The 2024 Higher School Certificate (HSC) results have been released, providing insights into the top-performing high schools in New South Wales. These rankings are primarily based on the percentage of students achieving Band 6 results, indicating excellence in their subjects.
2024 School Ranking | 2023 School Ranking | 2022 School Ranking | 2024 Success Rate(%) | 2024 HSC Students | 2024 Total HSC Exam Entries | 2024 High Scores | |
North Sydney Boys High School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 64.9 | 151 | 869 | 564 |
James Ruse Agricultural High School | 2 | 2 | 1 | 62.88 | 159 | 1029 | 647 |
Sydney Grammar School | 3 | 7 | 6 | 56.38 | 188 | 1183 | 667 |
Normanhurst Boys High School | 4 | 8 | 8 | 54.95 | 133 | 788 | 433 |
Reddam House | 5 | 5 | 5 | 54.94 | 132 | 739 | 406 |
Baulkham Hills High School | 6 | 3 | 3 | 54.14 | 202 | 1221 | 661 |
Hornsby Girls High School | 7 | 14 | 9 | 51.99 | 117 | 679 | 353 |
North Sydney Girls High School | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.06 | 152 | 899 | 450 |
Sydney Boys High School | 9 | 13 | 11 | 49.39 | 211 | 1223 | 604 |
Abbotsleigh | 10 | 10 | 7 | 48.86 | 175 | 1052 | 514 |
Meriden School | 11 | 12 | 17 | 48.05 | 150 | 872 | 419 |
Kambala | 12 | 25 | 14 | 45.91 | 87 | 514 | 236 |
St Aloysius’ College | 14 | 6 | 15 | 44.74 | 158 | 979 | 438 |
Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | 15 | 18 | 19 | 44.59 | 139 | 785 | 350 |
SCEGGS Darlinghurst | 16 | 9 | 10 | 44.25 | 112 | 678 | 300 |
Sydney Girls High School | 17 | 20 | 16 | 43.11 | 171 | 1030 | 444 |
Knox Grammar School | 18 | 11 | 28 | 42.85 | 385 | 2077 | 890 |
Alpha Omega Senior College | 19 | 27 | 22 | 42.53 | 137 | 689 | 293 |
Loreto Kirribilli | 20 | 22 | 12 | 41.52 | 140 | 802 | 333 |
Pymble Ladies’ College | 21 | 19 | 20 | 41.52 | 285 | 1597 | 663 |
Al-Faisal College – Auburn | 22 | 15 | 23 | 41.42 | 132 | 688 | 285 |
Ascham School | 23 | 17 | 18 | 40.65 | 114 | 615 | 250 |
St Catherine’s School – Waverley | 24 | 21 | 13 | 39.51 | 128 | 729 | 288 |
Roseville College | 25 | 33 | 30 | 39.35 | 109 | 643 | 253 |
SHORE – Sydney Church of England Grammar School | 26 | 24 | 37 | 39.3 | 210 | 1173 | 461 |
Wenona School | 27 | 31 | 25 | 39.25 | 144 | 856 | 336 |
Fort Street High School | 28 | 23 | 24 | 38.17 | 152 | 875 | 334 |
Merewether High School | 29 | 44 | 38 | 35.7 | 174 | 1042 | 372 |
Penrith Selective High School | 30 | 35 | 40 | 35.26 | 157 | 919 | 324 |
Northholm Grammar School | 31 | 45 | 117 | 35.14 | 45 | 222 | 78 |
Girraween High School | 32 | 32 | 29 | 35.12 | 142 | 803 | 282 |
Moriah College | 33 | 29 | 27 | 34.61 | 133 | 705 | 244 |
The King’s School | 34 | 26 | 35 | 34.25 | 237 | 1340 | 459 |
Presbyterian Ladies’ College – Sydney | 35 | 28 | 32 | 33.59 | 162 | 923 | 310 |
Queenwood | 36 | 42 | 21 | 33.55 | 81 | 456 | 153 |
Masada College | 37 | 66 | 39 | 32.6 | 34 | 181 | 59 |
St George Girls High School | 38 | 59 | 49 | 32.21 | 142 | 801 | 258 |
Al Noori Muslim School | 39 | 16 | 26 | 30.37 | 105 | 540 | 164 |
Ravenswood School for Girls | 40 | 34 | 42 | 29.88 | 115 | 646 | 193 |
The Scots College | 41 | 51 | 72 | 29.17 | 181 | 1049 | 306 |
Emanuel School | 42 | 65 | 44 | 28.63 | 78 | 468 | 134 |
Cranbrook School | 43 | 40 | 36 | 28.62 | 165 | 905 | 259 |
Hurlstone Agricultural High School | 44 | 39 | 43 | 28.56 | 184 | 1047 | 299 |
St Luke’s Grammar School | 45 | 38 | 33 | 28.23 | 130 | 744 | 210 |
Central Coast Grammar School | 46 | 53 | 78 | 28.13 | 117 | 654 | 184 |
Barker College | 47 | 37 | 50 | 27.55 | 353 | 1920 | 529 |
St Clare’s College | 48 | 70 | 74 | 27.46 | 93 | 528 | 145 |
Pittwater House Schools | 49 | 95 | 91 | 27.01 | 91 | 485 | 131 |
Frensham School | 50 | 46 | 97 | 26.97 | 62 | 356 | 96 |
Sydney Tech High School | 51 | 55 | 54 | 26.8 | 149 | 821 | 220 |
Danebank – An Anglican School for Girls | 52 | 67 | 58 | 26.78 | 98 | 575 | 154 |
Gosford High School | 53 | 64 | 52 | 26.02 | 176 | 1149 | 299 |
Smiths Hill High School | 54 | 48 | 70 | 25.5 | 125 | 702 | 179 |
Willoughby Girls High School | 55 | 56 | 66 | 25.3 | 164 | 834 | 211 |
Newtown High School of Performing Arts | 56 | 89 | 121 | 25.27 | 176 | 922 | 233 |
Cheltenham Girls High School | 57 | 87 | 93 | 25.2 | 228 | 1242 | 313 |
Chatswood High School | 58 | 63 | 59 | 25.07 | 271 | 1452 | 364 |
Parramatta Marist High School | 59 | 68 | 57 | 25.07 | 136 | 726 | 182 |
Epping Boys High School | 60 | 80 | 68 | 24.93 | 186 | 1003 | 250 |
St Augustine’s College Sydney | 62 | 94 | 75 | 24.23 | 210 | 1106 | 268 |
Loreto Normanhurst | 63 | 47 | 48 | 23.9 | 170 | 996 | 238 |
Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | 64 | 54 | 92 | 23.8 | 140 | 710 | 169 |
Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College | 65 | 72 | 62 | 23.58 | 138 | 772 | 182 |
Tara Anglican School for Girls | 66 | 30 | 31 | 23.48 | 98 | 558 | 131 |
Brigidine College Randwick | 67 | 50 | 67 | 23.47 | 119 | 639 | 150 |
Kincoppal – Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | 68 | 49 | 41 | 23.43 | 101 | 606 | 142 |
The Hills Grammar School | 69 | 97 | 51 | 23.17 | 75 | 410 | 95 |
Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | 70 | 71 | 65 | 22.76 | 159 | 861 | 196 |
Saint Ignatius’ College | 71 | 69 | 47 | 22.69 | 222 | 1318 | 299 |
Carlingford High School | 72 | 83 | 110 | 22.34 | 223 | 1183 | 265 |
Arden Anglican School | 73 | 57 | 79 | 22.29 | 93 | 525 | 117 |
Marist Catholic College North Shore | 76 | 118 | 122 | 21.36 | 98 | 515 | 110 |
Mount St Benedict College | 77 | 79 | 77 | 21.07 | 120 | 712 | 150 |
Macarthur Anglican School | 78 | 110 | 99 | 21.04 | 97 | 537 | 113 |
International Grammar School | 79 | 122 | 83 | 20.81 | 110 | 620 | 129 |
Caringbah High School | 80 | 41 | 34 | 20.66 | 159 | 915 | 189 |
St Spyridon College | 81 | 78 | 112 | 20.65 | 71 | 397 | 82 |
Bethany College | 82 | 99 | 80 | 20.27 | 162 | 883 | 179 |
Newcastle Grammar School | 84 | 52 | 53 | 20.17 | 97 | 585 | 118 |
St Vincent’s College | 85 | 58 | 45 | 20.09 | 124 | 672 | 135 |
Santa Sabina College | 86 | 36 | 56 | 20.04 | 86 | 529 | 106 |
Tangara School for Girls | 87 | 62 | 73 | 20 | 53 | 270 | 54 |
St Joseph’s College (Hunters Hill) | 88 | 74 | 86 | 19.59 | 206 | 1123 | 220 |
St Patrick’s College, Strathfield | 89 | 105 | 109 | 19.35 | 175 | 1013 | 196 |
Killara High School | 90 | 77 | 55 | 19.22 | 275 | 1457 | 280 |
All Saints Grammar | 91 | 86 | 190 | 19.02 | 31 | 163 | 31 |
St Ursula’s College | 92 | 76 | 94 | 18.97 | 158 | 896 | 170 |
Redfield College | 93 | 43 | 127 | 18.89 | 33 | 180 | 34 |
Cherrybrook Technology High School | 94 | 92 | 81 | 18.82 | 338 | 1854 | 349 |
Brigidine College St Ives | 95 | 75 | 69 | 18.72 | 125 | 716 | 134 |
Stella Maris College | 96 | 61 | 63 | 18.56 | 150 | 749 | 139 |
Marist Catholic College Penshurst | 97 | 145 | 88 | 18.14 | 139 | 722 | 131 |
Ryde Secondary College | 98 | 133 | 104 | 18.07 | 169 | 891 | 161 |
Parramatta High School | 99 | 131 | 116 | 18.01 | 178 | 994 | 179 |
Strathfield Girls High School | 102 | 144 | 107 | 17.19 | 183 | 948 | 163 |
Burwood Girls High School | 104 | 147 | 184 | 17.05 | 182 | 956 | 163 |
St Columba Anglican School | 105 | 121 | 101 | 16.75 | 104 | 567 | 95 |
Castle Hill High School | 106 | 123 | 113 | 16.69 | 313 | 1648 | 275 |
St George Christian School | 107 | 111 | 60 | 16.57 | 68 | 356 | 59 |
Rose Bay Secondary College | 109 | 119 | 125 | 16.38 | 174 | 916 | 150 |
Killarney Heights High School | 110 | 132 | 123 | 16.31 | 130 | 662 | 108 |
Amity College, Prestons | 111 | 127 | 115 | 16.23 | 165 | 869 | 141 |
Domremy Catholic College | 112 | 103 | 149 | 16.14 | 92 | 502 | 81 |
Marcellin College | 113 | 90 | 82 | 16.13 | 127 | 744 | 120 |
Marist College Eastwood | 114 | 93 | 143 | 16.07 | 113 | 616 | 99 |
Waverley College | 115 | 134 | 133 | 16.01 | 129 | 706 | 113 |
Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus | 116 | 101 | 129 | 15.81 | 316 | 1600 | 253 |
St Ives High School | 117 | 102 | 136 | 15.66 | 180 | 964 | 151 |
Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | 118 | 81 | 85 | 15.66 | 161 | 894 | 140 |
St Philip’s Christian College – Waratah | 120 | 114 | 64 | 15.61 | 107 | 538 | 84 |
Cammeraygal High School | 121 | 85 | 87 | 15.6 | 124 | 641 | 100 |
William Clarke College | 122 | 104 | 100 | 15.6 | 162 | 840 | 131 |
St Scholastica’s College Glebe Point | 124 | 117 | 119 | 15.57 | 165 | 957 | 149 |
Clancy Catholic College | 125 | 143 | 105 | 15.52 | 175 | 1044 | 162 |
St Mary’s Cathedral College | 126 | 135 | 139 | 15.38 | 107 | 598 | 92 |
Newington College | 127 | 138 | 126 | 15.16 | 170 | 996 | 151 |
Sefton High School | 129 | 109 | 90 | 15.1 | 157 | 841 | 127 |
Tempe High School | 130 | 124 | 130 | 14.87 | 150 | 780 | 116 |
SCECGS Redlands | 131 | 91 | 178 | 14.81 | 76 | 432 | 64 |
St Francis Catholic College | 132 | 146 | 508 | 14.68 | 94 | 538 | 79 |
Covenant Christian School | 133 | 142 | 111 | 14.55 | 94 | 481 | 70 |
St Andrew’s Cathedral School | 136 | 84 | 152 | 14.18 | 100 | 550 | 78 |
St John Bosco College | 137 | 100 | 98 | 14.15 | 112 | 650 | 92 |
MLC School | 139 | 60 | 46 | 14.12 | 61 | 347 | 49 |
Xaiver Catholic College Ballina | 141 | 107 | 61 | 13.87 | 104 | 584 | 81 |
Christian Brothers’ High School Lewisham | 142 | 82 | 114 | 13.6 | 112 | 603 | 82 |
Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich | 146 | 96 | 106 | 13.44 | 139 | 811 | 109 |
Hunter Valley Grammar School | 147 | 129 | 103 | 13.37 | 90 | 486 | 65 |
Rosebank College | 149 | 116 | 102 | 13.24 | 206 | 1163 | 154 |
Northern Beaches Christian School | 150 | 88 | 132 | 13.17 | 133 | 714 | 94 |
Oxford Falls Grammar School | 151 | 115 | 173 | 13.1 | 94 | 496 | 65 |
Mercy Catholic College | 157 | 128 | 131 | 12.46 | 106 | 618 | 77 |
Marist College Kograh | 160 | 73 | 172 | 12.3 | 116 | 634 | 78 |
Freeman Catholic College | 163 | 106 | 95 | 12.15 | 183 | 1128 | 137 |
Pennant Hills High School | 165 | 136 | 213 | 11.89 | 145 | 774 | 92 |
Mater Maria Catholic College | 172 | 139 | 140 | 11.26 | 112 | 595 | 67 |
Aquinas Catholic College | 175 | 108 | 89 | 11.03 | 128 | 707 | 78 |
Snowy Mountains Grammar School | 178 | 150 | 157 | 10.94 | 38 | 192 | 21 |
Cerdon College | 179 | 112 | 214 | 10.61 | 151 | 895 | 95 |
Kinross Wolaroi School | 185 | 137 | 142 | 10.08 | 127 | 754 | 76 |
Menai High School | 187 | 149 | 255 | 9.94 | 167 | 875 | 87 |
De La Salle Catholic College, Cronulla | 198 | 126 | 155 | 9.33 | 143 | 729 | 68 |
Georges River Grammar | 199 | 98 | 232 | 9.3 | 62 | 344 | 32 |
Prarirewood High School | 208 | 120 | 163 | 8.73 | 173 | 905 | 79 |
Chevalier College | 237 | 141 | 153 | 7.48 | 101 | 535 | 40 |
Mount St Patrick College | 246 | 140 | 162 | 6.94 | 85 | 533 | 37 |
Nowra Anglican College | – | 113 | 160 | 4.98 | 85 | 442 | 22 |
Moss Vale High School | – | 125 | 325 | 5.92 | 57 | 287 | 17 |
Trinity Catholic College Lismore | – | 130 | 175 | 6.12 | 103 | 588 | 36 |
Bethlehem College | – | 148 | 120 | – | – | – | – |