state clear Elite for the building block. Fewer than that reads as thin to a parent and arbitrary to the schools left off, so Victoria and New South Wales are the only state pages at launch.
How is the Institutional Excellence score calculated?
Each building block is the average of three factors, each scored out of 20 from four assessed elements. See the methodology page for the full weighting and data sources.