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 Distance Education, Thornbury021100002017
2Melbourne Girls Grammar, South Yarra301110000017
3VSL - University/Brunswick/Collingwood, Parkville001112000106
4Loyola College, Watsonia100000010002
5St Aloysius College, North Melbourne100000010002
6Christian Brothers' College St Kilda, St Kilda East000000100001
7Hoppers Crossing Secondary College000000100001
8Parade College, Bundoora000000100001
9Mazenod College, Mulgrave001101000003
10Princes Hill Secondary College100110000003
11East Doncaster Secondary College, Doncaster East001010000002
12Mackillop Catholic Regional College Werribee000010000001
13Genazzano F.C.J. College, Kew211100000005
14Glen Waverley Secondary College000100000001
15Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College000100000001
16St Bernard's College, Essendon000100000001
17Xavier College, Kew011000000002
18Scotch College, Hawthorn101000000002
19Mercy College, Coburg001000000001
20Siena College, Camberwell001000000001
21Sacred Heart Girls' College Oakleigh, Hughesdale020000000002
22Catholic Ladies College, Eltham110000000002
23VSL - Glen Waverley/Carwatha/Mildura110000000002
24Emmaus College, Vermont South010000000001
25Marcellin College, Bulleen010000000001
26Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg010000000001
27Sacred Heart College Geelong, Newtown010000000001
28Ave Maria College, Aberfeldie100000000001
29Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, Braybrook100000000001
30De La Salle College, Malvern100000000001
31Epping Secondary College100000000001
32St Columba's College, Essendon100000000001

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.