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Melbourne High School

South Yarra, VIC 3141

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

At a glance

Pros

  • No tuition fees — Victorian government school
  • Academically selective entry
  • 1 scholarship pathway on file

Worth checking

  • Entry is by competitive statewide exam

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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Academic results / scores
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