Foster Secondary College

2-10 Pioneer Street, Foster VIC 3960

PublicHigh schoolYears 7-12

School website03 5682 2066

Foster Secondary College is a government secondary school in Foster, VIC for Years 7–12 with about 290 students. Its ICSEA is 1,006, where the national average is 1000.

290students

1,006ICSEA · higher than 55% of VIC high schools

8%language background other than English

3%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

28teaching staff (FTE)

ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

#75 of 267 VIC public schools on the VCE results list, on Median VCE study scoreBand A3See the full list

Attendance and enrolment

Students by year level, latest published year.

About this school, from public sources

Public information about Foster Secondary College, a government secondary school in Foster, VIC serving Years 7-12 since 1920, describes a small community school offering VCE, VET and VCAL pathways for senior students. The school is noted for its shared instrumental and classroom music program run with three other local secondary schools, a strong camps program, broad participation in intra- and inter-school sport, and popular annual musical productions and concerts.

Often praised

shared music program
active camps and sport
popular annual musicals

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NAPLAN

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VCE 2025

29Median VCE study score

3.3Study scores of 40+ (%)

94VCE completion rate (%)

71Students

Last 5 years

Year	Median VCE study score
2025	29.0
2024	30.0
2023	29.0
2022	30.0
2021	31.0

Source: VCAA senior secondary completion and achievement information. Study scores are relative to the state cohort in each subject.

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Corner Inlet College	Foster	Independent high school	6.4 km	973	16
Leongatha Secondary College	Leongatha	Public high school	28.1 km	991	629
Mirboo North Secondary College	Mirboo North	Public high school	28.2 km	992	328
Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College	Leongatha	Catholic high school	28.9 km	1,032	544

Schools with a similar ICSEA in VIC

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

School	Suburb	Type	Students	ICSEA
Bellarine Secondary CollegeGifted class: SEAL	Drysdale	Public high school · 7-12	1,164	1,006
Wellington Secondary CollegeGifted class: Gifted class	Mulgrave	Public high school · 7-12	1,530	1,006
Daylesford Secondary College	Daylesford	Public high school · 7-12	428	1,007
Emerald Secondary CollegeGifted class: SEAL	Emerald	Public high school · 7-12	587	1,005
Sunbury Downs Secondary College	Sunbury	Public high school · 7-12	868	1,005
Tarneit Senior College	Tarneit	Public high school · 10-12	889	1,005

About this data

Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.