Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2025

NSWBest Schools by D.A. Success Rate2025

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2025.

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 71.71 926 664
2 James Ruse Agricultural High School Carlingford 2 70.43 1001 705
3 Sydney Grammar School Darlinghurst 3 60.99 1251 763
4 North Sydney Girls High School Crows Nest 4 60.46 908 549
5 Normanhurst Boys High School Normanhurst 5 57.73 750 433
6 Sydney Boys High School Moore Park 6 54.19 1205 653
7 Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills 7 51.53 1209 623
8 Hornsby Girls High School Hornsby 8 51.05 711 363
9 St Aloysius College Milsons Point 9 48.03 1016 488
10 Reddam House Bondi Campus North Bondi 10 46.99 830 390
11 Abbotsleigh Wahroonga 11 45.58 1086 495
12 Ascham School Edgecliff 12 45.43 634 288
13 Sydney Girls High School Surry Hills 13 44.24 999 442
14 Ravenswood School for Girls Gordon 14 42.68 806 344
15 Conservatorium High School Sydney 15 42.55 235 100
16 Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney Croydon 16 42.41 922 391
17 Penrith High School Penrith 17 41.66 917 382
18 Pymble Ladies College Pymble 18 40.63 1585 644
19 Roseville College Roseville 19 40.58 690 280
20 Fort Street High School Petersham 20 40.2 898 361
21 SCEGGS Darlinghurst Darlinghurst 21 39.02 656 256
22 Al-Faisal College Auburn 22 38.87 710 276
23 Merewether High School Broadmeadow 23 38.71 1041 403
24 Meriden School Strathfield 24 38.11 1186 452
25 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus North Curl Curl 25 38.01 784 298
26 Girraween High School Girraween 26 37.83 801 303
27 SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School North Sydney 27 37.59 1237 465
28 Alpha Omega Senior College Auburn 28 36.07 671 242
29 Knox Grammar School Wahroonga 29 35.97 2013 724
30 Loreto Kirribilli Kirribilli 30 35.44 821 291
31 Caringbah High School Caringbah 31 34.36 876 301
32 Queenwood School for Girls Mosman 32 34.1 519 177
33 Gosford High School Gosford 33 33.84 993 336
34 Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart Vaucluse 34 33.76 628 212
35 Wenona School North Sydney 35 33.75 954 322
36 Kambala Rose Bay 36 33.7 451 152
37 Northholm Grammar School Arcadia 37 33.2 244 81
38 St Catherines School Waverley 38 33.14 703 233
39 Tara Anglican School for Girls North Parramatta 39 32.45 567 184
40 Loreto Normanhurst Normanhurst 40 31.35 1008 316
41 Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus Greenacre 41 31.01 674 209
42 The Kings School North Parramatta 42 30.82 1353 417
43 Hurlstone Agricultural High School Glenfield 43 29.39 1041 306
44 Parramatta Marist High School Westmead 44 29.28 724 212
45 St George Girls High School Kogarah 45 29.02 858 249
46 Sydney Technical High School Bexley 46 28.64 817 234
47 Cranbrook School Bellevue Hill 47 28.44 981 279
48 Brigidine College St Ives St Ives 48 27.87 818 228
49 Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College North Sydney 49 27.54 944 260
50 Barker College Hornsby 50 27.51 1963 540
51 Emanuel School Randwick 51 27.08 480 130
52 Newington College Stanmore 52 26.86 1046 281
53 Brigidine College Randwick Randwick 53 26.65 668 178
54 Tangara School for Girls Cherrybrook 54 25.64 234 60
55 The Illawarra Grammar School Wollongong 55 25.42 472 120
56 Frensham School Mittagong 56 25.13 382 96
57 Moriah College Queens Park 57 25 552 138
58 Willoughby Girls High School Willoughby 58 24.97 757 189
59 MLC School Burwood 59 24.95 477 119
60 St Ignatius College Lane Cove 60 24.94 1335 333
61 Newcastle Grammar School Newcastle 61 24.7 668 165
62 Smiths Hill High School Wollongong 62 24.63 751 185
63 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus Balgowlah 63 24.5 796 195
64 Chatswood High School Chatswood 64 24.12 1526 368
65 St Vincents College Potts Point 65 23.54 786 185
66 St Lukes Grammar School Dee Why 66 23.54 735 173
67 St Patricks College Strathfield Strathfield 67 23.48 1056 248
68 Masada College St Ives 68 23.36 244 57
69 Marist Catholic College North Shore North Sydney 69 23.16 531 123
70 Danebank An Anglican School for Girls Hurstville 70 22.67 419 95
71 St Augustines College Brookvale 71 22.64 1038 235
72 St Josephs College Hunters Hill Hunters Hill 72 22.47 1037 233
73 Cherrybrook Technology High School Cherrybrook 73 22.17 1764 391
74 St Andrews Cathedral School Sydney 74 22.12 669 148
75 Cheltenham Girls High School Beecroft 75 22.06 1251 276
76 Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills 76 22.05 839 185
77 St Clares College Waverley 77 21.77 611 133
78 Sefton High School Sefton 78 21.53 957 206
79 Santa Sabina College Strathfield 79 21.49 684 147
80 Bethany College Hurstville 80 21.45 858 184
81 The Scots College Bellevue Hill 81 21.33 1172 250
82 Pittwater House Schools Collaroy 82 20.92 564 118
83 Waverley College Waverley 83 20.45 929 190
84 International Grammar School Ultimo 84 20.34 590 120
85 Georges River Grammar Georges Hall 85 20.28 434 88
86 Lindfield Learning Village Lindfield 86 20.27 222 45
87 Oxley College Burradoo 87 20.1 403 81
88 St Marks Coptic Orthodox College Wattle Grove 88 19.79 283 56
89 Killarney Heights High School Killarney Heights 89 19.59 827 162
90 St Spyridon College Senior School Maroubra 90 19.56 363 71
91 Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights 91 19.45 653 127
92 Rose Bay Secondary College Dover Heights 92 19.41 979 190
93 Parramatta High School Parramatta 93 19.35 1023 198
94 Stella Maris College Manly 94 19.35 589 114
95 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta Parramatta 95 19.31 865 167
96 Cammeraygal High School Crows Nest 96 18.93 750 142
97 Newtown High School of Performing Arts Newtown 97 18.66 1013 189
98 Marist Catholic College Penshurst Mortdale 98 18.66 804 150
99 Covenant Christian School Belrose 99 18.36 414 76
100 Epping Boys High School Eastwood 100 17.72 1230 218
101 Mercy Catholic College Chatswood 101 17.67 713 126
102 SCECGS Redlands Cremorne 102 17.55 416 73
103 St Ursulas College Kingsgrove 103 17.54 975 171
104 Redeemer Baptist School North Parramatta 104 17.37 167 29
105 St George Christian School Hurstville 105 17.35 392 68
106 St Mary and St Minas Coptic Orthodox College Rockdale 106 17.24 203 35
107 Aquinas College Menai 107 17.08 773 132
108 Arden Anglican School Epping Campus Epping 108 17.05 604 103
109 St Marys Cathedral College Sydney 109 16.85 552 93
110 Christian Brothers High School Lewisham Lewisham 110 16.72 598 100
111 Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty 111 16.63 517 86
112 Amity College Prestons Prestons 112 16.4 921 151
113 Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Manly Vale 113 16.33 735 120
114 Trinity Grammar School Summer Hill 114 16.28 817 133
115 Strathfield Girls High School Strathfield 115 16.25 929 151
116 Oxford Falls Grammar School Oxford Falls 116 16.2 469 76
117 St John Bosco College Engadine 117 16.17 501 81
118 Carlingford High School Carlingford 118 15.87 1380 219
119 Castle Hill High School Castle Hill 119 15.77 1611 254
120 Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg Heights 120 15.69 1173 184
121 Al-Faisal College Liverpool Campus Austral 121 15.53 425 66
122 St Philips Christian College Newcastle Waratah 122 15.41 558 86
123 St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie 123 15.37 449 69
124 Rosebank College Five Dock 124 15.22 1117 170
125 Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus Glebe 125 15.07 1765 266
126 Marist College Eastwood Eastwood 126 14.96 655 98
127 St Scholasticas College Glebe Point Glebe Point 127 14.43 866 125
128 Marcellin College Randwick 128 14.42 652 94
129 The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst 129 14.41 451 65
130 St Patricks College Sutherland Sutherland 130 14.32 971 139
131 Marist College Kogarah Bexley 131 14.22 647 92
132 Emmanuel Anglican College Ballina 132 14.18 275 39
133 St Charbels College Punchbowl 133 14.14 396 56
134 St Pius X College Chatswood 134 14.13 800 113
135 Domremy College Five Dock 135 14.11 482 68
136 Xavier Catholic College Ballina Skennars Head 136 13.89 583 81
137 Oakhill College Castle Hill 137 13.58 2401 326
138 Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus Freshwater 138 13.54 1617 219
139 Wollemi College Werrington 139 13.5 200 27
140 William Clarke College Kellyville 140 13.35 1056 141
141 Killara High School Killara 141 13.3 1444 192
142 Ryde Secondary College Ryde 142 13.28 1160 154
143 Burwood Girls High School Croydon 143 13.02 1029 134
144 Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design Dulwich Hill 144 12.87 567 73
145 Casimir Catholic College Marrickville 145 12.76 431 55
146 Australian International School Hong Kong Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 146 12.7 244 31
147 Asquith Girls High School Asquith 147 12.66 482 61
148 St Patricks Marist College Dundas 148 12.59 699 88
149 Cerdon College Merrylands 149 12.38 929 115
150 Holy Cross College Ryde 150 12.34 316 39
151 Kinross Wolaroi School Orange 151 12.31 772 95
152 Northern Beaches Christian School Terrey Hills 152 12.27 758 93
153 Snowy Mountains Grammar School Jindabyne 153 12.18 238 29
154 St Mary Star of the Sea College Wollongong 154 12.13 923 112
155 Illawarra Christian School Cordeaux Campus Cordeaux Heights 155 12.12 330 40
156 Mosman High School Mosman 156 12.11 834 101
157 Prairiewood High School Prairiewood 157 12.1 959 116
158 Marist Sisters College Woolwich Woolwich 158 12.08 778 94
159 Clancy Catholic College West Hoxton 159 11.99 876 105
160 St Peters Anglican College Broulee 160 11.92 260 31
161 Pennant Hills High School Pennant Hills 161 11.71 811 95
162 St Marouns College Marrickville 162 11.67 180 21
163 Canterbury Girls High School Canterbury 163 11.53 555 64
164 St Ives High School St Ives 164 11.41 1209 138
165 Crestwood High School Baulkham Hills 165 11.39 878 100
166 Glenwood High School Glenwood 166 11.36 1171 133
167 Hunter Valley Grammar School Ashtonfield 167 11.29 487 55
168 All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School Belmore 168 11.24 267 30
169 Catherine McAuley Westmead Westmead 169 11.14 1086 121
170 Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School Middle Cove 170 11.11 180 20
171 Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields 171 10.93 933 102
172 Inner Sydney High School Surry Hills 172 10.88 708 77
173 Ashfield Boys High School Ashfield 173 10.82 564 61
174 St Aloysius College Cronulla Cronulla 174 10.71 607 65
175 Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School Byron Bay 175 10.56 180 19
176 Mount St Joseph Milperra Milperra 176 10.48 649 68
177 St Patricks College Campbelltown Campbelltown 177 10.34 551 57
178 Inaburra School Bangor 178 10.33 726 75
179 Gilroy Catholic College Castle Hill 179 10.29 991 102
180 Riverside Girls High School Gladesville 180 10.26 702 72
181 Blacktown Girls High School Blacktown 181 10.23 665 68
182 Pacific Hills Christian School Dural 182 10.22 744 76
183 Kirrawee High School Kirrawee 183 10.14 710 72
184 The Armidale School Armidale 184 10.14 414 42
185 Asquith Boys High School Asquith 185 10.08 248 25
186 Marian Catholic College Kenthurst Kenthurst 186 10.07 536 54
187 St Narsai Assyrian Christian College Horsley Park 187 10.02 449 45
188 Shire Christian School Barden Ridge 188 9.97 351 35
189 Oran Park Anglican College Oran Park 189 9.85 274 27
190 Norwest Christian College Riverstone 190 9.83 417 41
191 Alexandria Park Community School Alexandria 191 9.75 359 35
192 The Ponds High School The Ponds 192 9.6 1521 146
193 St Philips Christian College Gosford Narara 193 9.57 230 22
194 Trinity Catholic College Auburn Campus Auburn 194 9.47 855 81
195 Ku-ring-gai High School North Turramurra 195 9.45 328 31
196 Blue Mountains Grammar School Wentworth Falls 196 9.43 265 25
197 St Francis Catholic College Edmondson Park 197 9.39 628 59
198 St Columbas Catholic College Springwood 198 9.36 812 76
199 St Euphemia College Bankstown 199 9.31 247 23
200 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Kensington 200 9.21 608 56
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 1 May 2026
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