Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2021.
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.
151 | Picnic Point High School | Picnic Point | 151 | 12.6 | 627 | 79 |
152 | Oxley College | Burradoo | 152 | 12.53 | 423 | 53 |
153 | Inaburra School | Bangor | 153 | 12.52 | 591 | 74 |
154 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville | 154 | 12.35 | 664 | 82 |
155 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney | 155 | 12.33 | 738 | 91 |
156 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde | 156 | 12.19 | 689 | 84 |
157 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth | 157 | 12.14 | 412 | 50 |
158 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury | 158 | 12.08 | 505 | 61 |
159 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith | 159 | 11.95 | 477 | 57 |
160 | Wollondilly Anglican College | Tahmoor | 160 | 11.95 | 343 | 41 |
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161 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy | 161 | 11.71 | 316 | 37 |
162 | Australian International School Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | 162 | 11.7 | 171 | 20 |
163 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange | 163 | 11.64 | 687 | 80 |
164 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead | 164 | 11.63 | 980 | 114 |
165 | Wahroonga Adventist School | Wahroonga | 165 | 11.56 | 173 | 20 |
166 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong | 166 | 11.5 | 339 | 39 |
167 | Trinity Catholic College Auburn Campus | Auburn | 167 | 11.45 | 830 | 95 |
168 | The Scots School Albury | Albury | 168 | 11.45 | 227 | 26 |
169 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta | 169 | 11.41 | 736 | 84 |
170 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla | 170 | 11.35 | 916 | 104 |
171 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills | 171 | 11.27 | 790 | 89 |
172 | De La Salle College Revesby Heights | Revesby Heights | 172 | 11.19 | 429 | 48 |
173 | Green Valley Islamic College | Green Valley | 173 | 11.16 | 215 | 24 |
174 | St Patricks College Campbelltown | Campbelltown | 174 | 11.08 | 424 | 47 |
175 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point | 175 | 11.07 | 840 | 93 |
176 | St Marks Catholic College | Stanhope Gardens | 176 | 11.05 | 688 | 76 |
177 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore | 177 | 10.99 | 182 | 20 |
178 | Killara High School | Killara | 178 | 10.97 | 1240 | 136 |
179 | St Peters Anglican College | Broulee | 179 | 10.95 | 210 | 23 |
180 | Moorebank High School | Moorebank | 180 | 10.85 | 756 | 82 |
181 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham | 181 | 10.68 | 749 | 80 |
182 | MacKillop College Bathurst | Bathurst | 182 | 10.63 | 480 | 51 |
183 | Chevalier College | Burradoo | 183 | 10.58 | 813 | 86 |
184 | Alexandria Park Community School | Alexandria | 184 | 10.53 | 228 | 24 |
185 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra | 185 | 10.49 | 658 | 69 |
186 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater | 186 | 10.48 | 1536 | 161 |
187 | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest | 187 | 10.45 | 440 | 46 |
188 | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest | 188 | 10.4 | 452 | 47 |
189 | Penrith Anglican College | Orchard Hills | 189 | 10.39 | 279 | 29 |
190 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe | 190 | 10.38 | 1724 | 179 |
191 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill | 191 | 10.31 | 2066 | 213 |
192 | Toongabbie Christian College | Toongabbie | 192 | 10.29 | 350 | 36 |
193 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield | 193 | 10.21 | 519 | 53 |
194 | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park | 194 | 10.2 | 882 | 90 |
195 | John Therry Catholic College | Rosemeadow | 195 | 10.02 | 519 | 52 |
196 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong | 196 | 10.01 | 799 | 80 |
197 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill | 197 | 9.96 | 1365 | 136 |
198 | All Saints Catholic College Casula Campus | Casula | 198 | 9.94 | 1127 | 112 |
199 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood | 199 | 9.93 | 947 | 94 |
200 | McAuley Catholic College Grafton | Clarenza | 200 | 9.93 | 151 | 15 |