VCE Theatre Studies: Victorian government schools with the most 40+ study scores
419 study scores of 40 or above published statewide in Theatre Studies over 2020 to 2025; a further 29 withheld by students who did not consent (counted for 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025); 18 Premier's VCE Study Awards, 4 of them to government schools; 68 government schools listed as offering it, 26 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/theatre-studies.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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26 schools ranked, most published study scores of 40 or above first, over every year shown. 44 more listed below them.
| # | School | 40+ 2020–2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Strength | Per 100 VCE students | Premier's awards | Offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandringham CollegeSandringham, Bayside (C) | 15 | · | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20.8× | 1.0 | 1 | yes |
| 2 | Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary SchoolSouthbank, Melbourne (C) | 9 | 1 | 4 | · | · | 1 | 3 | 7.0× | 1.4 | · | yes |
| 3 | Virtual School VictoriaThornbury, Darebin (C) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | 1 | 4.4× | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 4 | Thornbury High SchoolThornbury, Darebin (C) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | 9.8× | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 5 | Parkdale Secondary CollegeMordialloc, Kingston (C) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 6.1× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 6 | Prahran High SchoolWindsor, Stonnington (C) | 5 | · | 2 | 3 | · | · | · | 28.9× | 2.1 | · | yes |
| 7 | Brentwood Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley, Monash (C) | 5 | 1 | · | · | 3 | · | 1 | 3.6× | 0.5 | 1 | not listed |
| 8 | Braybrook CollegeBraybrook, Maribyrnong (C) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 2.7× | 0.5 | · | yes |
| 9 | Nossal High SchoolBerwick, Casey (C) | 5 | · | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.8× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 10 | Geelong High SchoolEast Geelong, Greater Geelong (C) | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 13.4× | 0.6 | 1 | yes |
| 11 | Footscray High SchoolFootscray, Maribyrnong (C) | 4 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | 7.3× | 0.4 | 1 | yes |
| 12 | St Helena Secondary CollegeEltham North, Banyule (C) | 4 | · | 3 | · | · | 1 | · | 6.3× | 0.8 | · | yes |
| 13 | University High SchoolParkville, Melbourne (C) | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | 0.6× | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 14 | McKinnon Secondary CollegeMckinnon, Glen Eira (C) | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | 0.3× | — | · | yes |
| 15 | Viewbank CollegeViewbank, Banyule (C) | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 16 | Wantirna CollegeWantirna, Knox (C) | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | — | — | · | yes |
| 17 | Wheelers Hill Secondary CollegeWheelers Hill, Monash (C) | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | — | 0.8 | · | not listed |
| 18 | MacRobertson Girls High SchoolMelbourne, Port Phillip (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | 0.1× | — | · | yes |
| 19 | Melbourne High SchoolSouth Yarra, Stonnington (C) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 0.1× | 0.1 | · | yes |
| 20 | Canterbury Girls Secondary CollegeCanterbury, Boroondara (C) | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | not listed |
| 21 | Castlemaine Secondary CollegeCastlemaine, Mount Alexander (S) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | yes |
| 22 | Kew High SchoolKew East, Boroondara (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | — | — | · | yes |
| 23 | Lilydale High SchoolLilydale, Yarra Ranges (S) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | — | 0.4 | · | yes |
| 24 | Mentone Girls Secondary CollegeMentone, Kingston (C) | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
| 25 | Swinburne Senior Secondary CollegeHawthorn, Boroondara (C) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | — | — | · | yes |
| 26 | Templestowe CollegeTemplestowe Lower, Manningham (C) | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | — | 0.3 | · | yes |
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| — | Baimbridge CollegeHamilton, Southern Grampians (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Ballarat High SchoolLake Gardens, Ballarat (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Balwyn High SchoolBalwyn North, Boroondara (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Beaumaris Secondary CollegeBeaumaris, Bayside (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bendigo Senior Secondary CollegeBendigo, Greater Bendigo (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Bentleigh Secondary CollegeBentleigh East, Glen Eira (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Cheltenham Secondary CollegeCheltenham, Kingston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Clyde Secondary CollegeClyde, Casey (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Coburg High SchoolCoburg, Merri-bek (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Colac Secondary CollegeColac, Colac-Otway (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Craigieburn Secondary CollegeCraigieburn, Hume (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Cranbourne Secondary CollegeCranbourne, Casey (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Elisabeth Murdoch CollegeLangwarrin, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Eltham High SchoolEltham, Nillumbik (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Fitzroy High SchoolFitzroy North, Yarra (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Greater Shepparton Secondary CollegeShepparton, Greater Shepparton (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Hazel Glen CollegeDoreen, Whittlesea (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Heathmont CollegeHeathmont, Maroondah (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Kyneton High SchoolKyneton, Macedon Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Lilydale Heights CollegeLilydale, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Maffra Secondary CollegeMaffra, Wellington (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Maryborough Education CentreMaryborough, Central Goldfields (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary CollegeGeelong, Greater Geelong (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | McClelland Secondary CollegeFrankston, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mildura Senior CollegeMildura, Mildura (RC) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mill Park Secondary CollegeMill Park, Whittlesea (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Montmorency Secondary CollegeMontmorency, Banyule (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mortlake P-12 CollegeMortlake, Moyne (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Eliza Secondary CollegeMount Eliza, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Ridley P-12 CollegeCraigieburn, Hume (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Mount Rowan Secondary CollegeWendouree, Ballarat (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Northern College of the Arts and TechnologyPreston, Darebin (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Patterson River Secondary CollegeSeaford, Frankston (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Phoenix P-12 Community CollegeSebastopol, Ballarat (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Princes Hill Secondary CollegePrinces Hill, Yarra (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Rosebud Secondary CollegeRosebud, Mornington Peninsula (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Sherbrooke Community SchoolSassafras, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Upwey High SchoolUpwey, Yarra Ranges (S) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Vermont Secondary CollegeVermont, Whitehorse (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Werribee Secondary CollegeWerribee, Wyndham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Whittlesea Secondary CollegeWhittlesea, Whittlesea (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Wodonga Senior Secondary CollegeWodonga, Wodonga (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Wyndham Central Secondary CollegeWerribee, Wyndham (C) | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | — | — | · | yes |
| — | Yarrawonga College P-12Yarrawonga, Moira (S) | 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 Theatre Studies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto Mandeville HallToorak | Catholic | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | · | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Firbank Grammar SchoolBrighton | Independent | 14 | 1 | · | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | · |
| Ballarat Clarendon College | Independent | 13 | 3 | · | 5 | · | 1 | 4 | · |
| Caulfield Grammar SchoolSt Kilda East | Independent | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | · |
| Genazzano F.C.J. CollegeKew | Other | 11 | · | 4 | 3 | · | 4 | · | · |
| Lauriston Girls SchoolArmadale | Independent | 11 | · | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | · |
| Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School | Independent | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | · | · | · | 2 |
| Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 10 | 1 | 5 | · | 2 | 2 | · | 1 |
| The Geelong CollegeNewtown | Independent | 10 | · | 1 | · | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Caulfield Grammar SchoolWheelers Hill | Independent | 10 | · | 5 | · | 1 | 2 | 2 | · |
| Trinity Grammar SchoolKew | Independent | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | · |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School | Independent | 9 | 2 | · | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| St Michael's Grammar SchoolSt Kilda | Independent | 9 | 3 | · | 2 | 2 | · | 2 | · |
| Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 8 | 2 | · | 4 | · | 2 | · | · |
| Huntingtower SchoolMount Waverley | Independent | 7 | 1 | · | 4 | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| Sacred Heart Girls' College OakleighHughesdale | Catholic | 7 | · | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | · |
| Haileybury Girls CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 6 | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Wesley CollegeMelbourne | Independent | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | · |
| Billanook College LtdMooroolbark | Independent | 5 | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Camberwell Grammar SchoolCanterbury | Independent | 5 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 3 | · |
| Notre Dame CollegeShepparton | Catholic | 5 | 1 | 1 | · | 3 | · | · | · |
| Our Lady of Mercy CollegeHeidelberg | Catholic | 5 | 1 | 4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Scotch CollegeHawthorn | Independent | 5 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 3 | · | · |
| St Andrews Christian CollegeWantirna South | Independent | 5 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 3 | · |
| Geelong Grammar SchoolCorio | Independent | 4 | 2 | · | · | 2 | · | · | 1 |
| Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar SchoolEssendon | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | 1 |
| Mount Scopus Memorial CollegeBurwood | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 2 | 1 |
| Carey Baptist Grammar SchoolKew | Independent | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | · |
| Mentone Girls' Grammar School | Independent | 4 | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · |
| Mentone Grammar School | Independent | 4 | · | · | 1 | · | 3 | · | · |
| Peninsula GrammarMount Eliza | Independent | 4 | · | 3 | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Presbyterian Ladies' CollegeBurwood | Independent | 4 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · |
| Sacre CoeurGlen Iris | Catholic | 4 | · | 1 | 2 | · | 1 | · | · |
| St Kevin's College Toorak | Catholic | 4 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 2 | · |
| Tintern GrammarRingwood East | Independent | 4 | · | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · |
| Luther CollegeCroydon Hills | Independent | 3 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 2 | 1 |
| Ballarat GrammarWendouree | Independent | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 2 | · |
| Eltham CollegeResearch | Independent | 3 | · | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | · |
| Gippsland Grammar - SeniorSale | Independent | 3 | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Girton Grammar SchoolBendigo | Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Haileybury CollegeKeysborough | Independent | 3 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| Kingswood CollegeBox Hill | Independent | 3 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · |
| St Catherine's SchoolToorak | Independent | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 | · | · |
| St Leonard's CollegeBrighton East | Independent | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | · |
| Cornish CollegeBangholme | Independent | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Fintona Girls SchoolBalwyn | Independent | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · |
| Kilvington Grammar SchoolOrmond | Independent | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Loreto CollegeBallarat | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Loyola CollegeWatsonia | Catholic | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| MacKillop Catholic Regional College Werribee | Catholic | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Mount Lilydale Mercy College | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · |
| Newhaven CollegeRhyll | Independent | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Padua CollegeMornington | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · |
| Sacred Heart College GeelongNewtown | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| St Bede's CollegeMentone | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| The King David School - Senior SchoolArmadale | Independent | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Xavier CollegeKew | Catholic | 2 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| Aitken CollegeGreenvale | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Alice Miller SchoolMacedon | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Avila CollegeMount Waverley | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Balcombe Grammar SchoolMount Martha | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| Beaconhills College - Berwick | Independent | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| Fintona Girls' SchoolBalwyn | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Hillcrest Christian CollegeClyde North | Other | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Lauriston Girls' SchoolArmadale | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Mackillop Catholic Regional College Werribee | Catholic | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Parade CollegeBundoora | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| Penola Catholic CollegeBroadmeadows | Catholic | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Saint Ignatius College GeelongDrysdale | Catholic | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| St Peter's CollegeCranbourne | Catholic | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Star of the Sea CollegeBrighton | Catholic | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| Victory Christian CollegeStrathdale | Independent | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Wesley College | Independent | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Genazzano FCJ College | Catholic | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| Camberwell Girls Grammar School | Other | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Lauriston Girls' School | Independent | 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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