VCE Politics: Victorian government schools with the most 40+ study scores
852 study scores of 40 or above published statewide in Politics over 2020 to 2025; a further 48 withheld by students who did not consent (counted for 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025); 27 Premier's VCE Study Awards, 3 of them to government schools; 67 government schools listed as offering it, 41 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/politics.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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41 schools ranked, most published study scores of 40 or above first, over every year shown. 33 more listed below them.
| # | School | 40+ 2020–2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Strength | Per 100 VCE students | Premier's awards | Offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McKinnon Secondary CollegeMckinnon, Glen Eira (C) | 24 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2.0× | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 2 | Melbourne Girls CollegeRichmond, Yarra (C) | 21 | 1 | 1 | · | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2.9× | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 3 | Northcote High SchoolNorthcote, Darebin (C) | 17 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | · | 1 | 4.0× | 0.9 | · | yes |
| 4 | MacRobertson Girls High SchoolMelbourne, Port Phillip (C) | 15 | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1.0× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 5 | Melbourne High SchoolSouth Yarra, Stonnington (C) | 15 | · | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0.8× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 6 | Virtual School VictoriaThornbury, Darebin (C) | 14 | · | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.8× | 0.5 | 3 | yes |
| 7 | Glen Waverley Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley, Monash (C) | 9 | 3 | · | 2 | 1 | 3 | · | 1.0× | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 8 | Footscray High SchoolFootscray, Maribyrnong (C) | 8 | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7.2× | 0.6 | · | yes |
| 9 | Nossal High SchoolBerwick, Casey (C) | 8 | 3 | · | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | 0.6× | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 10 | University High SchoolParkville, Melbourne (C) | 7 | 1 | · | · | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.1× | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 11 | Balwyn High SchoolBalwyn North, Boroondara (C) | 7 | 1 | · | 3 | 1 | 2 | · | 0.7× | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 12 | Strathmore Secondary CollegeStrathmore, Moonee Valley (C) | 6 | 2 | · | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | 1.9× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 13 | John Monash Science SchoolClayton, Monash (C) | 6 | · | · | 3 | · | 1 | 2 | 0.6× | 0.7 | · | yes |
| 14 | Eltham High SchoolEltham, Nillumbik (S) | 5 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 2 | 2.7× | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 15 | Preston High SchoolPreston, Darebin (C) | 4 | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 7.8× | 0.9 | · | yes |
| 16 | Williamstown High SchoolWilliamstown, Hobsons Bay (C) | 4 | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1.0× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 17 | Vermont Secondary CollegeVermont, Whitehorse (C) | 4 | · | · | · | · | 3 | 1 | 1.0× | — | · | yes |
| 18 | Coburg High SchoolCoburg, Merri-bek (C) | 3 | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | 2.4× | 1.1 | · | yes |
| 19 | St Helena Secondary CollegeEltham North, Banyule (C) | 3 | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | 2.3× | 0.8 | · | yes |
| 20 | Box Hill High SchoolBox Hill, Whitehorse (C) | 3 | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | 0.6× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 21 | Suzanne Cory High SchoolWerribee, Wyndham (C) | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 0.2× | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 22 | Albert Park CollegeAlbert Park, Port Phillip (C) | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 23 | Ashwood High SchoolAshwood, Monash (C) | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | — | 1.2 | · | yes |
| 24 | Brunswick Secondary CollegeBrunswick, Merri-bek (C) | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | — | 1.0 | · | not listed |
| 25 | Dromana Secondary CollegeDromana, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.2 | · | yes |
| 26 | Gleneagles Secondary CollegeEndeavour Hills, Casey (C) | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | — | — | · | not listed |
| 27 | Princes Hill Secondary CollegePrinces Hill, Yarra (C) | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 28 | Braybrook CollegeBraybrook, Maribyrnong (C) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 0.3× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 29 | Mount Waverley Secondary CollegeMount Waverley, Monash (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 0.2× | — | · | yes |
| 30 | Bass Coast CollegeWonthaggi, Bass Coast (S) | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 31 | Beaumaris Secondary CollegeBeaumaris, Bayside (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 32 | Bendigo Senior Secondary CollegeBendigo, Greater Bendigo (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.1 | · | yes |
| 33 | Berwick Secondary CollegeBerwick, Casey (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | not listed |
| 34 | Brentwood Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley, Monash (C) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.2 | · | not listed |
| 35 | Fitzroy High SchoolFitzroy North, Yarra (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 36 | Gladstone Park Secondary CollegeGladstone Park, Hume (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | — | — | · | not listed |
| 37 | Mount Alexander 7-12 CollegeFlemington, Moonee Valley (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 1.0 | · | yes |
| 38 | Ouyen P-12 CollegeOuyen, Mildura (RC) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 5.3 | · | not listed |
| 39 | Point Cook Senior Secondary CollegePoint Cook, Wyndham (C) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | not listed |
| 40 | Richmond High SchoolRichmond, Yarra (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.7 | · | not listed |
| 41 | Viewbank CollegeViewbank, Banyule (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| Offers the subject at Units 3 and 4, or did, but published no study score of 40 or above in these years | ||||||||||||
| — | Alkira Secondary CollegeCranbourne North, Casey (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Carrum Downs Secondary CollegeCarrum Downs, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Castlemaine Secondary CollegeCastlemaine, Mount Alexander (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Copperfield CollegeDelahey, Brimbank (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Doncaster Secondary CollegeDoncaster, Manningham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | East Doncaster Secondary CollegeDoncaster East, Manningham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Edgars Creek Secondary CollegeWollert, Whittlesea (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Elevation Secondary CollegeCraigieburn, Hume (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Elwood CollegeElwood, Port Phillip (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Emerald Secondary CollegeEmerald, Cardinia (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Frankston High SchoolFrankston, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Greensborough Secondary CollegeGreensborough, Banyule (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Horsham CollegeHorsham, Horsham (RC) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Lakeview Senior CollegeCaroline Springs, Melton (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Leongatha Secondary CollegeLeongatha, South Gippsland (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Melton Secondary CollegeMelton, Melton (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mildura Senior CollegeMildura, Mildura (RC) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mill Park Secondary CollegeMill Park, Whittlesea (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Eliza Secondary CollegeMount Eliza, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Oberon High SchoolArmstrong Creek, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Pakenham Secondary CollegePakenham, Cardinia (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Port Melbourne Secondary CollegePort Melbourne, Port Phillip (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Portland Secondary CollegePortland, Glenelg (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Rainbow P-12 CollegeRainbow, Hindmarsh (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Scoresby Secondary CollegeScoresby, Knox (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Somerville Secondary CollegeSomerville, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | South Oakleigh CollegeOakleigh South, Monash (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Swinburne Senior Secondary CollegeHawthorn, Boroondara (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Upper Yarra Secondary CollegeYarra Junction, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Warrnambool CollegeWarrnambool, Warrnambool (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Wedderburn CollegeWedderburn, Loddon (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Western Heights Secondary CollegeHamlyn Heights, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Woodmans Hill Secondary CollegeBallarat East, Ballarat (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
Catholic, independent and other providers
103 schools outside the government sector published a study score of 40 or above or won a Premier's VCE Study Award in Politics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caulfield Grammar SchoolSt Kilda East | Independent | 49 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | · |
| Haileybury Girls CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 35 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | · |
| Methodist Ladies CollegeKew | Independent | 29 | · | 10 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | · |
| Penleigh and Essendon Grammar SchoolKeilor East | Independent | 26 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Xavier CollegeKew | Catholic | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Melbourne Girls GrammarSouth Yarra | Independent | 22 | · | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | · |
| Trinity Grammar SchoolKew | Independent | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Scotch CollegeHawthorn | Independent | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Caulfield Grammar SchoolWheelers Hill | Independent | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | · |
| Presbyterian Ladies' CollegeBurwood | Independent | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | · | 5 | · |
| Star of the Sea CollegeBrighton | Catholic | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | · |
| Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School | Independent | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | · | 1 |
| Mazenod CollegeMulgrave | Catholic | 14 | · | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | · |
| St Kevin's College Toorak | Catholic | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | · |
| Yarra Valley Grammar SchoolRingwood | Independent | 12 | · | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | · |
| Loreto Mandeville HallToorak | Catholic | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | · | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Brighton Grammar School | Independent | 10 | · | 4 | 2 | · | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Santa Maria CollegeNorthcote | Catholic | 10 | · | · | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | · |
| Shelford Girls' GrammarCaulfield | Other | 10 | · | · | 1 | 4 | 5 | · | · |
| Toorak CollegeMount Eliza | Independent | 10 | · | 1 | 4 | 3 | · | 2 | · |
| Haileybury CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 |
| St Catherine's SchoolToorak | Independent | 9 | 1 | 2 | · | 5 | 1 | · | 1 |
| St Michael's Grammar SchoolSt Kilda | Independent | 9 | · | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | · |
| Ballarat Clarendon College | Independent | 8 | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | · |
| Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 8 | · | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | · |
| Camberwell Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 8 | · | · | · | 2 | 6 | · | · |
| Carey Baptist Grammar SchoolKew | Independent | 8 | · | 3 | · | 2 | 1 | 2 | · |
| Sacred Heart Girls' College OakleighHughesdale | Catholic | 8 | 1 | · | 1 | 5 | 1 | · | · |
| Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | · | · |
| Mentone Girls' Grammar School | Independent | 7 | 1 | · | 3 | · | 3 | · | · |
| Mentone Grammar School | Independent | 7 | · | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| Korowa Anglican Girls' SchoolGlen Iris | Independent | 6 | · | · | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · |
| Our Lady of Mercy CollegeHeidelberg | Catholic | 6 | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | 3 | · |
| Peninsula GrammarMount Eliza | Independent | 6 | · | · | 2 | · | 4 | · | · |
| Sacre CoeurGlen Iris | Catholic | 6 | · | 3 | 3 | · | · | · | · |
| Sacred Heart College GeelongNewtown | Catholic | 6 | · | · | 2 | · | 4 | · | · |
| St Leonard's CollegeBrighton East | Independent | 6 | · | 2 | · | · | 2 | 2 | · |
| St Margarets SchoolBerwick | Independent | 6 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 5 | · |
| Wesley CollegeMelbourne | Independent | 6 | · | 4 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Siena CollegeCamberwell | Catholic | 5 | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 |
| Ballarat GrammarWendouree | Independent | 5 | · | 1 | · | · | 3 | 1 | · |
| Ivanhoe Grammar SchoolMernda | Independent | 5 | · | 1 | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| Kingswood CollegeBox Hill | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| St Bede's CollegeMentone | Catholic | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Catholic Ladies CollegeEltham | Catholic | 4 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| De La Salle CollegeMalvern | Catholic | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Firbank Grammar SchoolBrighton | Independent | 4 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | · | · |
| Geelong Grammar SchoolCorio | Independent | 4 | · | · | · | 3 | 1 | · | · |
| Gippsland Grammar - SeniorSale | Independent | 4 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 2 | · |
| Loreto CollegeBallarat | Catholic | 4 | · | · | 1 | 2 | · | 1 | · |
| Methodist Ladies' CollegeKew | Independent | 4 | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Salesian College Sunbury | Catholic | 3 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 |
| Aquinas CollegeRingwood | Catholic | 3 | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · |
| Goulburn Valley Grammar SchoolShepparton | Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School | Independent | 3 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| Melbourne Grammar School | Independent | 3 | · | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Saint Ignatius College GeelongDrysdale | Catholic | 3 | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | · |
| Westbourne Grammar SchoolTruganina | Other | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 2 | · |
| Eltham CollegeResearch | Independent | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| Kilbreda CollegeMentone | Catholic | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| Balcombe Grammar SchoolMount Martha | Independent | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| Braemar CollegeWoodend | Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Catholic College Wodonga | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · |
| Catholic Regional College Sydenham | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Christian College GeelongWaurn Ponds | Independent | 2 | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · |
| Christian College Institute of Senior EducationWaurn Ponds | Other | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · |
| Clonard CollegeHerne Hill | Catholic | 2 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · |
| Fintona Girls' SchoolBalwyn | Independent | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Galen CollegeWangaratta | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · |
| Genazzano F.C.J. CollegeKew | Other | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Hume Anglican GrammarMickleham | Independent | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| St Joseph's College Newtown | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| The King David School - Senior SchoolArmadale | Independent | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Alphington Grammar School | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Bacchus Marsh Grammar | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Beth Rivkah Ladies CollegeSt Kilda East | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Caroline Chisholm Catholic CollegeBraybrook | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Catholic College Sale | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Catholic Regional College - Sydenham | Catholic | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Chairo Christian School - Drouin | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Fintona Girls SchoolBalwyn | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Geelong Baptist CollegeLovely Banks | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Geelong Lutheran CollegeArmstrong Creek | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Genazzano FCJ CollegeKew | Catholic | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Girton Grammar SchoolBendigo | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Killester CollegeSpringvale | Catholic | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Lauriston Girls SchoolArmadale | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Leibler Yavneh CollegeElsternwick | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Luther CollegeCroydon Hills | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Marcellin CollegeBulleen | Catholic | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Mount St Joseph Girls' CollegeAltona | Catholic | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Overnewton Anglican Community CollegeKeilor | Other | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| RMIT TAFEMelbourne | Other | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Salesian CollegeChadstone | Catholic | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| St Bernard's CollegeEssendon | Catholic | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| St Columba's CollegeEssendon | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| St Joseph's College - Mildura | Catholic | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| St Monica's CollegeEpping | Catholic | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Tintern GrammarRingwood East | Independent | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Whitefriars CollegeDonvale | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Caulfield Grammar School | Independent | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Sacré Cœur | Other | 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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