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2017 High School Rankings
See how your school stacked up in 2017.
Read this guide to see how Schools in NSW performed in relation to each other. The 2017 High School Rankings have been derived from information made available by NESA publicly.
In this 2017 High School rankings article, we provide you with an easy to understand analysis of the top 150 schools based on their performance. We have broken the data down into :
- Breakdown of top 150 NSW Schools
- Top 10 Government/Selective Schools
- Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools
- Top 10 Independent Schools
- Top 150 schools by Success Rate
- Most improved schools
Breakdown of top 150 NSW Schools
The pie chart below shows the breakdown of the top 150 schools by their school type.
Key insights:
- 8% of the schools in the top 150 rankings are government non-selective schools.
- 21% of the schools in the top 150 rankings are government selective schools.
- 71% of the schools in the top 150 rankings are independent schools.
A list of the top 10 performing schools from each of the above categories are tabulated below.
Top 10 schools by school type
Top 10 Government/Selective Schools
No Overall Ranking Top 10 Government/Selective Schools 2017 Success Rate 1 1 James Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford) 77.42% 2 2 Baulkham Hills High School 61.55% 3 3 North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest) 59.14% 4 4 Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills) 56.77% 5 5 Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park) 55.10% 6 7 Hornsby Girls High School 53.27% 7 8 North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest) 51.18% 8 10 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 48.94% 9 11 Conservatorium High School (Sydney) 47.74% 10 12 Fort Street High School (Petersham) 45.30% Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools
No Overall Ranking Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools 2017 Success Rate 1 53 Cheltenham Girls High School (Cheltenham) 25.67% 2 60 Parramatta Marist High School (Westmead) 22.47% 3 61 Willoughby Girls High School 22.20% 4 68 Cherrybrook Technology High School 21.09% 5 78 Killara High School 18.62% 6 79 Carlingford High School 18.60% 7 84 Mackellar Girls School 17.79% 8 86 Epping Boys High School (Marsfield) 17.36% 9 91 Castle Hill High School 16.79% 10 93 Burwood Girls High School 16.71% Top 10 Independent Schools
No Overall Ranking Top 10 Independent Schools 2017 Success Rates 1 6 Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst) 54.16% 2 9 Ascham School (Edgecliff) 50.18% 3 14 Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga) 43.71% 4 15 Moriah College (Queens Park) 43.11% 5 16 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 42.28% 6 17 Reddam House (Woollahra) 42.08% 7 18 Kambala (Rose Bay) 39.00% 8 19 Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga) 37.87% 9 20 Pymble Ladies’ College 37.16% 10 21 Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney (Croydon) 37.04% Most improved schools in 2017
The graph below shows some of the most improved schools in the 2017 High School rankings.
Top 150 Schools by Success Rate
If you would like an explanation of how this data is organised and how to use it, please read the Overview to the Beginner’s Guide to High School Rankings.
Terminology
- High Scores: The total number of Band 6 results from the school.
- Total HSC Exams Sat: The total number of course completions from the school
- 2017 Success Rate: The ratio of High scores to Total HSC Exams Sat.
The top 150 schools by their success rate are shown in the table below:
School 2017 Ranking 2016 Ranking 2015 Ranking 2017 Success Rate High Scores 2017 Total HSC Exams Sat James Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford) 1 1 1 77.42% 785 1014 Baulkham Hills High School 2 2 6 61.55% 778 1264 North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest) 3 3 4 59.14% 579 979 Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills) 4 13 3 56.77% 570 1004 Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park) 5 7 5 55.10% 681 1236 Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst) 6 6 10 54.16% 644 1189 Hornsby Girls High School 7 5 7 53.27% 416 781 North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest) 8 4 2 51.18% 478 934 Ascham School (Edgecliff) 9 18 11 50.18% 284 566 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 10 9 14 48.94% 393 803 Conservatorium High School (Sydney) 11 10 19 47.74% 95 199 Fort Street High School (Petersham) 12 21 31 45.30% 448 989 Normanhurst Boys High School 13 11 25 44.98% 363 807 Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga) 14 14 9 43.71% 389 890 Moriah College (Queens Park) 15 27 18 43.11% 297 689 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 16 12 13 42.28% 274 648 Reddam House (Woollahra) 17 8 17 42.08% 186 442 Kambala (Rose Bay) 18 16 12 39.00% 195 500 Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga) 19 28 38 37.87% 660 1743 Pymble Ladies’ College 20 31 21 37.16% 508 1367 Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney (Croydon) 21 36 20 37.04% 270 729 Girraween High School 22 20 8 36.54% 300 821 Meriden School (Strathfield) 23 22 16 36.33% 214 589 St George Girls High School (Kogarah) 24 17 22 35.38% 323 913 Roseville College 25 40 28 34.79% 199 572 Tangara School for Girls (Cherrybrook) 26 76 85 34.36% 67 195 Penrith High School 27 32 29 34.24% 329 961 Kincoppal – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart 28 24 47 33.72% 205 608 Sydney Technical High School (Bexley) 29 35 40 32.63% 280 858 Loreto Kirribilli 30 25 37 32.45% 257 792 MLC School (Burwood) 31 67 48 32.22% 145 450 The King’s School (North Parramatta) 32 30 39 31.88% 380 1192 Wenona School (North Sydney) 33 15 33 31.53% 216 685 SHORE – Sydney Church of England Grammar School (North Sydney) 34 26 35 31.48% 345 1096 Alpha Omega Senior College (Auburn) 35 41 52 31.16% 148 475 St Aloysius’ College (Kirribilli) 36 23 30 31.06% 282 908 Queenwood School for Girls (Mosman) 37 19 15 30.79% 109 354 Merewether High School (Broadmeadow) 38 37 44 30.72% 337 1097 Caringbah High School 39 29 36 30.62% 267 872 Ravenswood School for Girls (Gordon) 40 39 34 30.02% 172 573 Cranbrook School (Bellevue Hill) 41 55 50 29.65% 274 924 Loreto Normanhurst 42 44 26 29.13% 298 1023 Emanuel School (Randwick) 43 38 56 29.11% 108 371 Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Glenfield) 44 34 23 30.22% 281 966 Al Noori Muslim School 45 100 28.35% 91 321 St Ignatius’ College (Lane Cove) 46 47 60 27.88% 402 1442 Santa Sabina College (Strathfield) 47 46 62 27.26% 181 664 Frensham School (Mittagong) 48 50 46 27.00% 91 337 Masada College (St Ives) 49 74 24 26.83% 77 287 Gosford High School 50 48 42 26.48% 282 1065 Barker College (Hornsby) 51 33 49 25.84% 493 1908 Brigidine College Randwick 52 56 64 25.83% 210 813 Cheltenham Girls High School (Cheltenham) 53 53 61 25.67% 277 1079 Al-Faisal College 54 42 N/A 24.07% 123 511 Sefton High School 55 52 54 23.65% 241 1019 St Luke’s Grammar School (Dee Why) 56 57 93 23.45% 121 516 St Catherine’s School (Waverley) 57 45 59 23.27% 151 649 Newtown Performance Art School 58 82 N/A 23.17% 199 859 Danebank – An Anglican School For Girls (Hurstville) 59 68 74 22.75% 144 633 Parramatta Marist High School (Westmead) 60 51 68 22.47% 195 868 Willoughby Girls High School 61 65 51 22.20% 192 865 Arden Anglican School 62 115 22.09% 91 412 St Augustine’s College Sydney 63 95 21.79% 185 849 Trinity Grammar School 64 104 21.67% 169 780 Freeman Catholic College 65 69 N/A 21.55% 236 1095 Chatswood High School 66 73 79 21.29% 201 944 Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College (North Sydney) 67 72 45 21.12% 192 909 Cherrybrook Technology High School 68 58 65 21.09% 374 1773 Malek Fahd Islamic School 69 76 20.84% 79 379 Brigidine College St Ives 70 49 89 20.64% 155 751 Marist College Kogarah 71 122 20.52% 133 648 International Grammar School (Ultimo) 72 94 82 20.50% 115 561 Australian International School Hong Kong 73 54 20.00% 47 235 The Scots College (Bellevue Hill) 74 78 53 19.63% 211 1075 Tara Anglican School for Girls (North Parramatta) 75 43 32 19.56% 88 450 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta 76 97 19.28% 151 783 St Joseph’s College (Hunters Hill) 77 88 94 19.17% 216 1127 Killara High School 78 61 57 18.62% 245 1316 Carlingford High School 79 85 86 18.60% 175 941 Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong) 80 60 41 18.58% 147 791 Mount St Benedict College (Pennant Hills) 81 86 83 18.56% 137 738 Oxley College (Burradoo) 82 63 98 18.37% 70 381 Central Coast Grammar School 83 70 17.90% 111 620 Mackellar Girls School 84 91 N/A 17.79% 171 961 Newcastle Grammar School 85 64 73 17.70% 80 452 Epping Boys High School (Marsfield) 86 117 84 17.36% 197 1135 Northholm Grammar School 87 150+ 17.16% 35 204 Newington College 88 87 17.14% 170 992 Bethany College 89 116 17.06% 136 797 Redfield College 90 59 N/A 17.04% 38 223 Castle Hill High School 91 103 80 16.79% 231 1376 Inaburra School 92 118 16.73% 94 562 Burwood Girls High School 93 110 16.71% 181 1083 Shire Christian School 94 150+ 16.48% 60 364 Macquarie Grammar School (Sydney) 95 144 77 16.40% 51 311 St Patrick’s College (Strathfield) 96 90 16.38% 161 983 St Ursula’s College (Kingsgrove) 97 75 67 16.14% 137 849 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus 98 62 88 16.12% 39 242 St Vincent’s College (Potts Point) 99 79 87 15.80% 103 652 The Hills Grammar School 100 71 N/A 15.77% 79 501 Oxford Falls Grammar School 101 105 15.72% 69 439 Rose Bay Secondary College 102 107 15.55% 107 688 St Columba Anglican School 103 81 15.54% 76 489 St Scholastica’s College Glebe Point 104 101 96 15.53% 141 908 St Andrew’s Cathedral School 105 137 15.48% 102 659 Clancy Catholic College 106 143 15.25% 120 787 Strathfield Girls High School 107 99 72 15.03% 170 1131 Prairiewood High School 108 150+ 15.02% 126 839 St Spyridon College (Kingsford) 109 150+ 66 14.93% 50 335 Hills Adventist College 110 150+ 14.79% 25 169 Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich 111 111 100 14.78% 125 846 Mount St Joseph Milperra 112 126 14.77% 123 833 St Philip’s Christian College – Waratah 113 150+ 14.52% 80 551 Macarthur Anglican School (Cobbitty) 114 93 75 14.35% 60 418 De La Salle College (Revesby Heights) 115 150+ 14.29% 60 420 Canberra Grammar School (Red Hill) 116 98 55 14.18% 80 564 Ryde Secondary College 117 83 N/A 14.15% 121 855 St Mary’s Cathedral College (Sydney) 118 109 13.94% 74 531 St John Bosco College 119 130 13.67% 70 512 Cerdon College 120 150+ 13.45% 136 1011 Moorebank High School 121 128 13.40% 95 709 Parramatta High School 122 96 N/A 13.37% 86 643 Oakhill College Castle Hill 123 150+ 13.35% 266 1992 Mercy Catholic College (Chatswood) 124 66 76 13.32% 73 548 Trinity Catholic College Lismore 125 150+ 13.29% 122 918 Georges River Grammar 126 139 13.25% 33 249 Amity College, Prestons 127 114 92 13.15% 86 654 Martist College North Shore 128 145 13.02% 88 676 Rosebank College 129 150+ 12.95% 118 911 Kinross Wolaroi School 130 106 12.95% 109 842 Macqurie Field High School 131 80 N/A 12.94% 114 881 Turramurra High School 132 130 12.85% 127 988 Redeemer Baptist School 133 12.79% 22 172 St George Christian School (Hurstville) 134 150+ 99 12.78% 40 313 Domremy Catholic College 135 12.75% 58 455 Mount St Patrick College 136 77 N/A 12.72% 78 613 IPEKA Integrated Christian School 137 92 12.56% 50 398 Kildare Catholic College 138 150+ 12.52% 65 519 MacKillop College Port Macquarie 139 150+ 12.49% 106 849 St Patrick’s Marist College 140 149 12.44% 102 820 Bethlehem College 141 150+ 12.40% 81 653 Marcellin College 142 141 12.25% 92 751 Blaxland High School 143 150+ 12.20% 76 623 Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus 144 120 12.18% 183 1503 Wollondilly Anglican College 145 150+ 12.13% 37 305 SCEGGS Redlands 146 150+ 11.96% 53 443 Hunter School of Performing Arts 147 150+ 11.95% 85 711 PLC Armidale 148 11.89% 22 185 The Illawarra Grammar School 149 150+ 11.88% 50 421 St Paul’s Catholic College (Manly) 150 150+ 11.72% 51 435 Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
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