Secondary Schools in Melbourne
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
- 4,3542.9%
- 5–14
- 5,7423.8%
- 15–19
- 6,3104.2%
of 149,615 residents
Government
5 schoolsWhat the sources record
- 2 of 4sit at or above ICSEA 1100 (1 have no published ICSEA).
- 2 of 5have a median study score published by VCAA.
- 2 schoolshad the median study score withheld by VCAA — shown as not published, never as zero.
- 2 of 5are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
- 1 of 5appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.
| School | ICSEA | VCE median | 40+ | Students/teacher | Enrolments | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary School Southbank · Government | 1141 | 33.0 | 12.4% | 9.2 | 344 | |
| University High School Parkville · Government | 1117 | Not published | Not published | 12.2 | 1,983 | |
| Kensington Community High School Kensington · Government | 1008 | Not published | Not published | 7.3 | 95 | VCE VM |
| Victorian College For The Deaf Melbourne · Government | 978 | 39.0 | 40.0% | 4.9 | 61 | |
| Parkville College Parkville · Government | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | VCE VM |
5 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 (11 schools), not any one school in it.
Fee-charging
8 schoolsWhat the sources record
- 3 of 8sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
- 5 of 8have a median study score published by VCAA.
- 2 schoolshad the median study score withheld by VCAA — shown as not published, never as zero.
- 5 of 8are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
- 1 schoolis recorded by VCAA as running the IB — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Grammar School Melbourne · Independent | 1177 | 36.0 | 29.3% | 9.9 | 1,905 | |
| Wesley College Melbourne · Independent | 1172 | 32.0 | 10.6% | 7.7 | 3,181 | IB |
| St Aloysius College North Melbourne · Catholic | 1127 | 32.0 | 9.4% | 13.4 | 673 | VCE VM |
| Simonds Catholic College West Melbourne · Catholic | 1053 | 29.0 | 3.4% | 9.5 | 359 | VCE VM |
| Ozford College Melbourne · Independent | 1008 | 19.0 | 0.8% | 17.7 | 101 | VCE VM |
| Hester Hornbrook Academy Melbourne · Independent | 943 | Not published | Not published | 14.0 | 701 | VCE VM |
| Saints College - North Melbourne Campus North Melbourne · Catholic | 935 | Not published | Not published | 15.6 | 1,524 | |
| River Nile School North Melbourne · Independent | 820 | Not published | Not published | 8.6 | 121 | VCE VM |
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 (11 schools), not any one school in it.
Related reports
- Melbourne's Eastern Private Boys Schools: Education IntelligenceNames Wesley College
Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)