Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2015

NSWBest Schools by D.A. Success Rate2015

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2015.

A school's Distinguished Achiever success rate is the proportion of all HSC subject completions by all students in a given year that resulted in a Distinguished Achiever award.

Where two schools have equal Distinguished Achiever success rates, the total number of HSC subject completions is used as a secondary ranking measure, with larger totals being ranked higher.

School ranking positions are assigned to the top 200 schools (at most).

Note that this report is an excerpt. To see the complete set of award statistics for each school, please go to the NSW School HSC Statistics report.

200 of 200 entries are shown.
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1 James Ruse Agricultural High School Carlingford 1 74.12 1047 776
2 North Sydney Girls High School Crows Nest 2 63.82 973 621
3 Sydney Girls High School Surry Hills 3 60.98 1107 675
4 North Sydney Boys High School Crows Nest 4 59.11 988 584
5 Sydney Boys High School Moore Park 5 57.13 1241 709
6 Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills 6 54.78 1234 676
7 Hornsby Girls High School Hornsby 7 51.17 768 393
8 Girraween High School Girraween 8 48.41 820 397
9 Abbotsleigh Wahroonga 9 46.7 970 453
10 Sydney Grammar School Darlinghurst 10 44.81 1232 552
11 Ascham School Edgecliff 11 44.62 455 203
12 Kambala Rose Bay 12 44.44 477 212
13 SCEGGS Darlinghurst Darlinghurst 13 42.64 652 278
14 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus North Curl Curl 14 42.21 796 336
15 Queenwood School for Girls Mosman 15 42.14 420 177
16 Meriden School Strathfield 16 41.19 403 166
17 Reddam House Bondi Campus North Bondi 17 40.61 426 173
18 Moriah College Queens Park 18 40.2 806 324
19 Conservatorium High School Sydney 19 39.51 162 64
20 Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney Croydon 20 37.82 751 284
21 Pymble Ladies College Pymble 21 37.56 1515 569
22 St George Girls High School Kogarah 22 35.66 917 327
23 Hurlstone Agricultural High School Glenfield 23 35.5 1062 377
24 Masada College St Ives 24 35.19 270 95
25 Normanhurst Boys High School Normanhurst 25 34.28 808 277
26 Loreto Normanhurst Normanhurst 26 33.76 856 289
27 Roseville College Roseville 27 32.88 444 146
28 Penrith High School Penrith 28 32.47 964 313
29 St Aloysius College Milsons Point 29 32.44 894 290
30 Fort Street High School Petersham 30 32.04 1008 323
31 Tara Anglican School for Girls North Parramatta 31 31.87 433 138
32 Wenona School North Sydney 32 31.04 625 194
33 Ravenswood School for Girls Gordon 33 30.9 670 207
34 SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School North Sydney 34 30.63 1084 332
35 Caringbah High School Caringbah 35 29.87 894 267
36 Loreto Kirribilli Kirribilli 36 29.16 782 228
37 Knox Grammar School Wahroonga 37 28.13 1454 409
38 The Kings School North Parramatta 38 27.08 1056 286
39 Sydney Technical High School Bexley 39 27.07 846 229
40 Smiths Hill High School Wollongong 40 25.18 846 213
41 Gosford High School Gosford 41 25.15 1014 255
42 Merewether High School Broadmeadow 42 24.72 1157 286
43 Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College North Sydney 43 24.55 892 219
44 Frensham School Mittagong 44 24.35 345 84
45 Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart Vaucluse 45 24.28 552 134
46 MLC School Burwood 46 24.05 474 114
47 Barker College Hornsby 47 23.6 1856 438
48 Cranbrook School Bellevue Hill 48 23.56 917 216
49 Willoughby Girls High School Willoughby 49 23.18 768 178
50 Alpha Omega Senior College Auburn 50 22.93 375 86
51 The Scots College Bellevue Hill 51 22.89 1018 233
52 Sefton High School Sefton 52 22.83 841 192
53 Canberra Grammar School Red Hill, ACT 53 22.72 669 152
54 Emanuel School Randwick 54 22.67 375 85
55 Killara High School Killara 55 22.63 1436 325
56 St Catherines School Waverley 56 22.36 626 140
57 St Ignatius College Lane Cove 57 22.01 1381 304
58 Cheltenham Girls High School Beecroft 58 21.8 1078 235
59 Santa Sabina College Strathfield 59 21.75 676 147
60 Brigidine College Randwick Randwick 60 21.56 793 171
61 Cherrybrook Technology High School Cherrybrook 61 20.7 1783 369
62 St Spyridon College Senior School Maroubra 62 20.67 208 43
63 St Ursulas College Kingsgrove 63 20.6 830 171
64 Parramatta Marist High School Westmead 64 20.4 794 162
65 Sutherland Shire Christian School Barden Ridge 65 20.27 301 61
66 Strathfield Girls High School Strathfield 66 19.71 1111 219
67 Newcastle Grammar School Newcastle 67 19.36 439 85
68 Danebank An Anglican School for Girls Hurstville 68 18.99 574 109
69 Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty 69 18.81 452 85
70 Mercy Catholic College Chatswood 70 18.72 390 73
71 St Marks Coptic Orthodox College Wattle Grove 71 18.6 328 61
72 Chatswood High School Chatswood 72 18.4 875 161
73 Castle Hill High School Castle Hill 73 18.35 1112 204
74 The Scots School Albury Albury 74 18.33 360 66
75 International Grammar School Ultimo 75 18 461 83
76 Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills 76 17.88 632 113
77 Epping Boys High School Eastwood 77 17.83 948 169
78 Tangara School for Girls Cherrybrook 78 17.8 191 34
79 Carlingford High School Carlingford 79 17.68 1069 189
80 St Vincents College Potts Point 80 17.64 550 97
81 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus Balgowlah 81 17.63 278 49
82 Brigidine College St Ives St Ives 82 17.18 751 129
83 Tempe High School Tempe 83 17.12 736 126
84 Amity College Prestons Prestons 84 16.96 566 96
85 St Lukes Grammar School Dee Why 85 16.95 466 79
86 St Josephs College Hunters Hill Hunters Hill 86 16.48 1171 193
87 St Scholasticas College Glebe Point Glebe Point 87 16.27 971 158
88 Macquarie College Wallsend 88 16.08 311 50
89 Oxley College Burradoo 89 16.01 331 53
90 St George Christian School Hurstville 90 15.88 296 47
91 Marist Sisters College Woolwich Woolwich 91 15.43 784 121
92 St Clares College Waverley 92 15.41 292 45
93 St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie 93 15.38 442 68
94 Al-Faisal College Auburn 94 15.25 446 68
95 Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights 95 15.19 441 67
96 St Patricks College Strathfield Strathfield 96 15.01 993 149
97 Trinity Grammar School Summer Hill 97 14.85 781 116
98 Malek Fahd Islamic School Greenacre 98 14.69 599 88
99 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta Parramatta 99 14.63 909 133
100 Arden Anglican School Epping Campus Epping 100 14.44 450 65
101 Newington College Stanmore 101 14.4 1014 146
102 Blue Mountains Grammar School Wentworth Falls 102 14.4 243 35
103 St Philips Christian College Newcastle Waratah 103 14.35 467 67
104 Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg Heights 104 14.34 1074 154
105 St Mary and St Minas Coptic Orthodox College Rockdale 105 14.29 175 25
106 Good Samaritan Catholic College Hinchinbrook 106 13.84 744 103
107 Mosman High School Mosman 107 13.65 857 117
108 Bethany College Hurstville 108 13.64 748 102
109 Alexandria Park Community School Alexandria 109 13.64 220 30
110 Turramurra High School South Turramurra 110 13.45 1130 152
111 Wollondilly Anglican College Tahmoor 111 13.36 217 29
112 Newtown High School of Performing Arts Newtown 112 13.35 824 110
113 Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Manly Vale 113 13.24 612 81
114 St Augustines College Brookvale 114 13.23 718 95
115 Canley Vale High School Canley Vale 115 13.16 1185 156
116 SCECGS Redlands Cremorne 116 13.16 342 45
117 Rose Bay Secondary College Dover Heights 117 13.13 640 84
118 Canterbury Girls High School Canterbury 118 13.09 466 61
119 Gilroy Catholic College Castle Hill 119 13.05 858 112
120 Prairiewood High School Prairiewood 120 12.83 834 107
121 Ryde Secondary College Ryde 121 12.78 814 104
122 Catherine McAuley Westmead Westmead 122 12.63 855 108
123 MacKillop College Port Macquarie Port Macquarie 123 12.59 715 90
124 Concord High School Concord 124 12.56 653 82
125 All Saints College Bathurst Bathurst 125 12.41 290 36
126 Hunter Valley Grammar School Ashtonfield 126 12.4 492 61
127 Pennant Hills High School Pennant Hills 127 12.34 778 96
128 Cerdon College Merrylands 128 12.19 894 109
129 Menai High School Menai 129 12.16 806 98
130 Kinross Wolaroi School Orange 130 12.14 774 94
131 St Ives High School St Ives 131 12.06 622 75
132 Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus Glebe 132 12 1400 168
133 St Pauls College Walla Walla Walla Walla 133 11.91 277 33
134 Pittwater House Schools Collaroy 134 11.82 313 37
135 Marist College Kogarah Bexley 135 11.79 772 91
136 The McDonald College North Strathfield 136 11.73 179 21
137 Riverside Girls High School Gladesville 137 11.67 694 81
138 Moorebank High School Moorebank 138 11.6 793 92
139 Inaburra School Bangor 139 11.42 543 62
140 Burwood Girls High School Croydon 140 11.37 1187 135
141 St Pius X College Chatswood 141 11.31 840 95
142 Kirrawee High School Kirrawee 142 11.15 951 106
143 Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields 143 11.1 856 95
144 The Illawarra Grammar School Wollongong 144 11.09 496 55
145 Green Point Christian College Green Point 145 11.08 343 38
146 Christian Brothers High School Lewisham Lewisham 146 10.75 856 92
147 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Kensington 147 10.75 744 80
148 Coonabarabran High School Coonabarabran 148 10.75 186 20
149 IPEKA Integrated Christian School Jakarta, Indonesia 149 10.73 382 41
150 St Josephs Regional College Port Macquarie 150 10.68 590 63
151 Marcellin College Randwick 151 10.6 736 78
152 Trinity Anglican College Albury Thurgoona 152 10.56 161 17
153 De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla Cronulla 153 10.53 940 99
154 Penrith Anglican College Orchard Hills 154 10.48 372 39
155 The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst 155 9.98 491 49
156 Northern Beaches Christian School Terrey Hills 156 9.96 462 46
157 Hunter School of Performing Arts Broadmeadow 157 9.91 737 73
158 St Patricks College Sutherland Sutherland 158 9.77 901 88
159 Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus Freshwater 159 9.75 1508 147
160 Oakhill College Castle Hill 160 9.74 1890 184
161 St John Paul College Coffs Harbour 161 9.7 701 68
162 Broughton Anglican College Menangle Park 162 9.64 363 35
163 Waverley College Waverley 163 9.63 831 80
164 Oxford Falls Grammar School Oxford Falls 164 9.59 292 28
165 St Marys Senior High School St Marys 165 9.57 2258 216
166 Covenant Christian School Belrose 166 9.4 415 39
167 St Patricks Marist College Dundas 167 9.36 876 82
168 Asquith Girls High School Asquith 168 9.34 664 62
169 Xavier Catholic College Skennars Head 169 9.33 675 63
170 Marist College Eastwood Eastwood 170 9.25 530 49
171 Australian International School Hong Kong Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 171 9.24 238 22
172 Stella Maris College Manly 172 9.14 711 65
173 Bethlehem College Ashfield 173 9.09 473 43
174 St Francis De Sales Regional College Leeton 174 9.05 486 44
175 Cronulla High School Cronulla 175 9.05 442 40
176 Winmalee High School Winmalee 176 9.04 664 60
177 Port Hacking High School Miranda 177 9.01 688 62
178 Kildare Catholic College Wagga Wagga 178 9 611 55
179 Davidson High School Frenchs Forest 179 8.94 425 38
180 Calrossy Anglican School Tamworth 180 8.93 448 40
181 St Columbas Catholic College Springwood 181 8.8 625 55
182 Parramatta High School Parramatta 182 8.77 718 63
183 Marist College North Shore North Sydney 183 8.75 640 56
184 Pacific Hills Christian School Dural 184 8.74 469 41
185 Caroline Chisholm College Glenmore Park 185 8.7 759 66
186 St Pauls High School Booragul 186 8.7 563 49
187 Wycliffe Christian School Warrimoo 187 8.7 230 20
188 Avondale School Cooranbong 188 8.65 289 25
189 Trinity Catholic College Auburn Campus Auburn 189 8.59 850 73
190 St Johns College Dubbo Dubbo East 190 8.54 691 59
191 Killarney Heights High School Killarney Heights 191 8.51 764 65
192 St Andrews Cathedral School Sydney 192 8.45 686 58
193 St Gregorys College Campbelltown Gregory Hills 193 8.44 841 71
194 Australian International School Singapore Singapore 194 8.44 450 38
195 Northholm Grammar School Arcadia 195 8.42 273 23
196 All Saints Catholic Senior College Casula 196 8.35 1245 104
197 St Marys Cathedral College Sydney 197 8.35 683 57
198 Carroll College Broulee 198 8.33 192 16
199 Domremy College Five Dock 199 8.28 628 52
200 Homebush Boys High School Homebush 200 8.15 1043 85
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023
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