Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2019

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2019.

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 Sefton High School Sefton 75 19.34 905 175
76 St Andrews Cathedral School Sydney 76 19.21 604 116
77 Killarney Heights High School Killarney Heights 77 19.19 615 118
78 Stella Maris College Manly 78 19.16 663 127
79 St Augustines College Brookvale 79 19.04 893 170
80 Cheltenham Girls High School Beecroft 80 19.01 1089 207
81 PLC Armidale Armidale 81 18.75 208 39
82 Parramatta Marist High School Westmead 82 18.71 791 148
83 St Marys Cathedral College Sydney 83 18.71 529 99
84 The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst 84 18.43 434 80
85 Pittwater House Schools Collaroy 85 18.36 414 76
86 St Ives High School St Ives 86 18.3 672 123
87 Marist College Kogarah Bexley 87 18.14 612 111
88 Cherrybrook Technology High School Cherrybrook 88 17.85 1636 292
89 Castle Hill High School Castle Hill 89 17.58 1200 211
90 Killara High School Killara 90 17.49 1435 251
91 Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Manly Vale 91 17.42 775 135
92 Oxford Falls Grammar School Oxford Falls 92 17.04 399 68
93 Pacific Hills Christian School Dural 93 17 600 102
94 St Euphemia College Bankstown 94 16.86 255 43
95 St Clares College Waverley 95 16.85 362 61
96 Strathfield Girls High School Strathfield 96 16.84 885 149
97 St Spyridon College Senior School Maroubra 97 16.8 381 64
98 William Clarke College Kellyville 98 16.67 882 147
99 Mercy Catholic College Chatswood 99 16.6 494 82
100 Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights 100 16.56 604 100
101 St Pius X College Chatswood 101 16.39 793 130
102 Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg Heights 102 16.38 1178 193
103 Tangara School for Girls Cherrybrook 103 16.3 184 30
104 Mount St Patrick College Murwillumbah 104 16.19 488 79
105 Amity College Prestons Prestons 105 16.15 675 109
106 Arden Anglican School Epping Campus Epping 106 15.85 410 65
107 Newtown High School of Performing Arts Newtown 107 15.75 870 137
108 St Josephs College Hunters Hill Hunters Hill 108 15.57 1002 156
109 Mosman High School Mosman 109 15.48 969 150
110 Shire Christian School Barden Ridge 110 15.38 325 50
111 Burwood Girls High School Croydon 111 15.29 1099 168
112 Canberra Grammar School Red Hill, ACT 112 15.21 559 85
113 Northholm Grammar School Arcadia 113 14.83 209 31
114 Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus Freshwater 114 14.79 1535 227
115 St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie 115 14.79 453 67
116 St George Christian School Hurstville 116 14.78 379 56
117 Epping Boys High School Eastwood 117 14.72 944 139
118 St Patricks Marist College Dundas 118 14.58 720 105
119 Hunter Valley Grammar School Ashtonfield 119 14.58 576 84
120 Malek Fahd Islamic School Greenacre 120 14.38 591 85
121 Marist College Eastwood Eastwood 121 14.16 459 65
122 IPEKA Integrated Christian School Jakarta, Indonesia 122 14.11 333 47
123 Thomas Hassall Anglican College Middleton Grange 123 14.1 610 86
124 Carlingford High School Carlingford 124 14.09 951 134
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 7 Sep 2023
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