Below is the list of the best Victorian VCE schools ranked in order of their 2016 VCE 40+ percentage measure, as published by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
The VCE 40+ percentage is the proportion of VCE study scores of 40 or more at each school.
Where two schools have equal 40+ percentage measures, the total count of 40+ scores is used as a secondary ranking measure.
Note that this report is an excerpt. To see the complete set of award statistics for each school, please refer to the Vic School VCE Statistics report.
| 51 | Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School | Essendon | 214 | 18.3 | 65 | 35 |
| 52 | Mentone Grammar School | Mentone | 256 | 18.2 | 168 | 101 |
| 53 | Peninsula Grammar | Mount Eliza | 276 | 18.1 | 156 | 100 |
| 54 | St Catherines School | Toorak | 136 | 18 | 38 | 21 |
| 55 | Kingswood College | Box Hill | 103 | 18 | 32 | 18 |
| 56 | The Geelong College | Newtown | 263 | 17.8 | 148 | 95 |
| 57 | Camberwell Girls Grammar School | Canterbury | 181 | 17.7 | 43 | 31 |
| 58 | McKinnon Secondary College | McKinnon | 491 | 17 | 236 | 143 |
| 59 | St Michaels Grammar School | St Kilda | 205 | 16 | 110 | 64 |
| 60 | Siena College | Camberwell | 165 | 16 | 91 | 57 |
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| 61 | St Margarets Berwick Grammar Berwick Campus | Berwick | 117 | 15.9 | 56 | 39 |
| 62 | Canterbury Girls Secondary College | Canterbury | 294 | 15.8 | 110 | 70 |
| 63 | John Monash Science School | Clayton | 398 | 15.6 | 161 | 109 |
| 64 | Suzanne Cory High School | Werribee | 379 | 15.5 | 122 | 89 |
| 65 | Glen Waverley Secondary College | Glen Waverley | 643 | 15.2 | 262 | 170 |
| 66 | Star of the Sea College | Brighton | 257 | 15 | 116 | 77 |
| 67 | St Leonards College | Brighton East | 203 | 14.7 | 109 | 65 |
| 68 | Westbourne Grammar School | Truganina | 173 | 14.7 | 79 | 50 |
| 69 | Mortlake College | Mortlake | 23 | 14.3 | 6 | 4 |
| 70 | Xavier College | Kew | 430 | 14.1 | 190 | 120 |
| 71 | Nunawading Christian College | Nunawading | 35 | 14.1 | 10 | 5 |
| 72 | Sacred Heart Girls College | Hughesdale | 261 | 13.8 | 124 | 86 |
| 73 | Carey Baptist Grammar School | Kew | 246 | 13.6 | 132 | 86 |
| 74 | Sacred Heart College Geelong | Newtown | 413 | 13.5 | 145 | 103 |
| 75 | Birchip P-12 School | Birchip | 34 | 13.4 | 12 | 6 |
| 76 | Ivanhoe Grammar School Ridgeway | Ivanhoe | 275 | 12.3 | 108 | 69 |
| 77 | Glenvale School Vic | Epping | 107 | 12.3 | 29 | 28 |
| 78 | The Knox School | Wantirna South | 146 | 12.2 | 55 | 32 |
| 79 | Catholic College Sale | Sale | 232 | 12.1 | 66 | 41 |
| 80 | Ivanhoe Grammar School Plenty | Doreen | 100 | 12 | 31 | 18 |
| 81 | Braemar College | Woodend | 156 | 11.9 | 57 | 40 |
| 82 | Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School | Warranwood | 48 | 11.9 | 17 | 14 |
| 83 | Waverley Christian College Wantirna South | Wantirna South | 228 | 11.8 | 55 | 39 |
| 84 | East Doncaster Secondary College | Doncaster East | 373 | 11.6 | 124 | 77 |
| 85 | Mazenod College | Mulgrave | 363 | 11.5 | 115 | 69 |
| 86 | Luther College | Croydon Hills | 333 | 11.4 | 116 | 91 |
| 87 | Oxley Christian College | Chirnside Park | 146 | 11.4 | 46 | 27 |
| 88 | Sirius College Meadow Fair Campus | Broadmeadows | 125 | 11.4 | 43 | 22 |
| 89 | Loreto College | Ballarat | 211 | 11.2 | 73 | 47 |
| 90 | Christian College Geelong Waurn Ponds | Waurn Ponds | 278 | 11.1 | 95 | 58 |
| 91 | Tintern Grammar | Ringwood East | 127 | 11.1 | 37 | 29 |
| 92 | Corryong College | Corryong | 32 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| 93 | Kew High School | Kew East | 286 | 10.9 | 76 | 55 |
| 94 | Northcote High School | Northcote | 445 | 10.8 | 136 | 79 |
| 95 | Eltham College of Education | Research | 162 | 10.8 | 53 | 39 |
| 96 | Catholic Ladies College | Eltham | 189 | 10.6 | 66 | 42 |
| 97 | Kardinia International College | Bell Post Hill | 306 | 10.5 | 97 | 70 |
| 98 | Williamstown High School | Williamstown | 374 | 10.5 | 82 | 58 |
| 99 | Our Lady of Mercy College | Heidelberg | 324 | 10.3 | 100 | 70 |
| 100 | St Columbas College | Essendon | 213 | 10.3 | 79 | 47 |