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Top 100 public high schools in Melbourne (2025)

Government schools offering secondary years. Ranked by the Success Index from official ACARA data; 100 schools shown out of all eligible public high schools in Melbourne.

  1. 1
    87
    Port Melbourne Secondary CollegePort Melbourne · Government SecondaryICSEA 1101 · 416 students
  2. 2
    86
    Beaumaris Secondary CollegeBeaumaris · Government SecondaryICSEA 1113 · 893 students
  3. 3
    86
    Centre for Higher Education StudiesSouth Yarra · Government SecondaryICSEA 1079 · 468 students
  4. 4
    85
    Sandringham CollegeSandringham · Government SecondaryICSEA 1106 · 1,079 students
  5. 5
    85
    Balwyn High SchoolBalwyn North · Government SecondaryICSEA 1141 · 2,260 students
  6. 6
    85
    East Doncaster Secondary CollegeDoncaster East · Government SecondaryICSEA 1124 · 2,211 students
  7. 7
    84
    Brunswick Secondary CollegeBrunswick · Government SecondaryICSEA 1119 · 1,074 students
  8. 8
    84
    Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary SchoolSouthbank · Government SecondaryICSEA 1141 · 344 students
  9. 9
    84
    Auburn High SchoolHawthorn East · Government SecondaryICSEA 1140 · 849 students
  10. 10
    84
    Highvale Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley · Government SecondaryICSEA 1114 · 1,220 students
  11. 11
    84
    Northcote High SchoolNorthcote · Government SecondaryICSEA 1153 · 1,668 students
  12. 12
    84
    MacRobertson Girls High SchoolMelbourne · Government SecondaryICSEA 1186 · 1,195 students
  13. 13
    84
    Melbourne High SchoolSouth Yarra · Government SecondaryICSEA 1195 · 1,402 students
  14. 14
    83
    John Monash Science SchoolClayton · Government SecondaryICSEA 1127 · 656 students
  15. 15
    82
    Albert Park CollegeAlbert Park · Government SecondaryICSEA 1127 · 1,657 students
  16. 16
    82
    Preston High SchoolPreston · Government SecondaryICSEA 1104 · 1,275 students
  17. 17
    82
    Suzanne Cory High SchoolWerribee · Government SecondaryICSEA 1165 · 922 students
  18. 18
    81
    Glen Eira CollegeCaulfield East · Government SecondaryICSEA 1117 · 883 students
  19. 19
    81
    Canterbury Girls Secondary CollegeCanterbury · Government SecondaryICSEA 1141 · 775 students
  20. 20
    81
    Coburg High SchoolCoburg · Government SecondaryICSEA 1099 · 1,265 students
  21. 21
    80
    Ashwood High SchoolAshwood · Government SecondaryICSEA 1093 · 989 students
  22. 22
    80
    Glen Waverley Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley · Government SecondaryICSEA 1124 · 2,417 students
  23. 23
    80
    Melbourne Girls CollegeRichmond · Government SecondaryICSEA 1142 · 1,531 students
  24. 24
    80
    Vermont Secondary CollegeVermont · Government SecondaryICSEA 1122 · 1,650 students
  25. 25
    79
    Mount Waverley Secondary CollegeMount Waverley · Government SecondaryICSEA 1127 · 1,862 students
  26. 26
    78
    Koonung Secondary CollegeMont Albert North · Government SecondaryICSEA 1108 · 1,232 students
  27. 27
    78
    Viewbank CollegeViewbank · Government SecondaryICSEA 1125 · 1,427 students
  28. 28
    78
    Mckinnon Secondary CollegeMckinnon · Government SecondaryICSEA 1118 · 3,052 students
  29. 29
    78
    University High SchoolParkville · Government SecondaryICSEA 1117 · 1,983 students
  30. 30
    78
    Nossal High SchoolBerwick · Government SecondaryICSEA 1155 · 825 students
  31. 31
    77
    Thornbury High SchoolThornbury · Government SecondaryICSEA 1067 · 1,123 students
  32. 32
    77
    Swinburne Senior Secondary CollegeHawthorn · Government SecondaryICSEA 1093 · 374 students
  33. 33
    77
    Homestead Senior Secondary CollegePoint Cook · Government SecondaryICSEA 1070 · 531 students
  34. 34
    76
    Mount Alexander 7-12 CollegeFlemington · Government SecondaryICSEA 1069 · 827 students
  35. 35
    76
    Strathmore Secondary CollegeStrathmore · Government SecondaryICSEA 1086 · 1,958 students
  36. 36
    76
    Northern College of the Arts and TechnologyPreston · Government SecondaryICSEA 1060 · 367 students
  37. 37
    76
    Kew High SchoolKew East · Government SecondaryICSEA 1110 · 1,015 students
  38. 38
    76
    Footscray High SchoolFootscray · Government SecondaryICSEA 1078 · 1,326 students
  39. 39
    76
    Mentone Girls Secondary CollegeMentone · Government SecondaryICSEA 1102 · 1,102 students
  40. 40
    76
    Princes Hill Secondary CollegePrinces Hill · Government SecondaryICSEA 1152 · 862 students
  41. 41
    76
    South Oakleigh CollegeOakleigh South · Government SecondaryICSEA 1052 · 950 students
  42. 42
    76
    Box Hill High SchoolBox Hill · Government SecondaryICSEA 1123 · 1,547 students
  43. 43
    75
    Bentleigh Secondary CollegeBentleigh East · Government SecondaryICSEA 1082 · 936 students
  44. 44
    75
    Prahran High SchoolWindsor · Government SecondaryICSEA 1080 · 564 students
  45. 45
    75
    Montmorency Secondary CollegeMontmorency · Government SecondaryICSEA 1083 · 1,085 students
  46. 46
    74
    Templestowe CollegeTemplestowe Lower · Government SecondaryICSEA 1099 · 1,227 students
  47. 47
    73
    Eltham High SchoolEltham · Government SecondaryICSEA 1101 · 1,326 students
  48. 48
    73
    Brentwood Secondary CollegeGlen Waverley · Government SecondaryICSEA 1097 · 1,565 students
  49. 49
    73
    Maribyrnong CollegeMaribyrnong · Government SecondaryICSEA 1064 · 1,361 students
  50. 50
    73
    Mullauna Secondary CollegeMitcham · Government SecondaryICSEA 1058 · 625 students
  51. 51
    73
    Wulerrp Secondary CollegeClyde North · Government SecondaryICSEA 1053 · 233 students
  52. 52
    72
    Brighton Secondary CollegeBrighton East · Government SecondaryICSEA 1106 · 873 students
  53. 53
    72
    Buckley Park CollegeEssendon · Government SecondaryICSEA 1088 · 888 students
  54. 54
    72
    Blackburn High SchoolBlackburn · Government SecondaryICSEA 1094 · 1,289 students
  55. 55
    72
    Mount Eliza Secondary CollegeMount Eliza · Government SecondaryICSEA 1063 · 791 students
  56. 56
    72
    Williamstown High SchoolWilliamstown · Government SecondaryICSEA 1112 · 1,527 students
  57. 57
    71
    Fitzroy High SchoolFitzroy North · Government SecondaryICSEA 1086 · 431 students
  58. 58
    71
    Virtual School VictoriaThornbury · Government CombinedICSEA 1073 · 6,248 students
  59. 59
    71
    Monbulk CollegeMonbulk · Government SecondaryICSEA 1044 · 583 students
  60. 60
    71
    Camberwell High SchoolCanterbury · Government SecondaryICSEA 1119 · 824 students
  61. 61
    70
    Elwood CollegeElwood · Government SecondaryICSEA 1096 · 804 students
  62. 62
    70
    Mordialloc CollegeMordialloc · Government SecondaryICSEA 1062 · 1,218 students
  63. 63
    70
    Richmond High SchoolRichmond · Government SecondaryICSEA 1049 · 476 students
  64. 64
    69
    Alamanda K-9 CollegePoint Cook · Government CombinedICSEA 1141 · 3,335 students
  65. 65
    69
    Macleod CollegeMacleod · Government CombinedICSEA 1073 · 545 students
  66. 66
    68
    Kambrya CollegeBerwick · Government SecondaryICSEA 1045 · 2,369 students
  67. 67
    68
    Warrandyte High SchoolWarrandyte · Government SecondaryICSEA 1049 · 278 students
  68. 68
    68
    Werribee Secondary CollegeWerribee · Government SecondaryICSEA 1048 · 1,637 students
  69. 69
    67
    Bundoora Secondary CollegeBundoora · Government SecondaryICSEA 1030 · 540 students
  70. 70
    67
    Norwood Secondary CollegeRingwood · Government SecondaryICSEA 1059 · 1,083 students
  71. 71
    67
    Forest Hill CollegeBurwood East · Government SecondaryICSEA 1045 · 356 students
  72. 72
    66
    Featherbrook P-9 CollegePoint Cook · Government CombinedICSEA 1090 · 1,224 students
  73. 73
    66
    Brinbeal Secondary CollegeTarneit · Government SecondaryICSEA 1039 · 454 students
  74. 74
    66
    St Helena Secondary CollegeEltham North · Government SecondaryICSEA 1065 · 1,414 students
  75. 75
    66
    Doncaster Secondary CollegeDoncaster · Government SecondaryICSEA 1067 · 1,157 students
  76. 76
    66
    Sydney Road Community SchoolBrunswick · Government SecondaryICSEA 1037 · 107 students
  77. 77
    65
    Greensborough Secondary CollegeGreensborough · Government SecondaryICSEA 1020 · 591 students
  78. 78
    65
    Saltwater P-9 CollegePoint Cook · Government CombinedICSEA 1075 · 2,199 students
  79. 79
    65
    Box Hill Senior Secondary CollegeMont Albert North · Government SecondaryICSEA 1055 · 281 students
  80. 80
    64
    Ringwood Secondary CollegeRingwood · Government SecondaryICSEA 1052 · 1,516 students
  81. 81
    64
    Upwey High SchoolUpwey · Government SecondaryICSEA 1048 · 744 students
  82. 82
    64
    Frankston High SchoolFrankston · Government SecondaryICSEA 1067 · 1,964 students
  83. 83
    63
    Cheltenham Secondary CollegeCheltenham · Government SecondaryICSEA 1054 · 759 students
  84. 84
    62
    Wheelers Hill Secondary CollegeWheelers Hill · Government SecondaryICSEA 1037 · 711 students
  85. 85
    61
    Altona CollegeAltona · Government CombinedICSEA 1044 · 796 students
  86. 86
    61
    Melba Secondary CollegeCroydon · Government SecondaryICSEA 1003 · 663 students
  87. 87
    60
    Parkdale Secondary CollegeMordialloc · Government SecondaryICSEA 1067 · 1,418 students
  88. 88
    60
    Dohertys Creek P-9 CollegeTruganina · Government CombinedICSEA 1070 · 1,698 students
  89. 89
    59
    Rosehill Secondary CollegeNiddrie · Government SecondaryICSEA 1027 · 1,109 students
  90. 90
    59
    Diamond Valley CollegeDiamond Creek · Government SecondaryICSEA 1020 · 818 students
  91. 91
    59
    Officer Secondary CollegeOfficer · Government SecondaryICSEA 1012 · 998 students
  92. 92
    59
    Wantirna CollegeWantirna · Government SecondaryICSEA 1031 · 1,458 students
  93. 93
    58
    Lilydale Heights CollegeLilydale · Government SecondaryICSEA 1000 · 860 students
  94. 94
    57
    Yarrabing Secondary CollegeAintree · Government SecondaryICSEA 1018 · 398 students
  95. 95
    57
    Mill Park Secondary CollegeMill Park · Government SecondaryICSEA 1023 · 976 students
  96. 96
    57
    Patterson River Secondary CollegeSeaford · Government SecondaryICSEA 1015 · 1,268 students
  97. 97
    57
    Bemin Secondary CollegeTruganina · Government SecondaryICSEA 1015 · 886 students
  98. 98
    57
    Reservoir High SchoolReservoir · Government SecondaryICSEA 989 · 629 students
  99. 99
    56
    Essendon Keilor CollegeKeilor East · Government SecondaryICSEA 1004 · 697 students
  100. 100
    56
    Kensington Community High SchoolKensington · Government SecondaryICSEA 1008 · 95 students

There are 207 public high schools in Melbourne eligible for this list; the top 100 are shown. Port Melbourne Secondary College in Port Melbourne is ranked first with a Success Index of 87.3 and an ICSEA of 1101. 100 of the top 100 are government schools and 0 are Catholic or independent; the median ICSEA across the list is 1080.

The top 10 public high schools in Melbourne for 2025 are: 1. Port Melbourne Secondary College (Port Melbourne); 2. Beaumaris Secondary College (Beaumaris); 3. Centre for Higher Education Studies (South Yarra); 4. Sandringham College (Sandringham); 5. Balwyn High School (Balwyn North); 6. East Doncaster Secondary College (Doncaster East); 7. Brunswick Secondary College (Brunswick); 8. Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary School (Southbank); 9. Auburn High School (Hawthorn East); 10. Highvale Secondary College (Glen Waverley).

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best public secondary school in Melbourne?

Port Melbourne Secondary College in Port Melbourne ranks first among public high schools in Melbourne with a Success Index of 87.3 out of 100 and an ICSEA of 1101.

How are public high schools in Melbourne ranked?

Each school's Success Index combines five factors from ACARA's 2025 school profile data: ICSEA (50%), share of students in the top socio-educational quarter (15%), students per teacher (15%), five-year enrolment growth (10%) and five-year ICSEA trend (10%). Each factor is a percentile against schools of the same type nationally. Schools with fewer than 80 students are excluded.

How many public schools are in the top 100 public high schools in Melbourne?

100 of the top 100 public high schools in Melbourne are government schools; 0 are Catholic or independent.

Do these rankings include NAPLAN or ATAR results?

Not yet. ACARA does not publish school-level NAPLAN results in bulk, and ATAR results are released by state authorities in different formats. The Success Index uses the measures ACARA publishes for every school so that all schools are compared on identical data. Where a school publishes its own results we link to its website.