The number of scores from 40 to 50, and their total, for each school. Select a column heading to sort the table.
Rank School 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Total scores
1VSL LOTE Distance Education Thornbury130010000128
2Firbank Grammar School Brighton100000100013
3Zhaileybury Girls College Keysborough100000000012
4Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Keilor East122000000106
5Camberwell Grammar School Canterbury100000000102
6Balwyn High School001000101003
7Methodist Ladies College Kew301010001006
8Haileybury College Keysborough221000001006
9Kilvington Baptist Girls' Grammar School Ormond000000001001
10Ringwood Secondary College000000001001
11St Catherine's School Toorak000000001001
12Scotch College Hawthorn001101110005
13MacRobertson Girls High School Melbourne100011100004
14Melbourne Grammar School000110100003
15Melbourne High School South Yarra100010100003
16Canterbury Girls Secondary College000000100001
17University High School Parkville010111000004
18Fintona Girls School Balwyn000011000002
19Melbourne Girls' College Richmond010101000003
20Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak100101000003
21Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School012001000004
22Genazzano F.C.J. College Kew101001000003
23Carey Baptist Grammar School Kew110001000003
24Yarra Valley Grammar School Ringwood100001000002
25St Michael's Grammar School St Kilda103110000006
26VSL University/Brunswick/Bendigo Parkville000110000002
27Korowa Anglican Girls' School Glen Iris010010000002
28Presbyterian Ladies' College Burwood200010000003
29Kardinia International College Bell Post Hill000010000001
30St Columba's College Essendon000010000001
31Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College Leongatha011100000003
32Frankston High School010100000002
33St Margaret's School Berwick100100000002
34St Paul's Anglican Grammar School Warragul100100000002
35Academy of Mary Immaculate Fitzroy000100000001
36Castlemaine Secondary College000100000001
37Glen Waverley Secondary College000100000001
38Zbeaconhills College Village Campus Berwick002000000002
39Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School Canterbury011000000002
40Girton Grammar School Bendigo011000000002
41Swinburne Senior Secondary College Hawthorn011000000002
42Our Lady of Mercy College Heidelberg101000000002
43Gippsland Grammar Sale001000000001
44Huntingtower School Mt Waverley001000000001
45Lauriston Girls School Armadale001000000001
46Geelong College Newtown020000000002
47Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School Canterbury020000000002
48Brighton Grammar School010000000001
49Kingswood College Box Hill010000000001
50Mordialloc College010000000001
51Princes Hill Secondary College Carlton North010000000001
52Trinity Grammar School Kew010000000001
53Ruyton Girls' School Kew300000000003
54Bialik College Hawthorn East100000000001
55Camberwell High School Canterbury100000000001
56Eltham College of Education Research100000000001
57Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School Essendon100000000001
58Mt St Joseph Girls College Altona100000000001
59St Kevin's College Toorak100000000001
60The Peninsula School Mt Eliza100000000001
61VSL East 2 Glen Waverley/Lyndale/Brentwood/Traralgon Glen Waverley100000000001

Changelog

2025-12-13

Added 2025 data.

2024-12-13

Added 2024 data.

2023-12-12

Added 2023 data.

2022-12-14

Added 2022 data.

2021-12-18

Added 2021 data.

2020-12-31

Added 2020 data.

2019-12-19

Added 2019 data.

2018-12-19

Added 2018 data.

2017-12-21

Added 2017 data.

2017-02-11

Added 2016 data.

2015-12-16

Added 2015 data.

2014-12-17

Added estimated scaled scores for 2014.

2014-12-17

Added 2014 data. As the 2014 Scaling Report hasn't yet been released, estimated scaled scores are not available.

2013-12-16

Added 2013 data.

2013-02-06

Added online version of the archive.

2012-12-17

Added 2012 data. The Herald Sun published scores prematurely this year.

2011-12-20

Added 2011 data.

2011-07-11

Added scaling data for 1998 and 2000-2004.

2010-12-19

Added 2010 school data.

The Herald Sun decided to publish school names for 2010. Thanks to everyone who contacted them encouraging them to release this data.

2010-12-16

Added 2010 data.

Unfortunately, school names were not published online this year, so the usefulness of this archive is somewhat diminished.

Even so, this year's update brings some improvements:

  • Estimated scaled scores are now included alongside raw scores (2005-2010 only - I don't have the Scaling Reports for 2004 or earlier).
  • Included scaling table with raw to scaled score correspondences.
  • Added ranked school lists for each subject without student names included. These give a good overview of which school achieves the most 40+ scores for each subject.
  • Sorting algorithms changed when breaking ties. For example, a student with a single 40 in Visual Communication and Design was formerly ranked below a student with a single 40 in Accounting. The new sorting method uses student names, instead, so a surname starting with A will be listed above a surname starting with Z.
  • Slight formatting changes in lists.
2009-12-17

Updated 2009 data to include the subject 'Music Group Performance', which was missing from the Herald Sun's website this year. Thanks to kat148 for painstakingly typing the names out from the paper.

2009-12-16

Added 2009 data.

2009-01-27

Someone very kindly sent me the data from 1998 and 2000-2005 (it was not published online in 1999). I've sorted through it and included it in the archive. With 10 years' worth of data, the collection is now quite comprehensive.

Other changes include:

  • To save on bandwidth, the archive is now a 7-zip file, not a RAR file (it can still be opened with WinRAR).
  • Filenames have been changed to be a bit more descriptive (I hope).
  • A statistics file is included for each year.

Regrettably the school names in the 2002 data are messy (lots of schools have several listings with slightly different names). Consider this a known issue (I can't see how it can be fixed easily).

2008-12-26

Initial version uploaded to this page. Includes 2006-2008 data.