Secondary Schools in Greater Dandenong
Every secondary school in this area with the figures ACARA and VCAA publish, side by side. Sorted by ICSEA; a school with no published figure sorts last, never as a zero. Nothing here is estimated, projected or ranked.
Local school-age residents
ABS 2021 CensusDescribes the area’s residents, not these schools’ families.
- 0–4
- 9,6206.1%
- 5–14
- 17,78811.2%
- 15–19
- 8,6015.4%
of 158,208 residents
Government
8 schoolsWhat the sources record
- 0 of 8sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
- 5 of 8have a median study score published by VCAA.
- 5 of 8are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
- 5 of 8appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.
| School | ICSEA | VCE median | 40+ | Students/teacher | Enrolments | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carwatha College P-12 Noble Park · Government | 976 | 27.0 | 4.9% | 12.3 | 681 | VCE VM |
| Springvale Park Special Developmental School Springvale · Government | 961 | Not published | Not published | 4.3 | 200 | |
| Emerson School Dandenong · Government | 953 | Not published | Not published | 5.9 | 371 | |
| Keysborough Secondary College Springvale South · Government | 941 | 27.0 | 2.1% | 11.7 | 2,194 | VCE VM |
| Lyndale Secondary College Dandenong North · Government | 935 | 27.0 | 3.0% | 11.3 | 850 | VCE VM |
| Noble Park Secondary College Noble Park · Government | 902 | 25.0 | 0.4% | 11.4 | 592 | VCE VM |
| Dandenong High School Dandenong · Government | 891 | 26.0 | 0.5% | 10.3 | 1,378 | VCE VM |
| Noble Park English Language School Noble Park · Government | 880 | Not published | Not published | 7.4 | 847 |
8 schools. Every figure is reproduced as its publisher reported it; a blank is a figure nobody published, never a zero. ACARA 2025. ICSEA is a socio-educational index describing a school’s student community, not a measure of its quality. The national average is 1000.
Attendance benchmark
Government schools, Years 7-10, 2025. ACARA publishes attendance by abs-remoteness-area x sector, not by school — this describes Major Cities (27 schools), not any one school in it.
Fee-charging
8 schoolsWhat the sources record
- 2 of 8sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
- 8 of 8have a median study score published by VCAA.
- 4 of 8are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
- 2 of 8have a published fee schedule.
- 8 of 8appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.
| School | ICSEA | VCE median | 40+ | Students/teacher | Enrolments | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haileybury College - Keysborough Boys Keysborough · Independent | 1191 | 35.0 | 26.5% | 9.9 | 4,880 | |
| Cornish College Bangholme · Independent | 1132 | 30.0 | 5.0% | 8.7 | 664 | |
| Lighthouse Christian College Keysborough · Independent | 1082 | 30.0 | 5.1% | 13.3 | 827 | VCE VM |
| Nazareth College Noble Park North · Catholic | 1050 | 27.0 | 2.3% | 11.5 | 972 | VCE VM |
| Killester College Springvale · Catholic | 1020 | 29.0 | 2.6% | 11.1 | 993 | VCE VM |
| Mt Hira College Keysborough · Independent | 1008 | 30.0 | 6.3% | 12.0 | 863 | |
| St John's Regional College Dandenong · Catholic | 1001 | 29.0 | 3.0% | 10.9 | 616 | VCE VM |
| Minaret College Springvale · Independent | 998 | 27.0 | 3.5% | 10.2 | 2,929 |
8 schools. Every figure is reproduced as its publisher reported it; a blank is a figure nobody published, never a zero. ACARA 2025. ICSEA is a socio-educational index describing a school’s student community, not a measure of its quality. The national average is 1000.
Attendance benchmark
Independent schools, Years 7-10, 2025. ACARA publishes attendance by abs-remoteness-area x sector, not by school — this describes Major Cities (15 schools), not any one school in it.
Related reports
VCE Subject Selection Guide 2027
- VCE Subject Selection Guide 2027Names Killester College
Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)