Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2019.
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.
1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | 1 | 72.79 | 985 | 717 |
2 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney | 2 | 69.12 | 217 | 150 |
3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | 3 | 62.7 | 976 | 612 |
4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | 4 | 61.29 | 1165 | 714 |
5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | 5 | 56.88 | 698 | 397 |
6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | 6 | 56.44 | 994 | 561 |
7 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | 7 | 54.7 | 925 | 506 |
8 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi | 8 | 53.23 | 558 | 297 |
9 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | 9 | 53.21 | 1216 | 647 |
10 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | 10 | 51.45 | 1244 | 640 |
11 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | 11 | 50.19 | 779 | 391 |
12 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | 12 | 45.6 | 921 | 420 |
13 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | 13 | 43.47 | 789 | 343 |
14 | Kambala | Rose Bay | 14 | 43.21 | 449 | 194 |
15 | Meriden School | Strathfield | 15 | 42.84 | 789 | 338 |
16 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | 16 | 40.79 | 662 | 270 |
17 | St Catherines School | Waverley | 17 | 40.2 | 597 | 240 |
18 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | 18 | 39.39 | 792 | 312 |
19 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | 19 | 38.91 | 879 | 342 |
20 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | 20 | 38.7 | 801 | 310 |
21 | Girraween High School | Girraween | 21 | 38.36 | 816 | 313 |
22 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | 22 | 38.18 | 1886 | 720 |
23 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn | 23 | 37.52 | 565 | 212 |
24 | Ascham School | Edgecliff | 24 | 37.04 | 629 | 233 |
25 | Wenona School | North Sydney | 25 | 36.63 | 647 | 237 |
26 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | 26 | 35.48 | 840 | 298 |
27 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | 27 | 34.26 | 902 | 309 |
28 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why | 28 | 34.2 | 579 | 198 |
29 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | 29 | 33.81 | 1532 | 518 |
30 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | 30 | 32.29 | 892 | 288 |
31 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman | 31 | 32.25 | 400 | 129 |
32 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | 32 | 32 | 953 | 305 |
33 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre | 33 | 31.91 | 376 | 120 |
34 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | 34 | 31.13 | 530 | 165 |
35 | Masada College | St Ives | 35 | 30.85 | 295 | 91 |
36 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | 36 | 30.7 | 583 | 179 |
37 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | 37 | 30.49 | 1115 | 340 |
38 | Frensham School | Mittagong | 38 | 30.48 | 351 | 107 |
39 | Moriah College | Queens Park | 39 | 30.44 | 726 | 221 |
40 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | 40 | 29.86 | 710 | 212 |
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41 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | 41 | 29.71 | 875 | 260 |
42 | Emanuel School | Randwick | 42 | 29.67 | 418 | 124 |
43 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | 43 | 29.66 | 917 | 272 |
44 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | 44 | 29.63 | 405 | 120 |
45 | Roseville College | Roseville | 45 | 29.53 | 596 | 176 |
46 | Penrith High School | Penrith | 46 | 29.35 | 920 | 270 |
47 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | 47 | 29.11 | 632 | 184 |
48 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | 48 | 29.1 | 873 | 254 |
49 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | 49 | 28.79 | 1087 | 313 |
50 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | 50 | 28.01 | 764 | 214 |
51 | Oxley College | Burradoo | 51 | 27.3 | 392 | 107 |
52 | Gosford High School | Gosford | 52 | 26.92 | 977 | 263 |
53 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | 53 | 26.9 | 699 | 188 |
54 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | 54 | 26.85 | 607 | 163 |
55 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle | 55 | 26.83 | 451 | 121 |
56 | Barker College | Hornsby | 56 | 26.65 | 1940 | 517 |
57 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty | 57 | 25.82 | 364 | 94 |
58 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | 58 | 25.46 | 1359 | 346 |
59 | St Vincents College | Potts Point | 59 | 25.45 | 617 | 157 |
60 | International Grammar School | Ultimo | 60 | 24.14 | 555 | 134 |
61 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | 61 | 23.76 | 1086 | 258 |
62 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | 62 | 23.28 | 1001 | 233 |
63 | MLC School | Burwood | 63 | 23.19 | 414 | 96 |
64 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick | 64 | 23.11 | 662 | 153 |
65 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | 65 | 22.34 | 1182 | 264 |
66 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove | 66 | 21.61 | 930 | 201 |
67 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | 67 | 21.61 | 884 | 191 |
68 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn | 68 | 21.52 | 474 | 102 |
69 | St Marks Coptic Orthodox College | Wattle Grove | 69 | 21.24 | 386 | 82 |
70 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah | 70 | 20.98 | 286 | 60 |
71 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield | 71 | 20.56 | 1036 | 213 |
72 | Bethany College | Hurstville | 72 | 20.02 | 844 | 169 |
73 | The McDonald College | North Strathfield | 73 | 20 | 170 | 34 |
74 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills | 74 | 19.59 | 781 | 153 |
75 | Sefton High School | Sefton | 75 | 19.34 | 905 | 175 |
76 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney | 76 | 19.21 | 604 | 116 |
77 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights | 77 | 19.19 | 615 | 118 |
78 | Stella Maris College | Manly | 78 | 19.16 | 663 | 127 |
79 | St Augustines College | Brookvale | 79 | 19.04 | 893 | 170 |
80 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | 80 | 19.01 | 1089 | 207 |
81 | PLC Armidale | Armidale | 81 | 18.75 | 208 | 39 |
82 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead | 82 | 18.71 | 791 | 148 |
83 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney | 83 | 18.71 | 529 | 99 |
84 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | 84 | 18.43 | 434 | 80 |
85 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy | 85 | 18.36 | 414 | 76 |
86 | St Ives High School | St Ives | 86 | 18.3 | 672 | 123 |
87 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley | 87 | 18.14 | 612 | 111 |
88 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | 88 | 17.85 | 1636 | 292 |
89 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill | 89 | 17.58 | 1200 | 211 |
90 | Killara High School | Killara | 90 | 17.49 | 1435 | 251 |
91 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale | 91 | 17.42 | 775 | 135 |
92 | Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls | 92 | 17.04 | 399 | 68 |
93 | Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural | 93 | 17 | 600 | 102 |
94 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown | 94 | 16.86 | 255 | 43 |
95 | St Clares College | Waverley | 95 | 16.85 | 362 | 61 |
96 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | 96 | 16.84 | 885 | 149 |
97 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra | 97 | 16.8 | 381 | 64 |
98 | William Clarke College | Kellyville | 98 | 16.67 | 882 | 147 |
99 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood | 99 | 16.6 | 494 | 82 |
100 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights | 100 | 16.56 | 604 | 100 |
101 | St Pius X College | Chatswood | 101 | 16.39 | 793 | 130 |
102 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights | 102 | 16.38 | 1178 | 193 |
103 | Tangara School for Girls | Cherrybrook | 103 | 16.3 | 184 | 30 |
104 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah | 104 | 16.19 | 488 | 79 |
105 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons | 105 | 16.15 | 675 | 109 |
106 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping | 106 | 15.85 | 410 | 65 |
107 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown | 107 | 15.75 | 870 | 137 |
108 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill | 108 | 15.57 | 1002 | 156 |
109 | Mosman High School | Mosman | 109 | 15.48 | 969 | 150 |
110 | Shire Christian School | Barden Ridge | 110 | 15.38 | 325 | 50 |
111 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | 111 | 15.29 | 1099 | 168 |
112 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT | 112 | 15.21 | 559 | 85 |
113 | Northholm Grammar School | Arcadia | 113 | 14.83 | 209 | 31 |
114 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater | 114 | 14.79 | 1535 | 227 |
115 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie | 115 | 14.79 | 453 | 67 |
116 | St George Christian School | Hurstville | 116 | 14.78 | 379 | 56 |
117 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood | 117 | 14.72 | 944 | 139 |
118 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas | 118 | 14.58 | 720 | 105 |
119 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield | 119 | 14.58 | 576 | 84 |
120 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre | 120 | 14.38 | 591 | 85 |
121 | Marist College Eastwood | Eastwood | 121 | 14.16 | 459 | 65 |
122 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia | 122 | 14.11 | 333 | 47 |
123 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange | 123 | 14.1 | 610 | 86 |
124 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | 124 | 14.09 | 951 | 134 |
125 | Marist Catholic College Penshurst | Mortdale | 125 | 13.96 | 351 | 49 |
126 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill | 126 | 13.94 | 574 | 80 |
127 | Covenant Christian School | Belrose | 127 | 13.8 | 442 | 61 |
128 | Tempe High School | Tempe | 128 | 13.79 | 725 | 100 |
129 | Waverley College | Waverley | 129 | 13.66 | 798 | 109 |
130 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich | 130 | 13.54 | 864 | 117 |
131 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow | 131 | 13.51 | 740 | 100 |
132 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton | 132 | 13.15 | 890 | 117 |
133 | Mount Annan Christian College | Mount Annan | 133 | 13.07 | 153 | 20 |
134 | Trinity Anglican College Albury | Thurgoona | 134 | 12.89 | 287 | 37 |
135 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point | 135 | 12.79 | 899 | 115 |
136 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead | 136 | 12.67 | 1050 | 133 |
137 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington | 137 | 12.67 | 663 | 84 |
138 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl | 138 | 12.58 | 469 | 59 |
139 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta | 139 | 12.4 | 726 | 90 |
140 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange | 140 | 12.33 | 738 | 91 |
141 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra | 141 | 12.19 | 886 | 108 |
142 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia | 142 | 12.12 | 231 | 28 |
143 | Green Valley Islamic College | Green Valley | 143 | 12.08 | 207 | 25 |
144 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie | 144 | 11.82 | 694 | 82 |
145 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland | 145 | 11.62 | 964 | 112 |
146 | Cerdon College | Merrylands | 146 | 11.59 | 880 | 102 |
147 | Marcellin College | Randwick | 147 | 11.57 | 657 | 76 |
148 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill | 148 | 11.24 | 934 | 105 |
149 | Xavier Catholic College | Skennars Head | 149 | 11.22 | 686 | 77 |
150 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills | 150 | 11.15 | 619 | 69 |
151 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth | 151 | 11.09 | 469 | 52 |
152 | Arndell Anglican College | Oakville | 152 | 11.09 | 442 | 49 |
153 | Shellharbour Anglican College | Dunmore | 153 | 11.05 | 181 | 20 |
154 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood | 154 | 10.76 | 762 | 82 |
155 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde | 155 | 10.75 | 791 | 85 |
156 | Inaburra School | Bangor | 156 | 10.75 | 530 | 57 |
157 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta | 157 | 10.65 | 629 | 67 |
158 | Aquinas College | Menai | 158 | 10.6 | 736 | 78 |
159 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville | 159 | 10.57 | 662 | 70 |
160 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields | 160 | 10.45 | 986 | 103 |
161 | The Scots School Albury | Albury | 161 | 10.42 | 240 | 25 |
162 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville | 162 | 10.4 | 644 | 67 |
163 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe | 163 | 10.3 | 1689 | 174 |
164 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra | 164 | 10.2 | 804 | 82 |
165 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale | 165 | 10.18 | 1316 | 134 |
166 | William Carey Christian School | Prestons | 166 | 10.17 | 482 | 49 |
167 | Broughton Anglican College | Menangle Park | 167 | 10.14 | 434 | 44 |
168 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith | 168 | 10.07 | 695 | 70 |
169 | Springwood High School | Faulconbridge | 169 | 10.03 | 359 | 36 |
170 | Glen Innes High School | Glen Innes | 170 | 10 | 250 | 25 |
171 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham | 171 | 9.97 | 933 | 93 |
172 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah | 172 | 9.95 | 402 | 40 |
173 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank | 173 | 9.92 | 474 | 47 |
174 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware | 174 | 9.8 | 694 | 68 |
175 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights | 175 | 9.47 | 697 | 66 |
176 | Bishop Druitt College | Coffs Harbour | 176 | 9.4 | 447 | 42 |
177 | Newington College | Stanmore | 177 | 9.34 | 942 | 88 |
178 | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield | 178 | 9.31 | 752 | 70 |
179 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill | 179 | 9.3 | 1720 | 160 |
180 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills | 180 | 9.2 | 674 | 62 |
181 | Georges River Grammar | Georges Hall | 181 | 9.07 | 397 | 36 |
182 | Moama Anglican Grammar School | Moama | 182 | 9.04 | 343 | 31 |
183 | Cumberland High School | Carlingford | 183 | 8.99 | 345 | 31 |
184 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta | 184 | 8.94 | 761 | 68 |
185 | Moss Vale High School | Moss Vale | 185 | 8.93 | 168 | 15 |
186 | Bethlehem College | Ashfield | 186 | 8.86 | 542 | 48 |
187 | Illawarra Christian School Cordeaux Campus | Cordeaux Heights | 187 | 8.84 | 181 | 16 |
188 | Rosebank College | Five Dock | 188 | 8.8 | 1080 | 95 |
189 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla | 189 | 8.7 | 965 | 84 |
190 | Domremy College | Five Dock | 190 | 8.65 | 451 | 39 |
191 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore | 191 | 8.41 | 761 | 64 |
192 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood | 192 | 8.38 | 788 | 66 |
193 | Marist College North Shore | North Sydney | 193 | 8.32 | 577 | 48 |
194 | The Armidale School | Armidale | 194 | 8.24 | 437 | 36 |
195 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook | 195 | 8.19 | 940 | 77 |
196 | MacKillop College Bathurst | Bathurst | 196 | 8.17 | 502 | 41 |
197 | Warners Bay High School | Warners Bay | 197 | 8.09 | 754 | 61 |
198 | Holy Spirit College Bellambi | Bellambi | 198 | 8 | 813 | 65 |
199 | Macquarie College | Wallsend | 199 | 7.89 | 279 | 22 |
200 | Albury High School | Albury | 200 | 7.84 | 485 | 38 |