2017 Victorian and ATAR result

11/08/2020

A summary of the results from Victorian schools.

Independent/Catholic schools

  • Eight Scotch College students achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95. Their median ATAR was 90.38 and 50 percent of the cohort achieved an ATAR of 90 or more.
  • One Methodist Ladies’ College student achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95. A total of 110 MLC students achieved a score of more than 90, placing them in the top 10 percent of the state.
  • Korowa Anglican Girls’ School. The median ATAR for their year 12 students was 92.05 (that means that half of their students got a score above that figure), and 10 percent of their students achieved 99 or above.
  • St Michael’s Grammar. 28 percent of its cohort achieved ATARs of 90 or more this year.
  • Three Haileybury students have achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95. Almost half of Haileybury’s students received an ATAR of 90 or above. The median ATAR was 89.2.
  • At Presbyterian Ladies College, the median ATAR was 92.55 and 60 percent of students obtained an ATAR of 90 or above.
  • At Camberwell Girls Grammar School, the median ATAR was 93 and 62 percent of students obtained an ATAR of 90 or above.
  • Mentone Grammar achieved a median ATAR of 84.65 and 35 percent of students got an ATAR of 90 or more. Their dux, Joshua Nung, is one of 28 males who achieved a perfect study score of 99.95.
  • Girton Grammar School in Bendigo also is home to one of the students to obtain a 99.95 ATAR, Alexander Nielsen. 35 percent of its students got an ATAR in the 90’s and their median ATAR was 83.
  • Mentone Girls Grammar has reported that 42 percent of its students got an ATAR above 90 and the median ATAR was 86.
  • Camberwell Grammar School recorded a median ATAR of 90.55. More than half the Year 12 cohort achieved an ATAR over 90.
  • Three students from Penleigh and Essendon Grammar have achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95. The median ATAR at the school was 88.75.
  • 55 percent of Shelford Girls’ Grammar’s VCE cohort have obtained an ATAR score of 90 and above, and their median ATAR was 91.45.
  • Lauriston Girls’ School’s cohort of 36 students achieved a median ATAR of 89.4.
  • Heatherton Christian College in Clarinda achieved a median ATAR of 77.55, with 23 percent of students receiving a score of 90 or above.
  • Toorak College got a median ATAR of 85.30 and 30 percent of its students received an ATAR over 90.
  • One Brighton Grammar student obtained a perfect ATAR of 99.95. 42 percent of its boys received an ATAR over 90 and their median score was 86.90.
  • Two Melbourne Girls Grammar achieved the maximum possible ATAR of 99.95. Their median ATAR was 91.15.
Girton Grammar School students celebrate their results.
Girton Grammar School students celebrate their results. Photo: Supplied

Selective government schools

  • Mac.Robertson Girls’ School achieved a median ATAR of 96.25. 62 percent of students received an ATAR of 95 or above
  • Nossal High School obtained a median ATAR of 92.2, and 57 percent of students achieved an ATAR of 90 or more.
  • 52 percent of students at John Monash Science School has obtained an ATAR over 90.
  • Suzanne Cory High School had a median ATAR of 87.7

Non-selective government schools

  • Balwyn High’s dux received a score of 99.95 and was one of eight female students in the state to obtain a perfect score. 39 percent of its students got more than 90 and the median ATAR was 84.45.
  • McKinnon Secondary College is reporting that 30 percent of its students obtained an ATAR of 90 or above.
  • More than half the students at Brentwood Secondary College received an ATAR above 70.
  • East Doncaster Secondary College reported that 25 percent of students received an ATAR of 90 and above
  • Melbourne Girls College’s median score was 33 and 25 percent of its students scored an ATAR above 90.
  • Braybrook College’s dux David Trevorrow received an ATAR of 99.50.
  • Cheltenham Secondary College’s dux Jack Stephens received an ATAR of 98.9.

Melbourne University has offered at least 46 students a Chancellor’s Scholarship.

The scholarship awards the student a free place in a Melbourne University undergraduate degree, a $5000 yearly allowance, up to $2500 towards a period of overseas study as an exchange student and accommodation close to the main Parkville campus.

The lucky VCE students included:

  • Khai Ling Chan (Methodist Ladies College)
  • Ziyue Lu (Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School)
  • Tianpei Yang (Geelong College)
  • Samuel Herz (Mount Scopus Memorial College)
  • Dewmi  Abeysirigunawardana (Penleigh and Essendon Grammar)
  • Matthew Bassat (Mount Scopus Memorial College)
  • Nuria Yu (Methodist Ladies College)
  • Fiona Yu (Frankston High School)
  • Leon Yeung (Penleigh and Essendon Grammar)
  • Junyao Zhang (Penleigh and Essendon Grammar)
  • Arnand Bharadwaj (Trinity Grammar School)
  • Isabelle Zupan (Genazzano FCJ College)
  • David Lin (Trinity Grammar School)
  • Rachel Niesen (Balwyn High School)
  • Gabin Soosaipillai (Melbourne High School)
  • Simon Ou (Melbourne High School)
  • Clara Charbine (Haileybury Girls College)
  • Eishitha Galpayage Don (Haileybury College)
  • Anne Pham (Balwyn High School)
  • Victor Li (Melbourne High School)
  • Timothy Wang (Melbourne High School)
  • Zachary Tuttle (Trinity Grammar School)
  • Charlotte Holland (Peninsula Grammar)
  • Isabelle Stewart (Melbourne Girls Grammar)
  • Tien Dung Pham (Peninsula Grammar)
  • Dissanayake Premaratne (Scotch College)
  • Tony Zhang (Melbourne Grammar School)
  • Megan Pyke (Highvale Secondary College)
  • Ella Ferris (Victorian College of the Arts Secondary)
  • William Sutherland (Scotch College)
  • Daniel Crowley (Xavier College)
  • Thomas Ebeyan (Melbourne Grammar School)
  • Patrick Gigacz (St Kevin’s College Toorak)
  • Victoria Phan (Macrobertson Girls High School)
  • Matthew Harrison (Camberwell Grammar School)
  • Simone Gong (Caulfiend Grammar School)
  • Anna Sing (Macrobertson Girls High School)
  • Kiran Laurence (Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School)
  • Joshua Nung (Mentone Grammar School)
  • Michael Culvenor (Xavier College)
  • David Lawlor (Brighton Grammar School)
  • David Wang (St Kevin’s College Toorak)
  • Letian Jiang (Scotch College)
  • Zi Xuan Qin (Scotch College)
  • Sophie He (Ruyton Girls’ School)
  • Roshica Ponnampalam (Ruyton Girls’ School)
Fiona Yu achieved an ATAR score of 99.90 at Frankston High School and has been offered a Chancellor’s Scholarship at Melbourne University. Photo: Paul Jeffers

At the University of Melbourne, 47 high achieving students were offered fee-free degrees and annual allowances of up to $10,000 as part of the prestigious chancellor’s scholarship. Private school students made up the vast majority of recipients, with just three coming from non-selective entry government schools.

Fiona Yu, 18, believed she might be the first person to get the award from Frankston High School. She scored a 99.90 and said she was screaming and jumping up and down when she found out. Her aim is to study science.

“Mum was super proud, she cried a bit. That was the first endearment I’ve seen but I’m happy I saw it,” she said.

Fiona said she was happiest to score a perfect 50 in methods, as it was taught by her favourite teacher. The staff at Frankston High did the best they could to support her, she said.

“Luckily I had really caring teachers that allowed me to work on other things rather than what they were teaching,” she said.

Source: The Age – by Craig Butt