Compare schoolsMelton· Updated 12 September 2026· View on map

Secondary Schools in Melton

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: 14,4608.1%
5–14: 29,12616.3%
15–19: 11,5686.5%

of 178,960 residents

Government

10 schools

Median ICSEA

1009

Median VCE score

26.0

5 of 10 published

Total enrolments

10,164

What the sources record

0 of 10sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
5 of 10have a median study score published by VCAA.
5 of 10are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
5 of 10appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.

School	ICSEA	VCE median	40+	Students/teacher	Enrolments	Programs
Dharra School Aintree · Government	1029	Not published	Not published	4.0	111
Creekside K-9 College Caroline Springs · Government	1018	Not published	Not published	14.4	1,287
Yarrabing Secondary College Aintree · Government	1018	Not published	Not published	11.8	398
Springside West Secondary College Fraser Rise · Government	1017	26.0	2.6%	13.3	1,677	VCE VM
Brookside P-9 College Caroline Springs · Government	1013	Not published	Not published	13.6	1,225
Lakeview Senior College Caroline Springs · Government	1004	27.0	2.2%	13.5	1,049	VCE VM
Staughton College Melton South · Government	956	23.0	0.2%	15.2	1,705	VCE VM
Melton Specialist School Melton · Government	951	Not published	Not published	6.1	406
Kurunjang Secondary College Melton · Government	947	26.0	0.9%	11.5	873	VCE VM
Melton Secondary College Melton · Government	944	25.0	0.3%	11.8	1,433	VCE VM

10 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 (31 schools), not any one school in it.

Attendance rate80.2%

Students attending 90% or more35.9%

Government schools, Years 7-10, 2025. ACARA publishes attendance by abs-remoteness-area x sector, not by school — this describes Inner Regional (1 schools), not any one school in it.

Fee-charging

9 schools

Median ICSEA

1045

Median VCE score

27.0

6 of 9 published

Total enrolments

8,125

What the sources record

1 of 9sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
6 of 9have a median study score published by VCAA.
2 schoolshad the median study score withheld by VCAA — shown as not published, never as zero.
4 of 9are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
3 of 9have a published fee schedule.
5 of 9appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.

School	ICSEA	VCE median	40+	Students/teacher	Enrolments	Programs
Southern Cross Grammar Caroline Springs · Independent	1136	30.0	5.1%	11.2	904	VCE VM
Gilson College Taylors Hill · Independent	1073	23.0	1.1%	12.6	1,102
Al Iman College Melton South · Independent	1059	27.0	0.8%	17.9	1,149
Muhammadiyah Australia College Melton · Independent	1052	Not published	Not published	15.4	182
Catholic Regional College Caroline Springs Caroline Springs · Catholic	1045	Not published	Not published	14.5	1,079
Melton Christian College Brookfield · Independent	1044	25.0	0.4%	14.1	1,268	VCE VM
St Francis Catholic College Melton West · Catholic	1012	27.0	4.0%	11.7	1,846	VCE VM
OneSchool Global Vic Melton West · Independent	984	30.0	8.3%	8.3	556
Djerriwarrh Community & Education Services - Djerriwarrh Community College Melton · Independent	929	Not published	Not published	6.1	39	VCE VM

9 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 (16 schools), not any one school in it.

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