Ararat and Stawell secondary colleges see nine VCE study score high achievers in 2017

The details of students who obtained study scores of 40 or above were released on Wednesday by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.

Students could decided if their high scores were released or not.

Study scores are used to calculate the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).

A study score shows how well a student performed in a study at Unit 3 and 4 level, compared to everybody else in Victoria who took that subject.

The maximum study score is 50.

A score of between 23 and 37 shows that you are in the middle range of students; a score of 38 or more indicates that a student was in the top 15 per cent.

For studies with large enrolments of 1000 students or more, two per cent of students will get a score on or above 45 and nine per cent will get a score on or above 40.