VCE Drama: Victorian government schools with the most 40+ study scores
392 study scores of 40 or above published statewide in Drama over 2020 to 2025; a further 22 withheld by students who did not consent (counted for 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025); 19 Premier's VCE Study Awards, 4 of them to government schools; 63 government schools listed as offering it, 34 with a published 40+ score. Rebuilt 5 November 2026.
How this table is ordered. Schools with any published study score of 40 or above in this subject come first, most scores first and ties broken by the strength ratio; the schools VCAA lists as offering the subject but with no published score in these years follow, alphabetically. The menu offers the other orders; this page's HTML lists the default. Every figure here is in subjects/drama.json, and questions.json says what to ask a reader first.
The pooled count of study scores of 40 and over that VCAA published for this subject at this school. A larger school, or one where many students take the subject, has more chances at it.
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34 schools ranked, most published study scores of 40 or above first, over every year shown. 37 more listed below them.
| # | School | 40+ 2020–2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Strength | Per 100 VCE students | Premier's awards | Offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary SchoolSouthbank, Melbourne (C) | 11 | 3 | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9.1× | 1.1 | · | yes |
| 2 | Ringwood Secondary CollegeRingwood, Maroondah (C) | 8 | 1 | · | 3 | 1 | · | 3 | 5.8× | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 3 | Melbourne Girls CollegeRichmond, Yarra (C) | 8 | · | 1 | · | · | 3 | 4 | 2.4× | 0.2 | 1 | yes |
| 4 | Rowville Secondary CollegeRowville, Knox (C) | 7 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 2 | 2 | 26.6× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 5 | Box Hill High SchoolBox Hill, Whitehorse (C) | 5 | · | 2 | · | · | 2 | 1 | 2.1× | 0.5 | 1 | yes |
| 6 | Brauer Secondary CollegeWarrnambool, Warrnambool (C) | 4 | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | 1 | 15.0× | 0.9 | · | not listed |
| 7 | Elwood CollegeElwood, Port Phillip (C) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | · | · | · | 6.8× | 0.7 | 1 | yes |
| 8 | Williamstown High SchoolWilliamstown, Hobsons Bay (C) | 4 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 2.2× | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 9 | Kambrya CollegeBerwick, Casey (C) | 3 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 4.7× | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 10 | Brunswick Secondary CollegeBrunswick, Merri-bek (C) | 3 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 3.5× | 0.5 | 1 | yes |
| 11 | Koonung Secondary CollegeMont Albert North, Whitehorse (C) | 3 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 2 | 2.4× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 12 | Mount Waverley Secondary CollegeMount Waverley, Monash (C) | 3 | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | · | 1.7× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 13 | Vermont Secondary CollegeVermont, Whitehorse (C) | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 | · | 1.6× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 14 | Albert Park CollegeAlbert Park, Port Phillip (C) | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 15 | Elisabeth Murdoch CollegeLangwarrin, Frankston (C) | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.5 | · | not listed |
| 16 | Wheelers Hill Secondary CollegeWheelers Hill, Monash (C) | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | — | — | · | not listed |
| 17 | Glen Waverley Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley, Monash (C) | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 0.2× | 0.1 | · | yes |
| 18 | Suzanne Cory High SchoolWerribee, Wyndham (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 0.2× | — | · | yes |
| 19 | Bass Coast CollegeWonthaggi, Bass Coast (S) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 20 | Bellarine Secondary CollegeDrysdale, Greater Geelong (C) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 21 | Bendigo Senior Secondary CollegeBendigo, Greater Bendigo (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.1 | · | yes |
| 22 | Bentleigh Secondary CollegeBentleigh East, Glen Eira (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | not listed |
| 23 | Camberwell High SchoolCanterbury, Boroondara (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 24 | Eltham High SchoolEltham, Nillumbik (S) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | not listed |
| 25 | Grovedale CollegeGrovedale, Greater Geelong (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | yes |
| 26 | Lilydale High SchoolLilydale, Yarra Ranges (S) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 27 | Mordialloc CollegeMordialloc, Kingston (C) | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 28 | Mount Eliza Secondary CollegeMount Eliza, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | not listed |
| 29 | Northcote High SchoolNorthcote, Darebin (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 30 | Phoenix P-12 Community CollegeSebastopol, Ballarat (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | — | — | · | not listed |
| 31 | Templestowe CollegeTemplestowe Lower, Manningham (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 32 | Victoria University Secondary CollegeCairnlea, Brimbank (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 33 | Viewbank CollegeViewbank, Banyule (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | not listed |
| 34 | Virtual School VictoriaThornbury, Darebin (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.2 | · | yes |
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| — | Bairnsdale Secondary CollegeBairnsdale, East Gippsland (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Ballarat High SchoolLake Gardens, Ballarat (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Balwyn High SchoolBalwyn North, Boroondara (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bayside P-12 CollegeWilliamstown, Hobsons Bay (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bemin Secondary CollegeTruganina, Wyndham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Blackburn High SchoolBlackburn, Whitehorse (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bright P-12 CollegeBright, Alpine (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bundoora Secondary CollegeBundoora, Banyule (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Castlemaine Secondary CollegeCastlemaine, Mount Alexander (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Dromana Secondary CollegeDromana, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Drouin Secondary CollegeDrouin, Baw Baw (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Echuca CollegeEchuca, Campaspe (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Edgars Creek Secondary CollegeWollert, Whittlesea (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Frankston High SchoolFrankston, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Gisborne Secondary CollegeGisborne, Macedon Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Heathmont CollegeHeathmont, Maroondah (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Hoppers Crossing Secondary CollegeHoppers Crossing, Wyndham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Keysborough Secondary CollegeSpringvale South, Greater Dandenong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Kurnai CollegeMorwell, Latrobe (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Lavers Hill K-12 CollegeLavers Hill, Colac-Otway (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Lyndale Secondary CollegeDandenong North, Greater Dandenong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary CollegeGeelong, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Erin Secondary CollegeFrankston South, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Ridley P-12 CollegeCraigieburn, Hume (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mullauna Secondary CollegeMitcham, Whitehorse (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Newcomb Secondary CollegeNewcomb, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Northern Bay P-12 CollegeCorio, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Oberon High SchoolArmstrong Creek, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Preston High SchoolPreston, Darebin (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Springside West Secondary CollegeFraser Rise, Melton (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Strathmore Secondary CollegeStrathmore, Moonee Valley (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Sunshine CollegeSunshine West, Brimbank (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Swinburne Senior Secondary CollegeHawthorn, Boroondara (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Tarneit Senior CollegeTarneit, Wyndham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | The Lakes South Morang CollegeSouth Morang, Whittlesea (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Upper Yarra Secondary CollegeYarra Junction, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Wodonga Senior Secondary CollegeWodonga, Wodonga (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
Catholic, independent and other providers
76 schools outside the government sector published a study score of 40 or above or won a Premier's VCE Study Award in Drama in these years. They are not on this site, which covers government schools only, and are listed here so the government table can be read against the whole state. Same source, same consent rule.
| School | Sector | 40+ | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Premier's awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruyton Girls' SchoolKew | Independent | 24 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Melbourne Girls GrammarSouth Yarra | Independent | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 15 | · | 5 | · | 6 | · | 4 | · |
| Melbourne Grammar School | Independent | 13 | · | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | · |
| Haileybury Girls CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 11 | 3 | · | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Peninsula GrammarMount Eliza | Independent | 11 | 1 | · | 2 | 3 | · | 5 | · |
| Mentone Grammar School | Independent | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | · |
| Damascus CollegeMount Clear | Catholic | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | · |
| Loyola CollegeWatsonia | Catholic | 8 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | · |
| Haileybury CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 7 | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| The Geelong CollegeNewtown | Independent | 7 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 3 | 1 | · |
| Woodleigh SchoolLangwarrin South | Independent | 7 | 2 | · | 1 | 2 | · | 2 | · |
| Avila CollegeMount Waverley | Catholic | 6 | · | 2 | · | 2 | · | 2 | · |
| Mazenod CollegeMulgrave | Catholic | 6 | · | 2 | · | 2 | 1 | 1 | · |
| Our Lady of Mercy CollegeHeidelberg | Catholic | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Scotch CollegeHawthorn | Independent | 6 | 2 | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | · |
| Tintern GrammarRingwood East | Independent | 6 | · | 2 | 2 | · | · | 2 | · |
| Academy of Mary ImmaculateFitzroy | Catholic | 5 | · | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| Eltham CollegeResearch | Independent | 5 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 3 | · |
| Santa Maria CollegeNorthcote | Catholic | 5 | · | 2 | · | · | 2 | 1 | · |
| Victory Lutheran CollegeWest Wodonga | Independent | 5 | 1 | 1 | · | 3 | · | · | · |
| Yarra Valley Grammar SchoolRingwood | Independent | 5 | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | 2 | · |
| Leibler Yavneh CollegeElsternwick | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 |
| Penleigh and Essendon Grammar SchoolKeilor East | Independent | 4 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | 1 |
| Genazzano F.C.J. CollegeKew | Other | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | · |
| Korowa Anglican Girls' SchoolGlen Iris | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | 1 | · |
| Methodist Ladies CollegeKew | Independent | 4 | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | · | · |
| Our Lady of Sacred Heart CollegeBentleigh | Catholic | 4 | · | · | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Our Lady of Sion CollegeBox Hill | Catholic | 4 | 1 | · | 2 | · | 1 | · | · |
| Xavier CollegeKew | Catholic | 4 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · |
| Braemar CollegeWoodend | Independent | 3 | · | · | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 |
| Caulfield Grammar SchoolSt Kilda East | Independent | 3 | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Brighton Grammar School | Independent | 3 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · |
| Heathdale Christian College Werribee Campus | Independent | 3 | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Mount St Joseph Girls' CollegeAltona | Catholic | 3 | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | · | · |
| Oxley Christian CollegeChirnside Park | Independent | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · |
| Shelford Girls' GrammarCaulfield | Other | 3 | · | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | · |
| Siena CollegeCamberwell | Catholic | 3 | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Overnewton Anglican Community CollegeKeilor | Other | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | 2 |
| Belgrave Heights Christian School | Independent | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Catherine McAuley CollegeBendigo | Catholic | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Christian College Institute of Senior EducationWaurn Ponds | Other | 2 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| Donvale Christian College | Independent | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Geelong Lutheran CollegeArmstrong Creek | Independent | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Lavalla Catholic CollegeTraralgon | Catholic | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Mackillop Catholic Regional College Werribee | Catholic | 2 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · |
| St Columba's CollegeEssendon | Catholic | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| St Francis Xavier CollegeBeaconsfield | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · |
| St Joseph's College - Ferntree Gully | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | · |
| St Michael's Grammar SchoolSt Kilda | Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Alice Miller SchoolMacedon | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Aquinas CollegeRingwood | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Ave Maria CollegeAberfeldie | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Bialik CollegeHawthorn East | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Cathedral CollegeWangaratta | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Catholic Ladies CollegeEltham | Catholic | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Catholic Regional College - Sydenham | Catholic | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Christian College GeelongWaurn Ponds | Independent | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| De La Salle CollegeMalvern | Catholic | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Emmaus CollegeVermont South | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Fintona Girls SchoolBalwyn | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Galen CollegeWangaratta | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Kilbreda CollegeMentone | Catholic | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Killester CollegeSpringvale | Catholic | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Marcellin CollegeBulleen | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Marist - Sion CollegeWarragul | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Marymede Catholic CollegeSouth Morang | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Mater Christi CollegeBelgrave | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| MBCTA Youth TheatreBoronia | Other | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Melbourne Rudolf Steiner SchoolWarranwood | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Mount Lilydale Mercy College | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Newhaven CollegeRhyll | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Salesian College Sunbury | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Toorak CollegeMount Eliza | Independent | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Waverley Christian CollegeWantirna South | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Strathcona Girls Grammar | Other | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
How to read this
A VCE study score is scaled so that the state mean in each study is 30; a score of 40 or above puts a student in roughly the top 9% of the state in that study. VCAA publishes the name and school of every student who scores 40 or more and consents to publication; these tables count those published scores.
- Counts are study scores of 40 or above published by VCAA for 2020-2025, pooled. Only students who consented to publication appear, so every school count is a lower bound: across the years VCAA states the withheld number (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025), 13% of all scores of 40 or above were withheld, and the share differs from school to school. State totals include the withheld scores.
- VCAA does not publish how many students each school enters in a study, so there is no per-subject pass rate. per_100_vce_students divides the pooled count by the school's VCE cohort over the same years, which favours a school where many students take the subject. strength_ratio is the count divided by what the school's overall count of scores of 40 or above would predict given the subject's share statewide: above 1 the subject is a relative strength of the school; it is withheld below 3 scores, observed or expected.
- A school's campuses are merged. Only government schools are ranked; other_sectors lists the Catholic, independent and other providers on the roll for this study by name and count, with no page on this site. Whether a school offers the study comes from VCAA's School Studies Search at the time of the build.
- Selective-entry schools and the Victorian School of Languages, which teaches a language to students enrolled anywhere, lead most raw counts.
- premiers_awards counts the Premier's VCE Study Awards the school's students won in the study, 2020-2025, from the honour roll on vic.gov.au (earlier years from the Internet Archive's copies of that page). An award needs a study score of 46 or above and goes to the best few students in the study statewide, so it marks the very top of the subject; a handful are given in each study a year. Student names are not published here.
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