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2016 High School Rankings
See how your school stacked up in 2016.
Read this guide to see how Sydney’s Schools performed in relation to each other. The 2016 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 2014 and 2015 to provide an overview of each school’s performance history.
How to read the 2016 High School Rankings:
Terminology
- High Scores: the number of Band 6 scores.
- Total HSC exams sat: the number of merit list course completions.
- 2016 Success Rate: the high scores expressed as a percentage of Entries, rounded to two decimal places.
School
2016 Ranking
2015 Ranking
2014 Ranking
2016 Success Rate
2016 High Scores
2016 Total HSC Exams Sat
James Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford) 1 1 1 73.06% 773 1058 Baulkham Hills High School 2 6 5 62.31% 767 1231 North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest) 3 4 2 59.23% 581 981 North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest) 4 2 3 52.35% 501 957 Hornsby Girls High School 5 7 7 51.50% 377 732 Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst) 6 10 11 50.37% 606 1203 Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park) 7 5 6 49.80% 622 1249 Reddam House (Woollahra) 8 17 12 49.40% 248 502 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 9 14 8 48.89% 398 814 Conservatorium High School (Sydney) 10 19 9 46.52% 87 187 Normanhurst Boys High School 11 25 22 45.66% 342 749 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 12 13 20 45.34% 287 633 Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills) 13 3 4 43.36% 467 1077 Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga) 14 9 10 43.17% 417 966 Wenona School (North Sydney) 15 33 34 43.05% 285 662 Kambala (Rose Bay) 16 12 40 43.03% 173 402 St George Girls High School (Kogarah) 17 22 19 41.57% 375 902 Ascham School (Edgecliff) 18 11 14 40.11% 211 526 Queenwood School for Girls (Mosman) 19 15 25 38.99% 193 495 Girraween High School 20 8 15 38.03% 313 823 Fort Street High School (Petersham) 21 31 13 37.55% 401 1068 Meriden School (Strathfield) 22 16 32 37.10% 230 620 St Aloysius’ College (Kirribilli) 23 30 28 36.78% 345 938 Kincoppal – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart 24 47 53 36.61% 201 549 Loreto Kirribilli 25 37 23 35.66% 296 830 SHORE – Sydney Church of England Grammar School (North Sydney) 26 35 27 35.25% 404 1146 Moriah College (Queens Park) 27 18 17 33.99% 241 709 Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga) 28 38 42 32.68% 502 1536 Caringbah High School 29 36 38 32.64% 282 864 The King’s School (North Parramatta) 30 39 57 32.40% 372 1148 Pymble Ladies’ College 31 21 26 32.16% 494 1536 Penrith High School 32 29 33 32.12% 308 959 Barker College (Hornsby) 33 49 46 30.81% 553 1795 Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Glenfield) 34 23 24 30.22% 291 963 Sydney Technical High School (Bexley) 35 40 31 28.97% 261 901 Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney (Croydon) 36 20 29 28.96% 194 670 Merewether High School (Broadmeadow) 37 44 44 28.69% 307 1070 Emanuel School (Randwick) 38 56 18 28.49% 102 358 Ravenswood School for Girls (Gordon) 39 34 49 28.32% 162 572 Roseville College 40 28 30 27.31% 130 476 Alpha Omega Senior College (Auburn) 41 52 71 27.23% 113 415 Al-Faisal College 42 N/A
106 26.99% 105 389 Tara Anglican School for Girls (North Parramatta) 43 32 55 26.37% 101 383 Loreto Normanhurst 44 26 16 26.29% 230 875 St Catherine’s School (Waverley) 45 59 41 25.88% 170 657 Santa Sabina College (Strathfield) 46 62 62 25.29% 198 783 St Ignatius’ College (Lane Cove) 47 60 64 25.02% 351 1403 Gosford High School 48 42 39 24.93% 250 1003 Brigidine College St Ives 49 89 91 24.78% 226 912 Frensham School (Mittagong) 50 46 76 24.53% 78 318 Parramatta Marist High School (Westmead) 51 68 42 24.44% 185 757 Sefton High School 52 54 60 24.30% 201 827 Cheltenham Girls High School (Cheltenham) 53 61 75 24.29% 247 1017 Cranbrook School (Bellevue Hill) 55 50 35 23.47% 227 967 Brigidine College Randwick 56 64 97 23.19% 173 746 St Luke’s Grammar School (Dee Why) 57 93 53 22.85% 122 534 Cherrybrook Technology High School 58 65 70 22.84% 423 1852 Redfield College 59 N/A
170 22.54% 48 213 Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong) 60 41 45 22.28% 162 727 Killara High School 61 57 66 22.21% 344 1549 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus 62 88 233 22.15% 64 289 Oxley College (Burradoo) 63 98 262 21.83% 55 252 Newcastle Grammar School 64 73 50 21.61% 110 509 Willoughby Girls High School 65 51 59 21.41% 164 766 Mercy Catholic College (Chatswood) 66 76 115 21.34% 99 464 MLC School (Burwood) 67 48 48 21.29% 96 451 Danebank – An Anglican School For Girls (Hurstville) 68 74 51 20.03% 118 589 Freeman Catholic College 69 N/A
90 19.89% 218 1096 The Hills Grammar School 71 N/A
N/A 19.59% 86 439 Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College (North Sydney) 72 45 83 19.57% 147 751 Chatswood High School 73 79 79 19.36% 181 935 Masada College (St Ives) 74 24 21 19.23% 40 208 St Ursula’s College (Kingsgrove) 75 67 65 19.18% 160 834 Tangara School for Girls (Cherrybrook) 76 85 46 18.85% 36 191 Mount St Patrick College 77 N/A
18.30% 97 530 The Scots College (Bellevue Hill) 78 53 18.17% 222 1222 St Vincent’s College (Potts Point) 79 87 18.06% 93 515 Macqurie Field High School 80 N/A
17.80% 152 854 Newtown Performance Art School 82 N/A
17.57% 172 979 Ryde Secondary College 83 N/A
17.52% 123 702 Carlingford High School 85 86 17.21% 149 866 Mount St Benedict College (Pennant Hills) 86 83 17.05% 135 792 St Joseph’s College (Hunters Hill) 88 94 16.88% 185 1096 Marist Catholic College Penshurst (Mortdale) 89 27 16.86% 87 516 Mackellar Girls School 91 N/A
16.62% 131 788 Macarthur Anglican School (Cobbitty) 93 75 16.33% 56 343 International Grammar School (Ultimo) 94 82 16.31% 100 613 Parramatta High School 96 N/A
16.17% 126 779 Canberra Grammar School (Red Hill) 98 55 15.90% 107 673 Strathfield Girls High School 99 72 15.84% 166 1048 St Scholastica’s College Glebe Point 101 96 15.80% 134 848 Castle Hill High School 103 80 15.55% 170 1093 Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich 111 100 13.70% 116 847 Amity College, Prestons 114 92 13.44% 84 625 Epping Boys High School (Marsfield) 117 84 13.17% 131 995 The Scots School Albury 135 81 11.73% 36 307 Macquarie Grammar School (Sydney) 144 77 11.16% 28 251 St Spyridon College (Kingsford) 150+
66 8.83% 28 317 St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox College (Wattle Grove) 150+
78 10.88% 32 294 St George Christian School (Hurstville) 150+
99 10.00% 37 370 Sutherland Shire Christian School (Barden Ridge) 150+
69 9.63% 36 374 St Bishoy Coptic Orthodox College (Mount Druitt) 150+
91 7.97% 33 414 Tempe High School 150+
90 9.16% 69 753 Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
2015 High School Rankings
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