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School | 2010 Rank | 2009 Rank | 2010 Success Rate | Total Credits | 2010 Total Exams Sat | Total Yr 12 Students |
James Ruse Agricultural High School | 1 | 1 | 76% | 845 | 1116 | 165 |
North Sydney Girls High School | 2 | 6 | 57% | 601 | 1057 | 163 |
Hornsby Girls High School | 3 | 3 | 56% | 443 | 789 | 132 |
Baulkham Hills High School | 4 | 2 | 54% | 701 | 1299 | 195 |
Sydney Girls High School | 5 | 4 | 54% | 524 | 977 | 162 |
Sydney Boys High School | 6 | 9 | 49% | 585 | 1188 | 192 |
Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | 7 | 15 | 47% | 368 | 780 | 138 |
North Sydney Boys High School | 8 | 14 | 47% | 480 | 1027 | 166 |
Sydney Grammar School | 9 | 10 | 46% | 557 | 1200 | 185 |
SCEGGS Darlinghurst | 10 | 16 | 46% | 287 | 620 | 101 |
Abbotsleigh | 11 | 29 | 45% | 457 | 1020 | 155 |
Ascham School | 12 | 5 | 44% | 200 | 456 | 83 |
Fort Street High School | 13 | 28 | 43% | 414 | 956 | 158 |
Kambala | 14 | 8 | 43% | 245 | 572 | 94 |
Malek Fahd Islamic School | 15 | 11 | 42% | 164 | 392 | 73 |
Moriah College | 16 | 13 | 42% | 370 | 886 | 157 |
Normanhurst Boys High School | 17 | 21 | 41% | 302 | 733 | 120 |
St George Girls High School | 18 | 12 | 41% | 388 | 958 | 169 |
Pymble Ladies’ College | 19 | 20 | 39% | 575 | 1461 | 232 |
Loreto Kirribilli | 20 | 45 | 38% | 300 | 785 | 127 |
Hurlstone Agricultural High School | 21 | 17 | 38% | 386 | 1012 | 172 |
Conservatorium High School | 22 | 38% | 91 | 241 | 39 | |
Ravenswood School for Girls | 23 | 19 | 34% | 209 | 613 | 110 |
Girraween High School | 24 | 24 | 32% | 279 | 865 | 139 |
Masada College | 25 | 22 | 32% | 110 | 343 | 62 |
Wenona School | 26 | 30 | 32% | 203 | 636 | 112 |
Penrith High School | 27 | 38 | 32% | 284 | 898 | 142 |
Roseville College | 28 | 33 | 31% | 150 | 480 | 88 |
St Aloysius College | 29 | 36 | 31% | 273 | 878 | 151 |
Loreto Normanhurst | 30 | 60 | 31% | 279 | 898 | 147 |
Queenwood School for Girls | 31 | 35 | 30% | 100 | 330 | 59 |
Sydney Technical High School | 32 | 49 | 30% | 281 | 929 | 161 |
All Saints’ College Bathurst | 33 | 139 | 30% | 73 | 244 | 45 |
Knox Grammar School | 34 | 40 | 30% | 340 | 1147 | 206 |
Caringbah High School | 35 | 32 | 29% | 267 | 917 | 161 |
Gosford High School | 36 | 27 | 29% | 286 | 1002 | 169 |
Santa Sabina College | 37 | 55 | 28% | 263 | 929 | 161 |
Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | 38 | 39 | 28% | 222 | 787 | 140 |
Smith’s Hill High School | 39 | 42 | 28% | 226 | 813 | 142 |
Reddam House | 40 | 7 | 27% | 107 | 391 | 70 |
Frensham School | 41 | 41 | 26% | 75 | 285 | 51 |
Cranbrook School | 42 | 54 | 26% | 216 | 831 | 134 |
SHORE – Sydney Church of England Grammar School | 43 | 31 | 26% | 266 | 1039 | 189 |
St Catherine’s School | 44 | 58 | 25% | 155 | 609 | 111 |
Merewether High School | 45 | 23 | 25% | 270 | 1087 | 182 |
Sefton High School | 46 | 70 | 25% | 224 | 910 | 160 |
St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox College | 47 | 107 | 24% | 92 | 381 | 60 |
MLC Burwood | 48 | 43 | 24% | 184 | 763 | 128 |
Brigidine College St Ives | 49 | 134 | 24% | 147 | 616 | 107 |
St Ignatius’ College | 50 | 68 | 23% | 322 | 1385 | 230 |
Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School | 51 | 82 | 23% | 13 | 56 | 11 |
Barker College | 52 | 50 | 23% | 445 | 1937 | 337 |
Meriden School | 53 | 51 | 23% | 114 | 499 | 81 |
International Grammar School | 54 | 44 | 23% | 120 | 528 | 93 |
Danebank – An Anglican School For Girls | 55 | 75 | 22% | 109 | 486 | 81 |
Canberra Grammar School | 56 | 97 | 22% | 176 | 787 | 132 |
St Luke’s Grammar School | 57 | 59 | 22% | 83 | 372 | 68 |
Tara Anglican School for Girls | 58 | 69 | 22% | 119 | 534 | 92 |
Newcastle Grammar School | 59 | 47 | 22% | 98 | 444 | 77 |
Killara High School | 60 | 56 | 21% | 300 | 1405 | 255 |
Inaburra School | 61 | 137 | 21% | 110 | 521 | 98 |
Pacific Hills Christian School | 62 | 122 | 21% | 116 | 562 | 102 |
Parramatta Marist High School | 63 | 76 | 21% | 177 | 862 | 140 |
Cherrybrook Technology High School | 64 | 61 | 20% | 372 | 1846 | 342 |
Trinity Anglican College – Albury | 65 | 236 | 20% | 34 | 169 | 30 |
Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College | 66 | 37 | 20% | 158 | 790 | 130 |
The Scots College | 67 | 83 | 20% | 185 | 942 | 160 |
Illawarra Christian School, Cordeaux Campus | 68 | 72 | 19% | 30 | 154 | – |
Mount St Benedict College | 69 | 128 | 19% | 124 | 642 | 108 |
The King’s School | 70 | 48 | 19% | 178 | 923 | 171 |
Kincoppal – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | 71 | 52 | 19% | 77 | 400 | 66 |
St Patrick’s Marist College | 72 | 80 | 19% | 158 | 829 | 140 |
St Joseph’s College | 73 | 92 | 19% | 183 | 1092 | 183 |
St Ursula’s College | 74 | 77 | 19% | 148 | 787 | 134 |
Redfield College | 75 | 46 | 19% | 37 | 199 | 39 |
Willoughby Girls High School | 76 | 104 | 18% | 158 | 856 | 163 |
Cheltenham Girls High School | 77 | 71 | 18% | 223 | 1219 | 223 |
Kinross Wolaroi School | 78 | 81 | 18% | 163 | 896 | 159 |
Trinity Grammar School | 79 | 99 | 18% | 184 | 1020 | 167 |
Mount St Patrick College | 80 | 165 | 18% | 67 | 376 | 65 |
Brigidine College Randwick | 81 | 67 | 18% | 135 | 758 | 121 |
Kesser Torah College | 82 | 148 | 18% | 17 | 96 | 15 |
Marcellin College | 83 | 102 | 18% | 141 | 797 | 131 |
Macquarie College | 84 | 228 | 17% | 36 | 206 | 38 |
MacKillop Senior College | 85 | 118 | 17% | 220 | 1276 | 208 |
Molong Central School | 86 | 527 | 17% | 15 | 89 | 18 |
St Columba Anglican School | 87 | 247 | 17% | 28 | 168 | 29 |
Cerdon College | 88 | 136 | 17% | 172 | 1038 | 159 |
The Hills Grammar School | 89 | 154 | 16% | 99 | 602 | 111 |
St John Bosco College | 90 | 114 | 16% | 101 | 616 | 102 |
Freeman Catholic College | 91 | 101 | 16% | 181 | 1112 | 186 |
The Illawarra Grammar School | 92 | 73 | 16% | 102 | 629 | 114 |
St Mary and St Mina’s Coptic Orthodox College | 93 | 65 | 16% | 23 | 143 | 24 |
SCECGS Redlands | 94 | 79 | 16% | 91 | 568 | 99 |
St Mary’s Cathedral College | 95 | 94 | 16% | 123 | 781 | 141 |
Newtown High School of Performing Arts | 96 | 86 | 16% | 119 | 758 | 146 |
Bishop Druitt College | 97 | 142 | 16% | 70 | 448 | 79 |
Marist College North Shore | 98 | 273 | 16% | 79 | 506 | 83 |
St Patrick’s College, Strathfield | 99 | 109 | 16% | 158 | 1012 | – |
Ariah Park Central School | 100 | 127 | 15% | 2 | 13 | 8 |
Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
Also available is the 2016 High School Rankings.
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