Compare government, Catholic, and independent schools in the Yarra Valley.
This region covers the Yarra Ranges — the foothill suburbs from Lilydale and Mooroolbark up into the Dandenongs, and the valley towns out to Healesville and Warburton. It's a landscape of small schools: 57 of the 75 are government, many of them village primaries, and the hills schools regularly top the local results — Upwey Primary is the standout, with Selby and Chirnside Park primaries close behind. The independents are the Valley's quiet strength: Oxley Christian College at Chirnside Park matches the best local results, Billanook College at Mooroolbark offers the area's most established co-ed independent pathway, and Edinburgh College at Lilydale performs solidly. Catholic families are well served at secondary level by Mater Christi College at Belgrave and Mount Lilydale Mercy College. Overall averages sit near the Victorian norm, but distance is the real factor in valley schooling decisions: past Lilydale the secondary options thin out quickly, and many upper-valley families plan around a daily train or bus run down the line. The eastern suburbs page covers the denser school belt immediately west.
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