Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2015

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.

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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
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
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023
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