This report ranks the best NSW HSC schools in order according to the total number of Distinguished Achiever award winners at each school in 2021.
Please note that this ranking method ignores the relative sizes of each school's year 12 cohort, so larger schools will, on average, tend to be favoured by this ranking method.
Also note that this report is an excerpt. To see the complete set of award statistics for each school, please refer to the NSW School HSC Statistics report.
1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | 580 | 250 |
2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | 600 | 229 |
3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | 703 | 225 |
4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | 710 | 221 |
5 | Barker College | Hornsby | 474 | 176 |
6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | 536 | 170 |
7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | 277 | 166 |
8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | 565 | 163 |
9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | 655 | 159 |
10 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | 329 | 155 |
11 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | 436 | 150 |
12 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | 455 | 148 |
13 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | 418 | 138 |
14 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | 375 | 133 |
15 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | 429 | 132 |
16 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | 371 | 131 |
17 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | 331 | 131 |
18 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi | 335 | 128 |
19 | Girraween High School | Girraween | 321 | 126 |
20 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | 301 | 123 |
21 | Penrith High School | Penrith | 289 | 121 |
22 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill | 213 | 119 |
23 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | 303 | 117 |
24 | Meriden School | Strathfield | 396 | 114 |
25 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | 357 | 113 |