2012 Sydney Government High School HSC Ranking

Rank School Name Exams Sat DA DA% All Rounders% FIC
1 James Ruse Agricultural High School 1137 788 69.3 8.0 2
2 North Sydney Boys High School 932 571 61.3 4.5 3
3 North Sydney Girls High School 1043 596 57.1 4.7 1
4 Sydney Boys High School 1043 593 56.9 3.8 2
5 Sydney Girls High School 1001 532 53.1 3.7 3
6 Baulkham Hills High School 1303 689 52.9 4.0 2
7 Hornsby Girls High School 724 381 52.6 3.5 1
8 Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 743 382 51.4 3.5 0
9 Conservatorium High School 217 95 43.8 1.8 0
10 Fort Street High School 878 341 38.8 1.9 0
11 Hurlstone Agricultural High School 1055 393 37.3 2.4 1
12 St George Girls High School 1013 377 37.2 1.4 0
13 Normanhurst Boys High School 779 254 32.6 2.2 0
14 Sydney Technical High School 914 264 28.9 1.5 2
15 Willoughby Girls High School 714 202 28.3 0.8 0
16 Gosford High School 1026 283 27.6 1.4 0
17 Girraween High School 821 227 27.6 1.1 0
18 Penrith High School 928 247 26.6 1.0 0
19 Smiths Hill High School 802 196 24.4 0.7 1
20 Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus 587 137 23.3 0.2 0
21 Cherrybrook Technology High School 1810 403 22.3 1.2 0
22 Merewether High School 976 218 22.3 1.1 1
23 Caringbah High School 864 190 22.0 0.6 0
24 Mosman High School 686 137 20.0 0.7 0
25 Alexandria Park Community School 105 19 18.1 0.0 0
26 Sefton High School 955 169 17.7 0.3 0
27 Pittwater High School 265 46 17.4 0.0 0
28 Cheltenham Girls High School 1070 184 17.2 0.5 1
29 Newtown High School of Performing Arts 898 150 16.7 0.4 0
30 Burwood Girls High School 1077 180 16.7 0.5 1
31 Chatswood High School 842 137 16.3 0.2 0
32 Ryde Secondary College 770 119 15.5 0.4 3
33 Strathfield Girls High School 940 145 15.4 0.2 0
34 Killara High School 1429 217 15.2 0.5 0
35 Macquarie Fields High School 940 141 15.0 0.2 0
36 Epping Boys High School 1018 149 14.6 0.4 1
37 Rose Bay Secondary College 678 92 13.6 0.6 2
38 Carlingford High School 1056 142 13.4 0.3 0
39 Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus 587 77 13.1 0.7 0
40 Canley Vale High School 1212 150 12.4 0.1 0
41 Blakehurst High School 871 100 11.5 0.3 1
42 Wade High School 371 41 11.1 0.5 0
43 Urana Central School 9 1 11.1 0.0 0
44 Killarney Heights High School 799 86 10.8 0.1 0
45 Tempe High School 741 78 10.5 0.1 1
46 Concord High School 569 59 10.4 0.2 0
47 Riverside Girls High School 758 78 10.3 0.3 0
48 Elderslie High School 700 70 10.0 0.4 0
49 Hunter School of the Performing Arts 680 68 10.0 0.3 0
50 Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus 360 36 10.0 0.0 0
51 Turramurra High School 1173 111 9.5 0.2 1
52 St Marys Senior High School 2382 226 9.5 0.0 0
53 Castle Hill High School 1136 108 9.5 0.0 0
54 Hillston Central School 63 6 9.5 0.0 0
55 Duval High School 522 48 9.2 0.2 0
56 Pennant Hills High School 930 86 9.2 0.1 0
57 Kirrawee High School 902 82 9.1 0.0 0
58 Mullumbimby High School 421 38 9.0 0.7 0
59 Homebush Boys High School 1131 101 8.9 0.3 0
60 Macarthur Girls High School 981 86 8.8 0.3 1
61 Davidson High School 506 44 8.7 0.2 0
62 Port Macquarie High School 495 42 8.5 0.0 0
63 Port Hacking High School 787 66 8.4 0.3 0
64 Lambton High School 698 58 8.3 0.1 0
65 Sylvania High School 587 48 8.2 0.3 0
66 Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus 1383 114 8.2 0.2 0
67 Bulli High School 421 27 6.4 0.2 0
68 Cecil Hills High School 1136 70 6.2 0.1 0
69 East Hills Boys Technology High School 793 39 4.9 0.0 0
70 Parramatta High School 791 35 4.4 0.3 0
71 Glenwood High School 1026 39 3.8 0.0 0
72 Galston High School 698 20 2.9 0.1 0
73 Kiama High School 1429 39 2.7 0.0 0
74 South Sydney High School 1001 21 2.1 0.1 0
75 Keira High School 902 18 2.0 0.0 0
76 Cowra High School 569 11 1.9 0.0 0
77 Jamison High School 506 9 1.8 0.2 0
78 Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus 743 11 1.5 0.0 0
79 Chester Hill High School 1070 12 1.1 0.0 0
80 Dapto High School 522 6 1.1 0.0 0
81 Monaro High School 686 6 0.9 0.0 0
82 Leeton High School 955 7 0.7 0.0 0
83 Ballina High School 587 4 0.7 0.0 0
84 Strathfield South High School 940 6 0.6 0.0 0
85 Erina High School 700 4 0.6 0.0 0
86 St Clair High School 369 2 0.5 0.0 0
87 Casino High School 1056 3 0.3 0.0 0
88 Cranebrook High School 791 2 0.3 0.0 0
89 West Wallsend High School 371 1 0.3 0.0 0
90 Tumbarumba High School 1173 1 0.1 0.0 0
91 Pendle Hill High School 930 1 0.1 0.0 0
92 Northlakes High School 871 1 0.1 0.0 0
93 Temora High School 741 1 0.1 0.0 0
*Please note: all schools with exam sat number lower than 15 are not in rank; special schools and continuation schools are not in rank; and some schools are not in rank due to insufficient data.
2012 School Rankings By State
Primary NAPLAN
Secondary NAPLAN
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What is NAPLAN

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It has been an everyday part of the school calendar since 2008.

NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling and numeracy. The assessments are undertaken nationwide, every year, in the second full week in May.

NAPLAN is made up of tests in the four areas (or ‘domains’) of:

  • reading
  • writing
  • language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
  • numeracy

NAPLAN tests skills in literacy and numeracy that are developed over time through the school curriculum.