VCE French: Victorian government schools with the most 40+ study scores
717 study scores of 40 or above published statewide in French over 2020 to 2025; a further 64 withheld by students who did not consent (counted for 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025); 19 Premier's VCE Study Awards, 3 of them to government schools; 53 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/french.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. 22 more listed below them.
| # | School | 40+ 2020–2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Strength | Per 100 VCE students | Premier's awards | Offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MacRobertson Girls High SchoolMelbourne, Port Phillip (C) | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.6× | 0.7 | 1 | yes |
| 2 | Auburn High SchoolHawthorn East, Boroondara (C) | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13.2× | 1.9 | · | yes |
| 3 | Melbourne Girls CollegeRichmond, Yarra (C) | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2.8× | 0.7 | · | yes |
| 4 | McKinnon Secondary CollegeMckinnon, Glen Eira (C) | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1.6× | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 5 | Albert Park CollegeAlbert Park, Port Phillip (C) | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | · | 2 | 5.0× | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 6 | Glen Eira CollegeCaulfield East, Glen Eira (C) | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11.8× | 0.8 | · | yes |
| 7 | Balwyn High SchoolBalwyn North, Boroondara (C) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0× | 0.3 | 1 | yes |
| 8 | Melbourne High SchoolSouth Yarra, Stonnington (C) | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | 0.5× | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 9 | Princes Hill Secondary CollegePrinces Hill, Yarra (C) | 7 | · | 2 | · | 4 | · | 1 | 4.2× | 1.7 | · | yes |
| 10 | Suzanne Cory High SchoolWerribee, Wyndham (C) | 7 | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.9× | 0.3 | 1 | yes |
| 11 | University High SchoolParkville, Melbourne (C) | 6 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.1× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 12 | Koonung Secondary CollegeMont Albert North, Whitehorse (C) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1.7× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 13 | Vermont Secondary CollegeVermont, Whitehorse (C) | 4 | · | 1 | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1.2× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 14 | Glen Waverley Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley, Monash (C) | 4 | 1 | · | 3 | · | · | · | 0.5× | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 15 | Williamstown High SchoolWilliamstown, Hobsons Bay (C) | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 0.9× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 16 | Canterbury Girls Secondary CollegeCanterbury, Boroondara (C) | 3 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 2 | 0.9× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 17 | John Monash Science SchoolClayton, Monash (C) | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 0.4× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 18 | Northcote High SchoolNorthcote, Darebin (C) | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 0.6× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 19 | Frankston High SchoolFrankston, Frankston (C) | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | 0.5× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 20 | Nossal High SchoolBerwick, Casey (C) | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 0.2× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 21 | Eltham High SchoolEltham, Nillumbik (S) | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | — | 0.7 | · | yes |
| 22 | Elwood CollegeElwood, Port Phillip (C) | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | — | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 23 | Parkdale Secondary CollegeMordialloc, Kingston (C) | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 24 | Ringwood Secondary CollegeRingwood, Maroondah (C) | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 25 | Bendigo Senior Secondary CollegeBendigo, Greater Bendigo (C) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.1 | · | yes |
| 26 | Blackburn High SchoolBlackburn, Whitehorse (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | not listed |
| 27 | Castlemaine Secondary CollegeCastlemaine, Mount Alexander (S) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | yes |
| 28 | Doncaster Secondary CollegeDoncaster, Manningham (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | not listed |
| 29 | Kew High SchoolKew East, Boroondara (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 30 | Mentone Girls Secondary CollegeMentone, Kingston (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 31 | Prahran High SchoolWindsor, Stonnington (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 32 | Sandringham CollegeSandringham, Bayside (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 33 | Swinburne Senior Secondary CollegeHawthorn, Boroondara (C) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 34 | Upwey High SchoolUpwey, Yarra Ranges (S) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | not listed |
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| — | Ashwood High SchoolAshwood, Monash (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bannockburn P-12 CollegeBannockburn, Golden Plains (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Beaumaris Secondary CollegeBeaumaris, Bayside (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Beechworth Secondary CollegeBeechworth, Indigo (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bentleigh Secondary CollegeBentleigh East, Glen Eira (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Braybrook CollegeBraybrook, Maribyrnong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Camberwell High SchoolCanterbury, Boroondara (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Elevation Secondary CollegeCraigieburn, Hume (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Highvale Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley, Monash (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Lilydale High SchoolLilydale, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Lyndale Secondary CollegeDandenong North, Greater Dandenong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mildura Senior CollegeMildura, Mildura (RC) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mordialloc CollegeMordialloc, Kingston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Alexander 7-12 CollegeFlemington, Moonee Valley (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Oberon High SchoolArmstrong Creek, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Patterson River Secondary CollegeSeaford, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Preston High SchoolPreston, Darebin (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Rosehill Secondary CollegeNiddrie, Moonee Valley (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | St Arnaud Secondary CollegeSt Arnaud, Northern Grampians (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary SchoolSouthbank, Melbourne (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Warrnambool CollegeWarrnambool, Warrnambool (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Wyndham Central Secondary CollegeWerribee, Wyndham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
Catholic, independent and other providers
86 schools outside the government sector published a study score of 40 or above or won a Premier's VCE Study Award in French 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haileybury CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 29 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Haileybury Girls CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Ruyton Girls' SchoolKew | Independent | 28 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Melbourne Grammar School | Independent | 28 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | · |
| Scotch CollegeHawthorn | Independent | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Methodist Ladies CollegeKew | Independent | 24 | · | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 5 | · |
| VSL Distance EducationThornbury | Other | 20 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | · |
| Melbourne Girls GrammarSouth Yarra | Independent | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | · |
| Camberwell Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | · |
| Loreto Mandeville HallToorak | Catholic | 18 | · | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | · |
| Penleigh and Essendon Grammar SchoolKeilor East | Independent | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | · |
| St Catherine's SchoolToorak | Independent | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | · | · |
| Trinity Grammar SchoolKew | Independent | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | · |
| St Kevin's College Toorak | Catholic | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Mentone Girls' Grammar School | Independent | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | · | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Yarra Valley Grammar SchoolRingwood | Independent | 11 | 4 | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | · |
| Bialik CollegeHawthorn East | Independent | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · |
| Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School | Independent | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | · |
| Xavier CollegeKew | Catholic | 10 | 1 | 4 | · | 2 | 2 | 1 | · |
| Kardinia International CollegeBell Post Hill | Independent | 9 | · | 2 | 1 | · | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Sacre CoeurGlen Iris | Catholic | 8 | · | · | 3 | 4 | 1 | · | · |
| St Michael's Grammar SchoolSt Kilda | Independent | 8 | · | · | 4 | 4 | · | · | · |
| Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 8 | 1 | · | 3 | 1 | · | 3 | · |
| Kilvington Grammar SchoolOrmond | Independent | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 |
| Braemar CollegeWoodend | Independent | 6 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 3 | · |
| Carey Baptist Grammar SchoolKew | Independent | 6 | 1 | · | 2 | · | 2 | 1 | · |
| Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar SchoolEssendon | Independent | 6 | 2 | · | · | 2 | 2 | · | · |
| Sacred Heart College GeelongNewtown | Catholic | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| Firbank Grammar SchoolBrighton | Independent | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · |
| Gippsland Grammar - SeniorSale | Independent | 5 | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| The Geelong CollegeNewtown | Independent | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 2 | · |
| Beaconhills College - Pakenham | Independent | 4 | · | · | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Girton Grammar SchoolBendigo | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | 3 | · | · | · | · |
| Kingswood CollegeBox Hill | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 3 | · |
| Korowa Anglican Girls' SchoolGlen Iris | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | · |
| Our Lady of Mercy CollegeHeidelberg | Catholic | 4 | · | · | 3 | · | · | 1 | · |
| Presbyterian Ladies' CollegeBurwood | Independent | 4 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| Siena CollegeCamberwell | Catholic | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 | · |
| St Leonard's CollegeBrighton East | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · |
| Ballarat GrammarWendouree | Independent | 3 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Beaconhills College - Berwick | Independent | 3 | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · |
| Fintona Girls SchoolBalwyn | Independent | 3 | · | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Huntingtower SchoolMount Waverley | Independent | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| Lauriston Girls SchoolArmadale | Independent | 3 | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | · |
| Peninsula GrammarMount Eliza | Independent | 3 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Tintern GrammarRingwood East | Independent | 3 | · | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| VSL - Glen Waverley/Carwatha/Mildura | Other | 3 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Wesley College | Independent | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · |
| Academy of Mary ImmaculateFitzroy | Catholic | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Ballarat Clarendon College | Independent | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Brighton Grammar School | Independent | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Emmanuel CollegeWarrnambool | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Fintona Girls' SchoolBalwyn | Independent | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Genazzano F.C.J. CollegeKew | Other | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · |
| Loyola CollegeWatsonia | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Parade CollegeBundoora | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| St Margarets SchoolBerwick | Independent | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · |
| Catholic College Wodonga | Catholic | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| Geelong Grammar SchoolCorio | Independent | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| Aquinas CollegeRingwood | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Avila CollegeMount Waverley | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Bacchus Marsh Grammar | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Balcombe Grammar SchoolMount Martha | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Catherine McAuley CollegeBendigo | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Caulfield Grammar SchoolSt Kilda East | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Christway CollegeClarinda | Other | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Clonard CollegeHerne Hill | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Eltham CollegeResearch | Independent | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Heathdale Christian College Werribee Campus | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Loreto CollegeBallarat | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Mentone Grammar School | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Methodist Ladies' CollegeKew | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Our Lady of Sion CollegeBox Hill | Catholic | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Penola Catholic CollegeBroadmeadows | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Presentation College Windsor | Other | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Shelford Girls' GrammarCaulfield | Other | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| St Columba's CollegeEssendon | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Toorak CollegeMount Eliza | Independent | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| VSL - University/Brunswick/CollingwoodParkville | Other | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Waverley Christian CollegeWantirna South | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Wesley CollegeMelbourne | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Emmanuel College Warrnambool | Catholic | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Methodist Ladies' College | Independent | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Strathcona Girls Grammar | 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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