Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2022.
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 | 67.71 | 1050 | 711 |
2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | 2 | 62.95 | 950 | 598 |
3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | 3 | 56.8 | 1250 | 710 |
4 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi | 4 | 53.62 | 636 | 341 |
5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | 5 | 53.47 | 922 | 493 |
6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | 6 | 50.73 | 1236 | 627 |
7 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | 7 | 46.88 | 960 | 450 |
8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | 8 | 46.43 | 812 | 377 |
9 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | 9 | 45.98 | 696 | 320 |
10 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | 10 | 44.38 | 667 | 296 |
11 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | 11 | 44.12 | 1224 | 540 |
12 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | 12 | 43.73 | 766 | 335 |
13 | St Catherines School | Waverley | 13 | 42.59 | 634 | 270 |
14 | Kambala | Rose Bay | 14 | 42.4 | 526 | 223 |
15 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | 15 | 42.08 | 953 | 401 |
16 | Ascham School | Edgecliff | 16 | 40.87 | 597 | 244 |
17 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | 17 | 40.72 | 1051 | 428 |
18 | Meriden School | Strathfield | 18 | 40.54 | 888 | 360 |
19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | 19 | 39.86 | 828 | 330 |
20 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | 20 | 38.57 | 1374 | 530 |
21 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman | 21 | 37.42 | 302 | 113 |
22 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn | 22 | 36.62 | 456 | 167 |
23 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn | 23 | 35.28 | 652 | 230 |
24 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | 24 | 34.93 | 899 | 314 |
25 | Wenona School | North Sydney | 25 | 34.88 | 774 | 270 |
26 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre | 26 | 34.87 | 433 | 151 |
27 | Moriah College | Queens Park | 27 | 34.41 | 837 | 288 |
28 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | 28 | 33.71 | 1860 | 627 |
29 | Girraween High School | Girraween | 29 | 33.25 | 773 | 257 |
30 | Roseville College | Roseville | 30 | 32.73 | 721 | 236 |
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31 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | 31 | 32.5 | 480 | 156 |
32 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | 32 | 32.44 | 863 | 280 |
33 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why | 33 | 32.23 | 636 | 205 |
34 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | 34 | 31.83 | 867 | 276 |
35 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | 35 | 29.63 | 1296 | 384 |
36 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | 36 | 29.23 | 804 | 235 |
37 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | 37 | 29.04 | 1195 | 347 |
38 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | 38 | 28.48 | 1085 | 309 |
39 | Masada College | St Ives | 39 | 28.18 | 220 | 62 |
40 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | 40 | 28.16 | 561 | 158 |
41 | Penrith High School | Penrith | 41 | 28.14 | 963 | 271 |
42 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | 42 | 27.97 | 708 | 198 |
43 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | 43 | 27.63 | 847 | 234 |
44 | Emanuel School | Randwick | 44 | 27.37 | 453 | 124 |
45 | St Vincents College | Potts Point | 45 | 27.24 | 613 | 167 |
46 | MLC School | Burwood | 46 | 27.01 | 411 | 111 |
47 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | 47 | 26.93 | 1337 | 360 |
48 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | 48 | 26.05 | 902 | 235 |
49 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | 49 | 26.03 | 895 | 233 |
50 | Barker College | Hornsby | 50 | 25.26 | 1936 | 489 |
51 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | 51 | 25.13 | 390 | 98 |
52 | Gosford High School | Gosford | 52 | 24.61 | 1024 | 252 |
53 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle | 53 | 24.56 | 513 | 126 |
54 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | 54 | 24.31 | 831 | 202 |
55 | Killara High School | Killara | 55 | 24.06 | 1442 | 347 |
56 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | 56 | 23.7 | 616 | 146 |
57 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead | 57 | 23.22 | 758 | 176 |
58 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | 58 | 22.72 | 471 | 107 |
59 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | 59 | 22.27 | 1244 | 277 |
60 | St George Christian School | Hurstville | 60 | 22.02 | 336 | 74 |
61 | Xavier Catholic College | Skennars Head | 61 | 21.7 | 719 | 156 |
62 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | 62 | 21.6 | 898 | 194 |
63 | Stella Maris College | Manly | 63 | 21.39 | 603 | 129 |
64 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah | 64 | 21.34 | 506 | 108 |
65 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta | 65 | 21.26 | 696 | 148 |
66 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | 66 | 20.82 | 687 | 143 |
67 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick | 67 | 20.8 | 779 | 162 |
68 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood | 68 | 20.25 | 1052 | 213 |
69 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | 69 | 20 | 775 | 155 |
70 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | 70 | 19.82 | 661 | 131 |
71 | Australian International School Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | 71 | 19.81 | 207 | 41 |
72 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | 72 | 19.71 | 1182 | 233 |
73 | Tangara School for Girls | Cherrybrook | 73 | 19.69 | 193 | 38 |
74 | St Clares College | Waverley | 74 | 19.66 | 356 | 70 |
75 | St Augustines College | Brookvale | 75 | 19.63 | 866 | 170 |
76 | Oxley College | Burradoo | 76 | 18.88 | 466 | 88 |
77 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills | 77 | 18.77 | 863 | 162 |
78 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights | 78 | 18.74 | 555 | 104 |
79 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping | 79 | 18.72 | 486 | 91 |
80 | Bethany College | Hurstville | 80 | 18.65 | 906 | 169 |
81 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | 81 | 18.34 | 1723 | 316 |
82 | Marcellin College | Randwick | 82 | 18.21 | 714 | 130 |
83 | International Grammar School | Ultimo | 83 | 18.15 | 650 | 118 |
84 | St Mary and St Minas Coptic Orthodox College | Rockdale | 84 | 18.03 | 183 | 33 |
85 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale | 85 | 17.92 | 692 | 124 |
86 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill | 86 | 17.89 | 1079 | 193 |
87 | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest | 87 | 17.78 | 585 | 104 |
88 | Marist Catholic College Penshurst | Mortdale | 88 | 17.5 | 560 | 98 |
89 | Aquinas College | Menai | 89 | 17.44 | 751 | 131 |
90 | Sefton High School | Sefton | 90 | 17.24 | 847 | 146 |
91 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy | 91 | 16.96 | 401 | 68 |
92 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah | 92 | 16.32 | 582 | 95 |
93 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | 93 | 16.2 | 1179 | 191 |
94 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove | 94 | 16.19 | 976 | 158 |
95 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights | 95 | 16.17 | 1181 | 191 |
96 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia | 96 | 15.87 | 208 | 33 |
97 | Frensham School | Mittagong | 97 | 15.85 | 347 | 55 |
98 | St John Bosco College | Engadine | 98 | 15.64 | 486 | 76 |
99 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty | 99 | 15.45 | 453 | 70 |
100 | William Clarke College | Kellyville | 100 | 15.4 | 896 | 138 |
101 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde | 101 | 15.07 | 743 | 112 |
102 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie | 102 | 15 | 440 | 66 |
103 | Rosebank College | Five Dock | 103 | 14.98 | 1128 | 169 |
104 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield | 104 | 14.96 | 488 | 73 |
105 | St Marks Coptic Orthodox College | Wattle Grove | 105 | 14.89 | 309 | 46 |
106 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton | 106 | 14.68 | 933 | 137 |
107 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich | 107 | 14.65 | 853 | 125 |
108 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | 108 | 14.57 | 858 | 125 |
109 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield | 109 | 14.54 | 963 | 140 |
110 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | 110 | 14.53 | 1101 | 160 |
111 | Covenant Christian School | Belrose | 111 | 14.4 | 382 | 55 |
112 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra | 112 | 14.29 | 392 | 56 |
113 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill | 113 | 14.26 | 1403 | 200 |
114 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham | 114 | 14.25 | 800 | 114 |
115 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons | 115 | 14.23 | 780 | 111 |
116 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta | 116 | 14.11 | 815 | 115 |
117 | Northholm Grammar School | Arcadia | 117 | 14.09 | 220 | 31 |
118 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth | 118 | 13.98 | 508 | 71 |
119 | Bethlehem College | Ashfield | 119 | 13.87 | 476 | 66 |
120 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point | 120 | 13.79 | 928 | 128 |
121 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown | 121 | 13.76 | 872 | 120 |
122 | Marist Catholic College North Shore | North Sydney | 122 | 13.28 | 542 | 72 |
123 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights | 123 | 13.24 | 612 | 81 |
124 | Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural | 124 | 13.23 | 620 | 82 |
125 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights | 125 | 13.2 | 871 | 115 |
126 | Newington College | Stanmore | 126 | 13.17 | 934 | 123 |
127 | Redfield College | Dural | 127 | 13.14 | 175 | 23 |
128 | Illawarra Christian School Cordeaux Campus | Cordeaux Heights | 128 | 13.04 | 184 | 24 |
129 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater | 129 | 12.98 | 1556 | 202 |
130 | Tempe High School | Tempe | 130 | 12.77 | 775 | 99 |
131 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood | 131 | 12.75 | 510 | 65 |
132 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills | 132 | 12.54 | 606 | 76 |
133 | Waverley College | Waverley | 133 | 12.53 | 726 | 91 |
134 | Mary MacKillop College | Wakeley | 134 | 12.53 | 487 | 61 |
135 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow | 135 | 12.45 | 763 | 95 |
136 | St Ives High School | St Ives | 136 | 12.42 | 660 | 82 |
137 | Macquarie College | Wallsend | 137 | 12.29 | 236 | 29 |
138 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill | 138 | 12.23 | 1946 | 238 |
139 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney | 139 | 12.1 | 620 | 75 |
140 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood | 140 | 12.08 | 621 | 75 |
141 | Lambton High School | Lambton | 141 | 11.95 | 703 | 84 |
142 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange | 142 | 11.76 | 765 | 90 |
143 | Marist College Eastwood | Eastwood | 143 | 11.73 | 554 | 65 |
144 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville | 144 | 11.55 | 727 | 84 |
145 | St Pius X College | Chatswood | 145 | 11.45 | 821 | 94 |
146 | Mullumbimby High School | Mullumbimby | 146 | 11.39 | 316 | 36 |
147 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT | 147 | 11.3 | 584 | 66 |
148 | St Marouns College | Marrickville | 148 | 11.29 | 186 | 21 |
149 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie | 149 | 11.28 | 718 | 81 |
150 | Domremy College | Five Dock | 150 | 11.26 | 373 | 42 |