Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2017

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2017.

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.

50 of 200 entries are shown.
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75 Tara Anglican School for Girls North Parramatta 75 19.56 450 88
76 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta Parramatta 76 19.28 783 151
77 St Josephs College Hunters Hill Hunters Hill 77 19.17 1127 216
78 Killara High School Killara 78 18.62 1316 245
79 Carlingford High School Carlingford 79 18.6 941 175
80 Smiths Hill High School Wollongong 80 18.58 791 147
81 Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills 81 18.56 738 137
82 Oxley College Burradoo 82 18.37 381 70
83 Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights 83 17.9 620 111
84 Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Manly Vale 84 17.79 961 171
85 Newcastle Grammar School Newcastle 85 17.7 452 80
86 Epping Boys High School Eastwood 86 17.36 1135 197
87 Northholm Grammar School Arcadia 87 17.16 204 35
88 Newington College Stanmore 88 17.14 992 170
89 Bethany College Hurstville 89 17.06 797 136
90 Redfield College Dural 90 17.04 223 38
91 Castle Hill High School Castle Hill 91 16.79 1376 231
92 Inaburra School Bangor 92 16.73 562 94
93 Burwood Girls High School Croydon 93 16.71 1083 181
94 Shire Christian School Barden Ridge 94 16.48 364 60
95 Macquarie College Wallsend 95 16.4 311 51
96 St Patricks College Strathfield Strathfield 96 16.38 983 161
97 St Ursulas College Kingsgrove 97 16.14 849 137
98 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus Balgowlah 98 16.12 242 39
99 St Vincents College Potts Point 99 15.8 652 103
100 The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst 100 15.77 501 79
101 Oxford Falls Grammar School Oxford Falls 101 15.72 439 69
102 Rose Bay Secondary College Dover Heights 102 15.55 688 107
103 St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie 103 15.54 489 76
104 St Scholasticas College Glebe Point Glebe Point 104 15.53 908 141
105 St Andrews Cathedral School Sydney 105 15.48 659 102
106 Clancy Catholic College West Hoxton 106 15.25 787 120
107 Strathfield Girls High School Strathfield 107 15.03 1131 170
108 Prairiewood High School Prairiewood 108 15.02 839 126
109 St Spyridon College Senior School Maroubra 109 14.93 335 50
110 Hills Adventist College Kellyville Campus Kellyville 110 14.79 169 25
111 Marist Sisters College Woolwich Woolwich 111 14.78 846 125
112 Mount St Joseph Milperra Milperra 112 14.77 833 123
113 St Philips Christian College Newcastle Waratah 113 14.52 551 80
114 Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty 114 14.35 418 60
115 De La Salle College Revesby Heights Revesby Heights 115 14.29 420 60
116 Canberra Grammar School Red Hill, ACT 116 14.18 564 80
117 Ryde Secondary College Ryde 117 14.15 855 121
118 St Marys Cathedral College Sydney 118 13.94 531 74
119 St John Bosco College Engadine 119 13.67 512 70
120 Cerdon College Merrylands 120 13.45 1011 136
121 Moorebank High School Moorebank 121 13.4 709 95
122 Parramatta High School Parramatta 122 13.37 643 86
123 Oakhill College Castle Hill 123 13.35 1992 266
124 Mercy Catholic College Chatswood 124 13.32 548 73
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023
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