Compare schoolsHobsons Bay· Updated 12 September 2026· View on map

Secondary Schools in Hobsons Bay

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 Census

Describes the area’s residents, not these schools’ families.

0–4: 5,7756.3%
5–14: 11,15912.2%
15–19: 4,4744.9%

of 91,322 residents

Government

6 schools

Median ICSEA

1040

Median VCE score

27.5

4 of 6 published

Total enrolments

4,366

What the sources record

1 of 6sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
4 of 6have a median study score published by VCAA.
4 of 6are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
4 of 6appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.

School	ICSEA	VCE median	40+	Students/teacher	Enrolments	Programs
Williamstown High School Williamstown · Government	1112	32.0	10.9%	13.4	1,527	VCE VM
Altona College Altona · Government	1044	28.0	5.2%	12.6	796	VCE VM
Western Autistic School Laverton · Government	1042	Not published	Not published	3.9	290
Jennings Street School Laverton · Government	1037	Not published	Not published	4.8	117
Bayside P-12 College Williamstown · Government	1006	27.0	1.9%	9.9	958	VCE VM
Laverton P-12 College Laverton · Government	924	23.0	0.7%	11.4	678	VCE VM

6 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

Attendance rate85.9%

Students attending 90% or more50.5%

Government schools, Years 7-10, 2025. ACARA publishes attendance by abs-remoteness-area x sector, not by school — this describes Major Cities (17 schools), not any one school in it.

Fee-charging

2 schools

Median ICSEA

1090

Median VCE score

29.5

Total enrolments

3,749

What the sources record

1 of 2sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
2 of 2have a median study score published by VCAA.
2 of 2are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
2 of 2appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.

School	ICSEA	VCE median	40+	Students/teacher	Enrolments	Programs
Mount St Joseph Girls' College Altona · Catholic	1100	31.0	3.9%	13.6	1,216	VCE VM
Emmanuel College Altona North · Catholic	1079	28.0	2.8%	12.3	2,533	VCE VM

2 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

Attendance rate91.6%

Students attending 90% or more72.6%

Independent schools, Years 7-10, 2025. ACARA publishes attendance by abs-remoteness-area x sector, not by school — this describes Major Cities (12 schools), not any one school in it.

Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)