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In this 2019 High School rankings article, we provide you with an easy to understand analysis of the top 100 schools based on their 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 2019 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 | 2019 Median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above |
| 1 | 9 | Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School | 37 | 30.2 |
| 2 | 13 | Melbourne High School | 36 | 29.4 |
| 3 | 38 | Nossal High School | 35 | 21.9 |
| 4 | 68 | Suzanne Cory High School | 34 | 14.6 |
| No | Overall Ranking | Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools | 2019 Median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above |
| 1 | 1 | Victorian College for the Deaf | 42 | 60 |
| 2 | 10 | Mallacoota P-12 College | 38 | 30 |
| 3 | 26 | Goroke P-12 College | 34 | 25 |
| 4 | 49 | Balwyn High School | 34 | 18.6 |
| 5 | 52 | East Loddon P-12 College | 34 | 17.8 |
| 6 | 56 | Victorian College of the Arts | 33 | 16.6 |
| 7 | 60 | John Monash Science School | 34 | 16.3 |
| 8 | 63 | McKinnon Secondary College | 33 | 16.1 |
| 9 | 67 | Box Hill High School | 33 | 14.7 |
| 10 | 71 | University High School | 32 | 14.3 |
| No | Overall Ranking | Top 10 Independent Schools | 2019 Median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above |
| 1 | 2 | Ballarat Clarendon College | 39 | 45 |
| 2 | 3 | Bialik College | 39 | 44.3 |
| 3 | 4 | Mount Scopus Memorial College | 38 | 37.4 |
| 4 | 5 | Huntingtower School | 37 | 33.2 |
| 5 | 6 | Ruyton Girls’ School | 36 | 32.2 |
| 6 | 7 | Haileybury Girls College | 36 | 30.6 |
| 7 | 8 | Beth Rivkah Ladies College | 36 | 30.5 |
| 8 | 11 | Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School | 36 | 29.8 |
| 9 | 12 | Korowa Anglican Girls School | 37 | 29.7 |
| 10 | 14 | Haileybury College | 36 | 29.2 |
The graph below shows a selection of the most improved schools in the 2019 high school rankings
If you would like an explanation of how this data is organised and how to use it, please read the
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The top 100 schools by their percentage of study scores 40 or above are shown in the table below:
| School | 2019 Ranking | 2018 Ranking | 2017 Ranking | Median VCE score | Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%) |
| Victorian College for the Deaf | 1 | – | – | 42 | 60 |
| Ballarat Clarendon College | 2 | 13 | 4 | 39 | 45 |
| Bialik College | 3 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 44.3 |
| Mount Scopus Memorial College | 4 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 37.4 |
| Huntingtower School | 5 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 33.2 |
| Ruyton Girls’ School | 6 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 32.2 |
| Haileybury Girls College | 7 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 30.6 |
| Beth Rivkah Ladies College | 8 | 44 | 39 | 36 | 30.5 |
| Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School | 9 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 30.2 |
| Mallacoota P-12 College | 10 | 78 | – | 38 | 30 |
| Camberwell Girls Grammar School | 11 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 29.8 |
| Korowa Anglican Girls School | 12 | 147 | 7 | 37 | 29.7 |
| Melbourne High School | 13 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 29.4 |
| Haileybury College | 14 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 29.2 |
| Yeshivah College | 15 | 60 | 8 | 35 | 28.1 |
| Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School | 16 | 21 | 19 | 36 | 27.9 |
| St Kevin’s College | 17 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 27.5 |
| Scotch College | 18 | 34 | 17 | 35 | 27.2 |
| Loreto Mandeville Hall | 19 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 26.7 |
| Trinity Grammar School | 20 | 37 | 23 | 36 | 26.1 |
| Leibler Yavneh College | 21 | 29 | 26 | 35 | 26 |
| Camberwell Grammar School | 22 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 25.9 |
| Methodist Ladies College | 23 | 19 | 13 | 35 | 25 |
| Shelford Girls’ Grammar | 24 | 31 | 20 | 36 | 25 |
| Yesodei Hatorah College | 25 | 24 | 40 | 34 | 25 |
| Goroke P-12 College | 26 | – | – | 34 | 25 |
| Melbourne Girls Grammar | 27 | 20 | 11 | 34 | 24.6 |
| Firbank Grammar School | 28 | 30 | 29 | 36 | 24.1 |
| Kilvington Grammar School | 29 | 48 | 33 | 36 | 23.8 |
| Melbourne Grammar School | 30 | 12 | 42 | 35 | 23.7 |
| Genazzano F.C.J. College | 31 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 23.3 |
| Ballarat Christian College | 32 | – | – | 29 | 23.1 |
| Sacre Coeur | 33 | 16 | 18 | 35 | 23 |
| Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East | 34 | 28 | 28 | 35 | 22.6 |
| Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School | 35 | 22 | 31 | 35 | 22.5 |
| Mentone Girls’ Grammar School | 36 | 35 | 44 | 35 | 22.3 |
| Mentone Grammar School | 37 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 22 |
| Nossal High School | 38 | 18 | 24 | 35 | 21.9 |
| Toorak College | 39 | 43 | 50 | 34 | 21.8 |
| Lauriston Girls School | 40 | 17 | 25 | 35 | 21.1 |
| The King David School | 41 | 27 | 21 | 36 | 21 |
| St Catherine’s School | 42 | 41 | 47 | 35 | 20.2 |
| Presbyterian Ladies’ College | 43 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 20.1 |
| Eltham College | 44 | 63 | 84 | 34 | 20 |
| Caulfield Grammar School, Wheelers Hill | 45 | 23 | 41 | 35 | 19.8 |
| Yarra Valley Grammar School | 46 | 53 | 46 | 34 | 18.8 |
| Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School | 47 | 32 | 22 | 34 | 18.8 |
| Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School | 48 | 51 | 48 | 34 | 18.7 |
| Balwyn High School | 49 | 42 | 43 | 34 | 18.6 |
| Fintona Girls School | 50 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 18.2 |
| Brighton Grammar School | 51 | 46 | 45 | 33 | 18 |
| East Loddon P-12 College | 52 | – | – | 34 | 17.8 |
| Goulburn Valley Grammar School | 53 | 33 | 51 | 33 | 17.5 |
| Star of the Sea College | 54 | 56 | 69 | 35 | 16.9 |
| St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar | 55 | 54 | 37 | 34 | 16.7 |
| Victorian College of the Arts | 56 | 59 | 32 | 33 | 16.6 |
| Melbourne Girls’ College | 57 | 47 | 71 | 33 | 16.4 |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School, Ivanhoe | 58 | 61 | 73 | 34 | 16.4 |
| Peninsula Grammar | 59 | – | 68 | 34 | 16.4 |
| John Monash Science School | 60 | 67 | 52 | 34 | 16.3 |
| The Geelong College | 61 | 64 | 49 | 33 | 16.3 |
| Xavier College | 62 | 55 | 67 | 34 | 16.2 |
| McKinnon Secondary College | 63 | 50 | 63 | 33 | 16.1 |
| Westbourne Grammar School | 64 | 57 | 56 | 34 | 15.8 |
| Waverley Christian College | 65 | – | 76 | 33 | 15.6 |
| Wesley College, Melbourne | 66 | – | 75 | 33 | 15.1 |
| Box Hill High School | 67 | 58 | 66 | 33 | 14.7 |
| Suzanne Cory High School | 68 | 45 | 38 | 34 | 14.6 |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School, Doreen | 69 | 86 | 54 | 33 | 14.5 |
| St Leonard’s College | 70 | 40 | 55 | 33 | 14.4 |
| University High School | 71 | 66 | 83 | 32 | 14.3 |
| Our Lady of Sion College | 72 | 74 | 78 | 33 | 14.2 |
| Alphington Grammar School | 73 | 83 | 85 | 32 | 14 |
| Glen Waverley Secondary College | 74 | 65 | 64 | 33 | 13.9 |
| Ballarat Grammar | 75 | 79 | 93 | 32 | 13.9 |
| Heatherton Christian College | 76 | – | – | 30 | 13.8 |
| St Michael’s Grammar School | 77 | 62 | 65 | 32 | 13.7 |
| Siena College | 78 | 52 | 57 | 33 | 13.7 |
| St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School | 79 | 75 | 98 | 32 | 13.6 |
| Kardinia International College | 80 | 73 | – | 32 | 13 |
| Carey Baptist Grammar School | 81 | 68 | 80 | 33 | 12.9 |
| Elwood College | 82 | – | – | 30 | 12.6 |
| Kingswood College | 83 | – | – | 32 | 12.6 |
| Boort District P-12 School | 84 | – | – | 31 | 12.5 |
| Canterbury Girls Secondary College | 85 | 92 | 86 | 32 | 12.4 |
| Kew High School | 86 | – | – | 32 | 12.3 |
| Donvale Christian College | 87 | 94 | 79 | 33 | 12.3 |
| Woodleigh School | 88 | 81 | 70 | 33 | 12.3 |
| Sacred Heart Girls’ College | 89 | 96 | 59 | 32 | 12.2 |
| Frankston High School | 90 | 84 | – | 32 | 11.8 |
| Gippsland Grammar | 91 | – | 92 | 32 | 11.8 |
| Girton Grammar School | 92 | 85 | 53 | 32 | 11.8 |
| Edinburgh College | 93 | – | – | 31 | 11.8 |
| Sacred Heart College, Geelong | 94 | – | 58 | 32 | 11.6 |
| St Josephs College, Geelong | 95 | – | – | 31 | 11.4 |
| Mazenod College | 96 | 72 | 96 | 32 | 11.2 |
| Sirius College, Dandenong | 97 | – | – | 30 | 11.2 |
| Our Lady of Mercy College | 98 | 87 | 94 | 33 | 11.1 |
| St Aloysius College | 99 | – | – | 32 | 11 |
| Lakes Entrance Secondary College | 100 | – | – | 30 | 10.9 |
Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
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