This report ranks the best NSW HSC schools in order according to the total number of Distinguished Achiever award winners at each school in 2015.
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 | 709 | 283 |
2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | 776 | 213 |
3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | 676 | 211 |
4 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | 409 | 183 |
5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | 584 | 182 |
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6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | 569 | 181 |
7 | Barker College | Hornsby | 438 | 180 |
8 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | 675 | 180 |
9 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | 621 | 155 |
10 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | 286 | 149 |
11 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | 453 | 145 |
12 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | 323 | 143 |
13 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | 369 | 142 |
14 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | 552 | 141 |
15 | Killara High School | Killara | 325 | 140 |
16 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | 377 | 139 |
17 | Girraween High School | Girraween | 397 | 137 |
18 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | 277 | 127 |
19 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | 332 | 127 |
20 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | 304 | 127 |
21 | Penrith High School | Penrith | 313 | 126 |
22 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | 290 | 123 |
23 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | 336 | 122 |
24 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | 235 | 118 |
25 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | 393 | 118 |