Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2021

NSWBest Schools by D.A. Success Rate2021

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2021.

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.

200 of 200 entries are shown.
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1 James Ruse Agricultural High School Carlingford 1 70.58 1006 710
2 North Sydney Boys High School Crows Nest 2 59.29 953 565
3 Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills 3 58.33 1207 704
4 Sydney Grammar School Darlinghurst 4 56.13 1167 655
5 Sydney Girls High School Surry Hills 5 53.43 1007 538
6 Reddam House Bondi Campus North Bondi 6 52.34 640 335
7 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus North Curl Curl 7 51.99 804 418
8 Hornsby Girls High School Hornsby 8 51 700 357
9 North Sydney Girls High School Crows Nest 9 49.25 871 429
10 Normanhurst Boys High School Normanhurst 10 49.15 763 375
11 Kambala Rose Bay 11 47.68 518 247
12 Meriden School Strathfield 12 47.09 841 396
13 Sydney Boys High School Moore Park 13 46.55 1246 580
14 Conservatorium High School Sydney 14 43.92 189 83
15 Abbotsleigh Wahroonga 15 43.79 1039 455
16 Ascham School Edgecliff 16 43.77 610 267
17 SCEGGS Darlinghurst Darlinghurst 17 42.15 650 274
18 Moriah College Queens Park 18 40.47 635 257
19 Girraween High School Girraween 19 39.68 814 323
20 Loreto Kirribilli Kirribilli 20 38.8 781 303
21 Ravenswood School for Girls Gordon 21 38.73 519 201
22 Fort Street High School Petersham 22 38.65 960 371
23 St Catherines School Waverley 23 38.42 557 214
24 Wenona School North Sydney 24 38.41 690 265
25 Pymble Ladies College Pymble 25 36.67 1189 436
26 Al-Faisal College Auburn 26 36.19 641 232
27 St Aloysius College Milsons Point 27 36.06 918 331
28 Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart Vaucluse 28 34.81 563 196
29 St Clares College Waverley 29 33.74 326 110
30 Knox Grammar School Wahroonga 30 33 1821 601
31 Alpha Omega Senior College Auburn 31 32.69 520 170
32 Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus Greenacre 32 32.47 385 125
33 Penrith High School Penrith 33 32.36 893 289
34 Tara Anglican School for Girls North Parramatta 34 32.25 462 149
35 Cranbrook School Bellevue Hill 35 31.71 864 274
36 Emanuel School Randwick 36 31.18 449 140
37 Tangara School for Girls Cherrybrook 37 30.89 191 59
38 Loreto Normanhurst Normanhurst 38 30.3 1010 306
39 MLC School Burwood 39 29.71 441 131
40 Hurlstone Agricultural High School Glenfield 40 29.65 860 255
41 St Lukes Grammar School Dee Why 41 29.55 511 151
42 Sydney Technical High School Bexley 42 29.17 864 252
43 Roseville College Roseville 43 29.14 652 190
44 Caringbah High School Caringbah 44 28.95 822 238
45 St George Girls High School Kogarah 45 27.76 915 254
46 Frensham School Mittagong 46 27.62 362 100
47 Sefton High School Sefton 47 27.53 908 250
48 Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney Croydon 48 27.28 887 242
49 Queenwood School for Girls Mosman 49 26.44 382 101
50 Merewether High School Broadmeadow 50 26.21 1057 277
51 The Kings School North Parramatta 51 25.78 1179 304
52 SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School North Sydney 52 25.72 1186 305
53 Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College North Sydney 53 25.69 864 222
54 Parramatta Marist High School Westmead 54 25.67 709 182
55 Barker College Hornsby 55 25.13 1886 474
56 Newcastle Grammar School Newcastle 56 25 552 138
57 Smiths Hill High School Wollongong 57 24.64 702 173
58 Brigidine College Randwick Randwick 58 24.62 589 145
59 Danebank An Anglican School for Girls Hurstville 59 24.55 497 122
60 Chatswood High School Chatswood 60 24.27 923 224
61 Santa Sabina College Strathfield 61 23.57 649 153
62 International Grammar School Ultimo 62 23.4 547 128
63 Bethany College Hurstville 63 22.92 733 168
64 St Ignatius College Lane Cove 64 22.67 1451 329
65 Willoughby Girls High School Willoughby 65 22.59 788 178
66 Brigidine College St Ives St Ives 66 21.95 697 153
67 Arden Anglican School Epping Campus Epping 67 21.92 406 89
68 St Mary and St Minas Coptic Orthodox College Rockdale 68 21.85 151 33
69 Masada College St Ives 69 21.75 377 82
70 St Ursulas College Kingsgrove 70 21.64 892 193
71 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus Balgowlah 71 21.52 488 105
72 St Vincents College Potts Point 72 21.45 592 127
73 Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg Heights 73 21.33 1036 221
74 St Augustines College Brookvale 74 20.78 900 187
75 Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights 75 20.42 622 127
76 Marist College Kogarah Bexley 76 20.38 579 118
77 The Scots College Bellevue Hill 77 20.28 991 201
78 Emmanuel Anglican College Ballina 78 20.26 153 31
79 Prairiewood High School Prairiewood 79 20.21 777 157
80 St Spyridon College Senior School Maroubra 80 20.11 353 71
81 Clancy Catholic College West Hoxton 81 19.46 1002 195
82 Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills 82 19.25 800 154
83 Cerdon College Merrylands 83 19.22 947 182
84 St Marks Coptic Orthodox College Wattle Grove 84 19.2 323 62
85 Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty 85 19.07 561 107
86 Marist Sisters College Woolwich Woolwich 86 18.96 823 156
87 Gosford High School Gosford 87 18.89 921 174
88 MacKillop College Port Macquarie Port Macquarie 88 18.79 729 137
89 Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields 89 18.76 906 170
90 Marist Catholic College Penshurst Mortdale 90 18.73 566 106
91 The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst 91 18.18 385 70
92 Amity College Prestons Prestons 92 18.1 685 124
93 Norwest Christian College Riverstone 93 18.09 188 34
94 Newington College Stanmore 94 17.64 1094 193
95 Marist College Eastwood Eastwood 95 17.35 611 106
96 Stella Maris College Manly 96 17.31 595 103
97 Aquinas College Menai 97 17.24 731 126
98 Australian International School Malaysia Selangor, Malaysia 98 17.02 188 32
99 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta Parramatta 99 16.67 804 134
100 St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie 100 16.64 535 89
101 William Clarke College Kellyville 101 16.3 859 140
102 Newtown High School of Performing Arts Newtown 102 15.81 873 138
103 St George Christian School Hurstville 103 15.81 310 49
104 St Charbels College Punchbowl 104 15.74 432 68
105 Malek Fahd Islamic School Greenacre 105 15.73 782 123
106 Patrician Brothers College Fairfield Fairfield 105 15.73 782 123
107 Mercy Catholic College Chatswood 107 15.6 577 90
108 Cherrybrook Technology High School Cherrybrook 108 15.53 1584 246
109 Scots All Saints College White Rock 109 15.51 419 65
110 Cumberland High School Carlingford 110 15.34 489 75
111 SCECGS Redlands Cremorne 111 15.1 384 58
112 Rosebank College Five Dock 112 15.07 1022 154
113 Blacktown Boys High School Blacktown 113 15.05 412 62
114 Maronite College of the Holy Family Harris Park 114 14.97 334 50
115 Mount St Patrick College Murwillumbah 115 14.81 493 73
116 Oxford Falls Grammar School Oxford Falls 116 14.78 433 64
117 Cheltenham Girls High School Beecroft 117 14.75 1132 167
118 St John Bosco College Engadine 118 14.69 606 89
119 St Philips Christian College Newcastle Waratah 119 14.62 472 69
120 Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Manly Vale 120 14.55 653 95
121 Pacific Hills Christian School Dural 121 14.53 578 84
122 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Kensington 122 14.46 567 82
123 Engadine High School Engadine 123 14.45 519 75
124 Holy Cross College Ryde 124 14.45 512 74
125 Burwood Girls High School Croydon 125 14.43 915 132
126 Domremy College Five Dock 126 14.41 465 67
127 Marcellin College Randwick 127 14.15 742 105
128 St Pius X College Chatswood 128 14.05 847 119
129 Carlingford High School Carlingford 129 14.03 1048 147
130 St Ives High School St Ives 130 13.98 751 105
131 Tempe High School Tempe 131 13.91 762 106
132 St Patricks Marist College Dundas 132 13.89 720 100
133 Epping Boys High School Eastwood 133 13.78 1038 143
134 Xavier Catholic College Skennars Head 134 13.78 479 66
135 St Patricks College Strathfield Strathfield 135 13.75 960 132
136 St Euphemia College Bankstown 136 13.66 227 31
137 Covenant Christian School Belrose 137 13.65 315 43
138 Blakehurst High School Blakehurst 138 13.6 831 113
139 Redeemer Baptist School North Parramatta 139 13.41 179 24
140 Canley Vale High School Canley Vale 140 13.4 1164 156
141 Mary MacKillop College Wakeley 141 13.39 762 102
142 Rose Bay Secondary College Dover Heights 142 13.38 800 107
143 Blacktown Girls High School Blacktown 143 13.24 521 69
144 All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School Belmore 144 13.23 189 25
145 Menai High School Menai 145 13.19 887 117
146 Al Amanah College Liverpool 146 13.04 161 21
147 Killarney Heights High School Killarney Heights 147 12.79 657 84
148 St Josephs College Hunters Hill Hunters Hill 148 12.73 1068 136
149 Bonnyrigg High School Bonnyrigg 149 12.7 1268 161
150 Blue Mountains Grammar School Wentworth Falls 150 12.65 332 42
151 Picnic Point High School Picnic Point 151 12.6 627 79
152 Oxley College Burradoo 152 12.53 423 53
153 Inaburra School Bangor 153 12.52 591 74
154 Riverside Girls High School Gladesville 154 12.35 664 82
155 St Andrews Cathedral School Sydney 155 12.33 738 91
156 Ryde Secondary College Ryde 156 12.19 689 84
157 Calrossy Anglican School Tamworth 157 12.14 412 50
158 Canterbury Girls High School Canterbury 158 12.08 505 61
159 Asquith Girls High School Asquith 159 11.95 477 57
160 Wollondilly Anglican College Tahmoor 160 11.95 343 41
161 Pittwater House Schools Collaroy 161 11.71 316 37
162 Australian International School Hong Kong Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 162 11.7 171 20
163 Kinross Wolaroi School Orange 163 11.64 687 80
164 Catherine McAuley Westmead Westmead 164 11.63 980 114
165 Wahroonga Adventist School Wahroonga 165 11.56 173 20
166 The Illawarra Grammar School Wollongong 166 11.5 339 39
167 Trinity Catholic College Auburn Campus Auburn 167 11.45 830 95
168 The Scots School Albury Albury 168 11.45 227 26
169 Parramatta High School Parramatta 169 11.41 736 84
170 De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla Cronulla 170 11.35 916 104
171 Beverly Hills Girls High School Beverly Hills 171 11.27 790 89
172 De La Salle College Revesby Heights Revesby Heights 172 11.19 429 48
173 Green Valley Islamic College Green Valley 173 11.16 215 24
174 St Patricks College Campbelltown Campbelltown 174 11.08 424 47
175 St Scholasticas College Glebe Point Glebe Point 175 11.07 840 93
176 St Marks Catholic College Stanhope Gardens 176 11.05 688 76
177 Australian International School Singapore Singapore 177 10.99 182 20
178 St Peters Anglican College Broulee 178 10.95 210 23
179 Killara High School Killara 179 10.89 1240 135
180 Moorebank High School Moorebank 180 10.85 756 82
181 Christian Brothers High School Lewisham Lewisham 181 10.68 749 80
182 MacKillop College Bathurst Bathurst 182 10.63 480 51
183 Chevalier College Burradoo 183 10.58 813 86
184 Alexandria Park Community School Alexandria 184 10.53 228 24
185 Mount St Joseph Milperra Milperra 185 10.49 658 69
186 Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus Freshwater 186 10.48 1536 161
187 Davidson High School Frenchs Forest 187 10.45 440 46
188 Cammeraygal High School Crows Nest 188 10.4 452 47
189 Penrith Anglican College Orchard Hills 189 10.39 279 29
190 Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus Glebe 190 10.38 1724 179
191 Oakhill College Castle Hill 191 10.31 2066 213
192 Toongabbie Christian College Toongabbie 192 10.29 350 36
193 Hunter Valley Grammar School Ashtonfield 193 10.21 519 53
194 Bossley Park High School Bossley Park 194 10.2 882 90
195 John Therry Catholic College Rosemeadow 195 10.02 519 52
196 St Mary Star of the Sea College Wollongong 196 10.01 799 80
197 Castle Hill High School Castle Hill 197 9.96 1365 136
198 All Saints Catholic College Casula Campus Casula 198 9.94 1127 112
199 Glenwood High School Glenwood 199 9.93 947 94
200 McAuley Catholic College Clarenza 200 9.93 151 15
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 6 Sep 2023
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