Compare government, Catholic, and independent schools in the Hills District.
The Hills District — Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, Kellyville and the semi-rural fringe out to Dural and Kenthurst — has built its identity around education. Baulkham Hills High School, academically selective, posts results in the state's top group, but the district's real signature is its public primaries: Matthew Pearce, Oakhill Drive, Cherrybrook, John Purchase and Excelsior all deliver results that most private schools would envy, and their catchments are a major driver of local property demand. The independents are led by William Clarke College at Kellyville and The Hills Grammar School at Kenthurst, with Tangara School for Girls at Cherrybrook a smaller, high-performing option; Catholic parish primaries like St Angela's at Castle Hill serve the district's large Catholic community. Government schools make up 44 of the 68 here, and the overall academic average is among the strongest in Sydney. For most Hills families the realistic strategy is the local public primary followed by a decision point at Year 7 — which is where the selective tests, the independents and the new North West Metro's commute options all come into play.
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