2020 High School VCE Rankings

See which schools topped the VCE rankings in 2020!

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What’s in this 2020 VCE High School Rankings guide?

In this 2020 High School rankings article, we provide you with an easy to understand analysis of the top 150 schools based on their performance. We have broken the data down into the following sections:

 

 

Breakdown of the 150 Victorian schools

The pie chart provided below shows the distribution of the top 150 schools by their type – government non-selective, government selective, and independent.

2020 VCE High School Rankings Top 150 schools by type

 

In the 2020 High School rankings article, we will provide you with an easy to understand analysis of the top 150 schools based on their performance.

 

Top 10 Schools by Type

A list of the top 10 performing schools from each of the above categories are tabulated below.

Rankings of Government/Selective Schools in 2020

 No Overall Ranking Government/Selective Schools 2020 Median VCE score Percentage of study scores 40 or above
1 4 Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School 37 30.8
2 5 Melbourne High School 37 30.4
3 15 Nossal High School 36 26.3
4 45 Suzanne Cory High School 34 19

 

Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools in 2020

No Overall Ranking Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools 2020 Median VCE score Percentage of study scores 40 or above
1 41 Victorian College of the Arts 33 19.8
2 49 Balwyn High School 33 17.5
3 51 McKinnon Secondary College 33 17.2
4 53 John Monash Science School 34 17.1
5 63 Box Hill High School 32 14.8
6 65 East Loddon P-12 College 34 13.9
7 68 Narre Warren South P-12 College 33 13.4
8 69 University High School 32 13.3
9 73 East Doncaster Secondary College 33 13
10 76 Glen Waverley Secondary College 32 12.9

Top 10 Independent Schools in 2020

No Overall Ranking Top 10 Independent Schools 2020 Median VCE score Percentage of study scores 40 or above
1 1 Bialik College 38 39.9
2 2 Mount Scopus Memorial College 38 39.7
3 3 Ballarat Clarendon College 38 38.4
4 6 Beth Rivkah Ladies College 37 30.2
5 7 Loreto Mandeville Hall 36 29.3
6 8 Haileybury Girls College 36 29.2
7 9 Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School 36 28.2
8 10 St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar 35 27.9
9 11 Methodist Ladies College 36 27.6
10 12 Presbyterian Ladies’ College 36 27.6

 

Top 150 schools by Percentage of VCE Study Scores 40 or Above

If you would like an explanation of how this data is organised and how to use it, please read the

 

How to Read the VCE Rankings:

Terminology

  • VCE students: this is the total number of students at the school enrolled in VCE units
  • Median VCE score: if all the VCE scores from the school were ordered from lowest to highest, this would be the middle score
  • Percentage of study scores 40 or above: this is the number of VCE study scores that were 40 or above, out of all the VCE study scores from that school

The top 150 schools by their percentage of study scores 40 or above are shown in the table below:

 

School 2020 Ranking 2019 Ranking 2018 Ranking VCE students Median VCE score Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%)
Bialik College 1 3 1 35 38 39.9
Mount Scopus Memorial College 2 4 10 33 38 39.7
Ballarat Clarendon College 3 2 13 37 38 38.4
Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School 4 9 4 47 37 30.8
Melbourne High School 5 13 2 54 37 30.4
Beth Rivkah Ladies College 6 8 44 23 37 30.2
Loreto Mandeville Hall 7 19 15 40 36 29.3
Haileybury Girls College 8 7 7 51 36 29.2
Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School 9 16 21 37 36 28.2
St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar 10 55 54 33 35 27.9
Methodist Ladies College 11 23 19 51 36 27.6
Presbyterian Ladies’ College 12 43 5 33 36 27.6
Ruyton Girls’ School 13 6 8 39 36 27.1
Haileybury College 14 14 25 51 35 26.8
Nossal High School 15 38 18 42 36 26.3
The King David School 16 41 27 34 36 26
St Kevin’s College 17 17 6 35 35 25.9
Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School 18 48 51 37 35 25.7
Brighton Grammar School 19 51 46 31 35 25.1
St Catherine’s School 20 42 41 37 35 25
Huntingtower School 21 5 3 35 36 24.7
Lauriston Girls School 22 40 17 32 35 24.3
Trinity Grammar School 23 20 37 44 35 24.3
Leibler Yavneh College 24 21 29 26 35 23.5
Scotch College 25 18 34 48 35 23.4
Melbourne Grammar School 26 30 12 41 34 23.4
Penleigh & Essendon Grammar 27 35 22 40 35 23
Firbank Grammar School 28 28 30 39 35 22.9
Goulburn Valley Grammar School 29 53 33 29 35 21.6
Camberwell Grammar School 30 22 26 42 34 21.4
Fintona Girls School 31 50 9 29 35 21.3
Melbourne Girls Grammar 32 27 20 37 35 21.3
Yarra Valley Grammar School 33 46 53 40 34 21.3
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School 34 47 32 34 35 21.1
Caulfield Grammar School, Wheelers Hill 35 45 23 46 34 21.1
Korowa Anglican Girls’ School 36 12 147 32 36 20.8
Sacre Coeur 37 33 16 33 35 20.8
Toorak College 38 39 43 37 35 20.3
Kilvington Grammar School 39 29 48 37 35 20.2
Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East 40 34 28 50 35 20.1
Victorian College of the Arts 41 56 59 27 33 19.8
Camberwell Girls Grammar School 42 11 11 36 35 19.2
Xavier College 43 62 55 47 34 19.2
Genazzano F.C.J. College 44 31 39 42 34 19
Suzanne Cory High School 45 68 45 41 34 19
Shelford Girls’ Grammar 46 24 31 35 35 18.2
St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School 47 79 75 40 34 18.1
Mentone Girls’ Grammar School 48 36 35 37 35 17.9
Balwyn High School 49 49 42 57 33 17.5
St Leonard’s College 50 70 40 50 34 17.2
McKinnon Secondary College 51 63 50 57 33 17.2
Haileybury Rendall School 52 – 49 23 32 17.2
John Monash Science School 53 60 67 48 34 17.1
Star of the Sea College 54 54 56 41 34 16.9
Melbourne Girls’ College 55 57 20 58 33 16.8
Mentone Grammar School 56 37 38 48 34 16.7
Siena College 57 78 52 44 33 16.5
Yeshivah College 58 15 60 15 34 15.9
Ivanhoe Grammar School, Mernda 59 – 61 33 33 15.5
Westbourne Grammar School 60 64 57 34 34 15.4
St. John’s Greek Orthodox College 61 – – 16 34 15
Kingswood College 62 83 – 35 33 14.9
Box Hill High School 63 67 58 53 32 14.8
Darul Ulum College of Victoria 64 – – 13 31 14
East Loddon P-12 College 65 52 – 7 34 13.9
St Andrews Christian College 66 – – 25 33 13.9
Sirius College, Meadow Fair 67 – 71 18 31 13.6
Narre Warren South P-12 College 68 – 100 34 33 13.4
University High School 69 71 66 60 32 13.3
Kilbreda College 70 – – 44 33 13.1
St Columba’s College 71 – 82 49 33 13.1
Waverley Christian College 72 65 – 50 33 13.1
East Doncaster Secondary College 73 – – 69 33 13
The Geelong College 74 – 64 38 32 13
Sacred Heart Girls’ College 75 89 96 40 34 12.9
Glen Waverley Secondary College 76 74 65 62 32 12.9
Peninsula Grammar 77 59 – 41 33 12.8
Girton Grammar School 78 92 85 44 32 12.7
St Michael’s Grammar School 79 77 62 46 32 12.7
Berwick Grammar School 80 – 97 29 31 12.7
Tyrrell College 81 – 76 15 34 12.2
Our Lady of Sacred Heart College 82 – 89 48 33 12.2
Canterbury Girls Secondary College 83 85 92 44 33 12.1
Braemar College 84 – 80 39 32 12.1
Carey Baptist Grammar School 85 81 68 46 33 11.9
Our Lady of Mercy College 86 98 87 44 32 11.6
Sirius College, Eastmeadows 87 – 71 20 32 11.6
Sacred Heart College, Geelong 88 94 – 58 32 11.2
Ivanhoe Grammar School, Ivanhoe 89 58 61 36 32 11.1
Charlton College 90 – – 21 31 11.1
Luther College 91 – 77 57 33 10.9
Mazenod College 92 96 72 49 32 10.9
Williamstown High School 93 – – 66 31 10.9
Kew High School 94 86 – 49 31 10.8
Ballarat Grammar 95 75 79 48 32 10.6
Our Lady of Sion College 96 72 74 45 32 10.4
Albert Park College 97 – – 54 31 10.1
Bacchus Marsh Grammar 98 – – 41 31 10.1
Donvale Christian College 99 87 94 51 32 10
Wesley College, Melbourne 100 66 – 40 32 10
The Knox School 101 – – 32 33 9.9
Gippsland Grammar 102 91 – 47 32 9.8
Frankston High School 103 90 84 71 31 9.8
Mount Evelyn Christian School 104 – – 30 31 9.8
Santa Maria College 105 – – 48 31 9.7
Billanook College 106 – – 44 31 9.6
Braybrook College 107 – – 41 31 9.4
Alice Miller School 108 – – 22 32 9.3
Catholic Ladies College 109 – – 36 32 9.3
Eltham College 110 44 63 40 32 9.3
Corryong College 111 – – 25 31 9.2
Ave Maria College 112 – – 43 32 9.1
Hume Anglican Grammar 113 – – 28 31 9.1
Koonung Secondary College 114 – 99 49 32 9
Simonds Catholic College 115 – – 27 31 9
Kardinia International College 116 80 73 46 31 8.9
St Aloysius College 117 99 – 34 32 8.8
Newhaven College 118 – – 29 31 8.8
St Joseph’s College, Newtown 119 – – 68 31 8.8
Auburn High School 120 – – 38 31 8.7
Geelong Grammar School 121 61 – 38 31 8.7
Woodleigh School 122 88 81 44 33 8.6
Mount St Joseph Girls’ College 123 – – 47 31 8.6
Vermont Secondary College 124 – – 53 31 8.5
Mater Christi College 125 – – 44 32 8.3
Cranbourne East Secondary College 126 – – 42 31 8.3
Mount Waverley Secondary College 127 – – 60 31 8.1
St Joseph’s College, Ferntree Gully 128 – – 43 32 7.9
Northside Christian College 129 – 69 19 31 7.9
Oxley Christian College 130 – – 33 31 7.7
Princes Hill Secondary College 131 – 70 42 32 7.4
Overnewton Anglican Community College 132 – – 54 31 7.3
Tintern Grammar 133 – – 40 31 7.3
Emmaus College 134 – – 45 31 7.2
Avila College 135 – – 44 31 7.1
Lighthouse Christian College – Cranbourne 136 – – 18 31 6.8
Kambrya College 137 – – 60 31 6.4
Loreto College 138 – – 47 31 6.3
Northcote High School 139 – – 70 31 6.3
Mount Eliza Secondary College 140 – – 58 31 6.2
Beaconhills College – Berwick 141 – – 37 31 6
Dimboola Memorial Secondary College 142 – – 18 31 5.9
Glen Eira College 143 – 44 31 5.9
Whitefriars College 144 – – 51 31 5.9
Berwick Secondary College 145 – – 56 31 5.7
OneSchool Global 146 – – 15 31 5.4
Alphington Grammar School 147 73 83 28 31 4.8
Mortlake College 148 – – 17 33 4.3
Casterton Secondary College 149 – 90 18 33 4.2
Yesodei HaTorah College 150 25 24 13 33 0

Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.

 

 

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