Below is the list of the best Victorian VCE schools ranked in order of their 2008 VCE 40+ percentage measure, as published by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
The VCE 40+ percentage is the proportion of VCE study scores of 40 or more at each school.
Where two schools have equal 40+ percentage measures, the total count of 40+ scores is used as a secondary ranking measure.
Note that this report is an excerpt. To see the complete set of award statistics for each school, please refer to the Vic School VCE Statistics report.
| 51 | Mentone Girls Grammar School | Mentone | 103 | 18 | 59 | 36 |
| 52 | St Margarets Berwick Grammar Berwick Campus | Berwick | 103 | 18 | 53 | 33 |
| 53 | Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School | Southbank | 139 | 18 | 53 | 38 |
| 54 | Charlton College | Charlton | 24 | 18 | 14 | 9 |
| 55 | St Leonards College | Brighton East | 261 | 17 | 147 | 85 |
| 56 | Trinity Grammar School | Kew | 272 | 17 | 145 | 99 |
| 57 | Ivanhoe Grammar School Ridgeway | Ivanhoe | 204 | 17 | 121 | 61 |
| 58 | Yarra Valley Grammar School | Ringwood | 246 | 17 | 113 | 79 |
| 59 | Girton Grammar School | Bendigo | 210 | 17 | 109 | 73 |
| 60 | Tintern Girls Grammar School | Ringwood East | 170 | 17 | 85 | 49 |
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| 61 | Boort Secondary College | Boort | 27 | 17 | 8 | 7 |
| 62 | Melbourne Girls College | Richmond | 338 | 16 | 150 | 85 |
| 63 | Sacred Heart Girls College | Hughesdale | 292 | 16 | 146 | 74 |
| 64 | Peninsula Grammar | Mount Eliza | 278 | 16 | 114 | 71 |
| 65 | Mentone Grammar School | Mentone | 231 | 16 | 112 | 70 |
| 66 | Glen Waverley Secondary College | Glen Waverley | 609 | 15 | 267 | 171 |
| 67 | The Geelong College | Newtown | 271 | 15 | 152 | 100 |
| 68 | Wesley College Glen Waverley | Glen Waverley | 246 | 15 | 105 | 63 |
| 69 | Catholic Ladies College | Eltham | 189 | 15 | 97 | 48 |
| 70 | Ivanhoe Grammar School Plenty | Doreen | 78 | 15 | 40 | 18 |
| 71 | Mortlake College | Mortlake | 27 | 15 | 13 | 9 |
| 72 | McKinnon Secondary College | McKinnon | 363 | 14 | 161 | 95 |
| 73 | Sacred Heart College Geelong | Newtown | 337 | 14 | 151 | 100 |
| 74 | Box Hill High School | Box Hill | 304 | 14 | 131 | 81 |
| 75 | Luther College | Croydon Hills | 279 | 14 | 129 | 90 |
| 76 | Westbourne Grammar School | Truganina | 200 | 14 | 105 | 58 |
| 77 | Gippsland Grammar | Sale | 212 | 14 | 81 | 49 |
| 78 | Siena College | Camberwell | 157 | 14 | 78 | 53 |
| 79 | The Hamilton and Alexandra College | Hamilton | 112 | 14 | 50 | 35 |
| 80 | Kilvington Grammar School | Ormond | 90 | 14 | 36 | 29 |
| 81 | St Arnaud Secondary College | St Arnaud | 37 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
| 82 | Kings College | Warrnambool | 17 | 14 | 9 | 8 |
| 83 | Vermont Secondary College | Vermont | 289 | 13 | 126 | 69 |
| 84 | Eltham College of Education | Research | 305 | 13 | 124 | 86 |
| 85 | Mazenod College | Mulgrave | 319 | 13 | 118 | 75 |
| 86 | Geelong Grammar School | Corio | 225 | 13 | 109 | 72 |
| 87 | St Pauls Anglican Grammar School | Warragul | 241 | 13 | 101 | 68 |
| 88 | Wesley College St Kilda Rd | Melbourne | 231 | 13 | 101 | 66 |
| 89 | Our Lady of Sion College | Box Hill | 161 | 13 | 66 | 42 |
| 90 | Glenvale School Vic | Epping | 130 | 13 | 40 | 34 |
| 91 | Mount Waverley Secondary College | Mount Waverley | 406 | 12 | 173 | 104 |
| 92 | Star of the Sea College | Brighton | 269 | 12 | 110 | 70 |
| 93 | Kilbreda College | Mentone | 243 | 12 | 87 | 57 |
| 94 | Koonung Secondary College | Mont Albert North | 213 | 12 | 79 | 50 |
| 95 | Mater Christi College | Belgrave | 207 | 12 | 67 | 42 |
| 96 | Newhaven College | Rhyll | 130 | 12 | 50 | 36 |
| 97 | Sirius College Meadow Fair Campus | Broadmeadows | 80 | 12 | 27 | 20 |
| 98 | Preshil The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School | Kew | 58 | 12 | 21 | 13 |
| 99 | Manangatang P-12 College | Manangatang | 16 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| 100 | St Bernards College | Essendon | 279 | 11 | 112 | 63 |