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Read this guide to see how Sydney’s high schools performed in relation to each other. The 2015 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 2013 and 2014 to provide an overview of each school’s performance history.
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| School | 2015 Ranking | 2014 Ranking | 2013 Ranking | 2015 Success Rate | High Scores | 2015 Total HSC Exams Sat |
| James Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74.12% | 776 | 1047 |
| North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 63.82% | 621 | 973 |
| Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 60.98% | 675 | 1107 |
| North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 59.11% | 584 | 988 |
| Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 57.13% | 709 | 1241 |
| Baulkham Hills High School | 6 | 5 | 2 | 54.78% | 676 | 1234 |
| Hornsby Girls High School | 7 | 7 | 3 | 51.17% | 393 | 768 |
| Girraween High School | 8 | 15 | 42 | 48.41% | 397 | 820 |
| Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga) | 9 | 10 | 8 | 46.70% | 453 | 970 |
| Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst) | 10 | 11 | 9 | 44.81% | 552 | 1232 |
| Ascham School (Edgecliff) | 11 | 14 | 12 | 44.62% | 203 | 455 |
| Kambala (Rose Bay) | 12 | 40 | 13 | 44.44% | 212 | 477 |
| SCEGGS Darlinghurst | 13 | 20 | 23 | 42.64% | 278 | 652 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | 14 | 8 | 11 | 42.21% | 336 | 796 |
| Queenwood School for Girls (Mosman) | 15 | 25 | 35 | 42.14% | 177 | 420 |
| Meriden School (Strathfield) | 16 | 32 | 34 | 41.19% | 166 | 403 |
| Reddam House (Woollahra) | 17 | 12 | 10 | 40.61% | 173 | 426 |
| Moriah College (Queens Park) | 18 | 17 | 22 | 40.20% | 324 | 806 |
| Conservatorium High School (Sydney) | 19 | 9 | 14 | 39.51% | 64 | 162 |
| Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney (Croydon) | 20 | 29 | 37 | 37.82% | 284 | 751 |
| Pymble Ladies’ College | 21 | 26 | 16 | 37.56% | 569 | 1515 |
| St George Girls High School (Kogarah) | 22 | 19 | 15 | 35.66% | 327 | 917 |
| Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Glenfield) | 23 | 24 | 24 | 35.50% | 377 | 1062 |
| Masada College (St Ives) | 24 | 21 | 29 | 37.50% | 286 | 763 |
| Normanhurst Boys High School | 25 | 22 | 19 | 36.60% | 399 | 1090 |
| Loreto Normanhurst | 26 | 16 | 17 | 33.76% | 289 | 856 |
| Marist Catholic College Penshurst (Mortdale) | 27 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Roseville College | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32.88% | 146 | 444 |
| Penrith High School | 29 | 33 | 28 | 32.47% | 313 | 964 |
| St Aloysius’ College (Kirribilli) | 30 | 28 | 20 | 32.44% | 290 | 894 |
| Fort Street High School (Petersham) | 31 | 30 | 18 | 32.04% | 323 | 1008 |
| Tara Anglican School for Girls (North Parramatta) | 32 | 55 | 72 | 31.87% | 138 | 433 |
| Wenona School (North Sydney) | 33 | 34 | 31 | 31.04% | 194 | 625 |
| Ravenswood School for Girls (Gordon) | 34 | 49 | 27 | 30.90% | 207 | 670 |
| SHORE – Sydney Church of England Grammar School (North Sydney) | 35 | 27 | 26 | 30.63% | 332 | 1084 |
| Caringbah High School | 36 | 38 | 57 | 29.87% | 267 | 894 |
| Loreto Kirribilli | 37 | 23 | 21 | 29.16% | 228 | 782 |
| Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga) | 38 | 42 | 46 | 28.13% | 409 | 1454 |
| The King’s School (North Parramatta) | 39 | 57 | 38 | 27.08% | 286 | 1056 |
| Sydney Technical High School (Bexley) | 40 | 31 | 32 | 27.07% | 229 | 846 |
| Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong) | 41 | 45 | 45 | 25.18% | 213 | 846 |
| Gosford High School | 42 | 39 | 39 | 25.15% | 255 | 1014 |
| Self-Tuition Students | 43 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Merewether High School (Broadmeadow) | 44 | 44 | 52 | 24.72% | 286 | 1157 |
| Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College (North Sydney) | 45 | 83 | 41 | 24.55% | 219 | 892 |
| Frensham School (Mittagong) | 46 | 76 | 58 | 24.35% | 84 | 345 |
| Kincoppal – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | 47 | 53 | 49 | 24.28% | 134 | 552 |
| MLC School (Burwood) | 48 | 48 | 40 | 24.05% | 114 | 474 |
| Barker College (Hornsby) | 49 | 46 | 43 | 23.60% | 438 | 1856 |
| Cranbrook School (Bellevue Hill) | 50 | 35 | 50 | 23.56% | 216 | 917 |
| Willoughby Girls High School | 51 | 59 | 69 | 23.18% | 178 | 768 |
| Alpha Omega Senior College (Auburn) | 52 | 71 | 68 | 22.93% | 86 | 375 |
| The Scots College (Bellevue Hill) | 53 | 51 | 87 | 22.89% | 233 | 1018 |
| Sefton High School | 54 | 60 | 36 | 22.83% | 192 | 841 |
| Canberra Grammar School (Red Hill) | 55 | 115 | 79 | 22.72% | 152 | 669 |
| Emanuel School (Randwick) | 56 | 18 | 25 | 22.67% | 85 | 375 |
| Killara High School | 57 | 66 | 53 | 22.63% | 325 | 1436 |
| Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School (Middle Cove) | 58 | N/A | 192 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| St Catherine’s School (Waverley) | 59 | 41 | 33 | 22.36% | 140 | 626 |
| St Ignatius’ College (Lane Cove) | 60 | 64 | 51 | 22.01% | 304 | 1381 |
| Cheltenham Girls High School (Cheltenham) | 61 | 75 | 70 | 21.80% | 235 | 1078 |
| Santa Sabina College (Strathfield) | 62 | 62 | 56 | 21.75% | 147 | 676 |
| Kesser Torah College (Dover Heights) | 63 | 57 | 214 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Brigidine College Randwick | 64 | 97 | 126 | 21.56% | 171 | 793 |
| Cherrybrook Technology High School | 65 | 70 | 60 | 20.70% | 369 | 1783 |
| St Spyridon College (Kingsford) | 66 | 106 | 104 | 20.67% | 43 | 208 |
| St Ursula’s College (Kingsgrove) | 67 | 65 | 65 | 20.60% | 171 | 830 |
| Parramatta Marist High School (Westmead) | 68 | 42 | 77 | 20.40% | 162 | 794 |
| Sutherland Shire Christian School (Barden Ridge) | 69 | 262 | 122 | 20.27% | 61 | 301 |
| Ariah Park Central School | 70 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wollemi College (Werrington) | 71 | N/A | 451 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Strathfield Girls High School | 72 | 86 | 131 | 19.71% | 219 | 1111 |
| Newcastle Grammar School | 73 | 50 | 47 | 19.36% | 85 | 439 |
| Danebank – An Anglican School For Girls (Hurstville) | 74 | 51 | 83 | 18.99% | 109 | 574 |
| Macarthur Anglican School (Cobbitty) | 75 | 69 | 139 | 18.81% | 85 | 452 |
| Mercy Catholic College (Chatswood) | 76 | 115 | 95 | 18.72% | 73 | 390 |
| Macquarie Grammar School (Sydney) | 77 | N/A | 102 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox College (Wattle Grove) | 78 | 110 | 81 | 18.60% | 61 | 328 |
| Chatswood High School | 79 | 79 | 82 | 18.40% | 161 | 875 |
| Castle Hill High School | 80 | 177 | 153 | 18.35% | 204 | 1112 |
| The Scots School Albury | 81 | 144 | 118 | 18.33% | 66 | 360 |
| International Grammar School (Ultimo) | 82 | 56 | 44 | 18.00% | 83 | 461 |
| Mount St Benedict College (Pennant Hills) | 83 | 61 | 63 | 17.88% | 113 | 632 |
| Epping Boys High School (Marsfield) | 84 | 74 | 80 | 17.83% | 169 | 948 |
| Tangara School for Girls (Cherrybrook) | 85 | 46 | 137 | 17.80% | 34 | 191 |
| Carlingford High School | 86 | 94 | 132 | 17.68% | 189 | 1069 |
| St Vincent’s College (Potts Point) | 87 | 81 | 88 | 17.64% | 97 | 550 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | 88 | 233 | 249 | 17.63% | 49 | 278 |
| Brigidine College St Ives | 89 | 91 | 125 | 17.18% | 129 | 751 |
| Tempe High School | 90 | 124 | 128 | 17.12% | 126 | 736 |
| St Bishoy Coptic Orthodox College (Mount Druitt) | 91 | N/A | 274 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Amity College, Prestons | 92 | 102 | 97 | 16.96% | 96 | 566 |
| St Luke’s Grammar School (Dee Why) | 93 | 53 | 55 | 16.95% | 79 | 466 |
| St Joseph’s College (Hunters Hill) | 94 | 72 | 74 | 16.48% | 193 | 1171 |
| Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School | 95 | N/A | 187 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| St Scholastica’s College Glebe Point | 96 | 84 | 108 | 16.27% | 158 | 971 |
| Macquarie College (Wallsend) | 97 | 195 | 138 | 16.08% | 50 | 311 |
| Oxley College (Burradoo) | 98 | 262 | 195 | 16.01% | 53 | 331 |
| St George Christian School (Hurstville) | 99 | 171 | 200 | 15.88% | 47 | 296 |
| Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich | 100 | 151 | 92 | 15.43% | 121 | 784 |
Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
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