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

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.

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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
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023
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