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Secondary Schools in Whittlesea

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: 16,5087.2%
5–14: 32,19814.0%
15–19: 13,1225.7%

of 229,396 residents

Government

13 schools

Median ICSEA

999

Median VCE score

26.0

10 of 13 published

Total enrolments

11,124

What the sources record

0 of 13sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
10 of 13have a median study score published by VCAA.
1 schoolhad the median study score withheld by VCAA — shown as not published, never as zero.
10 of 13are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
7 of 13appear in the On Track destinations survey, which is voluntary — the rest did not respond.

School	ICSEA	VCE median	40+	Students/teacher	Enrolments	Programs
Hazel Glen College Doreen · Government	1023	28.0	2.7%	13.2	2,141	VCE VM
Mill Park Secondary College Mill Park · Government	1023	26.0	3.7%	11.8	976	VCE VM
Mernda Central P-12 College Mernda · Government	1009	27.0	1.6%	13.6	1,746	VCE VM
Merriang School Lalor · Government	1006	Not published	Not published	4.7	129
Wollert Secondary College Wollert · Government	1005	Not published	Not published	11.9	389
The Lakes South Morang College South Morang · Government	1004	27.0	2.3%	12.8	688	VCE VM
Edgars Creek Secondary College Wollert · Government	999	26.0	1.4%	12.9	1,330	VCE VM
Peter Lalor Secondary College Lalor · Government	968	Not published	Not published	4.3	101	VCE VM
Whittlesea Secondary College Whittlesea · Government	967	23.0	0.5%	11.6	723	VCE VM
Lalor Secondary College Lalor · Government	964	25.0	1.4%	11.0	1,110	VCE VM
Lalor North Secondary College Epping · Government	960	21.0	1.2%	10.7	355	VCE VM
Epping Secondary College Epping · Government	956	28.0	3.4%	11.9	975	VCE VM
Thomastown Secondary College Thomastown · Government	926	24.0	1.3%	11.1	461

13 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 (41 schools), not any one school in it.

Fee-charging

7 schools

Median ICSEA

1067

Median VCE score

29.5

4 of 7 published

Total enrolments

7,335

What the sources record

2 of 7sit at or above ICSEA 1100.
4 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.
4 of 7are recorded by VCAA as running VCE VM — the rest are not recorded either way.
4 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
Mernda Hills Christian College Mernda · Independent	1119	Not published	Not published	11.9	359
Northside Christian College Bundoora · Independent	1102	30.0	10.1%	13.9	643	VCE VM
Marymede Catholic College South Morang · Catholic	1069	29.0	4.7%	14.0	2,467	VCE VM
Al Siraat College Epping · Independent	1067	30.0	6.9%	13.9	1,554
St Monica's College - Davisson Street Epping · Catholic	1059	28.0	4.3%	10.1	2,185	VCE VM
Plenty River College South Morang · Independent	1013	Not published	Not published	12.4	62	VCE VM
Y Community School Epping · Independent	966	Not published	Not published	10.5	65

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

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 (20 schools), not any one school in it.

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