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2012 High School Rankings
How did your High School stack up in 2012?
Read this guide to see how Sydney’s Schools performed in relation to each other. The 2012 High School Rankings have been derived from the NSW Board of Studies. Our rankings include a complete list of schools and results based on their HSC performance.
We have included the rankings from 2010 and 2011 to provide an overview of each school’s performance history.
How to read the 2012 High School Rankings:
Terminology
- Total Credits: refers to the number of band 6 performance results achieved by students in each school.
- Total Year 12 Students: shows the number of HSC students enrolled.
- Total Attempts: refers to the number of times all students in the cohort sat an exam.
- 2012 Success Rate: shows the total number of credits divided by the number of times all students in the Year 12 cohort sat an exam.
- 2011 Rank: This column shows the rank of the school in the previous year.
School Name 2012 Ranking 2011 Ranking 2010 Ranking 2012 Success Rate Total Credits Total Attempts Total Y12 Students James Ruse Agricultural High School 1 1 1 69.31% 788 1137 168 North Sydney Boys High School 2 2 8 61.27% 571 932 149 North Sydney Girls High School 3 5 2 57.14% 596 1043 161 Sydney Girls High School 4 6 5 53.15% 532 1001 168 Baulkham Hills High School 5 3 4 52.88% 689 1303 200 Hornsby Girls High School 6 7 3 52.62% 381 724 124 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 7 10 7 51.41% 382 743 132 Sydney Boys High School 8 4 6 48.13% 593 1232 205 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 9 13 10 47.72% 314 658 111 Sydney Grammar School 10 12 9 45.29% 514 1135 181 Conservatorium High School 11 31 22 43.78% 95 217 34 Kambala 12 14 14 43.76% 242 553 93 Frensham School 13 44 41 41.79% 117 280 50 Moriah College 14 9 16 41.49% 322 776 137 Fort Street High School 15 8 13 38.84% 341 878 150 Reddam House 16 24 40 38.48% 137 356 69 Pymble Ladies’ College 17 15 19 38.28% 586 1531 252 Abbotsleigh 18 20 11 37.89% 355 937 148 SHORE – Sydney Church of England Grammar School 19 35 43 37.39% 421 1126 203 Hurlstone Agricultural High School 20 26 21 37.25% 393 1055 178 St George Girls High School 21 16 18 37.22% 377 1013 181 Masada College 22 17 25 36.53% 122 334 59 Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney 23 33 35.45% 318 897 147 Ravenswood School for Girls 24 30 34.14% 198 580 103 Roseville College 25 37 33.41% 141 422 78 Meriden School 26 18 33.33% 144 432 73 Normanhurst Boys High School 27 19 32.61% 254 779 124 Ascham School 28 11 31.98% 157 491 90 Wenona School 29 34 31.76% 189 595 94 St Aloysius’ College 30 22 30.81% 273 886 152 Emanuel School 31 42 30.79% 113 367 66 Loreto Kirribilli 32 38 30.46% 233 765 125 Sydney Technical High School 33 23 28.88% 264 914 162 Kincoppal – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart 34 36 28.83% 160 555 92 Malek Fahd Islamic School 35 32 28.37% 198 698 131 Willoughby Girls High School 36 77 28.29% 202 714 136 Loreto Normanhurst 37 21 28.29% 286 1011 167 Girraween High School 38 29 27.65% 227 821 134 Gosford High School 39 41 27.58% 283 1026 184 The King’s School 40 63 27.47% 278 1012 187 Penrith High School 41 46 26.62% 247 928 152 St Catherine’s School 42 40 25.50% 141 553 92 Knox Grammar Scool 43 27 25.18% 343 1362 247 MLC School 44 52 25.00% 146 584 100 Barker College 45 47 24.46% 460 1881 338 Smith’s Hill High School 46 39 24.44% 196 802 136 Queenwood School for Girls 47 25 24.24% 120 495 87 Kesser Torah College 48 43 22.58% 28 124 22 St Ignatius’ College 49 55 22.51% 314 1395 227 Merewether High School 50 58 22.34% 218 976 170 Cherrybrook Technology High School 51 62 22.27% 403 1810 337 Caringbah High School 52 28 21.99% 190 864 153 Pittwater House Schools 53 87 21.51% 57 265 49 Santa Sabina College 54 68 21.46% 156 757 125 Tara Anglican School for Girls 55 60 20.75% 89 429 75 Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College 56 72 20.41% 190 931 155 Mount St Benedict College 57 147 20.17% 146 724 119 Mosman High School 58 171 19.97% 137 686 131 Newcastle Grammar School 59 57 19.04% 103 541 96 St Ursula’s College 60 69 18.85% 167 886 151 St Luke’s Grammar School 61 90 18.76% 79 421 75 St Mary & St Mina’s Coptic Orthodox College 62 49 18.75% 24 128 22 Danebank – An Anglican School for Girls 63 48 18.49% 105 568 100 Newington College 64 71 18.42% 184 999 168 Illawarra Christian School, Cordeaux Campus 65 232 18.35% 20 109 20 Alexandria Park Community School 66 584 18.10% 19 105 19 Cranbrook School 67 54 17.70% 140 791 133 Sefton High School 68 51 17.70% 169 955 168 Canberra Grammar School 69 66 17.38% 142 817 135 St Andrew’s Cathedral School 70 96 17.31% 152 878 164 St Patrick’s College, Strathfield 71 91 17.24% 180 1044 171 Cheltenham Girls High School 72 70 17.20% 184 199 International Grammar School 73 53 17.03% 93 546 95 Meadowbank International Trust School 74 123 16.93% 87 514 128 Burwood Girls High School 75 61 16.71% 180 1077 190 Newtown High School of Performing Arts 76 81 16.70% 150 898 171 Hunter Valley Grammar School 77 50 16.45% 76 462 77 Brigidine College St Ives 78 75 16.43% 127 773 135 Chatswood High School 79 144 16.27% 137 842 149 The Scots College 80 76 16.04% 163 1016 177 Macquarie Grammar School 81 485 16.00% 8 50 10 The McDonald College 82 132 15.84% 35 221 41 St Vincent’s College 83 65 15.68% 90 574 101 All Saints’ College Bathurst 84 85 15.51% 38 245 46 Ryde Secondary College 85 158 15.45% 119 770 135 Strathfield Girls High School 86 89 15.43% 145 940 172 Killara High School 87 56 15.19% 217 1429 267 Redfield College 88 82 15.10% 29 192 37 Arden Anglican School 89 45 15.08% 49 325 60 Macquarie Fields High School 90 110 15.00% 141 940 155 Trinity Grammar School 91 86 14.81% 149 1006 159 Parramatta Marist High School 92 78 14.79% 117 791 141 Epping Boys High School 93 184 14.64% 149 1018 177 St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox College 94 84 14.56% 38 261 48 Sule College, Prestons 95 100 14.52% 71 489 93 St Mary’s Cathedral College 96 98 14.47% 110 760 137 The Illawarra Grammar School 97 106 14.34% 80 558 99 Australian International School Hong Kong 98 179 14.13% 40 283 49 Freeman Catholic College 99 130 14.06% 158 1124 164 St Patrick’s College Sutherland 100 181 13.90% 120 863 139 Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
2011 High School Rankings
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