2021 VCE High School Rankings

Find out which schools achieved the top VCE scores in 2021!

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What’s in this 2021 VCE High School Rankings guide?

In this 2021 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.

2021 VCE High School Rankings Top 150 schools by type

 

In the 2021 VCE 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 2021

 No Overall Ranking Government/Selective Schools 2021 Median VCE score Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%)
1 8 Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School 37 31.4
2 10 Melbourne High School 36 30.2
3 17 Nossal High School 36 26.9
4 48 Suzanne Cory High School 34 17.2

 

Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools in 2021

No Overall Ranking Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools 2021 Median VCE score Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%)
1 20 Victorian College for the Deaf 35 25
2 37 John Monash Science School 35 18.7
3 50 Balwyn High School 32 16.9
4 53 East Doncaster Secondary College 33 16.7
5 57 Boort District P-12 School 31 15.6
6 58 Victorian College of the Arts 33 15.4
7 67 Canterbury Girls Secondary College 33 13.7
8 70 University High School 31 13.3
9 72 Box Hill High School 32 13.1
10 76 McKinnon Secondary College 32 12.6

Top 10 Independent Schools in 2021

No Overall Ranking Top 10 Independent Schools 2021 Median VCE score Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%)
1 1 Haileybury Girls College 37 37.2
2 2 Lauriston Girls School 36 33.7
3 3 Bialik College 37 32.6
4 4 Ballarat Clarendon College 37 32.5
5 5 St Catherine’s School 37 32.2
6 6 Mount Scopus Memorial College 36 31.9
7 7 Huntingtower School 37 31.6
8 9 Presbyterian Ladies’ College 36 30.4
9 11 Methodist Ladies College 36 29.7
10 12 Leibler Yavneh College 37 29.4

 

Top 150 Schools by VCE Success Rate in 2021

 

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 2021 Ranking 2020 Ranking 2019 Ranking VCE students Median VCE score Percentage of study scores 40 or above (%)
Haileybury Girls College 1 8 7 344 37 37.2
Lauriston Girls School 2 22 40 142 36 33.7
Bialik College 3 1 3 155 37 32.6
Ballarat Clarendon College 4 3 2 237 37 32.5
St Catherine’s School 5 20 45 152 37 32.2
Mount Scopus Memorial College 6 2 4 238 36 31.9
Huntingtower School 7 21 5 179 37 31.6
Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School 8 4 9 498 37 31.4
Presbyterian Ladies’ College 9 12 43 240 36 30.4
Melbourne High School 10 5 13 689 36 30.2
Methodist Ladies College 11 11 23 381 36 29.7
Leibler Yavneh College 12 24 21 90 37 29.4
Haileybury College 13 14 14 516 35 29.2
Fintona Girls School 14 31 50 74 36 27.8
Korowa Anglican Girls’ School 15 36 12 143 36 27.2
Ruyton Girls’ School 16 13 6 164 36 27.1
Nossal High School 17 15 38 417 36 26.9
The King David School 18 16 41 107 36 26.8
Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School 19 18 48 208 35 25.5
Victorian College for the Deaf 20 – 1 4 35 25
Loreto Mandeville Hall 21 – 19 272 35 24.7
Melbourne Grammar School 22 26 30 371 35 24.5
Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School 23 42 11 184 35 24.1
Shelford Girls’ Grammar 24 46 24 119 35 23
St Kevin’s College 25 17 17 378 35 22
Trinity Grammar School 26 23 20 269 34 21.7
Beth Rivkah Ladies College 27 6 8 70 34 20.9
Scotch College 28 25 18 459 34 20.9
Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School 29 9 16 166 35 20.5
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School 30 34 47 128 35 19.9
Mentone Grammar School 31 56 37 309 34 19.9
Caulfield Grammar School, Wheelers Hill 32 35 45 286 34 19.6
Mentone Girls’ Grammar School 33 48 36 173 34 19.5
Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East 34 40 34 429 34 19.4
Penleigh & Essendon Grammar 35 27 35 368 34 19
Yarra Valley Grammar School 36 33 46 324 34 18.9
John Monash Science School 37 53 60 433 35 18.7
Sacre Coeur 38 37 33 163 35 18.6
Melbourne Girls Grammar 39 32 27 236 34 18.4
Genazzano F.C.J. College 40 44 31 219 34 18.2
Girton Grammar School 41 78 92 189 33 18.2
Firbank Grammar School 42 28 28 244 34 18.1
St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar 43 10 55 102 34 17.8
Brighton Grammar School 44 19 51 243 34 17.7
Star of the Sea College 45 54 54 290 33 17.6
Goulburn Valley Grammar School 46 29 53 137 34 17.4
Carey Baptist Grammar School 47 85 81 264 34 17.2
Suzanne Cory High School 48 45 68 451 34 17.2
Camberwell Grammar School 49 30 22 318 33 17.1
Balwyn High School 50 49 49 622 32 16.9
Siena College 51 57 78 192 34 16.8
St Leonard’s College 52 50 70 256 34 16.8
East Doncaster Secondary College 53 73 – 342 33 16.7
The Knox School 54 101 – 93 33 16.1
Melbourne Girls’ College 55 55 57 475 33 16
The Geelong College 56 74 61 251 33 15.6
Boort District P-12 School 57 – 84 39 31 15.6
Victorian College of the Arts 58 41 56 191 33 15.4
Waverley Christian College 59 72 65 318 33 14.8
Peninsula Grammar 60 77 59 242 33 14.7
Kilvington Grammar School 61 39 29 152 34 14.5
Yeshivah College 62 58 15 47 35 14.3
Toorak College 63 38 39 155 34 14.3
Alice Miller School 64 108 – 43 35 14.2
St Michael’s Grammar School 65 79 77 194 34 13.8
Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School 66 – – 42 32 13.8
Canterbury Girls Secondary College 67 83 85 340 33 13.7
Westbourne Grammar School 68 60 64 192 33 13.4
Ballarat Grammar 69 95 75 320 32 13.3
University High School 70 69 71 507 31 13.3
Xavier College 71 43 62 431 33 13.1
Box Hill High School 72 63 67 430 32 13.1
Sacred Heart College Geelong 73 88 94 456 32 12.8
Mater Christi College 74 – – 162 32 12.7
St Columba’s College 75 71 – 281 32 12.7
McKinnon Secondary College 76 51 63 635 32 12.6
Glen Waverley Secondary College 77 76 74 607 32 12.5
Lighthouse Christian College, Cranbourne 78 136 – 114 31 12.4
St Andrews Christian College 79 66 – 87 33 12.3
Braybrook College 80 107 – 288 31 12.3
Ivanhoe Grammar School, Mernda 81 59 – 100 33 12
Haileybury Rendall School 82 52 – 53 31 12
Kardinia International College 83 116 80 334 32 11.9
Kingswood College 84 62 83 138 32 11.5
Braemar College 85 84 – 207 32 11.4
OneSchool Global 86 146 – 115 32 11.2
Mazenod College 87 92 96 403 32 11
Loreto College 88 138 – 210 31 10.9
Ashwood High School 89 – – 42 33 10.8
Santa Maria College 90 105 – 233 32 10.8
St Aloysius College 91 117 99 94 32 10.8
Geelong Grammar School 92 121 61 230 32 10.6
Auburn High School 93 – – 119 31 10.6
Ivanhoe Grammar School, Ivanhoe 94 89 58 287 32 10.3
De La Salle College 95 – – 218 31 10.3
Northcote High School 96 139 – 462 31 10.3
Williamstown High School 97 93 – 393 32 10
Corryong College 98 111 – 33 31 10
Frankston High School 99 103 90 470 31 10
Kilbreda College 100 70 – 212 31 9.9
Our Lady of Mercy College 101 86 98 323 32 9.8
Vermont Secondary College 102 124 – 391 31 9.8
Wesley College, Melbourne 103 100 66 209 32 9.6
Newhaven College 104 118 – 128 31 9.6
Southern Cross Grammar 105 – – 91 31 9.6
East Loddon P-12 College 106 65 52 23 33 9.5
Luther College 107 91 – 312 32 9.5
Dromana Secondary College 108 – – 315 31 9.5
Foster Secondary College 109 – – 65 31 9.5
Cranbourne East Secondary College 110 126 – 192 32 9.4
Donvale Christian College 111 99 87 210 32 9.4
Our Lady of Sion College 112 96 72 225 32 9.3
Oxley Christian College 113 130 – 118 32 9.2
St Joseph’s College, Ferntree Gully 114 128 – 201 31 9.2
Whitefriars College 115 144 – 274 31 9.2
Wycheproof P-12 College 116 – – 15 33 9.1
Koonung Secondary College 117 114 – 214 32 9.1
Bacchus Marsh Grammar 118 98 – 345 31 9.1
Nunawading Christian College 119 – – 54 31 9.1
Eltham College 120 110 44 132 32 8.9
Sacred Heart Girls’ College 121 75 89 204 32 8.8
Princes Hill Secondary College 122 131 – 163 32 8.5
Salesian College 123 – – 234 31 8.5
Balcombe Grammar School 124 – – 113 32 8.4
Casey Grammar School 125 – – 138 31 8.3
Our Lady of Sacred Heart College 126 82 – 195 31 8.3
St Joseph’s College, Newtown 127 119 – 440 31 8.3
St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School 128 47 79 173 31 8.3
Woodleigh School 129 122 88 143 32 8.2
Sirius College, Meadow Fair 130 67 – 139 31 8
Altona College 131 – – 42 31 7.7
Catholic Ladies College 132 109 – 200 31 7.7
Gippsland Grammar 133 102 91 165 31 7.6
Aquinas College 134 – – 358 31 7.5
Avila College 135 135 – 252 32 7.2
Saint Ignatius College 136 – – 243 31 6.9
Wesley College, Glen Waverley 137 – – 123 31 6.9
Maranatha Christian School 138 – – 80 32 6.8
Darul Ulum College of Victoria 139 64 – 113 31 6.8
Mount St Joseph Girls’ College 140 123 – 166 31 6.5
Kambrya College 141 137 – 280 31 6.4
Dimboola Memorial Secondary College 142 142 – 12 31 6.3
Narre Warren South P-12 College 143 68 – 276 32 6.1
Islamic College of Melbourne 144 – – 115 31 5.9
Sirius College, Eastmeadows 145 87 – 171 31 5.9
Little Yarra Steiner School 146 – – 15 32 5.6
Apollo Bay P-12 College 147 – – 34 33 5.4
Mernda Central P-12 College 148 – – 26 33 5.3
Mortlake College 149 148 – 18 32 5.1
Derrinallum P-12 College 150 – – 6 32 0

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

 

 

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