The Berwick Campus of renowned Monash University is but one of several important educational facilities nearby.

The Valley Campus of Beaconhills College in association with the Anglican & Uniting Churches offers co-educational learning from preparatory to year 12. Today the campus accommodates over 1300 students with a junior school located in the north-west corner of the grounds & year 9 centre located in the south-east corner.

Among the many others:

• Pakenham Consolidate School, a Prep to Year 6 school that has played a significant role in the history of Pakenham since it opened 125 years ago with 22 students;
• and Pakenham Secondary College for years 7 to 12, set amid 16 hectares of spacious treed grounds. It currently has an enrolment of 940 students.
• Lakeside Lutheran College will also open its doors in January 2006 with an initial take up of Prep through to year 7.