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This guide gives you a clear breakdown of the top 100 high schools in Victoria based on the 2023 VCE results. To make it easier to follow, we’ve organised the data into the following sections:
The pie chart below shows the distribution of the 2023 top 100 schools in Victoria by their type: Government/non-selective, government/selective, and independent.
Now let’s look at the 2023 VCE high school rankings based on their overall performance.
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The tables below show the top 10 performing schools from each of the above categories.
No | Overall ranking | Government/selective school | 2023 median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%) |
1 | 8 | Mac. Robertson Girls’ High School | 36 | 29.3 |
2 | 12 | Melbourne High School | 36 | 27.9 |
3 | 15 | Nossal High School | 36 | 27 |
4 | 26 | John Monash Science School | 35 | 21.5 |
5 | 38 | Suzanne Cory High School | 35 | 19 |
No | Overall ranking | Top 10 government/non-selective schools | 2023 median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%) |
1 | 44 | McKinnon Secondary College | 33 | 18.4 |
2 | 51 | Braybrook College | 33 | 16.9 |
3 | 52 | Preston High School | 32 | 16.7 |
4 | 54 | Balwyn High School | 32 | 16.5 |
5 | 58 | East Doncaster Secondary College | 33 | 16 |
6 | 64 | Corryong College | 33 | 15.2 |
7 | 65 | Melbourne Girls College | 33 | 14.4 |
8 | 68 | University High School | 31 | 13.6 |
9 | 70 | Glen Waverley Secondary College | 33 | 13.5 |
10 | 74 | Victorian College of the Arts | 31 | 13.2 |
No | Overall ranking | Top 10 independent schools | 2023 median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%) |
1 | 1 | Ballarat Clarendon College | 39 | 45.8 |
2 | 2 | Bialik College | 37 | 34.1 |
3 | 3 | Huntingtower School | 37 | 33.8 |
4 | 4 | Mount Scopus Memorial College | 37 | 31.5 |
5 | 5 | Ruton Girls’ School | 37 | 31.4 |
6 | 6 | Loreto Mandeville Hall | 36 | 29.6 |
7 | 7 | Mentone Girls’ Grammar School | 36 | 29.4 |
8 | 9 | Korowa Anglican Girls’ School | 36 | 29 |
9 | 10 | St Catherine’s School | 36 | 28.9 |
10 | 11 | Haileybury Girls College | 36 | 28.6 |
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The table below lists the top 100 schools by the percentage of study scores of 40 or higher.
Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
School | 2023 ranking | 2022 Ranking | 2021 Ranking | 2020 Ranking | VCE students | Median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%) |
Ballarat Clarendon College | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 266 | 37 | 32.5 |
Bialik College | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 163 | 37 | 32.6 |
Huntingtower School | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 201 | 37 | 31.6 |
Mount Scopus Memorial College | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 218 | 36 | 31.9 |
Ruyton Girls’ School | 5 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 140 | 36 | 27.1 |
Loreto Mandeville Hall | 6 | 25 | 21 | – | 273 | 35 | 24.7 |
Mentone Girls’ Grammar School | 7 | 29 | 33 | 48 | 144 | 34 | 19.5 |
Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School | 8 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 562 | 37 | 31.4 |
Korowa Anglican Girls’ School | 9 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 152 | 36 | 27.2 |
St Catherine’s School | 10 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 135 | 37 | 32.2 |
Haileybury Girls College | 11 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 407 | 36 | 28.6 |
Melbourne High School | 12 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 687 | 36 | 27.9 |
Fintona Girls School | 13 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 102 | 35 | 27.7 |
Melbourne Grammar School | 14 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 385 | 35 | 27.1 |
Nossal High School | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 421 | 36 | 27 |
Sacre Coeur | 16 | 18 | 38 | 37 | 154 | 36 | 27 |
The King David School | 17 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 125 | 36 | 26.5 |
Haileybury College | 18 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 570 | 35 | 26.3 |
Trinity Grammar School | 19 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 286 | 35 | 25.7 |
Brighton Grammar School | 20 | 30 | 44 | 19 | 258 | 36 | 24.5 |
St Kevin’s College | 21 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 358 | 35 | 24 |
Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School | 22 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 171 | 35 | 23.7 |
Leibler Yavneh College | 23 | 53 | 12 | 24 | 94 | 36 | 23.1 |
Presbyterian Ladies’ College | 24 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 243 | 36 | 23 |
Yarra Valley Grammar School | 25 | 32 | 36 | 33 | 327 | 345 | 22.3 |
John Monash Science School | 26 | 27 | 37 | 53 | 444 | 35 | 21.5 |
Mentone Grammar School | 27 | 37 | 31 | 56 | 332 | 35 | 21.1 |
Camberwell Grammar School | 28 | 36 | 49 | 30 | 311 | 35 | 21 |
St Leonard’s College | 29 | 47 | 52 | 50 | 248 | 35 | 20.7 |
Siena College | 30 | 39 | 51 | 57 | 204 | 34 | 20.4 |
Penleigh & Essendon Grammar | 31 | 41 | 35 | 27 | 390 | 34 | 20.3 |
Yesodei HaTorah College | 32 | – | – | 150 | 24 | 37 | 20 |
Melbourne Girls Grammar | 33 | 44 | 39 | 32 | 238 | 34 | 19.9 |
Lauriston Girls’ School | 34 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 140 | 34 | 19.8 |
Methodist Ladies College | 35 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 351 | 33 | 19.6 |
Camberwell Girls Grammar School | 36 | 23 | 23 | 42 | 181 | 35 | 19.5 |
Goulburn Valley Grammar School | 37 | 42 | 46 | 29 | 161 | 35 | 19.2 |
Suzanne Cory High School | 38 | 48 | 48 | 45 | 452 | 35 | 19 |
Beth Rivkah Ladies College | 39 | 40 | 27 | 6 | 66 | 35 | 18.9 |
Firbank Grammar School | 40 | 38 | 42 | 28 | 226 | 34 | 18.9 |
St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar | 41 | 46 | 43 | 10 | 73 | 34 | 18.9 |
Caulfield Grammar School, Wheelers Hill | 42 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 291 | 33 | 18.8 |
Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School | 43 | 52 | 19 | 18 | 239 | 34 | 18.6 |
Scotch College | 44 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 440 | 34 | 18.4 |
McKinnon Secondary College | 45 | 57 | 76 | 51 | 662 | 33 | 18.4 |
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School | 46 | 20 | 30 | 34 | 119 | 34 | 18.1 |
Genazzano F.C.J. College | 47 | 131 | 40 | 44 | 200 | 34 | 18 |
Yeshivah College | 48 | 17 | 62 | 58 | 63 | 34 | 17.9 |
St Michael’s Grammar School | 49 | 56 | 65 | 79 | 199 | 34 | 17.6 |
Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East | 50 | 43 | 34 | 40 | 369 | 33 | 17.2 |
Braybrook College | 51 | 99 | 80 | 107 | 267 | 33 | 16.9 |
Preston High School | 52 | – | – | – | 56 | 32 | 16.7 |
Alphington Grammar School | 53 | – | – | 147 | 81 | 33 | 16.6 |
Balwyn High School | 54 | 67 | 50 | 49 | 526 | 32 | 16.5 |
Oxley Christian College | 55 | 107 | 113 | 130 | 106 | 32 | 16.4 |
Tintern Grammar | 56 | – | – | 133 | 140 | 33 | 16.2 |
Shelford Girls’ Grammar | 57 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 105 | 34 | 16.1 |
East Doncaster Secondary College | 58 | 45 | 53 | 73 | 372 | 33 | 16 |
Girton Grammar School | 59 | 69 | 41 | 78 | 210 | 33 | 15.9 |
Xavier College | 60 | 141 | 71 | 43 | 400 | 33 | 15.7 |
Toorak College | 61 | 31 | 63 | 38 | 168 | 34 | 15.6 |
Ivanhoe Grammar School, Doreen | 62 | 54 | 81 | 59 | 125 | 33 | 15.6 |
Corryong College | 63 | 49 | 98 | 111 | 43 | 34 | 15.4 |
Kilvington Grammar School | 64 | 50 | 61 | 39 | 151 | 33 | 15.2 |
Melbourne Girls’ College | 65 | 63 | 38 | 39 | 392 | 33 | 14.4 |
St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox College | 66 | – | – | – | 89 | 30 | 14.2 |
Westbourne Grammar School | 67 | 62 | 68 | 60 | 210 | 33 | 13.6 |
University High School | 68 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 515 | 31 | 13.6 |
Star of the Sea College | 69 | 51 | 45 | 54 | 328 | 34 | 13.5 |
Glen Waverly Secondary College | 70 | 60 | 77 | 76 | 585 | 33 | 13.5 |
Ivanhoe Grammar School, Ivanhoe | 71 | 75 | 94 | 89 | 292 | 33 | 13.4 |
The Geelong College | 72 | 74 | 56 | 74 | 246 | 33 | 13.4 |
Darul Ulum College of Victoria | 73 | 91 | 139 | 64 | 141 | 32 | 13.4 |
Victorian College of the Arts | 74 | 70 | 58 | 41 | 176 | 31 | 13.2 |
Haileybury Rendall School | 75 | 139 | 82 | 52 | 81 | 32 | 13.1 |
Canterbury Girls Secondary College | 76 | 68 | 67 | 83 | 263 | 32 | 12.8 |
Eltham College | 77 | 58 | 120 | 110 | 142 | 32 | 12.6 |
Mazenod College | 78 | 79 | 87 | 92 | 382 | 32 | 12.6 |
Billanook College | 79 | – | – | 106 | 143 | 32 | 12.5 |
Kardinia International College | 80 | 76 | 83 | 116 | 342 | 32 | 12.4 |
Williamstown High School | 81 | 88 | 97 | 93 | 376 | 32 | 12 |
Luther College | 82 | 73 | 107 | 91 | 317 | 32 | 11.8 |
Apollo Bay P-12 College | 83 | 134 | 147 | – | 35 | 31 | 11.8 |
The Knox School | 84 | 113 | 54 | 101 | 93 | 33 | 11.7 |
Salesian College | 85 | 143 | 123 | – | 263 | 32 | 11.7 |
Peninsula Grammar | 86 | 71 | 60 | 77 | 242 | 31 | 116. |
Northside Christian College | 87 | – | – | 129 | 43 | 28 | 11.6 |
Berwick Grammar School | 88 | – | – | 141 | 34 | 33 | 11.4 |
Waverley Christian College | 89 | 61 | 59 | 72 | 208 | 33 | 11.4 |
Bacchus Marsh Grammar | 90 | 98 | 118 | 98 | 377 | 32 | 11.4 |
Mentone Girls’ Secondary College | 91 | – | – | – | 251 | 32 | 11.4 |
Carey Baptist Grammar School | 92 | 47 | 85 | 81 | 300 | 33 | 11.2 |
Brighton Secondary College | 93 | 44 | 19 | 51 | 222 | 31 | 11.2 |
Sirius College, Eastmeadows | 94 | 130 | 67 | – | 183 | 31 | 11.1 |
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | 95 | – | – | 82 | 197 | 31 | 11 |
Alice Miller School | 96 | 64 | 108 | – | 50 | 34 | 10.9 |
Sacred Heart College (Geelong) | 97 | 73 | 88 | 94 | 420 | 32 | 10.7 |
Academy of Mary Immaculate | 98 | – | – | – | 158 | 31 | 10.3 |
Ashwood High School | 99 | 89 | – | – | 119 | 32 | 10.1 |
Geelong Grammar School | 100 | 92 | 121 | 61 | 207 | 32 | 10.1 |
Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
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