Most secondary school-proximity guides sort homes by distance. This study sorts by price instead, ranking the most affordable secondary school catchments by the cheapest condo you can actually buy within 1 km — the real cost of entry into each catchment. The most affordable on this list starts at $5K near Tanjong Katong Girls' School.
Most affordable secondary school catchments
Each row shows a school's cheapest condo entry over the trailing two years of URA caveats — the lowest transacted price of any condo within 1 km — plus how many condos sit in the zone. A low entry price often reflects a compact or older-lease unit, so check the project page for the mix.
Read the 1 km P1 registration rule guide, then size your budget with the affordability and mortgage calculators before you commit to a catchment.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cheapest condo near a secondary school?
The most affordable entry on this list is The Serennia near Tanjong Katong Girls' School, from $5K. The full ranking is in the table above.
Why is one catchment so much cheaper than another?
Entry price reflects the cheapest available condo stock near each school — an older leasehold or compact unit in a mass-market district will undercut a prime freehold catchment by a wide margin. The distance and district columns help explain the gaps.
Methodology & Sources
The dataset behind this report spans the trailing 24 months of URA caveats; we refresh it on an irregular schedule.
Transaction data sourced from URA.
- For each geocoded secondary school, we find every condo within 1 km (straight-line) and take the lowest transacted price over the last two years as the "cheapest entry".
- Only condo/EC transactions are counted; a low entry price may reflect a small or older-lease unit. Distances are straight-line and indicative — always verify catchment eligibility with MOE/HDB.
- Secondary-school posting is by examination, not catchment — proximity here is about convenience, not admission priority.
Price-per-square-foot (PSF) here means the median deal in the period; means are reserved for volume-weighted aggregates explicitly labelled as such.