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

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.

50 of 200 entries are shown.
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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
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 6 Sep 2023
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