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.
| 301 | Mercy College | Coburg | 138 | 3.5 | 8 | 7 |
| 302 | South Gippsland Secondary College | Foster | 63 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 |
| 303 | Flinders Christian Community College Latrobe | Traralgon | 32 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 304 | Distance Education Centre Victoria | Thornbury | 366 | 3.4 | 56 | 53 |
| 305 | Mildura Senior College | Mildura | 600 | 3.4 | 49 | 36 |
| 306 | Assumption College | Kilmore | 350 | 3.4 | 25 | 16 |
| 307 | Catholic Regional College Melton | Melton West | 189 | 3.4 | 20 | 15 |
| 308 | Yarram Secondary College | Yarram | 73 | 3.4 | 5 | 5 |
| 309 | Coburg Senior High School | Coburg | 31 | 3.4 | 2 | 1 |
| 310 | Notre Dame College | Shepparton | 356 | 3.2 | 30 | 24 |
| 311 | Taylors Lakes Secondary College | Taylors Lakes | 284 | 3.2 | 23 | 16 |
| 312 | Gisborne Secondary College | Gisborne | 258 | 3.2 | 21 | 17 |
| 313 | Copperfield College | Delahey | 404 | 3.2 | 20 | 14 |
| 314 | Marist Sion College | Warragul | 178 | 3.2 | 19 | 16 |
| 315 | Sunbury College | Sunbury | 189 | 3.2 | 19 | 16 |
| 316 | Melba Secondary College | Croydon | 160 | 3.2 | 12 | 7 |
| 317 | Cathedral College | Wangaratta | 36 | 3.2 | 4 | 2 |
| 318 | Glen Eira College | Caulfield East | 86 | 3.2 | 4 | 4 |
| 319 | Mount Evelyn Christian School | Mount Evelyn | 98 | 3.2 | 4 | 2 |
| 320 | Emmanuel College Melbourne | Altona North | 383 | 3.1 | 29 | 24 |
| 321 | Wonthaggi Secondary College | Wonthaggi | 200 | 3.1 | 19 | 15 |
| 322 | RMIT TAFE | Melbourne | 240 | 3.1 | 12 | 6 |
| 323 | Koo Wee Rup Secondary College | Koo Wee Rup | 200 | 3.1 | 9 | 7 |
| 324 | Marian College Ararat | Ararat | 106 | 3.1 | 9 | 5 |
| 325 | Heathmont College | Heathmont | 78 | 3.1 | 4 | 3 |
| 326 | Sirius College Dandenong Campus | Keysborough | 72 | 3.1 | 4 | 4 |
| 327 | Holmes Secondary College | Melbourne | 20 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 328 | Damascus College | Mount Clear | 208 | 3 | 16 | 14 |
| 329 | St Josephs College Echuca | Echuca | 233 | 3 | 15 | 14 |
| 330 | Patterson River Secondary College | Seaford | 200 | 3 | 12 | 9 |
| 331 | Lavalla Catholic College | Traralgon | 251 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| 332 | Simonds Catholic College | Fitzroy North | 106 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 333 | Wallan Secondary College | Wallan | 107 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 334 | Auburn High School | Hawthorn East | 51 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 335 | Preshil The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School | Kew | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 336 | Templestowe College | Templestowe Lower | 219 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 337 | Yarrawonga College P-12 | Yarrawonga | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 338 | Epping Secondary College | Epping | 183 | 2.9 | 13 | 6 |
| 339 | East Preston Islamic College | Preston East | 27 | 2.9 | 1 | 1 |
| 340 | Rainbow P-12 College | Rainbow | 17 | 2.9 | 1 | 1 |
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| 341 | Rosebud Secondary College | Rosebud | 238 | 2.8 | 20 | 13 |
| 342 | Swinburne Senior Secondary College | Hawthorn | 268 | 2.8 | 18 | 15 |
| 343 | Hoppers Crossing Secondary College | Hoppers Crossing | 203 | 2.8 | 16 | 11 |
| 344 | Trafalgar High School | Trafalgar | 127 | 2.8 | 5 | 4 |
| 345 | Mountain District Christian School | Monbulk | 29 | 2.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 346 | Dimboola Memorial Secondary College | Dimboola | 33 | 2.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 347 | Wanganui Park Secondary College | Shepparton | 267 | 2.7 | 19 | 18 |
| 348 | Emerald Secondary College | Emerald | 169 | 2.7 | 11 | 6 |
| 349 | Diamond Valley College | Diamond Creek | 163 | 2.7 | 10 | 10 |
| 350 | Upwey High School | Upwey | 169 | 2.7 | 7 | 6 |
| 351 | Lakeside Lutheran College | Pakenham | 31 | 2.7 | 3 | 3 |
| 352 | Alexandra Secondary College | Alexandra | 59 | 2.7 | 2 | 1 |
| 353 | Donald High School | Donald | 34 | 2.7 | 2 | 1 |
| 354 | Reservoir High School | Reservoir | 113 | 2.7 | 1 | 1 |
| 355 | Cranbourne Secondary College | Cranbourne | 307 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 356 | Christian Brothers College | St Kilda East | 106 | 2.6 | 12 | 12 |
| 357 | Marian College Sunshine West | Sunshine West | 182 | 2.6 | 9 | 8 |
| 358 | Yarra Hills Secondary College Mooroolbark | Mooroolbark | 95 | 2.6 | 6 | 4 |
| 359 | Darul Ulum College of Victoria | Fawkner | 93 | 2.5 | 6 | 6 |
| 360 | Sale College | Sale | 136 | 2.5 | 4 | 3 |
| 361 | Lilydale High School | Lilydale | 456 | 2.4 | 22 | 14 |
| 362 | Bentleigh Secondary College | Bentleigh East | 251 | 2.4 | 15 | 13 |
| 363 | Manangatang P-12 College | Manangatang | 14 | 2.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 364 | Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College | Pascoe Vale | 248 | 2.3 | 20 | 17 |
| 365 | Al-Taqwa College Islamic Schools of Vic | Truganina | 192 | 2.3 | 10 | 8 |
| 366 | Fairhills High School | Knoxfield | 213 | 2.3 | 8 | 6 |
| 367 | Maryborough Education Centre | Maryborough | 140 | 2.3 | 6 | 5 |
| 368 | Gilmore College for Girls | Footscray | 45 | 2.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 369 | Kurnai College Churchill Campus | Churchill | 302 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 370 | Penola Catholic College | Broadmeadows | 328 | 2.2 | 21 | 19 |
| 371 | Mornington Secondary College | Mornington | 314 | 2.2 | 16 | 10 |
| 372 | Rosehill Secondary College | Niddrie | 172 | 2.2 | 11 | 7 |
| 373 | Bellarine Secondary College | Drysdale | 185 | 2.2 | 10 | 7 |
| 374 | Kambrya College | Berwick | 227 | 2.2 | 10 | 8 |
| 375 | Marymede Catholic College | South Morang | 154 | 2.2 | 10 | 9 |
| 376 | Mount Clear College | Mount Clear | 223 | 2.2 | 10 | 10 |
| 377 | Carwatha College P-12 | Noble Park | 126 | 2.2 | 7 | 6 |
| 378 | Mount Rowan Secondary College | Wendouree | 113 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 |
| 379 | Bright P-12 College | Bright | 40 | 2.2 | 2 | 1 |
| 380 | Bendigo Senior Secondary College | Bendigo | 1153 | 2.1 | 54 | 41 |
| 381 | Mill Park Secondary College | Epping | 440 | 2.1 | 21 | 13 |
| 382 | Rowville Secondary College | Rowville | 459 | 2.1 | 18 | 13 |
| 383 | Point Cook Senior Secondary College | Point Cook | 383 | 2.1 | 17 | 13 |
| 384 | St Peters College | Cranbourne | 260 | 2.1 | 12 | 12 |
| 385 | Bairnsdale Secondary College | Bairnsdale | 201 | 2.1 | 7 | 6 |
| 386 | Cohuna Secondary College | Cohuna | 58 | 2.1 | 4 | 3 |
| 387 | Keysborough Secondary College Acacia | Keysborough | 125 | 2.1 | 4 | 4 |
| 388 | Stawell Secondary College | Stawell | 67 | 2.1 | 4 | 3 |
| 389 | John Paul College | Frankston | 256 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
| 390 | Nagle College | Bairnsdale | 192 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| 391 | Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College | Geelong | 168 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 392 | Kyneton High School | Kyneton | 107 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 393 | Sunshine College | Sunshine West | 173 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 394 | Beechworth Secondary College | Beechworth | 58 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 395 | Baimbridge College | Hamilton | 80 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 396 | Nathalia Secondary College | Nathalia | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 397 | Essendon Keilor College Essendon Campus | Essendon | 250 | 1.9 | 13 | 11 |
| 398 | Hampton Park Secondary College | Hampton Park | 213 | 1.9 | 11 | 7 |
| 399 | Grovedale College | Grovedale | 141 | 1.9 | 8 | 8 |
| 400 | McClelland Secondary College | Frankston | 133 | 1.9 | 6 | 6 |
| 401 | Lyndhurst Secondary College | Cranbourne | 148 | 1.9 | 4 | 3 |
| 402 | Yea High School | Yea | 80 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 |
| 403 | St Johns Regional College | Dandenong | 195 | 1.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 404 | Craigieburn Secondary College | Craigieburn | 166 | 1.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 405 | Shepparton High School | Shepparton | 123 | 1.7 | 5 | 4 |
| 406 | Portland Secondary College | Portland | 127 | 1.7 | 4 | 3 |
| 407 | Sunbury Downs Secondary College | Sunbury | 122 | 1.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 408 | Bayview College | Portland | 62 | 1.7 | 3 | 2 |
| 409 | Echuca College | Echuca | 139 | 1.7 | 3 | 2 |
| 410 | Surf Coast Secondary College | Torquay | 99 | 1.7 | 3 | 3 |
| 411 | Victoria University of Technology TAFE Footscray | Footscray | 75 | 1.7 | 3 | 1 |
| 412 | Sacred Heart College Yarrawonga | Yarrawonga | 46 | 1.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 413 | Lyndale Secondary College | Dandenong North | 220 | 1.6 | 8 | 6 |
| 414 | Drouin Secondary College | Drouin | 154 | 1.6 | 6 | 5 |
| 415 | Mansfield Secondary College | Mansfield | 98 | 1.6 | 3 | 1 |
| 416 | Robinvale College | Robinvale | 33 | 1.6 | 1 | 1 |
| 417 | Shepparton Christian College | Shepparton | 37 | 1.6 | 1 | 1 |
| 418 | Wedderburn College | Wedderburn | 26 | 1.6 | 1 | 1 |
| 419 | Beaufort Secondary College | Beaufort | 32 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 420 | Wodonga Senior Secondary College | Wodonga | 362 | 1.5 | 7 | 3 |
| 421 | Hume Central Secondary College Town Park | Broadmeadows | 174 | 1.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 422 | Leongatha Secondary College | Leongatha | 110 | 1.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 423 | Seymour College | Seymour | 109 | 1.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 424 | Korumburra Secondary College | Korumburra | 76 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 425 | Scoresby Secondary College | Scoresby | 77 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 426 | Colac Secondary College | Colac | 102 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 427 | Swan Hill College | Swan Hill | 216 | 1.4 | 6 | 6 |
| 428 | North Geelong Secondary College | Geelong North | 115 | 1.4 | 3 | 3 |
| 429 | Kerang Technical High School | Kerang | 59 | 1.4 | 2 | 2 |
| 430 | Lilydale Heights College | Lilydale | 86 | 1.4 | 2 | 2 |
| 431 | Heywood and District Secondary College | Heywood | 34 | 1.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 432 | Northern College of Arts and Technology | Preston | 244 | 1.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 433 | Alkira Secondary College | Cranbourne North | 235 | 1.3 | 7 | 5 |
| 434 | Geelong High School | East Geelong | 215 | 1.3 | 5 | 4 |
| 435 | Rochester Secondary College | Rochester | 93 | 1.3 | 3 | 3 |
| 436 | Tarneit Senior College | Tarneit | 132 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 |
| 437 | William Ruthven Secondary College | Reservoir | 94 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 |
| 438 | Timboon P-12 School | Timboon | 32 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 439 | Western Port Secondary College | Hastings | 94 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 440 | Mordialloc College | Mordialloc | 121 | 1.2 | 3 | 3 |
| 441 | Newcomb Secondary College | Newcomb | 93 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 |
| 442 | Bayswater Secondary College | Bayswater | 41 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 |
| 443 | Mooroolbark College | Mooroolbark | 180 | 1.1 | 5 | 3 |
| 444 | Kyabram Secondary College | Kyabram | 113 | 1.1 | 3 | 3 |
| 445 | Phoenix P-12 Community College | Sebastopol | 162 | 1.1 | 3 | 3 |
| 446 | Pakenham Secondary College | Pakenham | 137 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 |
| 447 | South Oakleigh College | Oakleigh South | 88 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 |
| 448 | Marian College Myrtleford | Myrtleford | 57 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 |
| 449 | Neerim District Secondary College | Neerim South | 36 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 |
| 450 | Thomas Carr College | Tarneit | 323 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 451 | Lowanna College | Newborough | 176 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 452 | Noble Park Secondary College | Noble Park | 99 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 453 | Red Cliffs Secondary College | Red Cliffs | 137 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 454 | Orbost Secondary College | Orbost | 68 | 0.9 | 1 | 1 |
| 455 | Dandenong High School Dandenong | Dandenong | 381 | 0.8 | 8 | 6 |
| 456 | Manor Lakes P-12 College | Wyndham Vale | 166 | 0.8 | 4 | 4 |
| 457 | Mercy Regional College | Camperdown | 151 | 0.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 458 | Whittlesea Secondary College | Whittlesea | 136 | 0.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 459 | Benalla P-12 College | Benalla | 101 | 0.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 460 | Melton Secondary College | Melton | 155 | 0.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 461 | Bacchus Marsh College | Bacchus Marsh | 143 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 462 | Somerville Secondary College | Somerville | 59 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 463 | Edinburgh College | Lilydale | 30 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 464 | John Fawkner College | Fawkner | 58 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 465 | Lalor North Secondary College | Epping | 89 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 466 | Mount Hira College | Keysborough | 52 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 467 | Victoria University Secondary College Brimbank Campus | St Albans | 183 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 468 | Forest Hill College | Burwood East | 179 | 0.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 469 | Kolbe Catholic College | Greenvale Lakes | 147 | 0.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 470 | Mount Ridley P-12 College | Craigieburn | 205 | 0.7 | 3 | 3 |
| 471 | The Grange P-12 College | Hoppers Crossing | 144 | 0.7 | 3 | 2 |
| 472 | Cranbourne East Secondary College | Cranbourne East | 168 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 |
| 473 | Hume Anglican Grammar | Mickleham | 43 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 |
| 474 | Macleod College | Macleod | 99 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 |
| 475 | Victory Lutheran College | Wodonga | 52 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 476 | Lara Secondary College | Lara | 118 | 0.6 | 2 | 1 |
| 477 | Thomastown Secondary College | Thomastown | 101 | 0.6 | 2 | 2 |
| 478 | Australian International Academy Coburg | North Coburg | 35 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 |
| 479 | Box Hill Senior Secondary College | Mont Albert North | 250 | 0.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 480 | Roxburgh College | Roxburgh Park | 236 | 0.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 481 | Western Heights College | Hamlyn Heights | 183 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 482 | Broadford Secondary College | Broadford | 116 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 483 | Cobram Secondary College | Cobram | 84 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 484 | Upper Yarra Secondary College | Yarra Junction | 80 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 485 | Laverton P-12 College | Laverton | 64 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 486 | Carrum Downs Secondary College | Carrum Downs | 182 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 487 | Chisholm Institute of TAFE Dandenong | Dandenong | 243 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 488 | Staughton College | Melton South | 154 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 |
| 489 | Hallam Secondary College | Hallam | 337 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 |
| 490 | Victorian College for the Deaf | Melbourne | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 491 | Glenroy College | Glenroy | 76 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 492 | Adass Israel School Elsternwick | Elsternwick | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 493 | Advance College of Education | Rosebud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 494 | Al Siraat College | Epping | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 495 | Albury Wodonga Community College | Wodonga | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 496 | Ararat College | Ararat | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 497 | Ballarat Christian College | Sebastopol | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 498 | Balmoral Community College | Balmoral | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 499 | Bendigo TAFE | Bendigo | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 500 | Berry Street Victoria | Richmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |