Below is the list of the best Victorian VCE schools ranked in order of their 2016 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.
| 1 | Bialik College | Hawthorn | 140 | 44.2 | 103 | 51 |
| 2 | MacRobertson Girls High School | Melbourne | 515 | 36.1 | 368 | 230 |
| 3 | Mount Scopus Memorial College | Burwood | 223 | 35.4 | 84 | 55 |
| 4 | Yeshivah College | St Kilda East | 43 | 31.9 | 15 | 7 |
| 5 | Melbourne High School | South Yarra | 690 | 31.7 | 442 | 231 |
| 6 | Loreto Mandeville Hall | Toorak | 218 | 31.1 | 195 | 109 |
| 7 | Shelford Girls Grammar | Caulfield | 129 | 30.7 | 100 | 58 |
| 8 | Ruyton Girls School | Kew | 147 | 30.3 | 87 | 60 |
| 9 | Haileybury Girls College | Keysborough | 318 | 30 | 251 | 143 |
| 10 | Ballarat Clarendon College | Ballarat | 225 | 30 | 187 | 103 |
| 11 | Trinity Grammar School | Kew | 268 | 29.8 | 293 | 158 |
| 12 | Leibler Yavneh College | Elsternwick | 120 | 29 | 19 | 9 |
| 13 | Huntingtower School | Mount Waverley | 149 | 28.9 | 108 | 65 |
| 14 | Beth Rivkah Ladies College | St Kilda East | 86 | 28.9 | 17 | 10 |
| 15 | St Kevins College | Toorak | 360 | 27.1 | 360 | 190 |
| 16 | Sacre Coeur | Glen Iris | 165 | 27.1 | 129 | 73 |
| 17 | Korowa Anglican Girls School | Glen Iris | 124 | 27.1 | 82 | 46 |
| 18 | Melbourne Girls Grammar | South Yarra | 164 | 26.4 | 131 | 78 |
| 19 | Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield | St Kilda East | 408 | 26.3 | 315 | 173 |
| 20 | Strathcona Girls Grammar School | Canterbury | 165 | 25.8 | 126 | 67 |
| 21 | Kilvington Grammar School | Ormond | 122 | 25.6 | 66 | 41 |
| 22 | Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School | Keilor East | 310 | 25.5 | 321 | 161 |
| 23 | Mentone Girls Grammar School | Mentone | 143 | 24.9 | 91 | 50 |
| 24 | Fintona Girls School | Balwyn | 105 | 24.8 | 68 | 38 |
| 25 | Lauriston Girls School | Armadale | 108 | 24.7 | 105 | 55 |
| 26 | Haileybury College | Keysborough | 443 | 24 | 266 | 160 |
| 27 | Camberwell Grammar School | Canterbury | 310 | 24 | 228 | 111 |
| 28 | Scotch College | Hawthorn | 453 | 23.9 | 293 | 160 |
| 29 | Firbank Grammar School | Brighton | 234 | 23.4 | 150 | 98 |
| 30 | Caulfield Grammar School Wheelers Hill | Wheelers Hill | 260 | 23.3 | 205 | 116 |
| 31 | The King David School | Armadale | 144 | 23.2 | 68 | 34 |
| 32 | Murrayville Community College | Murrayville | 22 | 22.9 | 7 | 4 |
| 33 | Goulburn Valley Grammar School | Shepparton | 151 | 22.8 | 118 | 69 |
| 34 | Melbourne Grammar School | Melbourne | 369 | 22.7 | 256 | 160 |
| 35 | Nossal High School | Berwick | 425 | 22.7 | 232 | 158 |
| 36 | Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School | Southbank | 166 | 22.7 | 84 | 58 |
| 37 | Genazzano F.C.J. College | Kew | 259 | 22.6 | 173 | 106 |
| 38 | Methodist Ladies College | Kew | 413 | 22.5 | 283 | 167 |
| 39 | Presbyterian Ladies College | Burwood | 268 | 22.4 | 148 | 95 |
| 40 | Brighton Grammar School | Brighton | 217 | 22.3 | 137 | 87 |
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| 41 | Balwyn High School | Balwyn North | 602 | 22 | 410 | 255 |
| 42 | Charlton College | Charlton | 20 | 21.2 | 7 | 4 |
| 43 | Yarra Valley Grammar School | Ringwood | 263 | 21.1 | 142 | 85 |
| 44 | Girton Grammar School | Bendigo | 218 | 20.1 | 124 | 80 |
| 45 | Yesodei Hatorah College Secondary Campus | Ormond | 17 | 20 | 8 | 5 |
| 46 | Box Hill High School | Box Hill | 350 | 19 | 181 | 96 |
| 47 | Woodleigh School | Langwarrin South | 143 | 18.8 | 75 | 46 |
| 48 | Toorak College | Mount Eliza | 114 | 18.8 | 69 | 44 |
| 49 | Melbourne Girls College | Richmond | 349 | 18.6 | 209 | 121 |
| 50 | Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School | Ivanhoe | 273 | 18.4 | 116 | 70 |
| 51 | Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School | Essendon | 214 | 18.3 | 65 | 35 |
| 52 | Mentone Grammar School | Mentone | 256 | 18.2 | 168 | 101 |
| 53 | Peninsula Grammar | Mount Eliza | 276 | 18.1 | 156 | 100 |
| 54 | St Catherines School | Toorak | 136 | 18 | 38 | 21 |
| 55 | Kingswood College | Box Hill | 103 | 18 | 32 | 18 |
| 56 | The Geelong College | Newtown | 263 | 17.8 | 148 | 95 |
| 57 | Camberwell Girls Grammar School | Canterbury | 181 | 17.7 | 43 | 31 |
| 58 | McKinnon Secondary College | McKinnon | 491 | 17 | 236 | 143 |
| 59 | St Michaels Grammar School | St Kilda | 205 | 16 | 110 | 64 |
| 60 | Siena College | Camberwell | 165 | 16 | 91 | 57 |
| 61 | St Margarets Berwick Grammar Berwick Campus | Berwick | 117 | 15.9 | 56 | 39 |
| 62 | Canterbury Girls Secondary College | Canterbury | 294 | 15.8 | 110 | 70 |
| 63 | John Monash Science School | Clayton | 398 | 15.6 | 161 | 109 |
| 64 | Suzanne Cory High School | Werribee | 379 | 15.5 | 122 | 89 |
| 65 | Glen Waverley Secondary College | Glen Waverley | 643 | 15.2 | 262 | 170 |
| 66 | Star of the Sea College | Brighton | 257 | 15 | 116 | 77 |
| 67 | St Leonards College | Brighton East | 203 | 14.7 | 109 | 65 |
| 68 | Westbourne Grammar School | Truganina | 173 | 14.7 | 79 | 50 |
| 69 | Mortlake College | Mortlake | 23 | 14.3 | 6 | 4 |
| 70 | Xavier College | Kew | 430 | 14.1 | 190 | 120 |
| 71 | Nunawading Christian College | Nunawading | 35 | 14.1 | 10 | 5 |
| 72 | Sacred Heart Girls College | Hughesdale | 261 | 13.8 | 124 | 86 |
| 73 | Carey Baptist Grammar School | Kew | 246 | 13.6 | 132 | 86 |
| 74 | Sacred Heart College Geelong | Newtown | 413 | 13.5 | 145 | 103 |
| 75 | Birchip P-12 School | Birchip | 34 | 13.4 | 12 | 6 |
| 76 | Ivanhoe Grammar School Ridgeway | Ivanhoe | 275 | 12.3 | 108 | 69 |
| 77 | Glenvale School Vic | Epping | 107 | 12.3 | 29 | 28 |
| 78 | The Knox School | Wantirna South | 146 | 12.2 | 55 | 32 |
| 79 | Catholic College Sale | Sale | 232 | 12.1 | 66 | 41 |
| 80 | Ivanhoe Grammar School Plenty | Doreen | 100 | 12 | 31 | 18 |
| 81 | Braemar College | Woodend | 156 | 11.9 | 57 | 40 |
| 82 | Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School | Warranwood | 48 | 11.9 | 17 | 14 |
| 83 | Waverley Christian College Wantirna South | Wantirna South | 228 | 11.8 | 55 | 39 |
| 84 | East Doncaster Secondary College | Doncaster East | 373 | 11.6 | 124 | 77 |
| 85 | Mazenod College | Mulgrave | 363 | 11.5 | 115 | 69 |
| 86 | Luther College | Croydon Hills | 333 | 11.4 | 116 | 91 |
| 87 | Oxley Christian College | Chirnside Park | 146 | 11.4 | 46 | 27 |
| 88 | Sirius College Meadow Fair Campus | Broadmeadows | 125 | 11.4 | 43 | 22 |
| 89 | Loreto College | Ballarat | 211 | 11.2 | 73 | 47 |
| 90 | Christian College Geelong Waurn Ponds | Waurn Ponds | 278 | 11.1 | 95 | 58 |
| 91 | Tintern Grammar | Ringwood East | 127 | 11.1 | 37 | 29 |
| 92 | Corryong College | Corryong | 32 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| 93 | Kew High School | Kew East | 286 | 10.9 | 76 | 55 |
| 94 | Northcote High School | Northcote | 445 | 10.8 | 136 | 79 |
| 95 | Eltham College of Education | Research | 162 | 10.8 | 53 | 39 |
| 96 | Catholic Ladies College | Eltham | 189 | 10.6 | 66 | 42 |
| 97 | Kardinia International College | Bell Post Hill | 306 | 10.5 | 97 | 70 |
| 98 | Williamstown High School | Williamstown | 374 | 10.5 | 82 | 58 |
| 99 | Our Lady of Mercy College | Heidelberg | 324 | 10.3 | 100 | 70 |
| 100 | St Columbas College | Essendon | 213 | 10.3 | 79 | 47 |
| 101 | St Bernards College | Essendon | 367 | 10.2 | 107 | 68 |
| 102 | Balcombe Grammar School | Mount Martha | 92 | 10.2 | 30 | 22 |
| 103 | University High School | Parkville | 448 | 10.1 | 122 | 89 |
| 104 | Wesley College St Kilda Rd | Melbourne | 169 | 10.1 | 60 | 37 |
| 105 | Avila College | Mount Waverley | 265 | 10 | 84 | 59 |
| 106 | St Bedes College | Mentone | 347 | 9.9 | 117 | 73 |
| 107 | Heathdale Christian College | Werribee | 103 | 9.9 | 32 | 23 |
| 108 | Alphington Grammar School | Alphington | 117 | 9.8 | 25 | 22 |
| 109 | Kaniva P-12 College | Kaniva | 25 | 9.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 110 | Strathmore Secondary College | Strathmore | 404 | 9.6 | 108 | 75 |
| 111 | Billanook College | Mooroolbark | 182 | 9.6 | 49 | 30 |
| 112 | Presentation College | Windsor | 150 | 9.5 | 34 | 23 |
| 113 | St Josephs College Geelong | Newtown | 392 | 9.4 | 87 | 61 |
| 114 | Ballarat Grammar School | Wendouree | 297 | 9.4 | 80 | 56 |
| 115 | Donvale Christian College | Donvale | 173 | 9.4 | 41 | 26 |
| 116 | Albert Park College | Albert Park | 230 | 9.2 | 59 | 39 |
| 117 | Parade College | Bundoora | 428 | 9.1 | 100 | 58 |
| 118 | Viewbank College | Viewbank | 288 | 9.1 | 70 | 48 |
| 119 | Salesian College Chadstone | Chadstone | 167 | 9.1 | 40 | 23 |
| 120 | Ilim College Kiewa Campus Dallas | Dallas | 18 | 9.1 | 2 | 1 |
| 121 | Frankston High School | Frankston | 486 | 9 | 116 | 80 |
| 122 | Bacchus Marsh Grammar | Bacchus Marsh | 227 | 8.9 | 69 | 46 |
| 123 | Our Lady of Sion College | Box Hill | 245 | 8.9 | 65 | 49 |
| 124 | Wesley College Glen Waverley | Glen Waverley | 117 | 8.9 | 31 | 23 |
| 125 | Mullauna College | Mitcham | 101 | 8.8 | 28 | 18 |
| 126 | Tyrrell College | Sea Lake | 22 | 8.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 127 | St Monicas College | Epping | 354 | 8.6 | 98 | 61 |
| 128 | Newhaven College | Rhyll | 149 | 8.6 | 29 | 17 |
| 129 | St Margarets Berwick Grammar Officer Campus | Officer | 61 | 8.6 | 16 | 12 |
| 130 | Overnewton Anglican College | Keilor | 255 | 8.5 | 72 | 46 |
| 131 | Saint Ignatius College | Drysdale | 181 | 8.5 | 49 | 34 |
| 132 | Our Lady of Sacred Heart College | Bentleigh | 172 | 8.5 | 40 | 30 |
| 133 | Flinders Christian Community College Tyabb | Tyabb | 127 | 8.4 | 33 | 19 |
| 134 | St Marys Coptic Orthodox College | Coolaroo | 97 | 8.4 | 13 | 8 |
| 135 | Gippsland Grammar | Sale | 175 | 8.3 | 46 | 40 |
| 136 | Charles La Trobe P-12 College La Trobe | Macleod West | 36 | 8.3 | 11 | 5 |
| 137 | Cobram Anglican Grammar School | Cobram | 17 | 8.3 | 5 | 2 |
| 138 | Lorne-Aireys Inlet P-12 College | Lorne | 21 | 8.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 139 | Melton Christian College | Brookfield | 58 | 8.1 | 5 | 2 |
| 140 | Santa Maria College | Northcote | 209 | 8 | 51 | 31 |
| 141 | Montmorency Secondary College | Montmorency | 142 | 8 | 23 | 15 |
| 142 | Ringwood Secondary College | Ringwood | 337 | 7.9 | 75 | 52 |
| 143 | Mater Christi College | Belgrave | 263 | 7.9 | 55 | 39 |
| 144 | Plenty Valley Christian College | Doreen | 117 | 7.9 | 11 | 8 |
| 145 | Ouyen Secondary College | Ouyen | 32 | 7.9 | 7 | 4 |
| 146 | Mount Waverley Secondary College | Mount Waverley | 417 | 7.8 | 105 | 65 |
| 147 | Princes Hill Secondary College | Princes Hill | 200 | 7.8 | 37 | 29 |
| 148 | Mirboo North Secondary College | Mirboo North | 87 | 7.8 | 14 | 11 |
| 149 | Aitken College | Greenvale | 161 | 7.7 | 44 | 29 |
| 150 | The Hamilton and Alexandra College | Hamilton | 104 | 7.7 | 20 | 18 |
| 151 | Westall Secondary College | Clayton South | 80 | 7.7 | 16 | 11 |
| 152 | Beaconhills College Pakenham | Pakenham | 212 | 7.6 | 52 | 29 |
| 153 | Loyola College | Watsonia | 260 | 7.5 | 72 | 53 |
| 154 | St Pauls Anglican Grammar School | Warragul | 204 | 7.5 | 43 | 29 |
| 155 | Koonung Secondary College | Mont Albert North | 289 | 7.5 | 40 | 19 |
| 156 | Doncaster Secondary College | Doncaster | 344 | 7.3 | 71 | 43 |
| 157 | Camberwell High School | Canterbury | 316 | 7.3 | 68 | 54 |
| 158 | Whitefriars College | Donvale | 316 | 7.3 | 59 | 34 |
| 159 | Geelong Grammar School | Corio | 230 | 7.3 | 58 | 44 |
| 160 | Braybrook College | Braybrook | 237 | 7.3 | 45 | 36 |
| 161 | St Albans Secondary College | St Albans | 212 | 7.3 | 32 | 22 |
| 162 | Ilim College of Australia | Broadmeadows | 96 | 7.3 | 24 | 17 |
| 163 | St Mary MacKillop College | Swan Hill | 125 | 7.3 | 11 | 8 |
| 164 | Bayside Christian College | Langwarrin South | 68 | 7.3 | 7 | 7 |
| 165 | Sirius College Broadmeadows Campus | Broadmeadows | 150 | 7.2 | 27 | 21 |
| 166 | Mentone Girls Secondary College | Mentone | 290 | 7.1 | 56 | 41 |
| 167 | Buckley Park College | Essendon | 205 | 7.1 | 45 | 35 |
| 168 | Good Shepherd College | Hamilton | 13 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 169 | Brentwood Secondary College | Glen Waverley | 408 | 7 | 74 | 47 |
| 170 | Emmaus College | Vermont South | 291 | 7 | 70 | 51 |
| 171 | Highvale Secondary College | Glen Waverley | 211 | 7 | 20 | 15 |
| 172 | Gilson College Taylors Hill | Taylors Hill | 95 | 6.8 | 13 | 10 |
| 173 | Beaconhills College Berwick | Berwick | 215 | 6.7 | 39 | 29 |
| 174 | St Andrews Christian College | Wantirna South | 41 | 6.6 | 5 | 5 |
| 175 | Trinity College | Colac | 185 | 6.4 | 31 | 20 |
| 176 | Flinders Christian Community College Carrum Downs | Carrum Downs | 117 | 6.4 | 20 | 17 |
| 177 | Maranatha Christian School | Endeavour Hills | 130 | 6.4 | 18 | 15 |
| 178 | Elwood College | Elwood | 106 | 6.4 | 12 | 7 |
| 179 | Heatherton Christian College | Clarinda | 44 | 6.4 | 9 | 7 |
| 180 | Parkdale Secondary College | Mordialloc | 347 | 6.3 | 36 | 19 |
| 181 | Warragul Regional College | Warragul | 141 | 6.3 | 20 | 16 |
| 182 | Apollo Bay P-12 College | Apollo Bay | 23 | 6.3 | 4 | 3 |
| 183 | Eltham High School | Eltham | 339 | 6.2 | 63 | 45 |
| 184 | Brighton Secondary College | Brighton East | 316 | 6.2 | 53 | 32 |
| 185 | Academy of Mary Immaculate | Fitzroy | 138 | 6.2 | 30 | 24 |
| 186 | Marcellin College | Bulleen | 282 | 6.1 | 61 | 44 |
| 187 | Vermont Secondary College | Vermont | 303 | 6.1 | 59 | 42 |
| 188 | Mount Lilydale Mercy College | Lilydale | 316 | 6.1 | 54 | 34 |
| 189 | Mount St Joseph Girls College | Altona | 227 | 6.1 | 43 | 32 |
| 190 | St Josephs College Mildura | Mildura | 173 | 6.1 | 26 | 18 |
| 191 | Nhill College | Nhill | 47 | 6.1 | 2 | 2 |
| 192 | Aquinas College | Ringwood | 325 | 6 | 63 | 50 |
| 193 | Belmont High School | Belmont | 339 | 6 | 43 | 27 |
| 194 | Blackburn High School | Blackburn | 211 | 6 | 26 | 21 |
| 195 | St Francis Xavier College | Beaconsfield | 435 | 5.9 | 68 | 49 |
| 196 | Kilbreda College | Mentone | 268 | 5.9 | 45 | 35 |
| 197 | St Johns Greek Orthodox College | Preston | 22 | 5.9 | 4 | 4 |
| 198 | Werribee Secondary College | Werribee | 324 | 5.8 | 28 | 20 |
| 199 | St Aloysius College | North Melbourne | 103 | 5.8 | 16 | 14 |
| 200 | Castlemaine Secondary College | Castlemaine | 170 | 5.7 | 15 | 9 |