VCE Japanese Second Language: Victorian government schools with the most 40+ study scores
455 study scores of 40 or above published statewide in Japanese Second Language over 2020 to 2025; a further 73 withheld by students who did not consent (counted for 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025); 17 Premier's VCE Study Awards, 11 of them to government schools; 72 government schools listed as offering it, 25 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/japanese-second-language.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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25 schools ranked, most published study scores of 40 or above first, over every year shown. 47 more listed below them.
| # | School | 40+ 2020–2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Strength | Per 100 VCE students | Premier's awards | Offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Waverley Secondary CollegeMount Waverley, Monash (C) | 18 | 3 | 2 | · | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8.6× | 0.6 | 2 | yes |
| 2 | Melbourne High SchoolSouth Yarra, Stonnington (C) | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | · | 4 | 2 | 1.6× | 0.5 | 3 | yes |
| 3 | MacRobertson Girls High SchoolMelbourne, Port Phillip (C) | 13 | 1 | 2 | · | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1.7× | 0.3 | 1 | yes |
| 4 | Brentwood Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley, Monash (C) | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8.0× | 0.6 | 1 | yes |
| 5 | John Monash Science SchoolClayton, Monash (C) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | · | · | 2.0× | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 6 | Nossal High SchoolBerwick, Casey (C) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | · | · | 1.1× | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 7 | Brighton Secondary CollegeBrighton East, Bayside (C) | 6 | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | · | 4.4× | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 8 | Koonung Secondary CollegeMont Albert North, Whitehorse (C) | 5 | · | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 3.4× | 0.7 | · | yes |
| 9 | Strathmore Secondary CollegeStrathmore, Moonee Valley (C) | 5 | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 3.0× | 0.3 | 1 | yes |
| 10 | Taylors Lakes Secondary CollegeTaylors Lakes, Brimbank (C) | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 | · | 5.9× | 0.4 | 1 | yes |
| 11 | Montmorency Secondary CollegeMontmorency, Banyule (C) | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 3.9× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 12 | Mordialloc CollegeMordialloc, Kingston (C) | 3 | · | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 3.7× | 0.8 | · | yes |
| 13 | Buckley Park CollegeEssendon, Moonee Valley (C) | 3 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 3.5× | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 14 | Kew High SchoolKew East, Boroondara (C) | 3 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1.8× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 15 | Canterbury Girls Secondary CollegeCanterbury, Boroondara (C) | 3 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1.4× | 0.4 | 1 | yes |
| 16 | Keilor Downs Secondary CollegeKeilor Downs, Brimbank (C) | 2 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | — | — | · | yes |
| 17 | Mentone Girls Secondary CollegeMentone, Kingston (C) | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 18 | St Albans Secondary CollegeSt Albans, Brimbank (C) | 2 | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | — | 0.7 | · | yes |
| 19 | Viewbank CollegeViewbank, Banyule (C) | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 20 | Bentleigh Secondary CollegeBentleigh East, Glen Eira (C) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 21 | Copperfield CollegeDelahey, Brimbank (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 22 | Dandenong High SchoolDandenong, Greater Dandenong (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | yes |
| 23 | Frankston High SchoolFrankston, Frankston (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | yes |
| 24 | Mernda Central P-12 CollegeMernda, Whittlesea (C) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.8 | · | yes |
| 25 | Mount Clear CollegeMount Clear, Ballarat (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | yes |
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| — | Ballarat High SchoolLake Gardens, Ballarat (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bass Coast CollegeWonthaggi, Bass Coast (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bayside P-12 CollegeWilliamstown, Hobsons Bay (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Beaumaris Secondary CollegeBeaumaris, Bayside (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Birchip P-12 SchoolBirchip, Buloke (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Broadford Secondary CollegeBroadford, Mitchell (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Camberwell High SchoolCanterbury, Boroondara (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Castlemaine Secondary CollegeCastlemaine, Mount Alexander (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Cranbourne West Secondary CollegeCranbourne West, Casey (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Dromana Secondary CollegeDromana, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Drouin Secondary CollegeDrouin, Baw Baw (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Elwood CollegeElwood, Port Phillip (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Emerald Secondary CollegeEmerald, Cardinia (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Essendon Keilor CollegeKeilor East, Moonee Valley (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Fairhills High SchoolKnoxfield, Knox (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Footscray High SchoolFootscray, Maribyrnong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Geelong High SchoolEast Geelong, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Gisborne Secondary CollegeGisborne, Macedon Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Gladstone Park Secondary CollegeGladstone Park, Hume (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Glen Eira CollegeCaulfield East, Glen Eira (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Healesville High SchoolHealesville, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Kambrya CollegeBerwick, Casey (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Lilydale Heights CollegeLilydale, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | McClelland Secondary CollegeFrankston, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Melba Secondary CollegeCroydon, Maroondah (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Melton Secondary CollegeMelton, Melton (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mildura Senior CollegeMildura, Mildura (RC) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mornington Secondary CollegeMornington, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Alexander 7-12 CollegeFlemington, Moonee Valley (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Eliza Secondary CollegeMount Eliza, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Ridley P-12 CollegeCraigieburn, Hume (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Noble Park Secondary CollegeNoble Park, Greater Dandenong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Northern College of the Arts and TechnologyPreston, Darebin (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Parkdale Secondary CollegeMordialloc, Kingston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | 1 | yes |
| — | Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary CollegePascoe Vale, Merri-bek (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Preston High SchoolPreston, Darebin (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Richmond High SchoolRichmond, Yarra (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Rosebud Secondary CollegeRosebud, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Rosehill Secondary CollegeNiddrie, Moonee Valley (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | South Oakleigh CollegeOakleigh South, Monash (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Trafalgar High SchoolTrafalgar, Baw Baw (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Upwey High SchoolUpwey, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Vermont Secondary CollegeVermont, Whitehorse (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Whittlesea Secondary CollegeWhittlesea, Whittlesea (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Williamstown High SchoolWilliamstown, Hobsons Bay (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Wodonga Senior Secondary CollegeWodonga, Wodonga (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Yea High SchoolYea, Murrindindi (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
Catholic, independent and other providers
61 schools outside the government sector published a study score of 40 or above or won a Premier's VCE Study Award in Japanese Second Language 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Melbourne International School of JapaneseOakleigh South | Other | 51 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | · |
| VSL Distance EducationThornbury | Other | 46 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | · |
| VSL - Glen Waverley/Carwatha/Mildura | Other | 18 | · | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | · |
| Haileybury CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | · |
| VSL - Box Hill/Blackburn/Doncaster | Other | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | · |
| Fintona Girls SchoolBalwyn | Independent | 14 | · | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | · |
| Korowa Anglican Girls' SchoolGlen Iris | Independent | 14 | · | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | · |
| Presbyterian Ladies' CollegeBurwood | Independent | 12 | · | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | · |
| Haileybury Girls CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | 4 | 1 | · |
| Melbourne Grammar School | Independent | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | · | 3 | · | 1 |
| Kardinia International CollegeBell Post Hill | Independent | 7 | · | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Methodist Ladies CollegeKew | Independent | 6 | · | 3 | · | 1 | · | 2 | · |
| St Catherine's SchoolToorak | Independent | 6 | · | 3 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · |
| St Kevin's College Toorak | Catholic | 6 | · | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | · |
| VSL - University/Brunswick/CollingwoodParkville | Other | 6 | · | · | 1 | 3 | 2 | · | · |
| Shelford Girls' GrammarCaulfield | Other | 5 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 3 | · |
| VSL - Traralgon/Brentwood/Haileybury/MentoneClayton South | Other | 5 | · | · | · | · | 2 | 3 | · |
| Westbourne Grammar SchoolTruganina | Other | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · |
| Ballarat Clarendon College | Independent | 4 | · | · | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Brighton Grammar School | Independent | 4 | · | · | 1 | 2 | · | 1 | · |
| Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar SchoolEssendon | Independent | 4 | · | · | 3 | · | 1 | · | · |
| Mazenod CollegeMulgrave | Catholic | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| Toorak CollegeMount Eliza | Independent | 4 | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| VSL - Brentwood/Keysborough/Mentone/TraralgonClayton South | Other | 4 | · | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Xavier CollegeKew | Catholic | 4 | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · |
| Kilvington Grammar SchoolOrmond | Independent | 3 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| St Paul's Anglican Grammar SchoolWarragul | Independent | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | · |
| Beaconhills College - Berwick | Independent | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · |
| Emmanuel CollegeWarrnambool | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| Gippsland Grammar - SeniorSale | Independent | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Mentone Girls' Grammar School | Independent | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| Methodist Ladies' CollegeKew | Independent | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Our Lady of Mercy CollegeHeidelberg | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Sacre CoeurGlen Iris | Catholic | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · |
| St Columba's CollegeEssendon | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Star of the Sea CollegeBrighton | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| VSL - Glen Waverley/Carwatha/Brentwood | Other | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Bacchus Marsh Grammar | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Catholic College Wodonga | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Christian College GeelongWaurn Ponds | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Christian College Institute of Senior EducationWaurn Ponds | Other | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Fintona Girls' SchoolBalwyn | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Firbank Grammar-Shanghai Tianhua College High School | Other | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Genazzano F.C.J. CollegeKew | Other | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Kilbreda CollegeMentone | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Loreto CollegeBallarat | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Mackillop Catholic Regional College Werribee | Catholic | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Marist - Sion CollegeWarragul | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Mentone Grammar School | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Nazareth CollegeNoble Park North | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Penola Catholic CollegeBroadmeadows | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Santa Maria CollegeNorthcote | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| St Bernard's CollegeEssendon | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| St Francis Xavier CollegeBeaconsfield | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| St Michael's Grammar SchoolSt Kilda | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| St Monica's CollegeEpping | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| St Patrick's CollegeBallarat | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| VSL - University/Brunswick/Collingwood/FootscrayParkville | Other | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| VSL Distance Education | Other | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Wesley CollegeMelbourne | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Victorian School of Languages | Other | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 |
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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