This report ranks the best NSW HSC schools in order according to the total number of Distinguished Achiever award winners at each school in 2012.
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 | 593 | 241 |
2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | 788 | 219 |
3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | 689 | 212 |
4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | 571 | 187 |
5 | Barker College | Hornsby | 460 | 182 |
6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | 586 | 179 |
7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | 343 | 161 |
8 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | 596 | 160 |
9 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | 403 | 159 |
10 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | 421 | 150 |
11 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | 532 | 146 |
12 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | 393 | 145 |
13 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | 314 | 138 |
14 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | 382 | 135 |
15 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | 514 | 134 |
16 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | 341 | 133 |
17 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | 377 | 130 |
18 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | 226 | 128 |
19 | Gosford High School | Gosford | 283 | 127 |
20 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | 355 | 118 |
21 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | 273 | 112 |
22 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre | 198 | 111 |
23 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | 318 | 111 |
24 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | 254 | 110 |
25 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | 381 | 109 |