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.
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 |
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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 |