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2019 High School Rankings
HSC and ATAR results are released on the 9th of December! Check back then to see how your school stacked up in 2019!
Read this guide to see how Sydney’s Schools performed in relation to each other. The 2019 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 2017 and 2018 to provide an overview of each school’s performance history.
What’s in this 2019 High School Rankings guide?
In this 2019 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 the 150 NSW schools
The pie chart provided below shows the distribution of the top 150 schools by their type – government non-selective, government selective, and independent.
Key insights from the 2019 data:
- 11% of the schools in the top 150 rankings are government non-selective schools
- 17% of the schools in the top 150 rankings are government selective schools
- 72% of the schools in the top 150 rankings are independent schools
We will include the rankings from 2017 and 2018 to provide an overview of each school’s performance history.
In the 2019 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 2019
No Overall Ranking Top 10 Government/Selective Schools 2019 Success Rate 1 1 James Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford) 72.79% 2 2 Conservatorium High School (Sydney) 69.12% 3 3 North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest) 62.70% 4 5 Hornsby Girls High School 56.88% 5 6 Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills) 56.44% 6 7 North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest) 54.70% 7 9 Baulkham Hills High School 53.21% 8 10 Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park) 51.45% 9 11 Normanhurst Boys High School 50.19% 10 13 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 43.47% Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools in 2019
No Overall Ranking Top 10 Government/Non-Selective Schools 2019 Success Rate 1 67 Willoughby Girls High School 21.61% 2 70 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus 20.98% 3 79 Killarney Heights High School 19.02% 4 80 Cheltenham Girls High School (Cheltenham) 19.01% 5 83 Parramatta Marist High School (Westmead) 18.71% 6 86 St Ives High School 18.30% 7 88 Cherrybrook Technology High School 17.85% 8 89 Castle Hill High School 17.58% 9 90 Killara High School 17.49% 10 91 NBSC Mackellar Girls School 17.42% Top 10 Independent Schools in 2018
No Overall Ranking Top 10 Independent Schools 2018 Success Rates 1 4 Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst) 61.29% 2 8 Reddam House (Woollahra) 53.23% 3 12 Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga) 45.60% 4 14 Meriden School (Strathfield) 42.84% 5 15 Kambala (Rose Bay) 42.76% 6 16 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 40.79% 7 17 St Catherine’s School (Waverley) 40.20% 8 18 Loreto Kirribilli 39.39% 9 20 Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney (Croydon) 38.70% 10 22 Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga) 38.18% Most improved schools in 2019
The graph below shows a selection of the most improved schools in the 2019 high school rankings
Top 150 Schools by Success Rate in 2019
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 Rankings:
Terminology
- High Scores: the number of Band 6 scores.
- Total HSC exams sat: the number of merit list course completions.
- 2019 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 2019 Ranking 2018 Ranking 2017 Ranking 2019 Success Rate High Scores 2019 Total HSC
Exams SatJames Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford) 1 1 1 72.79% 717 985 Conservatorium High School (Sydney) 2 Not in top 150 Not in top 150 69.12% 150 217 North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest) 3 2 3 62.70% 612 976 Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst) 4 3 6 61.29% 714 1165 Hornsby Girls High School 5 8 7 56.88% 397 698 Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills) 6 4 14 56.44% 561 994 North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest) 7 6 8 54.70% 506 925 Reddam House (Woollahra) 8 9 17 53.23% 297 558 Baulkham Hills High School 9 5 2 53.21% 647 1216 Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park) 10 7 5 51.45% 640 1244 Normanhurst Boys High School 11 16 13 50.19% 391 779 Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga) 12 11 14 45.60% 420 921 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 13 10 10 43.47% 343 789 Meriden School (Strathfield) 14 12 23 42.84% 338 789 Kambala (Rose Bay) 15 14 18 42.76% 192 449 SCEGGS Darlinghurst 16 25 16 40.79% 270 662 St Catherine’s School (Waverley) 17 28 57 40.20% 240 597 Loreto Kirribilli 18 39 30 39.39% 312 792 Fort Street High School (Petersham) 19 15 12 38.79% 341 879 Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney (Croydon) 20 17 21 38.70% 310 801 Girraween High School 21 20 22 38.36% 313 816 Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga) 22 23 19 38.18% 720 1886 Al-Faisal College 23 26 54 37.52% 212 565 Ascham School (Edgecliff) 24 18 9 37.04% 233 629 Wenona School (North Sydney) 25 13 33 36.63% 237 647 Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Glenfield) 26 31 44 35.48% 298 840 Loreto Normanhurst 27 46 30 34.26% 309 902 St Luke’s Grammar School (Dee Why) 28 34 56 34.20% 198 579 Pymble Ladies’ College 29 21 20 33.81% 518 1532 Cranbrook School (Bellevue Hill) 30 33 41 32.29% 288 892 Queenwood School for Girls (Mosman) 31 29 37 32.25% 129 400 St George Girls High School (Kogarah) 32 19 24 32.00% 305 953 Al Noori Muslim School 33 42 45 31.65% 119 376 Danebank – An Anglican School For Girls (Hurstville) 34 60 59 31.13% 165 530 Masada College (St Ives) 35 52 49 30.85% 91 295 Kincoppal – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart 36 44 28 30.70% 179 583 SHORE – Sydney Church of England Grammar School (North Sydney) 37 22 34 30.49% 340 1115 Moriah College (Queens Park) 38 32 15 30.44% 221 726 Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong) 39 49 80 29.86% 212 710 Sydney Technical High School (Bexley) 40 24 29 29.71% 260 875 Emanuel School (Randwick) 41 45 43 29.67% 124 418 St Aloysius’ College (Kirribilli) 42 37 36 29.66% 272 917 Tara Anglican School for Girls (North Parramatta) 43 48 75 29.63% 120 405 Roseville College 44 36 25 29.53% 176 596 Penrith High School 45 27 27 29.35% 270 920 Frensham School (Mittagong) 46 55 48 29.34% 103 351 Santa Sabina College (Strathfield) 47 30 47 29.11% 184 632 Caringbah High School 48 40 39 29.10% 254 873 Merewether High School (Broadmeadow) 49 59 38 28.79% 313 1087 Brigidine College St Ives 50 57 52 28.01% 214 764 Oxley College (Burradoo) 51 85 82 27.3% 107 392 Gosford High School 52 58 50 27.3% 263 977 Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College (North Sydney) 53 47 67 26.92% 263 977 Ravenswood School for Girls (Gordon) 54 54 40 26.85% 163 607 Newcastle Grammar School 55 35 85 26.83% 121 451 Barker College (Hornsby) 56 51 51 26.65% 517 1940 Macarthur Anglican School (Cobbitty) 57 72 114 25.82% 94 364 St Ignatius’ College (Lane Cove) 58 61 46 25.46% 346 1359 St Vincent’s College (Potts Point) 59 130 99 25.45% 157 617 International Grammar School (Ultimo) 60 101 72 24.24% 134 555 The Scots College (Bellevue Hill) 61 53 74 23.76 258 1086 The King’s School (North Parramatta) 62 41 32 23.28% 233 1001 MLC School (Burwood) 63 43 31 23.19% 96 414 Brigidine College Randwick 64 107 70 23.11% 153 662 Chatswood High School 65 76 66 22.34% 264 1182 St Ursula’s College (Kingsgrove) 66 84 97 21.61% 201 930 Willoughby Girls High School 67 50 61 21.61% 191 884 Alpha Omega Senior College (Auburn) 68 38 35 21.52% 102 474 St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox College 69 78 167 20.98% 81 386 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus 70 62 98 20.98% 60 286 St Patrick’s College (Strathfield) 71 93 96 20.56% 213 1036 Bethany College 72 95 89 20.02% 169 844 The McDonald College 73 224 Out of 150 20.00% 34 170 Mount St Benedict College (Pennant Hills) 74 67 81 19.59% 153 781 Sefton High School 75 73 55 19.34% 175 905 St Andrew’s Cathedral School 76 138 105 19.21% 116 604 Stella Maris College 77 151 Out of 150 19.16% 127 663 St Augustine’s College Sydney 78 65 63 19.04% 170 893 Killarney Heights High School 79 87 191 19.02% 117 615 Cheltenham Girls High School (Cheltenham) 80 63 53 19.01% 207 1089 PLC Armidale 81 Out of 150 148 18.75% 39 208 St Mary’s Cathedral College (Sydney) 82 90 118 18.71% 99 529 Parramatta Marist High School (Westmead) 83 64 60 18.71% 148 791 The Hills Grammar School 84 91 100 18.43% 80 434 Pittwater House Schools 85 197 Out of 150 18.36% 76 414 St Ives High School 86 113 204 18.30% 123 672 Marist College Kogarah 87 127 71 18.14% 111 612 Cherrybrook Technology High School 88 81 68 17.85% 292 1636 Castle Hill High School 89 83 91 17.58% 211 1200 Killara High School 90 68 78 17.49% 251 1435 NBSC Mackellar Girls School 91 99 84 17.42% 135 775 Oxford Falls Grammar School 92 103 101 17.04% 68 399 Pacific Hills Christian School 93 203 Out of 150 17.00% 102 600 St Euphemia College 94 176 Out of 150 16.86% 43 255 St Clare’s College (Waverly) 95 77 167 16.85% 61 362 Strathfield Girls High School 96 86 107 16.84% 149 885 St Spyridon College (Kingsford) 97 71 109 16.80% 64 381 William Clarke College 98 128 188 16.67% 147 882 Mercy Catholic College (Chatswood) 99 140 124 16.60% 82 494 Central Coast Grammar School 100 56 83 16.56% 100 604 St Pius X College 101 94 181 16.39% 130 793 Freeman Catholic College 102 96 65 16.37% 193 1179 Tangara School for Girls (Cherrybrook) 103 92 26 16.30% 30 184 Mount St Patrick College 104 Out of 150 136 16.19% 79 488 Amity College, Prestons 105 125 127 16.15% 109 675 Arden Anglican School 106 142 62 15.85% 65 410 Newtown Performance Art School 107 66 58 15.75% 137 870 St Joseph’s College (Hunters Hill) 108 79 77 15.57% 156 1002 Shire Christian School 109 Out of 150 94 15.38% 50 325 Mosman High School 110 171 Out of 150 15.38% 149 969 Burwood Girls High School 111 126 93 15.29% 168 1099 Canberra Grammar School (Red Hill) 112 136 116 15.21% 85 559 Northholm Grammar School 113 Out of 150 87 14.83% 31 209 St Columba Anglican School 114 137 103 14.79% 67 453 Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus 115 123 201 14.79% 227 1535 St George Christian School (Hurstville) 116 118 134 14.79% 56 379 Epping Boys High School (Marsfield) 117 89 86 14.72% 139 944 Hunter Valley Grammar School (Ashtonfield) 118 70 158 14.58% 84 576 St Patrick’s Marist College 118 88 140 14.58% 105 720 Malek Fahd Islamic School 120 97 69 14.38% 85 591 Marist College Eastwood 121 108 172 14.16% 65 459 IPEKA Integrated Christian School 122 74 137 14.11% 47 333 Thomas Hassall Anglican College 123 Out of 150 Out of 150 14.10% 86 610 Carlingford High School 124 69 79 14.09% 134 951 Marist Catholic College Penshurst 125 Out of 150 Out of 150 13.96% 49 951 Trinity Grammar School 126 111 111 13.94% 80 351 Covenant Christian School 127 Out of 150 Out of 150 13.80% 61 442 Tempe High School 128 114 Out of 150 13.79% 100 725 Waverley College 129 134 155 13.66% 109 798 Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich 130 106 111 13.54% 117 864 Hunter School of Performing Arts 131 144 147 13.51% 100 740 Clancy Catholic College 132 Out of 150 106 13.15% 117 890 Mount Annan Christian College 133 Out of 150 Out of 150 13.07% 20 153 Trinity Anglican College – Albury 134 226 Out of 150 12.89% 37 289 St Scholastica’s College Glebe Point 135 115 104 12.79% 115 899 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College 136 82 235 12.67% 84 663 Catherine McAuley Westmead 137 121 151 12.67% 133 1050 St Charbel’s College 138 143 162 12.58% 59 469 Parramatta High School 139 Out of 150 112 12.40% 90 726 Kinross Wolaroi School 140 116 130 12.33 91 738 Turramurra High School 141 147 132 12.19% 108 886 Australian International School Malaysia 142 102 275 12.12% 28 231 Green Valley Islamic College 143 248 Out of 150 12.08% 25 207 MacKillop College Port Macquarie 144 Out of 150 139 11.82% 82 694 St Patrick’s College Sutherland 145 131 96 11.62% 112 864 Cerdon College 146 Out of 150 120 11.59% 102 880 Marcellin College 147 129 142 11.57% 76 657 Gilroy Catholic College 148 Out of 150 Out of 150 11.24% 105 934 Xavier Catholic College Ballina 149 Out of 150 Out of 150 11.22% 77 686 Northern Beaches Christian School 150 192 Out of 150 11.15% 69 619 Please note, these tables and charts are made using publicly available data.
Also available is the 2018 High School Rankings.
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