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, Thornbury1111302010010
2Academy of Mary Immaculate, Fitzroy030001000004
3Melbourne Girls Grammar, South Yarra101200000004
4St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda220000000004
5VSL - University/Brunswick/Collingwood, Parkville001100000013
6Sacred Heart Girls' College Oakleigh, Hughesdale001000010002
7Galen College, Wangaratta000110000002
8Scotch College, Hawthorn100010000002
9Genazzano F.C.J. College, Kew110000000002
10Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill110000000002
11VSL - North Geelong/Matthew Flinders/Werribee/Point Cook200000000002
12Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak000000000011
13Notre Dame College, Shepparton000000000101
14Salesian College Sunbury000000010001
15Marcellin College, Bulleen000001000001
16Mazenod College, Mulgrave000001000001
17St Bernard's College, Essendon000001000001
18VSL - Box Hill/Blackburn/Doncaster000010000001
19Xavier College, Kew000010000001
20Assumption College, Kilmore000100000001
21Bayside P-12 College - Paisley Campus, Newport001000000001
22Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg001000000001
23Parade College, Bundoora001000000001
24VSL - Glen Waverley/Carwatha/Mildura001000000001
25Mackillop Catholic Regional College Werribee010000000001
26Princes Hill Secondary College010000000001
27Santa Maria College, Northcote010000000001
28St Albans Secondary College010000000001
29Ave Maria College, Aberfeldie100000000001
30Avila College, Mount Waverley100000000001
31East Doncaster Secondary College, Doncaster East100000000001
32Rosehill Secondary College, Niddrie100000000001

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.