VCE Environmental Science: Victorian government schools with the most 40+ study scores
543 study scores of 40 or above published statewide in Environmental Science over 2020 to 2025; a further 56 withheld by students who did not consent (counted for 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025); 17 Premier's VCE Study Awards, 6 of them to government schools; 70 government schools listed as offering it, 44 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/environmental-science.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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44 schools ranked, most published study scores of 40 or above first, over every year shown. 41 more listed below them.
| # | School | 40+ 2020–2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Strength | Per 100 VCE students | Premier's awards | Offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Monash Science SchoolClayton, Monash (C) | 86 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 14.4× | 3.5 | 2 | yes |
| 2 | Melbourne Girls CollegeRichmond, Yarra (C) | 25 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5.4× | 0.9 | · | yes |
| 3 | Virtual School VictoriaThornbury, Darebin (C) | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | · | · | · | 5.5× | 0.7 | · | yes |
| 4 | Balwyn High SchoolBalwyn North, Boroondara (C) | 12 | 7 | 5 | · | · | · | · | 1.8× | 1.0 | · | not listed |
| 5 | Princes Hill Secondary CollegePrinces Hill, Yarra (C) | 10 | · | 2 | 4 | 4 | · | · | 7.8× | 2.0 | · | yes |
| 6 | Koonung Secondary CollegeMont Albert North, Whitehorse (C) | 10 | 3 | · | 4 | · | · | 3 | 5.7× | 1.3 | 1 | yes |
| 7 | Mentone Girls Secondary CollegeMentone, Kingston (C) | 8 | · | · | 4 | 2 | 2 | · | 4.5× | 1.1 | 1 | not listed |
| 8 | Gisborne Secondary CollegeGisborne, Macedon Ranges (S) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 18.1× | 0.7 | · | yes |
| 9 | Rosehill Secondary CollegeNiddrie, Moonee Valley (C) | 6 | 1 | · | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14.3× | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 10 | Horsham CollegeHorsham, Horsham (RC) | 5 | · | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 12.8× | 0.8 | · | yes |
| 11 | Wantirna CollegeWantirna, Knox (C) | 5 | 3 | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | 8.7× | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 12 | Werribee Secondary CollegeWerribee, Wyndham (C) | 5 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 3 | 7.5× | 0.3 | 1 | yes |
| 13 | Templestowe CollegeTemplestowe Lower, Manningham (C) | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | 4.4× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 14 | Bendigo Senior Secondary CollegeBendigo, Greater Bendigo (C) | 4 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 2.9× | 0.1 | 1 | yes |
| 15 | Ringwood Secondary CollegeRingwood, Maroondah (C) | 4 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.1× | 0.3 | · | not listed |
| 16 | Frankston High SchoolFrankston, Frankston (C) | 4 | · | · | · | 1 | 3 | · | 1.3× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 17 | Fitzroy High SchoolFitzroy North, Yarra (C) | 3 | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 7.6× | — | · | not listed |
| 18 | St Helena Secondary CollegeEltham North, Banyule (C) | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | 3.6× | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 19 | Mordialloc CollegeMordialloc, Kingston (C) | 3 | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 3.1× | 0.8 | · | yes |
| 20 | East Doncaster Secondary CollegeDoncaster East, Manningham (C) | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 0.5× | 0.3 | · | not listed |
| 21 | Albert Park CollegeAlbert Park, Port Phillip (C) | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 22 | Bass Coast CollegeWonthaggi, Bass Coast (S) | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.7 | · | yes |
| 23 | Berwick Secondary CollegeBerwick, Casey (C) | 2 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 24 | Brentwood Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley, Monash (C) | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.5 | · | not listed |
| 25 | Footscray High SchoolFootscray, Maribyrnong (C) | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | — | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 26 | Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary CollegeGeelong, Greater Geelong (C) | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.9 | · | yes |
| 27 | McClelland Secondary CollegeFrankston, Frankston (C) | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 28 | Mill Park Secondary CollegeMill Park, Whittlesea (C) | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 29 | Mornington Secondary CollegeMornington, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | not listed |
| 30 | Mount Waverley Secondary CollegeMount Waverley, Monash (C) | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | — | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 31 | Norwood Secondary CollegeRingwood, Maroondah (C) | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | — | 0.8 | · | yes |
| 32 | Sherbrooke Community SchoolSassafras, Yarra Ranges (S) | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 33 | Wellington Secondary CollegeMulgrave, Monash (C) | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 34 | Beechworth Secondary CollegeBeechworth, Indigo (S) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | not listed |
| 35 | Bellarine Secondary CollegeDrysdale, Greater Geelong (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 36 | Gleneagles Secondary CollegeEndeavour Hills, Casey (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | not listed |
| 37 | Kurnai CollegeMorwell, Latrobe (C) | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 38 | Lilydale High SchoolLilydale, Yarra Ranges (S) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | not listed |
| 39 | Northcote High SchoolNorthcote, Darebin (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 40 | Officer Secondary CollegeOfficer, Cardinia (S) | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | not listed |
| 41 | Rosebud Secondary CollegeRosebud, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | not listed |
| 42 | Swan Hill CollegeSwan Hill, Swan Hill (RC) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.8 | · | not listed |
| 43 | Victoria University Secondary CollegeCairnlea, Brimbank (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.6 | · | not listed |
| 44 | Williamstown High SchoolWilliamstown, Hobsons Bay (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.2 | · | not listed |
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| — | Bemin Secondary CollegeTruganina, Wyndham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Boronia K-12 CollegeBoronia, Knox (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Box Hill Senior Secondary CollegeMont Albert North, Whitehorse (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bundoora Secondary CollegeBundoora, Banyule (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Castlemaine Secondary CollegeCastlemaine, Mount Alexander (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Cobden Technical SchoolCobden, Corangamite (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Drouin Secondary CollegeDrouin, Baw Baw (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | East Loddon P-12 CollegeDingee, Loddon (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Elevation Secondary CollegeCraigieburn, Hume (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Elisabeth Murdoch CollegeLangwarrin, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Fairhills High SchoolKnoxfield, Knox (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Hoppers Crossing Secondary CollegeHoppers Crossing, Wyndham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Hume Central Secondary CollegeBroadmeadows, Hume (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Kambrya CollegeBerwick, Casey (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Leongatha Secondary CollegeLeongatha, South Gippsland (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Lilydale Heights CollegeLilydale, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Lorne P-12 CollegeLorne, Surf Coast (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Macleod CollegeMacleod, Banyule (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Melton Secondary CollegeMelton, Melton (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mildura Senior CollegeMildura, Mildura (RC) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mooroolbark CollegeMooroolbark, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Clear CollegeMount Clear, Ballarat (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Neerim District Secondary CollegeNeerim South, Baw Baw (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Numurkah Secondary CollegeNumurkah, Moira (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Oberon High SchoolArmstrong Creek, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Ouyen P-12 CollegeOuyen, Mildura (RC) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Phoenix P-12 Community CollegeSebastopol, Ballarat (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Red Cliffs Secondary CollegeRed Cliffs, Mildura (RC) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Richmond High SchoolRichmond, Yarra (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Scoresby Secondary CollegeScoresby, Knox (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Seymour CollegeSeymour, Mitchell (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Springside West Secondary CollegeFraser Rise, Melton (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Surf Coast Secondary CollegeTorquay, Surf Coast (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Swinburne Senior Secondary CollegeHawthorn, Boroondara (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Tallangatta Secondary CollegeTallangatta, Towong (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Trafalgar High SchoolTrafalgar, Baw Baw (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | University High SchoolParkville, Melbourne (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Upwey High SchoolUpwey, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Wangaratta High SchoolWangaratta, Wangaratta (RC) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Wodonga Senior Secondary CollegeWodonga, Wodonga (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Yarram Secondary CollegeYarram, Wellington (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
Catholic, independent and other providers
43 schools outside the government sector published a study score of 40 or above or won a Premier's VCE Study Award in Environmental Science 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Grammar School | Independent | 53 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 1 |
| Caulfield Grammar SchoolSt Kilda East | Independent | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | · | 2 | 2 |
| The Geelong CollegeNewtown | Independent | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | · |
| Kardinia International CollegeBell Post Hill | Independent | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | · | 2 | · |
| Salesian CollegeChadstone | Catholic | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | · | 5 | · | · |
| Braemar CollegeWoodend | Independent | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | · |
| Bacchus Marsh Grammar | Independent | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Goulburn Valley Grammar SchoolShepparton | Independent | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Catherine McAuley CollegeBendigo | Catholic | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| Notre Dame CollegeShepparton | Catholic | 9 | 1 | 3 | · | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aquinas CollegeRingwood | Catholic | 8 | · | 2 | · | 3 | · | 3 | 1 |
| Westbourne Grammar SchoolTruganina | Other | 7 | · | 1 | 2 | · | 4 | · | 1 |
| Newhaven CollegeRhyll | Independent | 6 | · | · | · | · | 6 | · | 1 |
| Marist College BendigoMaiden Gully | Catholic | 6 | 1 | · | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · |
| Cornish CollegeBangholme | Independent | 5 | · | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · |
| Plenty Valley Christian CollegeDoreen | Independent | 5 | · | · | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | · |
| Saint Ignatius College GeelongDrysdale | Catholic | 5 | · | 2 | · | · | 2 | 1 | · |
| St Bede's CollegeMentone | Catholic | 5 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · |
| St Paul's Anglican Grammar SchoolWarragul | Independent | 5 | · | 3 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| Sacred Heart College Kyneton | Catholic | 4 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 2 | 1 |
| Scotch CollegeHawthorn | Independent | 4 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 2 | · |
| St Monica's CollegeEpping | Catholic | 4 | 1 | · | · | 2 | · | 1 | · |
| Ballarat GrammarWendouree | Independent | 3 | · | · | 2 | · | · | 1 | · |
| Girton Grammar SchoolBendigo | Independent | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 | · | · |
| Hume Anglican GrammarMickleham | Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Salesian College Sunbury | Catholic | 3 | · | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | · |
| Siena CollegeCamberwell | Catholic | 3 | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | · | · |
| St Francis Xavier CollegeBeaconsfield | Catholic | 3 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · |
| Ave Maria CollegeAberfeldie | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Catholic College Wodonga | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Clonard CollegeHerne Hill | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| Geelong Grammar SchoolCorio | Independent | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Luther CollegeCroydon Hills | Independent | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Marian College - SunshineSunshine West | Catholic | 2 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · |
| Mentone Grammar School | Independent | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Sacred Heart College GeelongNewtown | Catholic | 2 | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · |
| St Joseph's College Newtown | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| St Patrick's CollegeBallarat | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Beaconhills College - Pakenham | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Lavalla Catholic CollegeTraralgon | Catholic | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Mount Lilydale Mercy College | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Salesian College Chadstone | Other | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
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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