several private schools including methodist ladies' college, christ church grammar school, presbyterian ladies' college, john xxiii college and scotch college are either in claremont or within 50 m of the suburb boundary. claremont also contains a small private hospital (bethesda) and one state primary school; freshwater bay primary school (formed by the amalgamation of claremont primary school and east claremont primary school), as well as a number of jetties on the swan river.