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.

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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
150 Oxley College Burradoo 150 11.6 388 45
151 SCECGS Redlands Cremorne 151 11.44 437 50
152 Malek Fahd Islamic School Greenacre 152 11.29 744 84
153 Trinity Anglican College Albury Thurgoona 153 11.14 341 38
154 Penrith Anglican College Orchard Hills 154 11.07 271 30
155 Lambton High School Lambton 155 10.99 655 72
156 Rosebank College Five Dock 156 10.92 1154 126
157 Riverside Girls High School Gladesville 157 10.83 508 55
158 St John Bosco College Engadine 158 10.8 611 66
159 Parramatta High School Parramatta 159 10.75 772 83
160 Pittwater High School Mona Vale 160 10.63 574 61
161 Barrenjoey High School Avalon 161 10.62 433 46
162 Kinross Wolaroi School Orange 162 10.41 749 78
163 Cerdon College Merrylands 163 10.39 934 97
164 Menai High School Menai 164 10.38 886 92
165 Scots All Saints College White Rock 165 10.37 270 28
166 Tempe High School Tempe 166 10.3 777 80
167 Calrossy Anglican School Tamworth 167 10.29 486 50
168 MacKillop College Port Macquarie Port Macquarie 168 10.26 653 67
169 Macarthur Girls High School Parramatta 169 10.24 898 92
170 Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus Glebe 170 10.19 1727 176
171 Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design Dulwich Hill 171 10.17 462 47
172 Turramurra High School South Turramurra 172 10.12 949 96
173 Macquarie College Wallsend 173 10.03 299 30
174 Holy Spirit College Bellambi Bellambi 174 9.99 811 81
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 7 Sep 2023
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