VCE 2020: How schools in Melbourne’s east ranked
The best schools in Melbourne’s east have been revealed based on 2020 VCE results. Find out how all schools performed.
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A mix of public and private schools across Melbourne’s east have been ranked among the best in the state, according to 2020 VCE results.
Victoria’s top VCE schools have been revealed in an analysis of their results.
The median study score — which is out of 50 and shows how the entire class performed in their final year of school — has been released for every campus.
Bialik College Hawthorn and Mount Scopus Memorial College Burwood have been revealed as the top ranked schools in a challenging 2020.
Bialik College principal Jeremy Stowe-Lindner said he was thrilled the non-selective school was the best performed school in the state with a median score of 38 and 39.9 per cent of students achieving a study score of 40 or above.
Mount Scopus was ranked as the second best performing school in the state, with a median study score of 38 and 39.7 per cent of students achieving a study score of 40 or above.
Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak, Strathcona Baptist Girls Canterbury, Methodist Ladies College Kew, Presbyterian Ladies’ College Burwood, Balwyn High, Box Hill High and Glen Waverley Secondary College were among a number of schools in the east ranked in Victoria’s top 100 VCE schools.
PLC principal Cheryl Penberthy congratulated VCE students.
“Each year we’re incredibly proud of our girls. However, this year in particular they have had to overcome so many challenges presented by COVID-19,” she said.
“Their brilliant results are a testament not only to their hard work but also reflects the tremendous love, care and support that our College community has provided to these amazing, resilient and inspiring girls.”
SCHOOL DATA
School Median VCE study score, % of study scores of 40 and over
WHITEHORSE
Mount Scopus Memorial College, Burwood, 38 39.7
Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Burwood, 36 27.6
Kingswood College, Box Hill, 33 14.9
Box Hill High School, Box Hill, 32 14.8
Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill, 32 10.4
Koonung Secondary College, Mont Albert North, 32 9.0
Vermont Secondary College, Vermont, 31 8.5
Emmaus College, Vermont South, 31 7.2
Blackburn High School, Blackburn, 30 7.1
Nunawading Christian College, Nunawading, 30 4.1
Mullauna College, Mitcham, 28 3.3
Forest Hill College, Burwood East, 25 3.7
Box Hill Senior Secondary College, Mont Albert North, 24 1.4
MONASH
Mount Scopus Memorial College, Burwood, 38 39.7
Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Burwood, 36 27.6
Huntingtower School, Mount Waverley, 36 24.7
Caulfield Grammar School, Wheelers Hill, 34 21.1
John Monash Science School, Clayton, 34 17.1
Sacred Heart Girls’ College, Hughesdale, 34 12.9
Glen Waverley Secondary College, Glen Waverley, 32 12.9
Mazenod College, Mulgrave, 32 10.9
Mount Waverley Secondary College, Mount Waverley, 31 8.1
Avila College, Mount Waverley, 31 7.1
Oakleigh Grammar, Oakleigh, 31 3.4
Highvale Secondary College, Glen Waverley, 30 9.3
Brentwood Secondary College, Glen Waverley, 30 6.4
Wesley College, Glen Waverley, 30 5.9
Salesian College, Chadstone, 30 4.0
Wellington Secondary College, Mulgrave, 29 5.6
Wheelers Hill Secondary College, Wheelers Hill, 29 3.9
South Oakleigh Secondary College, Oakleigh South, 29 2.7
Ashwood High School, Ashwood, 28 2.1
Westall Secondary College, Clayton South, 27 3.5
STONNINGTON
Melbourne High School, South Yarra, 37 30.4
Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak, 36 29.3
The King David School, Armadale, 36 26.0
Korowa Anglican Girls’ School, Glen Iris, 36 20.8
St Kevin’s College, Toorak, 35 25.9
St Catherine’s School, Toorak, 35 25.0
Lauriston Girls School, Armadale, 35 24.3
Melbourne Girls Grammar, South Yarra, 35 21.3
Sacre Coeur, Glen Iris, 35 20.8
De La Salle College, Malvern, 30 8.5
Presentation College, Windsor, 29 3.9
BOROONDARA
Bialik College, Hawthorn, 38 39.9
Methodist Ladies College, Kew, 36 27.6
Ruyton Girls’ School, Kew, 36 27.1
Korowa Anglican Girls’ School, Glen Iris, 36 20.8
Trinity Grammar School, Kew, 35 24.3
Scotch College, Hawthorn, 35 23.4
Fintona Girls School, Balwyn, 35 21.3
Sacre Coeur, Glen Iris, 35 20.8
Camberwell Anglican Girls GS, Canterbury, 35 19.2
Camberwell Grammar School, Canterbury, 34 21.4
Xavier College, Kew, 34 19.2
Genazzano F.C.J. College, Kew, 34 19.0
Balwyn High School, Balwyn North, 33 17.5
Siena College, Camberwell, 33 16.5
Carey Baptist Grammar School, Kew, 33 11.9
Kew High School, Kew East, 31 10.8
Auburn High School, Hawthorn East, 31 8.7
Camberwell High School, Canterbury, 30 5.8
Swinburne Senior Secondary College, Hawthorn, 29 3.2
Alia College, Hawthorn East, 23 2.6
KNOX
St Andrews Christian College, Wantirna South, 33 13.9
Waverley Christian College, Wantirna South, 33 13.1
The Knox School, Wantirna South, 33 9.9
St Joseph’s College, Ferntree Gully, 32 7.9
Wantirna College, Wantirna, 27 4.1
Rowville Secondary College, Rowville, 25 1.9
Scoresby Secondary College, Scoresby, 25 1.1
Bayswater Secondary College, Bayswater, 25 0
Fairhills High School, Knoxfield, 24 1.0
Boronia K-12 College, Boronia, 23 1.3
MAROONDAH
Yarra Valley Grammar School, Ringwood, 34 21.3
Luther College, Croydon Hills, 33 10.9
Tintern Grammar, Ringwood East, 31 7.3
Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School, Warranwood, 31 3.4
Ringwood Secondary College, Ringwood, 30 9.9
Aquinas College, Ringwood, 30 6.3
Norwood Secondary College, Ringwood, 29 2.4
Melba College, Croydon, 29 1.7
Heathmont College, Heathmont, 26 2.0
Swinburne Uni of Tech – TAFE, Croydon, 23 0
YARRA RANGES
Mater Christi College, Belgrave, 32 8.3
Billanook College, Mooroolbark, 31 9.6
Oxley Christian College, Chirnside Park, 31 7.7
Belgrave Heights Christian School, Belgrave Heights, 30 6.3
Edinburgh College, Lilydale, 30 2.3
Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, 28 3.3
Mooroolbark College, Mooroolbark, 28 2.9
Mount Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale, 28 2.4
Lilydale High School, Lilydale, 28 2.0
Monbulk College, Monbulk, 27 5.6
Mountain District Christian SC, Monbulk, 27 1.9
Upper Yarra Secondary College, Yarra Junction, 27 1.5
Healesville High School, Healesville, 27 1.3
Upwey High School, Upwey, 26 3.1
Yarra Hills Secondary College, Mooroolbark 25 1.3
Lilydale Heights College, Lilydale, 25 0
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