Singapore Primary Schools Ranked By Popularity

Submitted by Chief Kiasu

(Updated 18 Oct 2008) Smart KiasuParents do not target a school where we have little chance of getting into. The KiasuParents.com Popularity Ranking for Primary Schools is meant to let parents appreciate the odds of getting their children into their dream schools. “Popularity” is measured as the perceived difficulty of getting a place in the school based on the previous 2 years’ Primary 1 registration status.

We have changed our methodology for measuring popularity into a 2 step process: We first count the number of times the school is involved in a ballot situation, with higher weightages given to distances below 1km and 2km. Next, we sort by the average number of applications versus the number of vacancies for a school in Phase 2C over the past 3 years. Naturally, schools which are several times oversubscribed over the past 3 years, (ie. >100% of available places) will float up to the top.

As our data is incomplete (we only have 2008 and most of 2007’s data), we can only average over 2008 and 2007. In cases of missing data, we simply used the following year’s numbers as the average value.

Note that this list would be updated after every Primary 1 Registration exercise.

Legend
	Balloting required for <1km	Cut-off, no balloting for <1km
	Balloting required for 1-2km	Cut-off, no balloting for 1-2km
	Balloting required for >2km	Cut-off, no balloting for >2km

No Color = No balloting required for that Phase
Cut-Off = There were an exact number of applicants within one of the 3 distance bands
TUR = Cumulative Take-Up Rate at the end of the Phase
APP = Number of Applicants versus available places for that Phase

School	2008 Phase 2C	2007 Phase 2C	2006 Phase 2C	Average APP	Ballot Count
School	APP	APP	APP	Average APP	Ballot Count
CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’	174%	173%		173%	18
Catholic High	175%	135%		149%	18
Ai Tong	163%	134%		144%	16.5
Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)	132%	123%		126%	14
St Hilda’s Primary	387%	219%		275%	13.5
De La Salle	221%	214%		216%	13.5
Nan Chiau Primary	306%			306%	13
Tao Nan	136%	165%		155%	13
Nanyang Primary	113%	124%		120%	12.5
Chongfu Primary	175%	141%		152%	12
Kong Hwa	137%	159%		152%	12
Rosyth	247%	331%		303%	11
Holy Innocents’ Primary	154%	146%		149%	11
Pei Chun Public	125%	155%		145%	11
CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)	138%	126%		130%	11
Methodist Girls’ School (Primary)	116%	121%		119%	11
Henry Park Primary	126%	141%		136%	10.5
Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)	126%	137%		133%	10.5
Nan Hua Primary	314%	160%		211%	10
Red Swastika	144%	227%		199%	10
St Anthony’s Primary	193%	165%		174%	10
Northland Primary	233%	126%		162%	10
Temasek Primary	161%	147%		152%	10
St Andrew’s Junior	143%	142%		143%	10
Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’	118%	140%		132%	10
Fairfield Methodist Primary	119%	103%		108%	10
Rivervale Primary	349%			349%	9
Rulang Primary	190%	345%		293%	9
West Grove Primary	301%	253%		269%	9
Jurong West Primary	190%	260%		237%	9
Mee Toh	228%			228%	9
South View Primary	176%	209%		198%	9
Woodlands Ring Primary	133%	180%		164%	9
Admiralty Primary	147%	164%		158%	9
Chongzheng Primary	205%	125%		152%	9
Princess Elizabeth Primary	121%	159%		147%	9
Evergreen Primary	174%	131%		145%	9
St Joseph’s Institution Junior	166%	133%		144%	9
Canberra Primary	144%			144%	9
East Spring Primary	118%	152%		141%	9
Gongshang Primary	150%	131%		137%	9
Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary	121%	130%		127%	9
Woodgrove Primary	126%	109%		115%	9
Hougang Primary	124%	101%		109%	9
Poi Ching	103%	104%		104%	8.5
Pasir Ris Primary	121%	163%		149%	8
White Sands Primary	116%	126%		123%	8
Maha Bodhi	124%	120%		121%	8
Xinmin Primary	124%	109%		114%	8
Keming Primary	129%	107%		114%	8
Yu Neng Primary	111%	108%		109%	8
Compassvale Primary	166%			166%	7
Jiemin Primary	137%	142%		140%	7
Anderson Primary	122%	145%		138%	7
Bukit Panjang Primary	145%	109%		121%	7
Unity Primary	101%	102%		102%	7
Hong Wen	164%			164%	6
Radin Mas Primary	139%			139%	6
St Stephen’s	128%	139%		135%	6
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary	131%	120%		123%	6
CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity	127%	115%		119%	6
CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel	110%	117%		115%	6
CHIJ (Kellock)	113%			113%	6
Singapore Chinese Girls’ Primary	110%			110%	6
Shuqun Primary	102%	113%		110%	6
Clementi Primary	110%	107%		108%	5
Yew Tee Primary	101%	86%		91%	5
Raffles Girls’ Primary	186%	192%		190%	4.5
CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace	115%	131%		126%	4
Maris Stella High	123%	122%		123%	4
River Valley Primary	130%	118%		122%	4
Fuchun Primary	107%	107%		107%	4
Jurong Primary	119%	86%		97%	4
Beacon Primary	136%	98%		111%	3.5
Zhangde Primary	129%	100%		110%	3
Xingnan Primary	111%	101%		104%	3
Greenwood Primary	111%	95%		100%	3
Geylang Methodist School	96%	102%		100%	3
Telok Kurau Primary	70%	98%		89%	3
Bendemeer Primary	71%			71%	3
St Margaret’s Primary	100%			100%	2
CHIJ (Katong) Primary	125%	85%		98%	2
Fengshan Primary	88%	84%		86%	2
Kheng Cheng	72%	89%		83%	2
St Anthony’s Canossian Primary	80%	95%		90%	1
Ngee Ann Primary	100%	79%		86%	1
St Gabriel’s Primary	73%	73%		73%	1
Marymount Convent	64%	51%		56%	1
Cedar Primary	54%	55%		55%	1
Elias Park Primary	65%	92%		83%	0
Casuarina Primary	71%	87%		82%	0
Greenridge Primary	83%	77%		79%	0
Punggol Primary	55%	89%		78%	0
Tanjong Katong Primary	73%	79%		77%	0
Tampines North Primary	89%	68%		75%	0
Ang Mo Kio Primary	93%	63%		73%	0
Endeavour Primary	71%			71%	0
Edgefield Primary	67%			67%	0
Changkat Primary	74%	63%		67%	0
Gan Eng Seng Primary	66%			66%	0
Meridien Primary	79%	58%		65%	0
Concord Primary	61%	66%		65%	0
Townsville Primary	68%	62%		64%	0
Haig Girls’	69%	60%		63%	0
Zhenghua Primary	52%	67%		62%	0
Yangzheng Primary	63%	60%		61%	0
Chua Chu Kang Primary	54%	65%		61%	0
Sembawang Primary	61%			61%	0
Woodlands Primary	66%	58%		61%	0
Innova Primary	83%	49%		61%	0
Teck Ghee Primary	56%	61%		59%	0
Park View Primary	64%	54%		58%	0
North View Primary	49%	57%		54%	0
Pei Tong Primary	48%	57%		54%	0
Ahmad Ibrahim Primary	42%	58%		53%	0
Jing Shan Primary	36%	61%		52%	0
Queenstown Primary	44%	56%		52%	0
Greendale Primary	52%			52%	0
New Town Primary	51%	52%		51%	0
Fuhua Primary	35%	59%		51%	0
Lakeside Primary	60%	44%		49%	0
Yishun Primary	77%	35%		49%	0
Wellington Primary	49%			49%	0
Lianhua Primary	45%	49%		47%	0
Bedok Green Primary	48%	47%		47%	0
Xishan Primary	42%	49%		46%	0
North Vista Primary	46%			46%	0
Huamin Primary	36%	51%		46%	0
Mayflower Primary	43%	47%		46%	0
Yumin Primary	53%	41%		45%	0
West View Primary	32%	51%		45%	0
Bukit View Primary	53%	39%		44%	0
Canossa Convent Primary	46%	42%		44%	0
Dazhong Primary	15%	58%		44%	0
Seng Kang Primary	43%			43%	0
Eunos Primary	39%	44%		43%	0
Xinghua Primary	25%	50%		41%	0
Qifa Primary	40%	41%		41%	0
Pioneer Primary	61%	29%		40%	0
Montfort Junior	43%	37%		39%	0
Peiying Primary	39%	37%		38%	0
Da Qiao Primary	40%	37%		38%	0
Anchor Green Primary	36%			36%	0
Qihua Primary	40%	32%		34%	0
Yuhua Primary	25%	38%		34%	0
East View Primary	24%	38%		33%	0
Tampines Primary	27%	37%		33%	0
Fernvale Primary	32%			32%	0
Damai Primary	26%	35%		32%	0
Marsiling Primary	25%	32%		30%	0
North Spring Primary	29%			29%	0
Naval Base Primary	26%	31%		29%	0
Junyuan Primary	31%	28%		29%	0
Boon Lay Garden Primary	29%	29%		29%	0
Coral Primary	24%	31%		29%	0
Bukit Timah Primary	23%	31%		28%	0
Si Ling Primary	21%	31%		28%	0
Corporation Primary	26%	28%		27%	0
MacPherson Primary	21%	30%		27%	0
Kranji Primary	14%	31%		25%	0
Zhonghua Primary	19%	28%		25%	0
Stamford Primary	25%			25%	0
Yio Chu Kang Primary	17%	23%		21%	0
East Coast Primary	21%	19%		20%	0
Opera Estate Primary	20%	18%		19%	0
Loyang Primary	16%	19%		18%	0
Teck Whye Primary	20%	17%		18%	0
Farrer Park Primary	18%			18%	0
Hong Kah Primary	13%	19%		17%	0
Griffiths Primary	13%	19%		17%	0
Juying Primary	14%	17%		16%	0
First Toa Payoh Primary	20%	13%		16%	0
Balestier Hill Primary	14%			14%	0
Qiaonan Primary	6%	14%		11%	0
Guangyang Primary	9%	12%		11%	0
Blangah Rise Primary	7%			7%	0
Bedok West Primary	2%	6%		4%	0

Thu 26/06/2008