Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2020

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2020.

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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100 Killara High School Killara 100 15.88 1341 213
101 Stella Maris College Manly 101 15.88 447 71
102 Aquinas College Menai 102 15.55 688 107
103 St Marys Cathedral College Sydney 103 15.53 631 98
104 St Euphemia College Bankstown 104 15.48 239 37
105 Marist College Eastwood Eastwood 105 15.16 442 67
106 The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst 106 15 340 51
107 St George Christian School Hurstville 107 14.78 372 55
108 Strathfield Girls High School Strathfield 108 14.76 820 121
109 St Scholasticas College Glebe Point Glebe Point 109 14.66 839 123
110 Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg Heights 110 14.6 1089 159
111 St Ives High School St Ives 111 14.55 701 102
112 Trinity Grammar School Summer Hill 112 14.49 683 99
113 Masada College St Ives 113 14.36 195 28
114 St Pius X College Chatswood 114 14.34 844 121
115 Blue Mountains Grammar School Wentworth Falls 115 14.33 307 44
116 Marcellin College Randwick 116 14.16 657 93
117 Marist College Kogarah Bexley 117 14.15 615 87
118 Inaburra School Bangor 118 13.97 544 76
119 Amity College Prestons Prestons 119 13.94 775 108
120 Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus Freshwater 120 13.79 1516 209
121 Davidson High School Frenchs Forest 121 13.77 443 61
122 Castle Hill High School Castle Hill 122 13.73 1464 201
123 Ryde Secondary College Ryde 123 13.68 826 113
124 Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields 124 13.6 897 122
125 St Patricks College Strathfield Strathfield 125 13.47 854 115
126 Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills 126 13.46 847 114
127 St Gregorys College Campbelltown Gregory Hills 127 13.33 630 84
128 Marist Sisters College Woolwich Woolwich 128 13.16 866 114
129 Marist Catholic College Penshurst Mortdale 129 13.1 481 63
130 Pittwater House Schools Collaroy 130 13.08 428 56
131 Marist College North Shore North Sydney 131 12.79 657 84
132 Mount Carmel Catholic College Varroville 132 12.73 707 90
133 Australian International School Hong Kong Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 133 12.58 151 19
134 Waverley College Waverley 134 12.55 765 96
135 Covenant Christian School Belrose 135 12.55 486 61
136 Oakhill College Castle Hill 136 12.31 1884 232
137 St Philips Christian College Port Stephens Salamander Bay 137 12.21 213 26
138 Pacific Hills Christian School Dural 138 12.19 640 78
139 St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie 139 12.18 501 61
140 Redfield College Dural 140 12.14 206 25
141 St Charbels College Punchbowl 141 12.13 445 54
142 Northern Beaches Christian School Terrey Hills 142 12.1 471 57
143 William Carey Christian School Prestons 143 11.9 496 59
144 Gilroy Catholic College Castle Hill 144 11.86 818 97
145 Australian International School Malaysia Selangor, Malaysia 145 11.81 237 28
146 Xavier Catholic College Skennars Head 146 11.73 648 76
147 De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla Cronulla 147 11.7 1111 130
148 Arndell Anglican College Oakville 148 11.67 437 51
149 Emmanuel Anglican College Ballina 149 11.67 240 28
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 7 Sep 2023
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