Mumbai: Arsh Chaudhari, a student of Navi Mumbai’s St Mary’s ICSE School, has bagged the perfect score along with two others from Jharkhand and Kolkata in the ICSE (Class 10) exam results announced by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Wednesday. The three students emerged as all-India toppers with the elusive 100% score. Last year, the highest score stood at 99.8%.
Almost everyone who appeared for ICSE board exam this year from the state have cleared it, with a success rate of 99.9%, similar to 2024, also marginally higher than the national rate of 99.09%. The national results have dropped marginally by 0.4%. Of the 20,385 who scored above 95% in the country, almost one-fourth or 4,756 are from Maharashtra. Meanwhile, though the number of students bagging 95% and above has increased nationally, in the state it has dropped.

After Chaudhari, at least two students from the city— one each from Jamnabai Narsee School (Chitransh Garg) and Smt Sulochanadevi Singhania School (Anmol Pai)— have bagged 99.8% and high scorers from several schools bagged 99.6%. The question papers in both ICSE and ISC had 25% competency-focused questions across subjects, an increase from last year, said Sonal Parmar, principal of Cathedral and John Connon School. The school’s average score for ICSE stood at 93.5% and 83% of the batch of 92 have bagged scores over 90%.
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s daughter Divija secured 92.6%, his wife Amruta Fadnavis said. In a post on X, she said, “Our minds are filled with joy. Our daughter Divija secured 92.60 per cent in Class X Board exams.”
Anjana Roy, head of middle school & ICSE, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, said 84% of the cohort of 32 students scored more than 95%, and 97% more than 90% in this year’s exams. “This year’s analytical exam format was met with confidence, thanks to our faculty’s focused preparation and the students’ strong conceptual understanding,” she added. At JBCN International School, there was a 20% increase in the total number of students scoring an aggregate of 90% and above compared with 2024.
Since last year, the council has refrained from announcing the merit list. Joseph Emmanuel, chief executive and secretary of the council, said they will not be coming out with the merit list henceforth. He said over 80% students in both ICSE and ISC have scored more than 60%, which is a great achievement for the council. “We have seen the performance improving across schools,” he said.
Close to 30,000 students from 270 ICSE schools in Maharashtra appeared for the exam this year, thousand more than in 2024. The western region, comprising Maharashtra and Goa, has outperformed other regions marginally. The success rate of girls in the state is marginally higher than boys’.