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
2Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Keilor East122000000106
3Methodist Ladies College Kew301010001006
4St Michael's Grammar School St Kilda103110000006
5Haileybury College Keysborough221000001006
6Scotch College Hawthorn001101110005
7MacRobertson Girls High School Melbourne100011100004
8University High School Parkville010111000004
9Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School012001000004
10Balwyn High School001000101003
11Firbank Grammar School Brighton100000100013
12Melbourne Grammar School000110100003
13Melbourne High School South Yarra100010100003
14Melbourne Girls' College Richmond010101000003
15Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak100101000003
16Genazzano F.C.J. College Kew101001000003
17Carey Baptist Grammar School Kew110001000003
18Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College Leongatha011100000003
19Presbyterian Ladies' College Burwood200010000003
20Ruyton Girls' School Kew300000000003
21Zhaileybury Girls College Keysborough100000000012
22Camberwell Grammar School Canterbury100000000102
23Fintona Girls School Balwyn000011000002
24VSL University/Brunswick/Bendigo Parkville000110000002
25Korowa Anglican Girls' School Glen Iris010010000002
26Yarra Valley Grammar School Ringwood100001000002
27Frankston High School010100000002
28Zbeaconhills College Village Campus Berwick002000000002
29Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School Canterbury011000000002
30Girton Grammar School Bendigo011000000002
31St Margaret's School Berwick100100000002
32St Paul's Anglican Grammar School Warragul100100000002
33Swinburne Senior Secondary College Hawthorn011000000002
34Geelong College Newtown020000000002
35Our Lady of Mercy College Heidelberg101000000002
36Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School Canterbury020000000002
37Kilvington Baptist Girls' Grammar School Ormond000000001001
38Ringwood Secondary College000000001001
39St Catherine's School Toorak000000001001
40Canterbury Girls Secondary College000000100001
41Kardinia International College Bell Post Hill000010000001
42St Columba's College Essendon000010000001
43Academy of Mary Immaculate Fitzroy000100000001
44Castlemaine Secondary College000100000001
45Glen Waverley Secondary College000100000001
46Gippsland Grammar Sale001000000001
47Huntingtower School Mt Waverley001000000001
48Lauriston Girls School Armadale001000000001
49Brighton Grammar School010000000001
50Kingswood College Box Hill010000000001
51Mordialloc College010000000001
52Princes Hill Secondary College Carlton North010000000001
53Trinity Grammar School Kew010000000001
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.