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2020 HSC High School Rankings
HSC and ATAR results were released on the 18th of December! Check to see how your school stacked up in 2020!
Read this guide to see how Sydney’s Schools performed in relation to each other. The 2020 HSC High School Rankings are derived from the NESA data that is publicly available. Our rankings include a complete list of schools and results based on their HSC performance.
We have included the rankings from 2018 and 2019 to provide an overview of each school’s performance history.
What’s in this 2020 HSC High School Rankings guide?
In this 2020 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
- Most improved schools
- Top 150 schools by Success Rate
Breakdown of the 150 NSW schools for the HSC
The pie chart provided below shows the distribution of the top 150 schools by their type – government non-selective, government selective, and independent.
In the 2020 High School rankings article, we will provide you with an easy to understand analysis of the top 150 schools based on their performance.
Top 10 Schools by Type
A list of the top 10 performing schools from each of the above categories are tabulated below.
Top 10 Government/Selective Schools in 2020
No Overall Ranking Top 10 Government/Selective Schools 2020 Success Rate 1 1 James Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford) 68.47% 2 2 Baulkham Hills High School 63.69%% 3 3 North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest) 59.64% 4 4 North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest) 58.68% 5 6 Hornsby Girls High School 58.06% 6 7 Normanhurst Boys High School 54.62% 7 8 Conservatorium High School (Sydney) 52.05% 8 9 Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills) 50.97% 9 10 Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park) 47.49% 10 13 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 44.97% Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools in 2020
No Overall Ranking Top 10 Independent Schools 2020 Success Rates 1 43 NBSC Mackellar Girls School 28.03% 2 46 Parramatta Marist High School (Westmead) 26.69% 3 59 Willoughby Girls High School 24.60% 4 76 Epping Boys High School (Marsfield) 19.56% 5 82 Burwood Girls High School 18.58% 6 84 Cheltenham Girls High School (Cheltenham) 18.40% 7 87 Killarney Heights High School 18.14% 8 90 Cherrybrook Technology High School 17.78% 9 97 Carlingford High School 16.21% 10 100 Killara High School 15.88% Top 10 Independent Schools in 2020
No Overall Ranking Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools 2020 Success Rate 1 5 Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst) 58.06% 2 11 Ascham School (Edgecliff) 46.32% 3 12 Reddam House (Woollahra) 45.72% 4 14 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 43.69% 5 15 Wenona School (North Sydney) 43.36% 6 16 Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga) 42.67% 7 17 Meriden School (Strathfield) 42.16% 8 19 Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga) 40.92% 9 20 St Aloysius’ College (Kirribilli) 40.66% 10 21 Kambala (Rose Bay) 39.76% Most improved schools in 2020 HSC
The graph below shows a selection of the most improved schools in the 2020 high school rankings
Top 150 Schools by HSC Success Rate in 2020
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.
How to Read the HSC High School Rankings:
Terminology
- High Scores: the number of Band 6 scores.
- Total HSC exams sat: the number of merit list course completions.
- 2020 Success Rate: the high scores expressed as a percentage of entries, rounded to two decimal places.
The top 150 schools by their success rate are shown in the table below:
School 2020 Ranking 2019 Ranking 2018 Ranking Success Rate High Scores 2020 Total HSC
Exams SatJames Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford) 1 1 1 68.47% 708 1034 Baulkham Hills High School 2 9 5 63.69% 800 1256 North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest) 3 3 2 59.64% 526 882 North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest) 4 7 6 58.68% 541 922 Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst) 5 4 3 58.06% 670 1154 Hornsby Girls High School 6 5 8 54.63% 395 723 Normanhurst Boys High School 7 11 16 54.62% 402 736 Conservatorium High School (Sydney) 8 2 52.05% 89 171 Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills) 9 6 4 50.97% 499 979 Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park) 10 10 7 47.49% 596 1255 Ascham School (Edgecliff) 11 24 18 46.32% 296 639 Reddam House (Woollahra) 12 8 9 45.72% 294 643 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 13 13 10 44.97% 362 805 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 14 16 25 43.69% 301 689 Wenona School (North Sydney) 15 25 13 43.36% 356 821 Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga) 16 12 11 42.67% 399 935 Meriden School (Strathfield) 17 14 12 42.16% 379 899 Fort Street High School (Petersham) 18 19 15 41.95% 383 913 Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga) 19 22 23 40.92% 845 2065 St Aloysius’ College (Kirribilli) 20 42 37 40.66% 372 915 Kambala (Rose Bay) 21 15 14 39.76% 163 410 Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney (Croydon) 22 20 17 39.46% 266 674 Loreto Kirribilli 23 18 39 39.13% 313 800 St Luke’s Grammar School (Dee Why) 24 28 34 38.26% 202 528 Tangara School for Girls (Cherrybrook) 25 103 92 36.97% 61 65 Loreto Normanhurst 26 27 46 36.32% 340 936 Girraween High School 27 21 20 35.65% 292 819 Tara Anglican School for Girls (North Parramatta) 28 43 48 34.65% 158 456 St Catherine’s School (Waverley) 29 17 28 33.80% 219 648 Caringbah High School 30 48 40 32.79% 283 863 Pymble Ladies’ College 31 29 21 32.60% 457 1402 Al Noori Muslim School 32 33 42 35.44% 112 16 Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Glenfield) 33 26 31 30.98% 259 836 The King’s School (North Parramatta) 34 62 41 30.70% 393 1280 Roseville College 35 44 36 30.22% 168 556 Cranbrook School (Bellevue Hill) 36 30 33 29.75% 249 837 Penrith High School 37 45 27 29.69% 274 923 Emanuel School (Randwick) 38 41 45 29.52% 98 332 St George Girls High School (Kogarah) 39 32 19 29.34% 272 927 SHORE – Sydney Church of England Grammar School (North Sydney) 40 37 22 28.80% 335 163 Moriah College (Queens Park) 41 38 32 28.69% 210 732 Sydney Technical High School (Bexley) 42 40 24 28.34% 242 854 NBSC Mackellar Girls School 43 91 99 28.03% 220 785 St Ignatius’ College (Lane Cove) 44 58 61 27.74% 403 1453 Newcastle Grammar School 45 55 35 27.62% 129 467 Parramatta Marist High School (Westmead) 46 83 64 26.69% 190 712 Barker College (Hornsby) 47 56 51 26.66% 513 1924 Santa Sabina College (Strathfield) 48 47 30 26.53% 160 630 Brigidine College Randwick 49 64 107 26.25% 173 659 Merewether High School (Broadmeadow) 50 49 59 26.20% 273 1042 MLC School (Burwood) 51 63 43 26.10% 125 479 St Vincent’s College (Potts Point) 52 59 130 26.06% 160 614 Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College (North Sydney) 53 53 47 25.94% 180 694 Al-Faisal College 54 23 26 25.77% 176 683 Alpha Omega Senior College (Auburn) 55 68 38 25.64% 120 468 Kincoppal – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart 56 36 44 25.50% 127 498 IPEKA Integrated Christian School 57 122 74 25.20% 95 377 Ravenswood School for Girls (Gordon) 58 54 54 25.10% 124 494 Willoughby Girls High School 59 67 50 24.60% 171 695 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus 60 70 62 24.54% 106 432 Northholm Grammar School 61 113 23.50% 47 200 Brigidine College St Ives 62 50 57 22.71% 164 722 The Scots College (Bellevue Hill) 63 61 53 22.55% 228 1011 Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School 64 22.53% 41 182 Queenwood School for Girls (Mosman) 65 31 29 22.45% 66 294 St Augustine’s College Sydney 66 78 65 22.31% 170 762 Frensham School (Mittagong) 67 46 55 22.22% 78 351 Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong) 68 39 49 21.46% 147 685 Chatswood High School 69 65 76 21.45% 163 760 Sefton High School 70 75 73 21.38% 183 856 St Joseph’s College (Hunters Hill) 71 108 79 21.07% 240 1139 Gosford High School 72 52 58 20.78% 213 025 Oxford Falls Grammar School 73 92 103 20.55% 89 433 St Spyridon College (Kingsford) 74 97 71 19.81% 61 308 Danebank – An Anglican School For Girls (Hurstville) 75 34 60 19.63% 84 428 Epping Boys High School (Marsfield) 76 117 89 19.56% 195 997 St Ursula’s College (Kingsgrove) 77 66 84 19.50% 172 882 Macarthur Anglican School (Cobbitty) 78 57 72 19.45% 92 473 Arden Anglican School 79 106 142 19.35% 84 434 Bethany College 80 72 95 19.32% 165 54 Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta 81 155 80 18.84% 150 796 Burwood Girls High School 82 111 126 18.58% 199 1071 Central Coast Grammar School 83 100 56 18.43% 101 548 Cheltenham Girls High School (Cheltenham) 84 80 63 18.40% 203 1103 St Philip’s Christian College – Waratah 85 172 109 18.21% 100 549 St Clare’s College (Waverly) 86 95 77 18.18% 78 429 Killarney Heights High School 87 79 87 18.14% 115 634 St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox College 88 69 78 18.08% 62 343 Australian International School Singapore 89 218 31 173 Cherrybrook Technology High School 90 88 81 17.78% 307 1727 Newtown Performance Art School 91 107 66 17.77% 148 833 St Andrew’s Cathedral School 92 76 138 17.42% 96 551 Mercy Catholic College (Chatswood) 93 99 140 17.35% 89 513 William Clarke College 94 98 128 17.14% 128 747 Rose Bay Secondary College 95 177 16.57% 144 869 International Grammar School (Ultimo) 96 60 101 16.35% 94 575 Carlingford High School 97 124 69 16.21% 160 987 Hunter Valley Grammar School (Ashtonfield) 98 118 70 16.08% 91 566 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College 99 136 82 16.01% 106 665 Stella Maris College 100 77 15.88% 71 447 Killara High School 100 90 68 15.88% 213 1341 Aquinas Catholic College 102 158 119 15.55% 107 688 St Mary’s Cathedral College (Sydney) 103 82 90 15.53% 98 631 St Euphemia College 104 94 15.48% 37 239 Marist College Eastwood 105 121 108 15.16% 67 442 The Hills Grammar School 106 84 91 15.00% 51 340 St George Christian School (Hurstville) 107 116 118 14.78% 55 372 Strathfield Girls High School 108 96 86 14.76% 121 820 St Scholastica’s College Glebe Point 109 135 115 14.66% 123 839 Freeman Catholic College 110 102 96 14.60% 159 1089 St Ives High School 111 86 113 14.55% 102 701 Trinity Grammar School 112 126 111 14.49% 99 683 Masada College (St Ives) 113 35 52 14.36% 28 195 St Pius X College 114 101 94 14.34% 121 844 Blue Mountains Grammar School 115 227 14.33% 44 307 Marcellin College 116 147 129 14.16% 93 657 Marist College Kogarah 117 87 127 14.15% 87 615 Inaburra School 118 155 105 13.97% 76 544 Amity College, Prestons 119 105 125 13.94% 108 775 Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus 120 115 123 13.79% 209 1516 Davidson High School 121 217 13.77% 61 443 Castle Hill High School 122 89 83 13.73% 201 1464 Ryde Secondary College 123 154 139 13.68% 113 826 Macquarie Field High School 124 160 13.60% 122 897 St Patrick’s College (Strathfield) 125 71 93 13.47% 115 854 Mount St Benedict College (Pennant Hills) 126 74 67 13.46% 114 847 Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich 128 130 106 13.16% 114 866 Marist Catholic College Penshurst 129 125 108 13.10% 63 481 Pittwater House Schools 130 85 13.08% 59 428 Marist College North Shore 131 122 12.79% 84 657 Mount Carmel Catholic College 132 162 12.73% 90 707 Australian International School Hong Kong 133 12.58% 19 151 Covenant Christian School 134 127 12.55% 61 486 Waverley College 135 129 134 12.55% 96 765 Oakhill College Castle Hill 136 179 135 12.31% 232 1884 St Philip’s Christian College – Port Stephens 137 404 12.21% 26 213 Pacific Hills Christian School 138 93 12.19% 78 640 St Columba Anglican School 139 114 137 12.18% 61 501 Redfield College 140 12.14% 25 206 St Charbel’s College 141 138 143 12.13% 54 445 Northern Beaches Christian School 142 150 12.10% 57 471 William Carey Christian School 143 166 11.90% 59 496 Gilroy Catholic College 144 148 11.86% 97 818 Australian International School Malaysia 145 142 102 11.81% 28 237 Xavier Catholic College Ballina 146 149 11.73% 76 648 De La Salle Catholic College 147 188 11.70% 130 1111 Arndell Anglican College 148 11.67% 51 437 Emmanuel Anglican College 149 11.67% 28 240 Oxley College (Burradoo) 150 51 85 11.60% 45 388 Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
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