Curated ranking

Largest VCE cohorts in Victoria 2025

Victorian high schools with the largest Year 12 VCE cohorts. Useful as a scale reference next to median scores.

Data source: VCAA SSCAI reporting year 2025. See methodology.

#	School	Suburb	Sector	VCE students	Median	% 40+
1	Bendigo Senior Sec College	BENDIGO	Government	1251	26	2.7%
2	Catholic Regional College	SYDENHAM	Catholic	729	29	3.6%
3	SEDA College	CAMBERWELL	Independent	727	—	—
4	Melbourne High School	SOUTH YARRA	Government	722	36	29.9%
5	Mildura Senior College	MILDURA	Government	694	26	1.7%
6	Virtual School Victoria	THORNBURY	Government	693	27	2.5%
7	McKinnon Secondary College	MCKINNON	Government	679	33	12.5%
8	Glen Waverley Sec College	GLEN WAVERLEY	Government	675	33	14.7%
9	Balwyn High School	BALWYN NORTH	Government	622	33	19.2%
10	Haileybury College	KEYSBOROUGH	Independent	577	35	26.5%
11	Wodonga Senior Sec College	WODONGA	Government	574	21	0.0%
12	Mac.Robertson Girls' High Schl	MELBOURNE	Government	571	37	34.7%
13	University High School	PARKVILLE	Government	565	31	7.8%
14	St Francis Xavier College	BEACONSFIELD	Catholic	565	27	2.5%
15	Padua College	MORNINGTON	Catholic	488	29	4.5%
16	St Monica's College	EPPING	Catholic	480	28	4.3%
17	Bacchus Marsh Grammar	BACCHUS MARSH	Independent	476	32	10.9%
18	Emmanuel College	ALTONA NORTH	Catholic	471	28	2.8%
19	Albert Park College	ALBERT PARK	Government	467	30	7.0%
20	Caulfield Grammar School	ST KILDA EAST	Independent	466	35	22.6%
21	St Peter's College	CRANBOURNE	Catholic	466	27	1.2%
22	Strathmore Secondary College	STRATHMORE	Government	464	30	6.5%
23	Mount Waverley Sec College	MOUNT WAVERLEY	Government	456	30	7.7%
24	Scotch College	HAWTHORN	Independent	450	34	19.0%
25	Northcote High School	NORTHCOTE	Government	450	31	9.0%

About this list

Ordered by the total number of VCE students in the reporting year, as published by VCAA.

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