Primary School Ranking 2026 (Singapore, by P1 Demand)

Which primary schools are the most oversubscribed in 2026?

The 2026 Primary 1 exercise ranks 179 primary schools by Phase 2C demand (applicants per vacancy).
In 2026, the most oversubscribed Phase 2C schools were Princess Elizabeth Primary School (3.98 applicants per vacancy: 159 applicants for 40 vacancies); Northland Primary School (3.36 applicants per vacancy: 141 applicants for 42 vacancies); Nan Hua Primary School (3.00 applicants per vacancy: 123 applicants for 41 vacancies).
In 2026, 79 of 179 schools had more Phase 2C applicants than vacancies (a ratio above 1.00).
This ranks popularity and demand, not an official MOE quality ranking.

Last updated: 2026-10-17 · Source: MOE / SGSchoolKaki data (2026 exercise)

Primary schools ranked by P1 demand

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179 primary schools ranked by P1 demand · 2026 exercise.

Primary schools ranked by Phase 2C applicants per vacancy, 2026 Primary 1 exercise
Rank	Primary School	Area	Phase 2C vacancies	Phase 2C applicants	Phase 2C ratio
1	Princess Elizabeth Primary School	Bukit Batok	40	159	3.98
2	Northland Primary School	Yishun	42	141	3.36
3	Nan Hua Primary School	Clementi	41	123	3.00
4	Chongfu School	Yishun	48	137	2.85
5	Rosyth School	Serangoon	46	120	2.61
6	Angsana Primary School	Tampines	60	154	2.57
7	St. Hilda's Primary School	Tampines	46	118	2.57
8	Nan Chiau Primary School	Sengkang	88	213	2.42
9	South View Primary School	Central	44	105	2.39
10	Holy Innocents' Primary School	Hougang	44	97	2.20
11	Rulang Primary School	Jurong West	41	90	2.20
12	Maris Stella High School (Primary Section)	Toa Payoh	75	164	2.19
13	Admiralty Primary School	Woodlands	40	87	2.18
14	Kong Hwa School	Geylang	56	117	2.09
15	Red Swastika School	Bedok	40	83	2.08
16	North View Primary School	Yishun	59	122	2.07
17	Hong Wen School	Kallang	60	121	2.02
18	Rivervale Primary School	Sengkang	54	106	1.96
19	Gongshang Primary School	Tampines	48	92	1.92
20	Horizon Primary School	Punggol	46	88	1.91
21	Ai Tong School	Bishan	40	76	1.90
22	Wellington Primary School	Sembawang	45	85	1.89
23	Bukit Panjang Primary School	Bukit Panjang	41	77	1.88
24	Huamin Primary School	Yishun	58	106	1.83
25	Pasir Ris Primary School	Pasir Ris	45	81	1.80
26	Maha Bodhi School	Geylang	43	77	1.79
27	Poi Ching School	Tampines	102	183	1.79
28	Yu Neng Primary School	Bedok	51	90	1.76
29	St. Anthony's Primary School	Bukit Batok	65	113	1.74
30	Pei Chun Public School	Toa Payoh	44	76	1.73
31	Temasek Primary School	Bedok	50	86	1.72
32	Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School	Bishan	48	82	1.71
33	Nanyang Primary School	Bukit Timah	40	68	1.70
34	Elias Park Primary School	Pasir Ris	58	98	1.69
35	Punggol Green Primary School	Punggol	57	96	1.68
36	Tanjong Katong Primary School	Marine Parade	56	94	1.68
37	Fairfield Methodist School (Primary)	Queenstown	48	80	1.67
38	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (Primary Section)	Ang Mo Kio	48	78	1.63
39	Frontier Primary School	Jurong West	40	64	1.60
40	Radin Mas Primary School	Bukit Merah	42	66	1.57
41	Alexandra Primary School	Bukit Merah	55	86	1.56
42	Catholic High School (Primary Section)	Bishan	41	64	1.56
43	Shuqun Primary School	Jurong West	48	75	1.56
44	Methodist Girls' School (Primary)	Bukit Timah	41	63	1.54
45	Xinmin Primary School	Hougang	54	82	1.52
46	Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School	Novena	41	62	1.51
47	Henry Park Primary School	Bukit Timah	51	76	1.49
48	St Andrew's School (Junior)	Toa Payoh	70	100	1.43
49	Compassvale Primary School	Sengkang	70	99	1.41
50	Sembawang Primary School	Sembawang	58	79	1.36
51	Tao Nan School	Marine Parade	42	57	1.36
52	Chua Chu Kang Primary School	Choa Chu Kang	93	125	1.34
53	River Valley Primary School	Central	74	99	1.34
54	Sengkang Green Primary School	Sengkang	50	67	1.34
55	St. Joseph's Institution Junior	Novena	81	108	1.33
56	Northshore Primary School	Punggol	93	123	1.32
57	Anderson Primary School	Ang Mo Kio	77	101	1.31
58	Westwood Primary School	Jurong West	52	66	1.27
59	Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)	Central	54	68	1.26
60	Jurong West Primary School	Jurong West	59	73	1.24
61	Junyuan Primary School	Tampines	81	100	1.23
62	Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School	Bukit Timah	43	53	1.23
63	Canossa Catholic Primary School	Geylang	42	50	1.19
64	Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)	Novena	72	84	1.17
65	CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)	Toa Payoh	64	75	1.17
66	Punggol Primary School	Punggol	61	70	1.15
67	Valour Primary School	Central	61	70	1.15
68	Woodlands Primary School	Woodlands	71	82	1.15
69	Mee Toh School	Punggol	137	155	1.13
70	Ngee Ann Primary School	Marine Parade	103	114	1.11
71	Keming Primary School	Bukit Batok	88	97	1.10
72	White Sands Primary School	Pasir Ris	65	69	1.06
73	De La Salle School	Choa Chu Kang	94	98	1.04
74	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary)	Hougang	99	103	1.04
75	St. Margaret's School (Primary)	Central	117	122	1.04
76	St. Gabriel's Primary School	Serangoon	83	85	1.02
77	Yangzheng Primary School	Serangoon	55	56	1.02
78	Bukit Timah Primary School	Bukit Timah	113	114	1.01
79	Geylang Methodist School (Primary)	Central	149	151	1.01
80	Riverside Primary School	Woodlands	64	64	1.00
81	Canberra Primary School	Sembawang	87	86	0.99
82	Bukit View Primary School	Bukit Batok	212	207	0.98
83	Waterway Primary School	Punggol	65	64	0.98
84	Zhenghua Primary School	Bukit Panjang	60	59	0.98
85	West Spring Primary School	Bukit Panjang	61	59	0.97
86	Jing Shan Primary School	Ang Mo Kio	60	57	0.95
87	CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity	Serangoon	130	122	0.94
88	Palm View Primary School	Sengkang	99	93	0.94
89	Springdale Primary School	Sengkang	79	74	0.94
90	Raffles Girls' Primary School	Bukit Timah	137	128	0.93
91	Kheng Cheng School	Toa Payoh	125	115	0.92
92	Marsiling Primary School	Woodlands	92	85	0.92
93	Woodgrove Primary School	Woodlands	94	85	0.90
94	CHIJ (Katong) Primary	Bedok	92	82	0.89
95	Pioneer Primary School	Tengah	309	276	0.89
96	Hougang Primary School	Hougang	73	64	0.88
97	Qifa Primary School	Clementi	147	128	0.87
98	Haig Girls' School	Geylang	124	106	0.85
99	Naval Base Primary School	Yishun	79	65	0.82
100	Chongzheng Primary School	Tampines	131	105	0.80
101	Fengshan Primary School	Bedok	89	71	0.80
102	Queenstown Primary School	Queenstown	147	108	0.73
103	Teck Ghee Primary School	Ang Mo Kio	124	90	0.73
104	Fernvale Primary School	Sengkang	126	85	0.67
105	St. Stephen's School	Bedok	131	87	0.66
106	Evergreen Primary School	Woodlands	101	64	0.63
107	Xingnan Primary School	Jurong West	87	54	0.62
108	Clementi Primary School	Clementi	165	100	0.61
109	Lakeside Primary School	Jurong West	121	74	0.61
110	Punggol View Primary School	Punggol	99	60	0.61
111	Opera Estate Primary School	Bedok	119	70	0.59
112	CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace	Bukit Panjang	139	80	0.58
113	West View Primary School	Bukit Panjang	60	35	0.58
114	Concord Primary School	Choa Chu Kang	111	63	0.57
115	Woodlands Ring Primary School	Woodlands	104	59	0.57
116	Yew Tee Primary School	Choa Chu Kang	97	55	0.57
117	Fuchun Primary School	Woodlands	95	53	0.56
118	Innova Primary School	Woodlands	123	69	0.56
119	Greenwood Primary School	Woodlands	121	67	0.55
120	Telok Kurau Primary School	Bedok	137	72	0.53
121	CHIJ (Kellock)	Bukit Merah	101	53	0.52
122	Tampines Primary School	Tampines	150	78	0.52
123	Peiying Primary School	Yishun	120	61	0.51
124	Zhangde Primary School	Bukit Merah	95	47	0.49
125	Casuarina Primary School	Pasir Ris	66	31	0.47
126	Unity Primary School	Choa Chu Kang	100	46	0.46
127	Jurong Primary School	Jurong East	97	43	0.44
128	Xishan Primary School	Yishun	106	47	0.44
129	Park View Primary School	Pasir Ris	119	51	0.43
130	Fern Green Primary School	Sengkang	171	71	0.42
131	Qihua Primary School	Woodlands	99	41	0.41
132	Cedar Primary School	Toa Payoh	141	57	0.40
133	Cantonment Primary School	Bukit Merah	93	36	0.39
134	Yishun Primary School	Yishun	93	36	0.39
135	Si Ling Primary School	Woodlands	86	33	0.38
136	West Grove Primary School	Jurong West	101	37	0.37
137	Dazhong Primary School	Bukit Batok	90	32	0.36
138	North Spring Primary School	Sengkang	99	36	0.36
139	Oasis Primary School	Punggol	108	35	0.32
140	CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel	Serangoon	89	28	0.31
141	Endeavour Primary School	Sembawang	140	43	0.31
142	Greenridge Primary School	Bukit Panjang	103	32	0.31
143	Jiemin Primary School	Yishun	150	46	0.31
144	East Spring Primary School	Tampines	158	47	0.30
145	Tampines North Primary School	Tampines	172	50	0.29
146	Edgefield Primary School	Punggol	141	39	0.28
147	Mayflower Primary School	Ang Mo Kio	101	28	0.28
148	St. Anthony's Canossian Primary School	Bedok	137	38	0.28
149	Xinghua Primary School	Hougang	144	40	0.28
150	Corporation Primary School	Jurong West	95	25	0.26
151	Gan Eng Seng Primary School	Bukit Merah	86	22	0.26
152	Boon Lay Garden Primary School	Jurong West	92	22	0.24
153	Beacon Primary School	Bukit Panjang	103	24	0.23
154	Blangah Rise Primary School	Bukit Merah	91	21	0.23
155	Fuhua Primary School	Jurong East	140	30	0.21
156	Ang Mo Kio Primary School	Ang Mo Kio	137	27	0.20
157	Farrer Park Primary School	Kallang	135	27	0.20
158	Bedok Green Primary School	Bedok	162	31	0.19
159	Bendemeer Primary School	Kallang	134	24	0.18
160	Teck Whye Primary School	Choa Chu Kang	122	22	0.18
161	Changkat Primary School	Tampines	229	40	0.17
162	New Town Primary School	Queenstown	156	26	0.17
163	North Vista Primary School	Sengkang	127	22	0.17
164	Yio Chu Kang Primary School	Hougang	126	21	0.17
165	Anchor Green Primary School	Sengkang	140	23	0.16
166	Pei Tong Primary School	Clementi	218	35	0.16
167	Lianhua Primary School	Bukit Batok	205	28	0.14
168	Punggol Cove Primary School	Punggol	177	24	0.14
169	Seng Kang Primary School	Sengkang	114	16	0.14
170	Zhonghua Primary School	Serangoon	126	18	0.14
171	Greendale Primary School	Punggol	126	16	0.13
172	Marymount Convent School	Toa Payoh	210	27	0.13
173	Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School	Yishun	186	21	0.11
174	Meridian Primary School	Pasir Ris	154	15	0.10
175	First Toa Payoh Primary School	Toa Payoh	125	11	0.09
176	Yumin Primary School	Tampines	174	14	0.08
177	Montfort Junior School	Hougang	126	9	0.07
178	Northoaks Primary School	Sembawang	188	14	0.07
179	Yuhua Primary School	Jurong East	162	11	0.07

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Ranked by Phase 2C balloting demand (applicants per vacancy) for the 2026 Primary 1 exercise — a higher ratio means more competitive. Popularity/demand, not an official MOE quality ranking.

Singapore has no official primary-school league table — but the Primary 1 (P1) registration exercise reveals which schools are most in demand. When a phase draws more applicants than places it goes to balloting; the higher the ratio of applicants to vacancies, the more competitive the school. This page ranks primary schools by their Phase 2C balloting demand — the open phase every parent competes in.

How to read the ranking

Higher ratio = more competitive. A Phase 2C ratio above 1.0 means the school balloted.
Use the Area filter. P1 priority is distance-based, so shortlist schools near home first.
Vacancies matter too. A small school with a modest ratio can still be hard to enter.
Demand shifts yearly. Treat the ratio as a guide, not a guarantee.

How this ranking works

P1 registration runs in phases. Phase 2C is open to all Singapore citizens and PRs with no prior connection to the school, so it is the phase most parents rely on. We rank schools by the Phase 2C ratio — applicants divided by vacancies. A ratio above 1.0 means the phase was oversubscribed and went to balloting.

This is a demand/popularity ranking, not an official MOE measure of school quality. Home-to-school distance (the 1km and 2km priority) and citizenship also shape your real chances — use the ranking to gauge competition, not to judge a school.

How to use it for P1 registration

Shortlist schools within 1–2km of home, then compare their Phase 2C ratios to judge how competitive each will be. If your preferred school ballots every year, line up a realistic backup in the same area.

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Primary school ranking — FAQ

Is there an official primary school ranking in Singapore?

No. MOE does not rank primary schools. The nearest proxy is P1 registration demand — how oversubscribed each school's balloting phases are — which is what this page shows.

What does the Phase 2C ratio mean?

It is the number of applicants divided by the number of vacancies in Phase 2C. Above 1.0 means more applicants than places, so the phase went to balloting.

Does a higher ratio mean a better school?

Not necessarily — it means the school is in higher demand, often driven by location, reputation or affiliation. Fit and distance from home matter just as much.

How does distance affect P1 registration?

Priority is given to applicants living within 1km, then 1–2km, then beyond. A popular school may still be within reach if you live very close.