Best Schools, Ranked by D.A. Success Rate, New South Wales, 2025

NSWBest Schools by D.A. Success Rate2025

Below is the list of the best NSW HSC schools ranked in order of their Distinguished Achiever success rates in 2025.

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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51 Emanuel School Randwick 51 27.08 480 130
52 Newington College Stanmore 52 26.86 1046 281
53 Brigidine College Randwick Randwick 53 26.65 668 178
54 Tangara School for Girls Cherrybrook 54 25.64 234 60
55 The Illawarra Grammar School Wollongong 55 25.42 472 120
56 Frensham School Mittagong 56 25.13 382 96
57 Moriah College Queens Park 57 25 552 138
58 Willoughby Girls High School Willoughby 58 24.97 757 189
59 MLC School Burwood 59 24.95 477 119
60 St Ignatius College Lane Cove 60 24.94 1335 333
61 Newcastle Grammar School Newcastle 61 24.7 668 165
62 Smiths Hill High School Wollongong 62 24.63 751 185
63 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus Balgowlah 63 24.5 796 195
64 Chatswood High School Chatswood 64 24.12 1526 368
65 St Vincents College Potts Point 65 23.54 786 185
66 St Lukes Grammar School Dee Why 66 23.54 735 173
67 St Patricks College Strathfield Strathfield 67 23.48 1056 248
68 Masada College St Ives 68 23.36 244 57
69 Marist Catholic College North Shore North Sydney 69 23.16 531 123
70 Danebank An Anglican School for Girls Hurstville 70 22.67 419 95
71 St Augustines College Brookvale 71 22.64 1038 235
72 St Josephs College Hunters Hill Hunters Hill 72 22.47 1037 233
73 Cherrybrook Technology High School Cherrybrook 73 22.17 1764 391
74 St Andrews Cathedral School Sydney 74 22.12 669 148
75 Cheltenham Girls High School Beecroft 75 22.06 1251 276
76 Mount St Benedict College Pennant Hills 76 22.05 839 185
77 St Clares College Waverley 77 21.77 611 133
78 Sefton High School Sefton 78 21.53 957 206
79 Santa Sabina College Strathfield 79 21.49 684 147
80 Bethany College Hurstville 80 21.45 858 184
81 The Scots College Bellevue Hill 81 21.33 1172 250
82 Pittwater House Schools Collaroy 82 20.92 564 118
83 Waverley College Waverley 83 20.45 929 190
84 International Grammar School Ultimo 84 20.34 590 120
85 Georges River Grammar Georges Hall 85 20.28 434 88
86 Lindfield Learning Village Lindfield 86 20.27 222 45
87 Oxley College Burradoo 87 20.1 403 81
88 St Marks Coptic Orthodox College Wattle Grove 88 19.79 283 56
89 Killarney Heights High School Killarney Heights 89 19.59 827 162
90 St Spyridon College Senior School Maroubra 90 19.56 363 71
91 Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights 91 19.45 653 127
92 Rose Bay Secondary College Dover Heights 92 19.41 979 190
93 Parramatta High School Parramatta 93 19.35 1023 198
94 Stella Maris College Manly 94 19.35 589 114
95 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta Parramatta 95 19.31 865 167
96 Cammeraygal High School Crows Nest 96 18.93 750 142
97 Newtown High School of Performing Arts Newtown 97 18.66 1013 189
98 Marist Catholic College Penshurst Mortdale 98 18.66 804 150
99 Covenant Christian School Belrose 99 18.36 414 76
100 Epping Boys High School Eastwood 100 17.72 1230 218
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 1 May 2026
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