Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2016

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2016.

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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50 Frensham School Mittagong 50 24.53 318 78
51 Parramatta Marist High School Westmead 51 24.44 757 185
52 Sefton High School Sefton 52 24.3 827 201
53 Cheltenham Girls High School Beecroft 53 24.29 1017 247
54 Australian International School Hong Kong Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 54 23.68 228 54
55 Cranbrook School Bellevue Hill 55 23.47 967 227
56 Brigidine College Randwick Randwick 56 23.19 746 173
57 St Lukes Grammar School Dee Why 57 22.85 534 122
58 Cherrybrook Technology High School Cherrybrook 58 22.84 1852 423
59 Redfield College Dural 59 22.54 213 48
60 Smiths Hill High School Wollongong 60 22.28 727 162
61 Killara High School Killara 61 22.21 1549 344
62 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus Balgowlah 62 22.15 289 64
63 Oxley College Burradoo 63 21.83 252 55
64 Newcastle Grammar School Newcastle 64 21.61 509 110
65 Willoughby Girls High School Willoughby 65 21.41 766 164
66 Mercy Catholic College Chatswood 66 21.34 464 99
67 MLC School Burwood 67 21.29 451 96
68 Danebank An Anglican School for Girls Hurstville 68 20.03 589 118
69 Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg Heights 69 19.89 1096 218
70 Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights 70 19.67 600 118
71 The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst 71 19.59 439 86
72 Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College North Sydney 72 19.57 751 147
73 Chatswood High School Chatswood 73 19.36 935 181
74 Masada College St Ives 74 19.23 208 40
75 St Ursulas College Kingsgrove 75 19.18 834 160
76 Malek Fahd Islamic School Greenacre 76 18.44 499 92
77 Mount St Patrick College Murwillumbah 77 18.3 530 97
78 The Scots College Bellevue Hill 78 18.17 1222 222
79 St Vincents College Potts Point 79 18.06 515 93
80 Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields 80 17.8 854 152
81 St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie 81 17.76 366 65
82 Newtown High School of Performing Arts Newtown 82 17.57 979 172
83 Ryde Secondary College Ryde 83 17.52 702 123
84 Blue Mountains Grammar School Wentworth Falls 84 17.22 360 62
85 Carlingford High School Carlingford 85 17.21 866 149
86 Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills 86 17.05 792 135
87 Newington College Stanmore 87 16.95 1003 170
88 St Josephs College Hunters Hill Hunters Hill 88 16.88 1096 185
89 Marist Catholic College Penshurst Mortdale 89 16.86 516 87
90 St Patricks College Strathfield Strathfield 90 16.68 1043 174
91 Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Manly Vale 91 16.62 788 131
92 IPEKA Integrated Christian School Jakarta, Indonesia 92 16.39 299 49
93 Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty 93 16.33 343 56
94 International Grammar School Ultimo 94 16.31 613 100
95 St Augustines College Brookvale 95 16.3 773 126
96 Parramatta High School Parramatta 96 16.17 779 126
97 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta Parramatta 97 16.1 820 132
98 Canberra Grammar School Red Hill, ACT 98 15.9 673 107
99 Strathfield Girls High School Strathfield 99 15.84 1048 166
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023
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