Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2023

NSWBest Schools by D.A. Success Rate2023

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2023.

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.

200 of 200 entries are shown.
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1 North Sydney Boys High School Crows Nest 1 69.01 955 659
2 James Ruse Agricultural High School Carlingford 2 60.04 996 598
3 Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills 3 55.79 1210 675
4 North Sydney Girls High School Crows Nest 4 54.68 909 497
5 Reddam House Bondi Campus North Bondi 5 54.24 684 371
6 St Aloysius College Milsons Point 6 52.53 948 498
7 Sydney Grammar School Darlinghurst 7 52.33 1181 618
8 Normanhurst Boys High School Normanhurst 8 46.44 786 365
9 SCEGGS Darlinghurst Darlinghurst 9 46.37 662 307
10 Abbotsleigh Wahroonga 10 45.65 1093 499
11 Knox Grammar School Wahroonga 11 45.64 2145 979
12 Meriden School Strathfield 12 44.37 924 410
13 Sydney Boys High School Moore Park 13 42.74 1254 536
14 Hornsby Girls High School Hornsby 14 41.75 709 296
15 Al-Faisal College Auburn 15 41.74 599 250
16 Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus Greenacre 16 40.46 571 231
17 Ascham School Edgecliff 17 40.03 652 261
18 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus North Curl Curl 18 38.73 741 287
19 Pymble Ladies College Pymble 19 38.06 1558 593
20 Sydney Girls High School Surry Hills 20 38.03 973 370
21 St Catherines School Waverley 21 37.95 635 241
22 Loreto Kirribilli Kirribilli 22 37.83 822 311
23 Fort Street High School Petersham 23 37.51 861 323
24 SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School North Sydney 24 37.38 1161 434
25 Kambala Rose Bay 25 35.68 468 167
26 The Kings School North Parramatta 26 35.52 1354 481
27 Alpha Omega Senior College Auburn 27 35.37 540 191
28 Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney Croydon 28 34.59 795 275
29 Moriah College Queens Park 29 34.34 731 251
30 Tara Anglican School for Girls North Parramatta 30 34.14 454 155
31 Wenona School North Sydney 31 34.1 874 298
32 Girraween High School Girraween 32 32.45 829 269
33 Roseville College Roseville 33 31.65 692 219
34 Ravenswood School for Girls Gordon 34 31.52 663 209
35 Penrith High School Penrith 35 31.12 977 304
36 Santa Sabina College Strathfield 36 30.23 622 188
37 Barker College Hornsby 37 29.73 1857 552
38 St Lukes Grammar School Dee Why 38 29.66 671 199
39 Hurlstone Agricultural High School Glenfield 39 29.19 1045 305
40 Cranbrook School Bellevue Hill 40 28.95 867 251
41 Caringbah High School Caringbah 41 27.97 926 259
42 Queenwood School for Girls Mosman 42 27.81 525 146
43 Redfield College Dural 43 27.32 205 56
44 Merewether High School Broadmeadow 44 27.24 1017 277
45 Northholm Grammar School Arcadia 45 27.12 236 64
46 Frensham School Mittagong 46 27.04 318 86
47 Loreto Normanhurst Normanhurst 47 26.84 883 237
48 Smiths Hill High School Wollongong 48 26.78 717 192
49 Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart Vaucluse 49 26.34 577 152
50 Brigidine College Randwick Randwick 50 26.3 749 197
51 The Scots College Bellevue Hill 51 26.11 1218 318
52 Newcastle Grammar School Newcastle 52 25.77 551 142
53 Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights 53 25.55 638 163
54 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus Balgowlah 54 25.32 628 159
55 Sydney Technical High School Bexley 55 24.55 839 206
56 Willoughby Girls High School Willoughby 56 24.34 801 195
57 Arden Anglican School Epping Campus Epping 57 24.31 506 123
58 St Vincents College Potts Point 58 24.16 716 173
59 St George Girls High School Kogarah 59 23.95 902 216
60 MLC School Burwood 60 23.83 386 92
61 Stella Maris College Manly 61 23.17 561 130
62 Tangara School for Girls Cherrybrook 62 23.02 278 64
63 Chatswood High School Chatswood 63 23.01 1282 295
64 Gosford High School Gosford 64 22.86 971 222
65 Emanuel School Randwick 65 22.84 429 98
66 Masada College St Ives 66 22.56 195 44
67 Danebank An Anglican School for Girls Hurstville 67 21.89 434 95
68 Parramatta Marist High School Westmead 68 21.74 814 177
69 St Ignatius College Lane Cove 69 21.68 1379 299
70 St Clares College Waverley 70 21.15 435 92
71 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta Parramatta 71 20.88 800 167
72 Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College North Sydney 72 20.58 938 193
73 Marist College Kogarah Bexley 73 19.77 597 118
74 St Josephs College Hunters Hill Hunters Hill 74 19.75 1058 209
75 St Ursulas College Kingsgrove 75 19.67 961 189
76 Brigidine College St Ives St Ives 76 19.67 859 169
77 Killara High School Killara 77 19.58 1425 279
78 St Spyridon College Senior School Maroubra 78 19.06 383 73
79 Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills 79 18.87 816 154
80 Epping Boys High School Eastwood 80 18.76 1098 206
81 Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Manly Vale 81 18.75 768 144
82 Christian Brothers High School Lewisham Lewisham 82 18.73 534 100
83 Carlingford High School Carlingford 83 18.69 1038 194
84 St Andrews Cathedral School Sydney 84 18.6 742 138
85 Cammeraygal High School Crows Nest 85 18.53 653 121
86 All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School Belmore 86 18.34 229 42
87 Cheltenham Girls High School Beecroft 87 18.33 1162 213
88 Northern Beaches Christian School Terrey Hills 88 18.3 612 112
89 Newtown High School of Performing Arts Newtown 89 18.28 859 157
90 Marcellin College Randwick 90 18.25 674 123
91 SCECGS Redlands Cremorne 91 18.16 457 83
92 Cherrybrook Technology High School Cherrybrook 92 17.79 1849 329
93 Marist College Eastwood Eastwood 93 17.74 603 107
94 St Augustines College Brookvale 94 17.73 959 170
95 Pittwater House Schools Collaroy 95 17.7 486 86
96 Marist Sisters College Woolwich Woolwich 96 17.61 778 137
97 The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst 97 17.46 338 59
98 Georges River Grammar Georges Hall 98 17.38 328 57
99 Bethany College Hurstville 99 17.3 838 145
100 St John Bosco College Engadine 100 16.82 547 92
101 Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus Freshwater 101 16.75 1618 271
102 St Ives High School St Ives 102 16.72 939 157
103 Domremy College Five Dock 103 16.01 531 85
104 William Clarke College Kellyville 104 15.98 870 139
105 St Patricks College Strathfield Strathfield 105 15.96 946 151
106 Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg Heights 106 15.72 1158 182
107 Xavier Catholic College Skennars Head 107 15.7 567 89
108 Aquinas College Menai 108 15.69 701 110
109 Sefton High School Sefton 109 15.62 922 144
110 Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty 110 15.54 605 94
111 St George Christian School Hurstville 111 15.52 348 54
112 Cerdon College Merrylands 112 15.34 939 144
113 Nowra Anglican College Bomaderry 113 15.33 437 67
114 St Philips Christian College Newcastle Waratah 114 15.16 521 79
115 Oxford Falls Grammar School Oxford Falls 115 15.11 483 73
116 Rosebank College Five Dock 116 15.07 1201 181
117 St Scholasticas College Glebe Point Glebe Point 117 15.04 831 125
118 Marist Catholic College North Shore North Sydney 118 14.99 527 79
119 Rose Bay Secondary College Dover Heights 119 14.9 953 142
120 Prairiewood High School Prairiewood 120 14.66 764 112
121 St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie 121 14.02 542 76
122 International Grammar School Ultimo 122 13.89 583 81
123 Castle Hill High School Castle Hill 123 13.8 1833 253
124 Tempe High School Tempe 124 13.78 769 106
125 Moss Vale High School Moss Vale 125 13.75 240 33
126 De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla Cronulla 126 13.6 897 122
127 Amity College Prestons Prestons 127 13.6 787 107
128 Mercy Catholic College Chatswood 128 13.55 664 90
129 Hunter Valley Grammar School Ashtonfield 129 13.4 485 65
130 Parramatta High School Parramatta 130 13.36 891 119
131 Trinity Catholic College Lismore Lismore 131 13.36 666 89
132 Killarney Heights High School Killarney Heights 132 13.31 586 78
133 Ryde Secondary College Ryde 133 13.19 1001 132
134 Waverley College Waverley 134 13.04 790 103
135 St Marys Cathedral College Sydney 135 13.02 599 78
136 Pennant Hills High School Pennant Hills 136 12.89 706 91
137 Kinross Wolaroi School Orange 137 12.88 730 94
138 Newington College Stanmore 138 12.85 848 109
139 Mater Maria Catholic College Warriewood 139 12.61 587 74
140 Mount St Patrick College Murwillumbah 140 12.5 592 74
141 Chevalier College Burradoo 141 12.37 598 74
142 Clancy Catholic College West Hoxton 142 12.22 933 114
143 Covenant Christian School Belrose 143 12.22 401 49
144 Strathfield Girls High School Strathfield 144 12.15 757 92
145 Marist Catholic College Penshurst Mortdale 145 12.15 609 74
146 St Francis Catholic College Edmondson Park 146 12.14 280 34
147 Burwood Girls High School Croydon 147 12.1 942 114
148 Bethlehem College Ashfield 148 11.9 378 45
149 Menai High School Menai 149 11.85 802 95
150 Snowy Mountains Grammar School Jindabyne 150 11.76 187 22
151 St Patricks College Sutherland Sutherland 151 11.53 954 110
152 Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design Dulwich Hill 152 11.52 547 63
153 Wahroonga Adventist School Wahroonga 153 11.43 175 20
154 Trinity Grammar School Summer Hill 154 11.41 710 81
155 Oakhill College Castle Hill 155 11.39 1931 220
156 Randwick Girls High School Randwick 156 11.39 641 73
157 Oxley College Burradoo 157 11.32 433 49
158 Calrossy Anglican School Tamworth 158 11.28 470 53
159 Blacktown Girls High School Blacktown 159 11.2 634 71
160 Mosman High School Mosman 160 11.18 903 101
161 Toongabbie Christian College Toongabbie 161 10.98 328 36
162 Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields 162 10.91 880 96
163 St Patricks Marist College Dundas 163 10.8 787 85
164 The Illawarra Grammar School Wollongong 164 10.73 410 44
165 Cumberland High School Carlingford 165 10.71 504 54
166 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Kensington 166 10.56 587 62
167 The Scots School Albury Albury 167 10.55 275 29
168 Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus Glebe 168 10.54 1727 182
169 Emmanuel Anglican College Ballina 169 10.54 332 35
170 St Charbels College Punchbowl 170 10.51 495 52
171 St Josephs Regional College Port Macquarie 171 10.45 555 58
172 Mullumbimby High School Mullumbimby 172 10.4 250 26
173 Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Fairy Meadow 173 10.38 819 85
174 Marian Catholic College Griffith Griffith 174 10.32 339 35
175 Australian International School Singapore Singapore 175 10.31 194 20
176 St Marks Coptic Orthodox College Wattle Grove 176 10.26 312 32
177 Asquith Girls High School Asquith 177 10.12 494 50
178 Edmund Rice College West Wollongong 178 10.11 752 76
179 Concord High School Concord 179 10.07 765 77
180 St Pius X College Chatswood 180 10.06 815 82
181 Inaburra School Bangor 181 10.04 687 69
182 Norwest Christian College Riverstone 182 10 250 25
183 Riverside Girls High School Gladesville 183 9.92 514 51
184 Macquarie College Wallsend 184 9.89 273 27
185 Casimir Catholic College Marrickville 185 9.89 263 26
186 Kirrawee High School Kirrawee 186 9.88 820 81
187 Glenwood High School Glenwood 187 9.77 1136 111
188 Mary MacKillop College Wakeley 188 9.71 577 56
189 St Marouns College Dulwich Hill 189 9.55 178 17
190 Catherine McAuley Westmead Westmead 190 9.49 1001 95
191 Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School Calala 191 9.49 369 35
192 Davidson High School Frenchs Forest 192 9.47 528 50
193 Illawarra Christian School Cordeaux Campus Cordeaux Heights 193 9.43 244 23
194 Pacific Hills Christian School Dural 194 9.33 654 61
195 Gilroy Catholic College Castle Hill 195 9.26 940 87
196 Belmont Christian College Belmont North 196 9.26 270 25
197 Minarah College Green Valley 197 9.21 239 22
198 Holy Spirit College Bellambi Bellambi 198 9.2 641 59
199 Scots All Saints College White Rock 199 9.12 351 32
200 PLC Armidale Armidale 200 9 211 19
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 29 Dec 2023
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