2013 Rank | School Name | Sector | 2012 Rank | 2012 Success Rate | 2013 Success Rate | Attempts | No# Distinguished students | Total credits | Year 12 students |
1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford) | Govt. selective | 1 | 69.30% | 71.58% | 1,154 | 232 | 826 | 173 |
2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Govt. selective | 5 | 52.90% | 57.61% | 1,248 | 200 | 719 | 195 |
3 | Hornsby Girls High School | Govt. selective | 6 | 52.60% | 54.30% | 755 | 117 | 410 | 123 |
4 | North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest) | Govt. selective | 2 | 61.30% | 53.45% | 1,001 | 181 | 535 | 160 |
5 | North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest) | Govt. selective | 3 | 57.10% | 52.55% | 1,058 | 161 | 556 | 161 |
6 | Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills) | Govt. selective | 4 | 53.10% | 51.72% | 1,017 | 150 | 526 | 167 |
7 | Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park) | Govt. selective | 8 | 48.10% | 48.19% | 1,214 | 247 | 585 | 202 |
8 | Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga) | Non-government | 18 | 37.90% | 46.54% | 954 | 129 | 444 | 154 |
9 | Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst) | Non-govt. selective | 10 | 45.30% | 45.44% | 1,173 | 134 | 533 | 183 |
10 | Reddam House (Woollahra) | Non-government | 16 | 38.50% | 44.65% | 327 | 59 | 146 | 60 |
11 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus (North Curl Curl) | Govt. selective | 7 | 51.40% | 42.95% | 766 | 121 | 329 | 138 |
12 | Ascham School (Edgecliff) | Non-government | 28 | 32.00% | 41.68% | 487 | 66 | 203 | 90 |
13 | Kambala (Rose Bay) | Non-government | 12 | 43.80% | 40.66% | 546 | 72 | 222 | 87 |
14 | Conservatorium High School (Sydney) | Government | 11 | 43.80% | 40.63% | 128 | 32 | 52 | 20 |
15 | St George Girls High School (Kogarah) | Govt. selective | 21 | 37.20% | 40.31% | 960 | 130 | 387 | 169 |
16 | Pymble Ladies' College | Non-government | 17 | 38.30% | 40.25% | 1,538 | 185 | 619 | 258 |
17 | Loreto Normanhurst | Non-government | 37 | 28.30% | 38.10% | 966 | 125 | 368 | 157 |
18 | Fort Street High School (Petersham) | Govt. selective | 15 | 38.80% | 37.75% | 1,020 | 171 | 385 | 169 |
19 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Govt. selective | 27 | 32.60% | 37.13% | 773 | 139 | 287 | 121 |
20 | St Aloysius' College (Milsons Point) | Non-government | 30 | 30.80% | 36.41% | 879 | 127 | 320 | 153 |
21 | Loreto Kirribilli | Non-government | 32 | 30.50% | 35.77% | 766 | 99 | 274 | 127 |
22 | Moriah College (Bondi Junction) | Non-government | 14 | 41.50% | 34.56% | 761 | 91 | 263 | 142 |
23 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Non-government | 9 | 47.70% | 34.17% | 676 | 95 | 231 | 108 |
24 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Glenfield) | Govt. selective | 20 | 37.30% | 33.80% | 1,065 | 149 | 360 | 183 |
25 | Emanuel School (Randwick) | Non-government | 31 | 30.80% | 33.65% | 312 | 43 | 105 | 57 |
26 | SHORE - Sydney Church of England Grammar School (North Sydney) | Non-government | 19 | 37.40% | 33.30% | 1,072 | 134 | 357 | 191 |
27 | Ravenswood School for Girls (Gordon) | Non-government | 24 | 34.10% | 32.64% | 481 | 60 | 157 | 86 |
28 | Penrith High School | Govt. selective | 41 | 26.60% | 32.26% | 936 | 115 | 302 | 152 |
29 | Masada College (St Ives) | Non-government | 22 | 36.50% | 32.13% | 333 | 41 | 107 | 57 |
30 | Roseville College | Non-government | 25 | 33.40% | 31.31% | 511 | 62 | 160 | 92 |
31 | Wenona School (North Sydney) | Non-government | 29 | 31.80% | 29.48% | 709 | 70 | 209 | 120 |
32 | Sydney Technical High School (Bexley) | Govt. selective | 33 | 28.90% | 28.88% | 831 | 104 | 240 | 149 |
33 | St Catherine's School (Waverley) | Non-government | 42 | 25.50% | 28.30% | 477 | 44 | 135 | 83 |
34 | Meriden School (Strathfield) | Non-government | 26 | 33.30% | 27.93% | 487 | 53 | 136 | 78 |
35 | Queenwood School for Girls (Mosman) | Non-government | 47 | 24.20% | 27.47% | 466 | 48 | 128 | 80 |
36 | Sefton High School | Govt. selective | 68 | 17.70% | 26.84% | 924 | 95 | 248 | 170 |
37 | Presbyterian Ladies' College Sydney (Croydon) | Non-government | 23 | 35.50% | 26.77% | 848 | 92 | 227 | 144 |
38 | The King's School (North Parramatta) | Non-government | 40 | 27.50% | 26.70% | 1,120 | 110 | 299 | 202 |
39 | Gosford High School | Govt. selective | 39 | 27.60% | 26.45% | 1,051 | 135 | 278 | 187 |
40 | MLC School (Burwood) | Non-government | 44 | 25.00% | 26.29% | 563 | 57 | 148 | 99 |
41 | Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College (North Sydney) | Non-government | 56 | 20.40% | 26.22% | 778 | 64 | 204 | 131 |
42 | Girraween High School | Govt. selective | 38 | 27.60% | 26.12% | 850 | 101 | 222 | 138 |
43 | Barker College (Hornsby) | Non-government | 45 | 24.50% | 25.27% | 1,943 | 185 | 491 | 348 |
44 | International Grammar School (Ultimo) | Non-government | 73 | 17.00% | 25.15% | 509 | 47 | 128 | 92 |
45 | Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong) | Govt. selective | 46 | 24.40% | 24.85% | 817 | 93 | 203 | 132 |
46 | Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga) | Non-government | 43 | 25.20% | 24.61% | 1,341 | 141 | 330 | 243 |
47 | Newcastle Grammar School | Non-government | 59 | 19.00% | 23.83% | 512 | 55 | 122 | 90 |
48 | Peak Hill Central School | Government |
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| 23.53% | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
49 | Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Non-government | 34 | 28.80% | 22.50% | 400 | 37 | 90 | 63 |
50 | Cranbrook School (Bellevue Hill) | Non-government | 67 | 17.70% | 21.46% | 960 | 99 | 206 | 158 |