This report ranks the best NSW HSC schools in order according to the total number of Distinguished Achiever award winners at each school in 2008.
Please note that this ranking method ignores the relative sizes of each school's year 12 cohort, so larger schools will, on average, tend to be favoured by this ranking method.
Also note that this report is an excerpt. To see the complete set of award statistics for each school, please refer to the NSW School HSC Statistics report.
1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | 576 | 235 |
2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | 834 | 226 |
3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | 651 | 177 |
4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | 550 | 171 |
5 | Barker College | Hornsby | 399 | 168 |
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6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | 464 | 163 |
7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | 443 | 147 |
8 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | 332 | 147 |
9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | 543 | 147 |
10 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | 499 | 145 |
11 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | 339 | 138 |
12 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | 339 | 137 |
13 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | 410 | 134 |
14 | Gosford High School | Gosford | 299 | 132 |
15 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | 326 | 130 |
16 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | 250 | 127 |
17 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton | 234 | 126 |
18 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | 354 | 122 |
19 | Girraween High School | Girraween | 274 | 117 |
20 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | 284 | 112 |
21 | Moriah College | Queens Park | 352 | 112 |
22 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | 302 | 111 |
23 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | 258 | 111 |
24 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | 336 | 107 |
25 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | 274 | 107 |