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In this 2017 VCE High School rankings article, we provide you with an easy to understand analysis of the top 100 schools based on their VCE performance. We have broken the data down into the following sections:
The pie chart provided below shows the distribution of the top 100 schools by their type – government non-selective, government selective, and independent.
In the 2017 High School rankings article, we will provide you with an easy to understand analysis of the top 100 schools based on their performance.
A list of the top 10 performing schools from each of the above categories are tabulated below.
| No | Overall Ranking | Government/Selective Schools | 2017 Median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above |
| 1 | 1 | Mac.Robertson Girls High School | 37 | 36.6 |
| 2 | 9 | Melbourne High School | 36 | 30.6 |
| 3 | 24 | Nossal High School | 36 | 21.5 |
| 4 | 38 | Suzanne Cory High School | 35 | 19.7 |
| No | Overall Ranking | Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools | 2017 Median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above |
| 1 | 32 | Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School | 35 | 23.3 |
| 2 | 43 | Balwyn High School | 34 | 21.2 |
| 3 | 52 | John Monash Science School | 34 | 16.8 |
| 4 | 60 | Dimboola Memorial Secondary College | 34 | 13.1 |
| 5 | 61 | Casterton Secondary College | 34 | 11.1 |
| 6 | 63 | McKinnon Secondary College | 33 | 17.3 |
| 7 | 64 | Glen Waverley Secondary College | 33 | 15.9 |
| 8 | 66 | Box Hill High School | 33 | 15 |
| 9 | 72 | Mortlake College | 33 | 13.3 |
| 10 | 77 | Braemar College | 33 | 11.5 |
| No | Overall Ranking | Top 10 Independent Schools | 2017 Median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above |
| 1 | 2 | Mount Scopus Memorial College | 37 | 35.8 |
| 2 | 3 | Bialik College | 37 | 35.5 |
| 3 | 4 | Ballarat Clarendon College | 37 | 33.6 |
| 4 | 5 | St Kevin’s College | 37 | 30.8 |
| 5 | 6 | Huntingtower School | 37 | 30 |
| 6 | 7 | Korowa Anglican Girls School | 37 | 29 |
| 7 | 8 | Yeshivah College | 37 | 20.6 |
| 8 | 10 | Haileybury Girls College | 36 | 29.5 |
| 9 | 11 | Melbourne Girls Grammar | 36 | 28.6 |
| 10 | 12 | Presbyterian Ladies College | 36 | 28.5 |
The graph below shows a selection of the most improved schools in the 2017 high school rankings
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The top 100 schools by their percentage of study scores 40 or above are shown in the table below:
| School | 2017 Ranking | 2016 Ranking | 2015 Ranking | Median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%) |
| Mac.Robertson Girls High School | 1 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 36.6 |
| Mount Scopus Memorial College | 2 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 35.8 |
| Bialik College | 3 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 35.5 |
| Ballarat Clarendon College | 4 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 33.6 |
| St Kevin’s College | 5 | 17 | 11 | 37 | 30.8 |
| Huntingtower School | 6 | 13 | 29 | 37 | 30 |
| Korowa Anglican Girls School | 7 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 29 |
| Yeshivah College | 8 | 4 | 28 | 37 | 20.6 |
| Melbourne High School | 9 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 30.6 |
| Haileybury Girls College | 10 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 29.5 |
| Melbourne Girls Grammar | 11 | 18 | 15 | 36 | 28.6 |
| Presbyterian Ladies College | 12 | 39 | 24 | 36 | 28.5 |
| Methodist Ladies College | 13 | 38 | 32 | 36 | 28.3 |
| Camberwell Girls Grammar School | 14 | 55 | 17 | 36 | 27.4 |
| Loreto Mandeville Hall | 15 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 27 |
| Ruyton Girls School | 16 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 26.8 |
| Scotch College | 17 | 28 | 31 | 36 | 26.8 |
| Sacre Coeur | 18 | 15 | 26 | 36 | 26.3 |
| Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School | 19 | 20 | 36 | 36 | 25.8 |
| Shelford Girls Grammar | 20 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 25.4 |
| The King David School | 21 | 31 | 25 | 36 | 25.3 |
| Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School | 22 | 49 | 34 | 36 | 25.2 |
| Trinity Grammar School | 23 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 24.7 |
| Nossal High School | 24 | 34 | 14 | 36 | 21.5 |
| Lauriston Girls School | 25 | 25 | 9 | 35 | 29.7 |
| Leibler Yavneh College | 26 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 27.9 |
| Haileybury College | 27 | 26 | 18 | 35 | 26.1 |
| Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East | 28 | 19 | 27 | 35 | 25.7 |
| Firbank Grammar School | 29 | 29 | 39 | 35 | 24.9 |
| Camberwell Grammar School | 30 | 26 | 47 | 35 | 24.5 |
| Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School | 31 | 22 | 19 | 35 | 24 |
| Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School | 32 | 35 | 58 | 35 | 23.3 |
| Kilvington Grammar School | 33 | 21 | 57 | 35 | 22.2 |
| Fintona Girls School | 34 | 24 | 6 | 35 | 22 |
| Genazzano F.C.J. College | 35 | 37 | 42 | 35 | 22 |
| Mentone Grammar School | 36 | 50 | 48 | 35 | 21.2 |
| St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar | 37 | 59 | 23 | 35 | 20.4 |
| Suzanne Cory High School | 38 | 62 | 50 | 35 | 19.7 |
| Beth Rivkah Ladies College | 39 | 13 | 2 | 35 | 15.1 |
| Yesodei Hatorah College | 40 | – | – | 34 | 37.9 |
| Caulfield Grammar School, Wheelers Hill | 41 | 30 | 41 | 34 | 25.2 |
| Melbourne Grammar School | 42 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 22.8 |
| Balwyn High School | 43 | 41 | 35 | 34 | 21.2 |
| Mentone Girls Grammar School | 44 | 23 | 48 | 34 | 20.9 |
| Brighton Grammar School | 45 | 40 | 56 | 34 | 20.8 |
| Yarra Valley Grammar School | 46 | 42 | 64 | 34 | 20.1 |
| St Catherine’s School | 47 | 52 | 20 | 34 | 20 |
| Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School | 48 | 48 | 43 | 34 | 19.6 |
| The Geelong College | 49 | 54 | 45 | 34 | 19.1 |
| Toorak College | 50 | 46 | 30 | 34 | 17.7 |
| Goulburn Valley Grammar School | 51 | 33 | 38 | 34 | 17.2 |
| John Monash Science School | 52 | 61 | 37 | 34 | 16.8 |
| Girton Grammar School | 53 | 43 | 46 | 34 | 16.6 |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School, Doreen | 54 | – | – | 34 | 16.3 |
| St Leonard’s College | 55 | 65 | 73 | 34 | 15.9 |
| Westbourne Grammar School | 56 | 65 | – | 34 | 15.2 |
| Siena College | 57 | 57 | 67 | 34 | 14.3 |
| Sacred Heart College, Geelong | 58 | – | 70 | 34 | 13.6 |
| Sacred Heart Girls College | 59 | 70 | 76 | 34 | 13.6 |
| Dimboola Memorial Secondary College | 60 | – | – | 34 | 13.1 |
| Casterton Secondary College | 61 | – | 98 | 34 | 11.1 |
| Southern Cross Grammar | 62 | – | – | 34 | 8.3 |
| McKinnon Secondary College | 63 | 56 | 63 | 33 | 17.3 |
| Glen Waverley Secondary College | 64 | 63 | 53 | 33 | 15.9 |
| St Michael’s Grammar School | 65 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 15.3 |
| Box Hill High School | 66 | 44 | 54 | 33 | 15 |
| Xavier College | 67 | 68 | 52 | 33 | 15 |
| Peninsula Grammar | 68 | 51 | – | 33 | 14.9 |
| Star of the Sea College | 69 | 64 | – | 33 | 14.8 |
| Woodleigh School | 70 | 45 | 72 | 33 | 14.8 |
| Melbourne Girls College | 71 | 47 | 15 | 33 | 14.6 |
| Mortlake College | 72 | 67 | – | 33 | 13.3 |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School, Ivanhoe | 73 | 74 | 51 | 33 | 13.2 |
| Sirius College, Meadow Fair Campus | 74 | 11.4 | 99 | 33 | 12.4 |
| Wesley College, Melbourne | 75 | – | 78 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Waverley Christian College | 76 | 81 | 68 | 33 | 11.8 |
| Braemar College | 77 | 79 | 96 | 33 | 11.5 |
| Our Lady of Sion College | 78 | – | 91 | 33 | 11.3 |
| Donvale Christian College | 79 | – | 94 | 33 | 10.7 |
| Carey Baptist Grammar School | 80 | 71 | 66 | 33 | 10.5 |
| Murrayville Community College | 81 | 32 | – | 32 | 21.4 |
| Apollo Bay P-12 College | 82 | – | – | 32 | 15.7 |
| University High School | 83 | – | 90 | 32 | 14.8 |
| Eltham College | 84 | 92 | 75 | 32 | 14 |
| Alphington Grammar School | 85 | – | – | 32 | 13.1 |
| Canterbury Girls Secondary College | 86 | 60 | 61 | 32 | 13.1 |
| OneSchool Global (formerly Glenvale School) | 87 | – | 79 | 32 | 13 |
| The Hamilton and Alexandra College | 88 | – | – | 32 | 12.7 |
| Albert Park College | 89 | – | – | 32 | 12.5 |
| St Columba’s College | 90 | 98 | – | 32 | 11.9 |
| East Doncaster Secondary College | 91 | 82 | 83 | 32 | 11.6 |
| Gippsland Grammar | 92 | – | 89 | 32 | 11.3 |
| Ballarat Grammar | 93 | – | 77 | 32 | 11.2 |
| Our Lady of Mercy College | 94 | 97 | 84 | 32 | 11 |
| Mater Christi College | 95 | – | – | 32 | 10.9 |
| Mazenod College | 96 | 83 | – | 32 | 10.9 |
| St Andrew’s Christian College | 97 | – | – | 32 | 10.8 |
| St Pauls Anglican Grammar School | 98 | – | – | 32 | 10.2 |
| Oxley Christian College | 99 | 85 | – | 32 | 10 |
| Camberwell High School | 100 | – | – | 32 | 9.9 |
Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
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