Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2024.
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.
51 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | 51 | 26.8 | 821 | 220 |
52 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | 52 | 26.78 | 575 | 154 |
53 | Gosford High School | Gosford | 53 | 26.02 | 1149 | 299 |
54 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | 54 | 25.5 | 702 | 179 |
55 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | 55 | 25.3 | 834 | 211 |
56 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown | 56 | 25.27 | 922 | 233 |
57 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | 57 | 25.2 | 1242 | 313 |
58 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | 58 | 25.07 | 1452 | 364 |
59 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead | 59 | 25.07 | 726 | 182 |
60 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood | 60 | 24.93 | 1003 | 250 |
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61 | Montgrove College | Orchard Hills | 61 | 24.55 | 167 | 41 |
62 | St Augustines College | Brookvale | 62 | 24.23 | 1106 | 268 |
63 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | 63 | 23.9 | 996 | 238 |
64 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah | 64 | 23.8 | 710 | 169 |
65 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | 65 | 23.58 | 772 | 182 |
66 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | 66 | 23.48 | 558 | 131 |
67 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick | 67 | 23.47 | 639 | 150 |
68 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | 68 | 23.43 | 606 | 142 |
69 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | 69 | 23.17 | 410 | 95 |
70 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta | 70 | 22.76 | 861 | 196 |
71 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | 71 | 22.69 | 1318 | 299 |
72 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | 72 | 22.34 | 1186 | 265 |
73 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping | 73 | 22.29 | 525 | 117 |
74 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong | 74 | 21.87 | 343 | 75 |
75 | Australian International School Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | 75 | 21.85 | 151 | 33 |
76 | Marist Catholic College North Shore | North Sydney | 76 | 21.36 | 515 | 110 |
77 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills | 77 | 21.07 | 712 | 150 |
78 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty | 78 | 21.04 | 537 | 113 |
79 | International Grammar School | Ultimo | 79 | 20.81 | 620 | 129 |
80 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | 80 | 20.66 | 915 | 189 |
81 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra | 81 | 20.65 | 397 | 82 |
82 | Bethany College | Hurstville | 82 | 20.27 | 883 | 179 |
83 | The McDonald College | North Strathfield | 83 | 20.2 | 198 | 40 |
84 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle | 84 | 20.17 | 585 | 118 |
85 | St Vincents College | Potts Point | 85 | 20.09 | 672 | 135 |
86 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | 86 | 20.04 | 529 | 106 |
87 | Tangara School for Girls | Cherrybrook | 87 | 20 | 270 | 54 |
88 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill | 88 | 19.59 | 1123 | 220 |
89 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield | 89 | 19.35 | 1013 | 196 |
90 | Killara High School | Killara | 90 | 19.22 | 1457 | 280 |
91 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore | 91 | 19.02 | 163 | 31 |
92 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove | 92 | 18.97 | 896 | 170 |
93 | Redfield College | Dural | 93 | 18.89 | 180 | 34 |
94 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | 94 | 18.82 | 1854 | 349 |
95 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | 95 | 18.72 | 716 | 134 |
96 | Stella Maris College | Manly | 96 | 18.56 | 749 | 139 |
97 | Marist Catholic College Penshurst | Mortdale | 97 | 18.14 | 722 | 131 |
98 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde | 98 | 18.07 | 891 | 161 |
99 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta | 99 | 18.01 | 994 | 179 |
100 | Oxley College | Burradoo | 100 | 17.94 | 535 | 96 |