VCE 2020: How schools in Melbourne’s north ranked

Melbourne’s best schools in the north have been revealed based on 2020 VCE results. See how your school ranked.

Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School is celebrating the results of its 2020 VCE students.

Seven schools in Melbourne’s north have been ranked among the state’s best, based on 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.

Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar was the 20th best performing school in the state, with a median study score of 35.

Ivanhoe Grammar (Mernda campus), Ivanhoe Grammar (Ivanhoe campus), Catholic Ladies College Eltham, Our Lady of Mercy College Heidleberg, St John’s Greek Orthodox College Preston and St Columba’s College Essendon were also in the state’s top 100 performing schools, with median study scores above 30.

Bialik College in Hawthorn, Mount Scopus Memorial College in Burwood and Ballarat Clarendon College were the top three schools across the state in 2020.

Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School principal Dr Deborah Priest congratulated the 94 students from the Class of 2020 on their “outstanding” VCE results.

The school said:

● Five students achieved ATAR scores higher than 99 (5.3 per cent of the cohort)

● 10 students achieved ATAR scores higher than 98 (10.6 per cent of the cohort)

● 26 students achieved ATAR scores higher than 95 (27.7 per cent of the cohort)

● 38 students achieved ATAR scores higher than 90 (40.4 per cent of the cohort).

The Dux was Zhidou (Daisy) Xu from Ivanhoe who achieved an ATAR of 99.85.

Students from the School Leadership Team also performed strongly, including 2020 social service prefect, Elizabeth Hoye from Eaglemont (99.55), 2020 school vice-captain, Pema Hayman from Ivanhoe (99.40), school magazine (Golden Mitre) editor, Mia Babatsikos from Coburg (99.15), 2020 school captain, Dunithi Galagedara from Mill Park (98.70) and 2020 school drama captain, Cassie Horne from Ivanhoe (98.55).

Dr Priest said: “As the pandemic took hold, we all witnessed amazing resilience, adaptability and creativity across the school. While we would easily have forgiven the Class of 2020 had they simply retired to focus on their studies, they shook off the self-doubt, the inevitable challenge and they simply adapted.

“The Class of 2020 has emerged from this year so much stronger than any of us could have imagined and I am proud of each and every one of them.”

On Facebook, Catholic Ladies’ College said: “Congratulations to the CLC Class of 2020, our young women have done an incredible job filled with hard work, resilience and spirit in a year that has made history in every way. We are all very proud of you.”

Dux Georgia Siderov achieved an ATAR of 99.4.

SCHOOL DATA

School Median VCE study score, % of study scores of 40 and over

WHITTLESEA

Ivanhoe Grammar School Mernda 33 15.5

Northside Christian College Bundoora 31 7.9

Plenty Valley Christian College Doreen 31 4.1

Marymede Catholic College South Morang 30 6.8

Parade College Bundoora 30 3.2

St Monica’s College Epping 28 3.5

Epping Secondary College Epping 28 2.3

Al Siraat College Epping 28 1.7

Lalor Secondary College Lalor 27 0.7

Gilson College Mernda 26 6.5

Hazel Glen College Doreen 26 1.2

Mill Park Secondary College Epping 25 1.7

Bundoora Secondary College Bundoora 25 0

Lalor North Secondary College Epping 24 1.1

Thomastown Secondary College Thomastown 24 0.7

Whittlesea Secondary College Whittlesea 23 1.8

NILLUMBIK

Catholic Ladies College Eltham 32 9.3

Eltham College Research 32 9.3

St Helena Secondary College Eltham 29 5.8

Eltham High School Eltham 29 5.1

Greensborough Secondary College Greensborough 27 1.8

Diamond Valley College Diamond Creek 25 2.0

BANYULE

Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School Ivanhoe 35 25.7

Our Lady of Mercy College Heidelberg 32 11.6

Ivanhoe Grammar School Ivanhoe 32 11.1

Northside Christian College Bundoora 31 7.9

Viewbank College Viewbank 30 5.3

Loyola College Watsonia 30 4.9

Parade College Bundoora 30 3.2

Montmorency Secondary College Montmorency 29 4.5

Greensborough Secondary College Greensborough 27 1.8

Macleod College Macleod 25 2.8

Bundoora Secondary College Bundoora 25 0

Charles La Trobe P-12 College Macleod West 24 0.5

MOONEE VALLEY

Penleigh & Essendon Grammar Keilor East 35 23

Lowther Hall Anglican Essendon 35 21.1

St Columba’s College Essendon 33 13.1

Ave Maria College Aberfeldie 32 9.1

Mount Alexander 7-12 College Flemington 31 3.8

Buckley Park College Essendon 30 7.3

St Bernard’s College Essendon West 30 6

Strathmore Secondary College Strathmore 30 5.3

Rosehill Secondary College Niddrie 29 2.8

Essendon Keilor College Essendon 24 1.2

MORELAND

Darul Ulum College of Victoria Fawkner 31 14.0

Mercy College Coburg 29 6.0

Brunswick Secondary College Brunswick 29 4.9

Coburg High School Coburg 28 3.2

Antonine College Pascoe Vale South 27 0.6

Australian International Academy of Education Coburg 26 2.5

Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College Pascoe Vale 26 2.2

Sydney Road Community School Brunswick 25 0

John Fawkner College Fawkner 20 1.1

Glenroy Secondary College Glenroy 20 0.7

DAREBIN

St John’s Greek Orthodox College Preston 34 15.0

Santa Maria College Northcote 31 9.7

Northside Christian College Bundoora 31 7.9

Northcote High School Northcote 31 6.3

Alphington Grammar School Alphington 31 4.8

Thornbury High School Thornbury 30 3.6

Parade College Bundoora 30 3.2

Virtual School Victoria Thornbury 29 3.0

William Ruthven Secondary College Reservoir 28 7.5

Reservoir High School Reservoir 28 2.7

Northern College of Arts & Tech Preston East 26 1.5

Bundoora Secondary College Bundoora 25 0

East Preston Islamic College Preston East 21 0