Secondary Schools in Knox
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
- 8,4285.3%
- 5–14
- 18,68411.7%
- 15–19
- 9,3145.9%
of 159,103 residents
Government
7 schoolsWhat the sources record
- 0 of 7sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
- 6 of 7have a median study score published by VCAA.
- 6 of 7are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
- 6 of 7appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.
| School | ICSEA | VCE median | 40+ | Students/teacher | Enrolments | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Ranges School Ferntree Gully · Government | 1031 | Not published | Not published | 4.4 | 200 | |
| Wantirna College Wantirna · Government | 1031 | 28.0 | 3.1% | 12.6 | 1,458 | VCE VM |
| Rowville Secondary College Rowville · Government | 1028 | 25.0 | 0.5% | 14.1 | 1,887 | VCE VM |
| Scoresby Secondary College Scoresby · Government | 1003 | 27.0 | 3.3% | 8.6 | 244 | VCE VM |
| Fairhills High School Knoxfield · Government | 994 | 27.0 | 4.5% | 10.1 | 404 | VCE VM |
| Boronia K-12 College Boronia · Government | 982 | 27.0 | 2.9% | 11.7 | 494 | VCE VM |
| Bayswater Secondary College Bayswater · Government | 972 | 26.0 | 0.0% | 8.9 | 256 | VCE VM |
7 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 (33 schools), not any one school in it.
Fee-charging
7 schoolsWhat the sources record
- 3 of 7sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
- 5 of 7have a median study score published by VCAA.
- 1 schoolhad the median study score withheld by VCAA — shown as not published, never as zero.
- 3 of 7are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
- 1 of 7have a published fee schedule.
- 4 of 7appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.
| School | ICSEA | VCE median | 40+ | Students/teacher | Enrolments | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrews Christian College Wantirna South · Independent | 1166 | 33.0 | 17.6% | 11.7 | 719 | |
| The Knox School Wantirna South · Independent | 1159 | 33.0 | 16.9% | 9.2 | 764 | |
| Waverley Christian College Wantirna South · Independent | 1141 | 32.0 | 7.4% | 12.6 | 2,370 | VCE VM |
| Heritage College Knox Ferntree Gully · Independent | 1059 | 38.0 | 25.0% | 9.0 | 183 | |
| St Joseph's College Ferntree Gully · Catholic | 1052 | 31.0 | 6.2% | 11.5 | 991 | VCE VM |
| The Avenue School Ferntree Gully · Independent | 999 | Not published | Not published | 7 | 21 | |
| Urban College Boronia · Independent | 975 | Not published | Not published | 11.4 | 100 | VCE VM |
7 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 (16 schools), not any one school in it.
Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)