Top 100 High Schools (2019 HSC results)
Top 100 High Schools (based on 2019 HSC results)
The following table lists the top 100 high schools in NSW based on percentage of marks above 90 (out of all marks achieved). This table is best viewed on a computer rather than on a mobile device.
2019 HSC – TOP 1-50 schools | |||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||
School | Year 12 Students | Number of subjects tested | Number of marks above 90 | % of marks above 90 | *Ranking* | Type (Selective/Public Comprehensive/Private) | Girls’/Boys’/Co-ed | Location | |||||
James Ruse Agricultural High | 153 | 985 | 717 | 72.79 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | sel | co | Carlingford |
Conservatorium High | 34 | 217 | 150 | 69.12 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 9 | pub | co | Sydney City | |
North Sydney Boys High | 164 | 976 | 612 | 62.70 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | sel | b | North Sydney |
Sydney Grammar | 184 | 1165 | 714 | 61.29 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | pri | b | Darlinghurst |
Hornsby Girls High | 121 | 698 | 397 | 56.88 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | sel | g | Hornsby |
Sydney Girls High | 164 | 994 | 561 | 56.44 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 4 | sel | g | Surry Hills |
North Sydney Girls High | 154 | 925 | 506 | 54.70 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | sel | g | North Sydney |
Reddam House | 102 | 558 | 297 | 53.23 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 12 | pri | co | North Bondi |
Baulkham Hills High | 202 | 1216 | 647 | 53.21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | sel | co | Baulkham Hills |
Sydney Boys High | 212 | 1244 | 640 | 51.45 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | sel | b | Surry Hills |
Normanhurst Boys High | 126 | 779 | 391 | 50.19 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 22 | sel | b | Normanhurst |
Abbotsleigh | 150 | 921 | 420 | 45.60 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 10 | pri | g | Wahroonga |
Manly (Northern Beaches Sec. Col.) | 135 | 789 | 343 | 43.47 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | sel | co | Manly |
Meriden School | 134 | 789 | 338 | 42.84 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 32 | pri | g | Strathfield |
Kambala Girls | 76 | 449 | 192 | 42.76 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 39 | pri | g | Rose Bay |
SCEGGS Darlinghurst | 110 | 662 | 270 | 40.79 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 20 | pri | co | Darlinghurst |
St Catherine’s School | 107 | 597 | 240 | 40.20 | 17 | 28 | 58 | 45 | 56 | 40 | pri | g | Waverley |
Loreto Kirribilli | 136 | 792 | 312 | 39.39 | 18 | 39 | 30 | 25 | 36 | 23 | pri | g | Kirribilli |
Fort Street High | 152 | 879 | 341 | 38.79 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 13 | sel | co | Petersham |
Presbyterian Ladies College | 140 | 801 | 310 | 38.70 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 36 | 20 | 29 | pri | g | Croydon |
Girraween High | 138 | 816 | 313 | 38.36 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 15 | sel | co | Girraween |
Knox Grammar School | 46 | 1886 | 720 | 38.18 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 41 | pri | b | Wahroonga |
Al-Faisal College | 114 | 565 | 212 | 37.52 | 23 | 26 | 55 | 42 | 96 | pri | co | ||
Ascham School | 116 | 629 | 233 | 37.04 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 14 | pri | g | Edgecliff |
Wenona School North Sydney | 111 | 647 | 237 | 36.63 | 25 | 13 | 33 | 15 | 32 | 34 | pri | g | North Sydney |
Hurlstone Agricultural High | 150 | 840 | 298 | 35.48 | 26 | 31 | 45 | 34 | 23 | 24 | sel | co | Glenfield |
Loreto Normanhurst | 156 | 902 | 309 | 34.26 | 27 | 46 | 43 | 44 | 26 | 16 | pri | g | Normanhurst |
St Luke’s Grammar | 104 | 579 | 198 | 34.20 | 28 | 34 | 57 | 57 | 87 | 53 | pri | co | Dee Why |
Pymble Ladies’ College | 276 | 1532 | 518 | 33.81 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 31 | 21 | 26 | pri | g | Pymble |
Cranbrook School | 159 | 892 | 288 | 32.29 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 55 | 48 | 35 | pri | co | Bellevue Hill |
Queenwood Mosman | 72 | 400 | 129 | 32.25 | 31 | 29 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 25 | pri | g | Mosman |
St George Girls High | 166 | 953 | 305 | 32.00 | 32 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 19 | sel | g | Kogarah |
Al Noori Muslim School | 68 | 376 | 119 | 31.65 | 33 | 42 | 46 | 100 | pri | co | Greenacre | ||
Danebank Anglican School For Girls | 87 | 530 | 165 | 31.13 | 34 | 61 | 61 | 68 | 69 | 50 | pri | g | Hurstville |
Masada College | 55 | 295 | 91 | 30.85 | 35 | 52 | 50 | 74 | 24 | 21 | pri | co | St Ives |
Kincoppal-Rose Bay | 99 | 583 | 179 | 30.70 | 36 | 44 | 28 | 24 | 45 | 52 | pri | g | Rose Bay |
SHORE Sydney CoE Grammar | 200 | 1115 | 340 | 30.49 | 37 | 22 | 34 | 26 | 34 | 27 | pri | b | North Sydney |
Moriah College Queens Park | 131 | 726 | 221 | 30.44 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 27 | 18 | 17 | pri | co | Bondi Junction |
Smith’s Hill High | 120 | 710 | 212 | 29.86 | 39 | 49 | 82 | 60 | 40 | 44 | sel | co | Smith’s Hill |
Sydney Technical High | 162 | 875 | 260 | 29.71 | 40 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 39 | 31 | sel | b | Bexley |
Emanuel School | 75 | 418 | 124 | 29.67 | 41 | 45 | 44 | 38 | 54 | 18 | pri | co | Randwick |
St Aloysius Milsons Point | 153 | 917 | 272 | 29.66 | 42 | 37 | 36 | 23 | 29 | 28 | pri | b | Milsons Point |
Tara Anglican School | 66 | 405 | 120 | 29.63 | 43 | 48 | 77 | 43 | 31 | 54 | pri | g | Parramatta |
Roseville College | 103 | 596 | 176 | 29.53 | 44 | 36 | 25 | 40 | 27 | 30 | pri | g | Roseville |
Penrith High | 157 | 920 | 270 | 29.35 | 45 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 33 | sel | co | Penrith |
Frensham School | 65 | 351 | 103 | 29.34 | 46 | 56 | 49 | 50 | 44 | 74 | pri | g | Mittagong |
Santa Sabina College | 111 | 632 | 184 | 29.11 | 47 | 30 | 48 | 46 | 59 | 60 | pri | g | Strathfield |
Caringbah High | 156 | 873 | 254 | 29.10 | 48 | 40 | 39 | 29 | 35 | 37 | sel | co | Caringbah |
Merewether High | 175 | 1087 | 313 | 28.79 | 49 | 60 | 38 | 37 | 42 | 43 | sel | co | Broadmeadow |
Brigidine College St Ives | 140 | 764 | 214 | 28.01 | 50 | 58 | 72 | 49 | 84 | 87 | pri | g | St Ives |
2019 HSC – TOP 51-100 schools | |||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||
School | Student | Number of subjects tested | Number of marks above 90 | % of marks above 90 | *Ranking* | Type (Selective/Public Comprehensive/Private) | Girls’/Boys’/Co-ed | Location | |||||
Oxley College | 67 | 392 | 107 | 27.30 | 51 | 86 | 84 | 63 | 91 | pri | co | Bowral | |
Gosford High | 176 | 977 | 263 | 26.92 | 52 | 59 | 51 | 48 | 41 | 38 | sel | co | Gosford |
Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy | 122 | 699 | 188 | 26.90 | 53 | 47 | 69 | 72 | 43 | 79 | pri | g | North Sydney |
Ravenswood | 101 | 607 | 163 | 26.85 | 54 | 55 | 41 | 39 | 33 | 48 | pri | g | Gordon |
Newcastle Grammar | 74 | 451 | 121 | 26.83 | 55 | 35 | 88 | 64 | 68 | 49 | pri | co | Newcastle |
Barker College | 354 | 1940 | 517 | 26.65 | 56 | 51 | 52 | 33 | 47 | 45 | pri | b | Hornsby |
Macarthur Anglican School (Cobbitty) | 62 | 364 | 94 | 25.82 | 57 | 73 | 93 | 70 | 67 | pri | g | ||
St Ignatius’ College | 223 | 1359 | 346 | 25.46 | 58 | 62 | 47 | 47 | 57 | 62 | pri | b | Lane Cove |
St Vincent’s College | 113 | 617 | 157 | 25.45 | 59 | 79 | 81 | 77 | pri | g | Potts Point | ||
International Grammar | 99 | 555 | 134 | 24.14 | 60 | 74 | 94 | 76 | 55 | pri | co | Ultimo | |
The Scots College | 180 | 1086 | 258 | 23.76 | 61 | 53 | 76 | 78 | 51 | 51 | pri | b | Bellevue |
The King’s School | 183 | 1001 | 233 | 23.28 | 62 | 41 | 32 | 30 | 38 | 56 | pri | b | Parramatta |
MLC Burwood | 76 | 414 | 96 | 23.19 | 63 | 43 | 31 | 67 | 46 | 47 | pri | g | Burwood |
Brigidine College Randwick | 120 | 662 | 153 | 23.11 | 64 | 59 | 56 | 60 | 93 | pri | g | Randwick | |
Chatswood High School | 221 | 1182 | 264 | 22.34 | 65 | 77 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 75 | sel/pub | co | Chatswood |
St Ursula’s College Kingsgrove | 164 | 930 | 201 | 21.61 | 66 | 85 | 100 | 75 | 63 | 63 | pri | Kingsgrove | |
Willoughby Girls High | 169 | 884 | 191 | 21.61 | 67 | 50 | 63 | 65 | 49 | 57 | pub | g | Willoughby |
Alpha Omega Senior College | 93 | 474 | 102 | 21.52 | 68 | 38 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 69 | co | ||
St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Col. | 74 | 386 | 81 | 20.98 | 69 | 79 | 72 | pri | co | Moorebank | |||
Northern Beaches Balgowlah Boys | 55 | 286 | 60 | 20.98 | 70 | 63 | 62 | 82 | pub | b | Balgowlah | ||
St Patrick’s College Strathfield | 173 | 1036 | 213 | 20.56 | 71 | 94 | 99 | 90 | 98 | 76 | pri | b | Strathfield |
Bethany College – Hurstville | 162 | 844 | 169 | 20.02 | 72 | 96 | 92 | 116 | pri | Hurstville | |||
The McDonald College | 33 | 170 | 34 | 20.00 | 73 | 54 | pri | co | North Strathfield | ||||
Mount St Benedict College | 142 | 781 | 153 | 19.59 | 74 | 68 | 83 | 86 | 77 | 59 | pri | g | Pennant Hills |
Sefton High | 171 | 905 | 175 | 19.34 | 75 | 74 | 56 | 52 | 52 | 58 | sel | co | Sefton |
St Andrew’s Cathedral School | 107 | 604 | 116 | 19.21 | 76 | 137 | 81 | pri | co | Sydney City | |||
Stella Maris College | 126 | 663 | 127 | 19.16 | 77 | 113 | pri | g | Manly | ||||
St Augustine’s College Brookvale | 164 | 893 | 170 | 19.04 | 78 | 66 | 65 | 95 | pri | Brookvale | |||
Killarney Heights High School | 113 | 615 | 117 | 19.02 | 79 | 88 | 146 | pub | co | Killarney Heights | |||
Cheltenham Girls High | 203 | 1089 | 207 | 19.01 | 80 | 64 | 53 | 53 | 58 | 73 | pub | g | Cheltenham |
PLC Armidale | 37 | 208 | 39 | 18.75 | 81 | pri | g | Armidale | |||||
St Mary’s Cathedral College | 96 | 529 | 99 | 18.71 | 82 | 91 | 109 | pri | b | Sydney | |||
Parramatta Marist High School | 144 | 791 | 148 | 18.71 | 83 | 65 | 62 | 51 | 64 | 42 | pri | b | Westmead |
The Hills Grammar | 74 | 434 | 80 | 18.43 | 84 | 92 | 71 | 78 | pri | co | Kenthurst | ||
Pittwater House Girls College | 73 | 414 | 76 | 18.36 | 85 | pri | g | Collaroy | |||||
St Ives High School | 127 | 672 | 123 | 18.30 | 86 | pub | co | St Ives | |||||
Marist College Kogarah | 115 | 612 | 111 | 18.14 | 87 | 73 | 122 | pri | b | Bexley | |||
Cherrybrook Technology High | 294 | 1636 | 292 | 17.85 | 88 | 82 | 70 | 58 | 61 | 68 | pub | co | Cherrybrook |
Castle Hill High School | 226 | 1200 | 211 | 17.58 | 89 | 84 | 94 | 103 | 74 | pub | co | Castle Hill | |
Killara High | 264 | 1435 | 251 | 17.49 | 90 | 69 | 80 | 61 | 55 | 64 | pub | co | Killara |
Northern Beaches Christian School | 138 | 775 | 135 | 17.42 | 91 | ||||||||
Oxford Falls Grammar School | 72 | 399 | 68 | 17.04 | 92 | 105 | 83 | pri | Oxford Falls | ||||
Pacific Hills Christian School | 108 | 600 | 102 | 17.00 | 93 | 132 | |||||||
St Euphemia College | 48 | 255 | 43 | 16.86 | 94 | ||||||||
St Clare’s College | 66 | 362 | 61 | 16.85 | 95 | 78 | 94 | pub | co | Taree | |||
Strathfield Girls High | 168 | 885 | 149 | 16.84 | 96 | 87 | 99 | 67 | 82 | pub | g | Strathfield | |
St Spyridon College Snr | 71 | 381 | 64 | 16.80 | 97 | 72 | 62 | pri | co | Maroubra | |||
William Clarke College | 164 | 882 | 147 | 16.67 | 98 | pri | co | Baulkham Hills | |||||
Mercy Catholic College | 85 | 494 | 82 | 16.60 | 99 | 66 | 71 | pri | g | Chatswood | |||
Central Coast Grammar | 103 | 604 | 100 | 16.56 | 100 | 57 | 86 | 70 | 97 | 94 | pri | co | Erina Heights |