Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2015.
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.
25 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | 25 | 34.28 | 808 | 277 |
26 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | 26 | 33.76 | 856 | 289 |
27 | Roseville College | Roseville | 27 | 32.88 | 444 | 146 |
28 | Penrith High School | Penrith | 28 | 32.47 | 964 | 313 |
29 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | 29 | 32.44 | 894 | 290 |
30 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | 30 | 32.04 | 1008 | 323 |
31 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | 31 | 31.87 | 433 | 138 |
32 | Wenona School | North Sydney | 32 | 31.04 | 625 | 194 |
33 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | 33 | 30.9 | 670 | 207 |
34 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | 34 | 30.63 | 1084 | 332 |
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35 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | 35 | 29.87 | 894 | 267 |
36 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | 36 | 29.16 | 782 | 228 |
37 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | 37 | 28.13 | 1454 | 409 |
38 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | 38 | 27.08 | 1056 | 286 |
39 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | 39 | 27.07 | 846 | 229 |
40 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | 40 | 25.18 | 846 | 213 |
41 | Gosford High School | Gosford | 41 | 25.15 | 1014 | 255 |
42 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | 42 | 24.72 | 1157 | 286 |
43 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | 43 | 24.55 | 892 | 219 |
44 | Frensham School | Mittagong | 44 | 24.35 | 345 | 84 |
45 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | 45 | 24.28 | 552 | 134 |
46 | MLC School | Burwood | 46 | 24.05 | 474 | 114 |
47 | Barker College | Hornsby | 47 | 23.6 | 1856 | 438 |
48 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | 48 | 23.56 | 917 | 216 |
49 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | 49 | 23.18 | 768 | 178 |
50 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn | 50 | 22.93 | 375 | 86 |
51 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | 51 | 22.89 | 1018 | 233 |
52 | Sefton High School | Sefton | 52 | 22.83 | 841 | 192 |
53 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT | 53 | 22.72 | 669 | 152 |
54 | Emanuel School | Randwick | 54 | 22.67 | 375 | 85 |
55 | Killara High School | Killara | 55 | 22.63 | 1436 | 325 |
56 | St Catherines School | Waverley | 56 | 22.36 | 626 | 140 |
57 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | 57 | 22.01 | 1381 | 304 |
58 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | 58 | 21.8 | 1078 | 235 |
59 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | 59 | 21.75 | 676 | 147 |
60 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick | 60 | 21.56 | 793 | 171 |
61 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | 61 | 20.7 | 1783 | 369 |
62 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra | 62 | 20.67 | 208 | 43 |
63 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove | 63 | 20.6 | 830 | 171 |
64 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead | 64 | 20.4 | 794 | 162 |
65 | Sutherland Shire Christian School | Barden Ridge | 65 | 20.27 | 301 | 61 |
66 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | 66 | 19.71 | 1111 | 219 |
67 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle | 67 | 19.36 | 439 | 85 |
68 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | 68 | 18.99 | 574 | 109 |
69 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty | 69 | 18.81 | 452 | 85 |
70 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood | 70 | 18.72 | 390 | 73 |
71 | St Marks Coptic Orthodox College | Wattle Grove | 71 | 18.6 | 328 | 61 |
72 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | 72 | 18.4 | 875 | 161 |
73 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill | 73 | 18.35 | 1112 | 204 |
74 | The Scots School Albury | Albury | 74 | 18.33 | 360 | 66 |