Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2017

NSWBest Schools by D.A. Success Rate2017

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2017.

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 77.42 1014 785
2 Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills 2 61.55 1264 778
3 North Sydney Boys High School Crows Nest 3 59.14 979 579
4 Sydney Girls High School Surry Hills 4 56.77 1004 570
5 Sydney Boys High School Moore Park 5 55.1 1236 681
6 Sydney Grammar School Darlinghurst 6 54.16 1189 644
7 Hornsby Girls High School Hornsby 7 53.27 781 416
8 North Sydney Girls High School Crows Nest 8 51.18 934 478
9 Ascham School Edgecliff 9 50.18 566 284
10 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus North Curl Curl 10 48.94 803 393
11 Conservatorium High School Sydney 11 47.74 199 95
12 Fort Street High School Petersham 12 45.3 989 448
13 Normanhurst Boys High School Normanhurst 13 44.98 807 363
14 Abbotsleigh Wahroonga 14 43.71 890 389
15 Moriah College Queens Park 15 43.11 689 297
16 SCEGGS Darlinghurst Darlinghurst 16 42.28 648 274
17 Reddam House Bondi Campus North Bondi 17 42.08 442 186
18 Kambala Rose Bay 18 39 500 195
19 Knox Grammar School Wahroonga 19 37.87 1743 660
20 Pymble Ladies College Pymble 20 37.16 1367 508
21 Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney Croydon 21 37.04 729 270
22 Girraween High School Girraween 22 36.54 821 300
23 Meriden School Strathfield 23 36.33 589 214
24 St George Girls High School Kogarah 24 35.38 913 323
25 Roseville College Roseville 25 34.79 572 199
26 Tangara School for Girls Cherrybrook 26 34.36 195 67
27 Penrith High School Penrith 27 34.24 961 329
28 Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart Vaucluse 28 33.72 608 205
29 Sydney Technical High School Bexley 29 32.63 858 280
30 Loreto Kirribilli Kirribilli 30 32.45 792 257
31 MLC School Burwood 31 32.22 450 145
32 The Kings School North Parramatta 32 31.8 1195 380
33 Wenona School North Sydney 33 31.53 685 216
34 SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School North Sydney 34 31.48 1096 345
35 Alpha Omega Senior College Auburn 35 31.16 475 148
36 St Aloysius College Milsons Point 36 31.06 908 282
37 Queenwood School for Girls Mosman 37 30.79 354 109
38 Merewether High School Broadmeadow 38 30.72 1097 337
39 Caringbah High School Caringbah 39 30.62 872 267
40 Ravenswood School for Girls Gordon 40 30.02 573 172
41 Cranbrook School Bellevue Hill 41 29.65 924 274
42 Loreto Normanhurst Normanhurst 42 29.13 1023 298
43 Emanuel School Randwick 43 29.11 371 108
44 Hurlstone Agricultural High School Glenfield 44 29.09 966 281
45 Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus Greenacre 45 28.35 321 91
46 St Ignatius College Lane Cove 46 27.88 1442 402
47 Santa Sabina College Strathfield 47 27.26 664 181
48 Frensham School Mittagong 48 27 337 91
49 Masada College St Ives 49 26.83 287 77
50 Gosford High School Gosford 50 26.48 1065 282
51 Barker College Hornsby 51 25.84 1908 493
52 Brigidine College Randwick Randwick 52 25.83 813 210
53 Cheltenham Girls High School Beecroft 53 25.67 1079 277
54 Al-Faisal College Auburn 54 24.07 511 123
55 Sefton High School Sefton 55 23.65 1019 241
56 St Lukes Grammar School Dee Why 56 23.45 516 121
57 St Catherines School Waverley 57 23.27 649 151
58 Newtown High School of Performing Arts Newtown 58 23.17 859 199
59 Danebank An Anglican School for Girls Hurstville 59 22.75 633 144
60 Parramatta Marist High School Westmead 60 22.47 868 195
61 Willoughby Girls High School Willoughby 61 22.2 865 192
62 Arden Anglican School Epping Campus Epping 62 22.09 412 91
63 St Augustines College Brookvale 63 21.79 849 185
64 Trinity Grammar School Summer Hill 64 21.67 780 169
65 Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg Heights 65 21.55 1095 236
66 Chatswood High School Chatswood 66 21.29 944 201
67 Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College North Sydney 67 21.12 909 192
68 Cherrybrook Technology High School Cherrybrook 68 21.09 1773 374
69 Malek Fahd Islamic School Greenacre 69 20.84 379 79
70 Brigidine College St Ives St Ives 70 20.64 751 155
71 Marist College Kogarah Bexley 71 20.52 648 133
72 International Grammar School Ultimo 72 20.5 561 115
73 Australian International School Hong Kong Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 73 20 235 47
74 The Scots College Bellevue Hill 74 19.63 1075 211
75 Tara Anglican School for Girls North Parramatta 75 19.56 450 88
76 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta Parramatta 76 19.28 783 151
77 St Josephs College Hunters Hill Hunters Hill 77 19.17 1127 216
78 Killara High School Killara 78 18.62 1316 245
79 Carlingford High School Carlingford 79 18.6 941 175
80 Smiths Hill High School Wollongong 80 18.58 791 147
81 Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills 81 18.56 738 137
82 Oxley College Burradoo 82 18.37 381 70
83 Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights 83 17.9 620 111
84 Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Manly Vale 84 17.79 961 171
85 Newcastle Grammar School Newcastle 85 17.7 452 80
86 Epping Boys High School Eastwood 86 17.36 1135 197
87 Northholm Grammar School Arcadia 87 17.16 204 35
88 Newington College Stanmore 88 17.14 992 170
89 Bethany College Hurstville 89 17.06 797 136
90 Redfield College Dural 90 17.04 223 38
91 Castle Hill High School Castle Hill 91 16.79 1376 231
92 Inaburra School Bangor 92 16.73 562 94
93 Burwood Girls High School Croydon 93 16.71 1083 181
94 Shire Christian School Barden Ridge 94 16.48 364 60
95 Macquarie College Wallsend 95 16.4 311 51
96 St Patricks College Strathfield Strathfield 96 16.38 983 161
97 St Ursulas College Kingsgrove 97 16.14 849 137
98 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus Balgowlah 98 16.12 242 39
99 St Vincents College Potts Point 99 15.8 652 103
100 The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst 100 15.77 501 79
101 Oxford Falls Grammar School Oxford Falls 101 15.72 439 69
102 Rose Bay Secondary College Dover Heights 102 15.55 688 107
103 St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie 103 15.54 489 76
104 St Scholasticas College Glebe Point Glebe Point 104 15.53 908 141
105 St Andrews Cathedral School Sydney 105 15.48 659 102
106 Clancy Catholic College West Hoxton 106 15.25 787 120
107 Strathfield Girls High School Strathfield 107 15.03 1131 170
108 Prairiewood High School Prairiewood 108 15.02 839 126
109 St Spyridon College Senior School Maroubra 109 14.93 335 50
110 Hills Adventist College Kellyville Campus Kellyville 110 14.79 169 25
111 Marist Sisters College Woolwich Woolwich 111 14.78 846 125
112 Mount St Joseph Milperra Milperra 112 14.77 833 123
113 St Philips Christian College Newcastle Waratah 113 14.52 551 80
114 Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty 114 14.35 418 60
115 De La Salle College Revesby Heights Revesby Heights 115 14.29 420 60
116 Canberra Grammar School Red Hill, ACT 116 14.18 564 80
117 Ryde Secondary College Ryde 117 14.15 855 121
118 St Marys Cathedral College Sydney 118 13.94 531 74
119 St John Bosco College Engadine 119 13.67 512 70
120 Cerdon College Merrylands 120 13.45 1011 136
121 Moorebank High School Moorebank 121 13.4 709 95
122 Parramatta High School Parramatta 122 13.37 643 86
123 Oakhill College Castle Hill 123 13.35 1992 266
124 Mercy Catholic College Chatswood 124 13.32 548 73
125 Trinity Catholic College Lismore East Lismore 125 13.29 918 122
126 Georges River Grammar Georges Hall 126 13.25 249 33
127 Amity College Prestons Prestons 127 13.15 654 86
128 Marist College North Shore North Sydney 128 13.02 676 88
129 Rosebank College Five Dock 129 12.95 911 118
130 Kinross Wolaroi School Orange 130 12.95 842 109
131 Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields 131 12.94 881 114
132 Turramurra High School South Turramurra 132 12.85 988 127
133 Redeemer Baptist School North Parramatta 133 12.79 172 22
134 St George Christian School Hurstville 134 12.78 313 40
135 Domremy College Five Dock 135 12.75 455 58
136 Mount St Patrick College Murwillumbah 136 12.72 613 78
137 IPEKA Integrated Christian School Jakarta, Indonesia 137 12.56 398 50
138 Kildare Catholic College Wagga Wagga 138 12.52 519 65
139 MacKillop College Port Macquarie Port Macquarie 139 12.49 849 106
140 St Patricks Marist College Dundas 140 12.44 820 102
141 Bethlehem College Ashfield 141 12.4 653 81
142 Marcellin College Randwick 142 12.25 751 92
143 Blaxland High School Blaxland 143 12.2 623 76
144 Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus Glebe 144 12.18 1503 183
145 Wollondilly Anglican College Tahmoor 145 12.13 305 37
146 SCECGS Redlands Cremorne 146 11.96 443 53
147 Hunter School of Performing Arts Broadmeadow 147 11.95 711 85
148 PLC Armidale Armidale 148 11.89 185 22
149 The Illawarra Grammar School Wollongong 149 11.88 421 50
150 St Pauls Catholic College Manly Manly 150 11.72 435 51
151 Catherine McAuley Westmead Westmead 151 11.69 975 114
152 Mosman High School Mosman 152 11.67 797 93
153 Pacific Hills Christian School Dural 153 11.59 561 65
154 Covenant Christian School Belrose 154 11.46 471 54
155 Waverley College Waverley 155 11.41 850 97
156 St Patricks College Sutherland Sutherland 156 11.38 993 113
157 Tempe High School Tempe 157 11.38 826 94
158 Hunter Valley Grammar School Ashtonfield 158 11.32 592 67
159 Lambton High School Lambton 159 11.23 659 74
160 Davidson High School Frenchs Forest 160 11.23 579 65
161 Barrenjoey High School Avalon 161 11.19 536 60
162 St Charbels College Punchbowl 162 11.16 439 49
163 Calrossy Anglican School Tamworth 163 11.05 507 56
164 St Marks Coptic Orthodox College Wattle Grove 164 10.99 273 30
165 St Columbas Catholic College Springwood 165 10.96 648 71
166 The Armidale School Armidale 166 10.83 434 47
167 St Stanislaus College Bathurst 167 10.73 578 62
168 St Clares College Waverley 168 10.73 289 31
169 Concord High School Concord 169 10.71 822 88
170 Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School Middle Cove 170 10.71 168 18
171 Marist College Eastwood Eastwood 171 10.69 580 62
172 Pittwater House Schools Collaroy 172 10.69 318 34
173 East Hills Boys High School Panania 173 10.68 665 71
174 Galston High School Galston 174 10.63 301 32
175 Good Samaritan Catholic College Hinchinbrook 175 10.62 1017 108
176 Stella Maris College Manly 176 10.58 728 77
177 All Saints College Bathurst Bathurst 177 10.57 246 26
178 St Mary Star of the Sea College Wollongong 178 10.53 978 103
179 Riverside Girls High School Gladesville 179 10.47 802 84
180 Nowra Anglican College Bomaderry 180 10.33 242 25
181 St Pius X College Chatswood 181 10.32 843 87
182 Menai High School Menai 182 10.27 915 94
183 Mary MacKillop College Wakeley 183 10.25 673 69
184 St Marys Senior High School St Marys 184 10.22 2309 236
185 Kirrawee High School Kirrawee 185 10.22 910 93
186 Northern Beaches Christian School Terrey Hills 186 10.21 519 53
187 Aquinas College Menai 187 10.17 708 72
188 William Clarke College Kellyville 188 10.08 903 91
189 Mount Carmel Catholic College Varroville 189 10.04 757 76
190 St Euphemia College Bankstown 190 10.03 299 30
191 Killarney Heights High School Killarney Heights 191 10.01 739 74
192 Bellingen High School Bellingen 192 9.93 272 27
193 East Hills Girls Technology High School Panania 193 9.78 787 77
194 Macarthur Girls High School Parramatta 194 9.7 876 85
195 St Francis De Sales Regional College Leeton 195 9.7 474 46
196 Green Valley Islamic College Green Valley 196 9.63 218 21
197 Avondale School Cooranbong 197 9.43 212 20
198 Pennant Hills High School Pennant Hills 198 9.39 809 76
199 Bishop Druitt College Coffs Harbour 199 9.35 460 43
200 Asquith Girls High School Asquith 200 9.29 775 72
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023
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