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Melbourne High School

South Yarra, VIC 3141

Selective entryBoysSecondarynoneYears 9-12
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Fee from
Free
Median VCE study score
36(2025)
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Year levels
9-12

At a glance

Pros

  • No tuition fees — Victorian government school
  • Strong academic results (median ATAR 96.5)
  • Academically selective — high-achieving cohort
  • 1 scholarship pathway on file

Worth checking

  • Entry is by competitive statewide exam
  • Single-sex (boys only)

Melbourne High School is a boys selective entry school (secondary) in South Yarra, VIC, teaching years 9-12, with a none affiliation.

History

Founded 1905

A government selective-entry boys' school whose continuous origins date to the Melbourne Continuation School, opened in Spring Street in 1905 as Victoria's first state secondary school. The boys' school took the Melbourne High School name and moved to its current Forrest Hill site in South Yarra in 1927-1928.

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