Top 150 NSW Schools HSC Results 2021
The NSW HSC school rankings for 2021 have been revealed with the top 150 schools in NSW featured on the Hawkeye Education top achiever list.
In what many will remember as one of the most disruptive years for higher education in Australia’s recent history, 76,000+ students across NSW sat their higher school certificate with 68,000+ completing their HSC. The participation numbers for the 2021 HSC make it the most popular school credential in Australia ahead of Victoria and Queensland.
A snapshot of the 2021 HSC
- HSC Examinations commenced on the 12th October 2021
- Students sat more than 110 unique written exams across NSW
- More than 200 students sat the HSC overseas in 2021
- More than 700,000 exam pages were printed and distributed across NSW
- Most students who sat the HSC in 2021 started formal school education in 2009
- James Ruse Agricultural High School topped the top achievers list again
- The top 10 performing high schools are academically selective
- The inner-city suburbs of Sydney were strongly represented in the top 20 schools
- Exam results were released on the 15th December 2021
Top 150 HSC School Rankings NSW 2021
| School | Location | 2021 HSC Ranking | 2020 HSC Ranking | Difference 20 to 21 | High Scores | Total HSC Students |
| James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 710 | 160 |
| North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | 2 | 3 | 1 | 565 | 158 |
| Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | 3 | 2 | -1 | 703 | 202 |
| Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | 4 | 5 | 1 | 655 | 184 |
| Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | 5 | 9 | 4 | 536 | 162 |
| Reddam House | North Bondi | 6 | 12 | 6 | 335 | 120 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | 7 | 13 | 6 | 418 | 139 |
| Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | 8 | 6 | -2 | 357 | 120 |
| North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | 9 | 4 | -5 | 429 | 151 |
| Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | 10 | 7 | -3 | 375 | 127 |
| Kambala | Rose Bay | 11 | 21 | 10 | 247 | 84 |
| Meriden School | Strathfield | 12 | 17 | 5 | 396 | 151 |
| Sydney Boys High School | Surry Hills | 13 | 10 | -3 | 580 | 213 |
| Conservatorium High School | Sydney | 14 | 8 | -6 | 83 | 29 |
| Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | 15 | 16 | 1 | 455 | 170 |
| Ascham School | Edgecliff | 16 | 11 | -5 | 267 | 113 |
| SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | 17 | 14 | -3 | 274 | 106 |
| Moriah College | Bondi Junction | 18 | 41 | 23 | 257 | 117 |
| Girraween High School | Girraween | 19 | 27 | 8 | 321 | 140 |
| Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | 20 | 58 | 38 | 201 | 91 |
| Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | 21 | 23 | 2 | 302 | 134 |
| Fort Street High School | Petersham | 22 | 18 | -4 | 371 | 162 |
| St Catherine’s School | Waverley | 23 | 29 | 6 | 214 | 109 |
| Wenona School | North Sydney | 24 | 15 | -9 | 264 | 123 |
| Pymble Ladies’ College | Pymble | 25 | 31 | 6 | 436 | 215 |
| Al-Faisal College | Auburn | 26 | 54 | 28 | 232 | 127 |
| St Aloysius’ College | Milsons Point | 27 | 20 | -7 | 331 | 152 |
| Kincoppal – School of the Sacred Heart | Rose Bay | 28 | 56 | 28 | 196 | 94 |
| St Clare’s College | Waverley | 29 | 86 | 57 | 110 | 63 |
| Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | 30 | 19 | -11 | 600 | 335 |
| Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn | 31 | 55 | 24 | 170 | 103 |
| Al Noori Muslim School | Greenacre | 32 | 32 | 0 | 125 | 73 |
| Penrith High School | Penrith | 33 | 37 | 4 | 289 | 156 |
| Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | 34 | 28 | -6 | 147 | 82 |
| Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | 35 | 36 | 1 | 274 | 158 |
| Emanuel School | Randwick | 36 | 38 | 2 | 140 | 77 |
| Tangara School for Girls | Cherrybrook | 37 | 25 | -12 | 59 | 36 |
| Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | 38 | 26 | -12 | 306 | 177 |
| MLC School | Burwood | 39 | 51 | 12 | 131 | 79 |
| Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | 40 | 33 | -7 | 255 | 148 |
| St Luke’s Grammar School | Dee Why | 41 | 24 | -17 | 151 | 91 |
| Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | 42 | 42 | 0 | 252 | 157 |
| Roseville College | Roseville | 43 | 35 | -8 | 190 | 106 |
| Caringbah High School | Caringbah | 44 | 30 | -14 | 238 | 153 |
| St George Girls High School | Kogarah | 45 | 39 | -6 | 254 | 163 |
| Frensham School | Mittagong | 46 | 67 | 21 | 100 | 64 |
| Sefton High School | Sefton | 47 | 70 | 23 | 250 | 172 |
| Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney | Concord | 48 | 22 | -26 | 242 | 156 |
| Queenwood | Neutral Bay | 49 | 65 | 16 | 101 | 66 |
| Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | 50 | 50 | 0 | 277 | 179 |
| The King’s School | Parramatta | 51 | 34 | -17 | 303 | 206 |
| Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | 52 | 53 | 1 | 222 | 150 |
| Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead | 53 | 46 | -7 | 181 | 132 |
| SHORE School | North Sydney | 54 | 40 | -14 | 301 | 216 |
| Barker College | Hornsby | 55 | 47 | -8 | 474 | 347 |
| Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle | 56 | 45 | -11 | 138 | 97 |
| Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | 57 | 68 | 11 | 173 | 124 |
| Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick | 58 | 49 | -9 | 145 | 102 |
| Danebank – An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | 59 | 75 | 16 | 121 | 85 |
| Chatswood High School | Chatswood | 60 | 69 | 9 | 223 | 176 |
| International Grammar School | Ultimo | 61 | 96 | 35 | 127 | 100 |
| Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | 62 | 48 | -14 | 150 | 113 |
| Bethany College | Hurstville | 63 | 80 | 17 | 168 | 133 |
| Saint Ignatius’ College | Lane Cove | 64 | 44 | -20 | 329 | 237 |
| Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | 65 | 59 | -6 | 178 | 155 |
| Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | 66 | 62 | -4 | 153 | 125 |
| St Mary and St Mina’s Coptic Orthodox College | Bexley | 67 | 0 | -67 | 33 | 30 |
| Masada College | St Ives | 68 | 113 | 45 | 82 | 72 |
| St Ursula’s College | Kingsgrove | 69 | 77 | 8 | 193 | 161 |
| St Vincent’s College | Potts Point | 70 | 52 | -18 | 127 | 108 |
| Arden Anglican School | Beecroft | 71 | 79 | 8 | 87 | 75 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah | 72 | 60 | -12 | 104 | 90 |
| St Augustine’s College Sydney | Brookvale | 73 | 66 | -7 | 186 | 169 |
| Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights | 74 | 110 | 36 | 212 | 173 |
| Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights | 75 | 83 | 8 | 127 | 109 |
| Marist College Kogarah | Bexley | 76 | 117 | 41 | 118 | 111 |
| The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | 77 | 63 | -14 | 201 | 168 |
| Emmanuel Anglican College | Ballina | 78 | 149 | 71 | 31 | 29 |
| St Spyridon College | Matraville | 79 | 74 | -5 | 71 | 68 |
| Prairiewood High School | Wetherill Park | 80 | 181 | 101 | 154 | 154 |
| Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton | 81 | 214 | 133 | 193 | 169 |
| Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills | 82 | 126 | 44 | 154 | 151 |
| St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox College | Wattle Grove | 83 | 88 | 5 | 62 | 58 |
| Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty | 84 | 78 | -6 | 107 | 98 |
| Cerdon College | Merrylands | 85 | 163 | 78 | 180 | 163 |
| Gosford High School | Gosford | 86 | 72 | -14 | 175 | 143 |
| Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich | Woolwich | 87 | 128 | 41 | 156 | 147 |
| MacKillop College | Port Macquarie | 88 | 175 | 87 | 137 | 129 |
| Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields | 89 | 124 | 35 | 170 | 174 |
| Marist Catholic College Penshurst | Mortdale | 90 | 129 | 39 | 106 | 97 |
| The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | 91 | 106 | 15 | 70 | 66 |
| Amity College | Auburn | 92 | 119 | 27 | 124 | 131 |
| Norwest Christian College | Riverstone | 93 | 0 | not previoulsy top 150 | 34 | 38 |
| Newington College | Stanmore | 94 | 179 | 85 | 193 | 186 |
| Marist College | Eastwood | 95 | 105 | 10 | 106 | 118 |
| Stella Maris College | Manly | 96 | 100 | 4 | 103 | 118 |
| Aquinas Catholic College | Menai | 97 | 102 | 5 | 126 | 128 |
| Australian International School | Malaysia | 98 | 145 | 47 | 32 | 32 |
| Our Lady of Mercy College | Parramatta | 99 | 81 | -18 | 134 | 152 |
| St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie | 100 | 139 | 39 | 89 | 98 |
| William Clarke College | Kellyville | 101 | 94 | -7 | 140 | 162 |
| Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown | 102 | 91 | -11 | 138 | 167 |
| St George Christian School | Hurstville | 103 | 107 | 4 | 49 | 60 |
| St Charbel’s College | Punchbowl | 104 | 141 | 37 | 68 | 79 |
| Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre | 105 | 152 | 47 | 123 | 153 |
| Patrician Brothers’ College | Fairfield | 106 | 190 | 84 | 123 | 144 |
| Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood | 107 | 93 | -14 | 90 | 103 |
| Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | 108 | 90 | -18 | 246 | 290 |
| Scots All Saints College | Rose Bay | 109 | 165 | 56 | 65 | 79 |
| Cumberland High School | Carlingford | 110 | 243 | 133 | 75 | 97 |
| Blacktown Boys High School | Blacktown | 111 | 272 | 161 | 62 | 71 |
| Maronite College of the Holy Family | Parramatta | 112 | 316 | 204 | 50 | 66 |
| Rosebank College | Five Dock | 113 | 156 | 43 | 152 | 181 |
| Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah | 114 | 232 | 118 | 73 | 77 |
| Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls | 115 | 73 | -42 | 64 | 83 |
| Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | 116 | 84 | -32 | 167 | 211 |
| St John Bosco College | Engadine | 117 | 158 | 41 | 89 | 100 |
| St Philip’s Christian College | Waratah | 118 | 85 | -33 | 69 | 93 |
| Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural | 119 | 138 | 19 | 84 | 104 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Randwick | 120 | 99 | -21 | 82 | 103 |
| Holy Cross College | Ryde | 121 | 297 | 176 | 74 | 88 |
| Engadine High School | Engadine | 122 | 201 | 79 | 75 | 99 |
| Burwood Girls High School | Burwood | 123 | 82 | -41 | 132 | 180 |
| Domremy Catholic College | Five Dock | 124 | 220 | 96 | 67 | 85 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale | 125 | 43 | -82 | 94 | 121 |
| SCECGS Redlands | Neutral Bay | 126 | 151 | 25 | 55 | 68 |
| Marcellin College | Randwick | 127 | 116 | -11 | 105 | 127 |
| Tempe High School | Tempe | 128 | 166 | 38 | 106 | 144 |
| St Patrick’s Marist College | Dundas | 129 | 174 | 45 | 100 | 137 |
| St Ives High School | St Ives | 130 | 111 | -19 | 104 | 147 |
| Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Ballina | 131 | 146 | 15 | 66 | 89 |
| St Patrick’s College | Strathfield | 132 | 125 | -7 | 132 | 171 |
| Carlingford High School | Carlingford | 133 | 97 | -36 | 144 | 205 |
| St Euphemia College | Bankstown | 134 | 104 | -30 | 31 | 43 |
| Covenant Christian School | Belrose | 135 | 134 | -1 | 43 | 64 |
| Redeemer Baptist School | Parramatta | 136 | 0 | not previoulsy top 150 | 24 | 32 |
| Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale | 137 | 279 | 142 | 156 | 213 |
| Epping Boys High School | Eastwood | 138 | 76 | -62 | 139 | 199 |
| Mary MacKillop Catholic College | Wakeley | 139 | 241 | 102 | 102 | 141 |
| Rose Bay Secondary College | Rose Bay | 140 | 95 | -45 | 107 | 147 |
| St Pius X College | Chatswood | 141 | 114 | -27 | 113 | 139 |
| Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst | 142 | 176 | 34 | 110 | 162 |
| All Saints Grammar | Belmore | 143 | 233 | 90 | 25 | 36 |
| Menai High School | Menai | 144 | 164 | 20 | 116 | 178 |
| Blacktown Girls High School | Blacktown | 145 | 203 | 58 | 68 | 104 |
| Al Amanah College | Bankstown | 146 | 0 | not previoulsy top 150 | 21 | 31 |
| Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights | 147 | 87 | -60 | 84 | 127 |
| St Joseph’s College | Hunters Hill | 148 | 71 | -77 | 136 | 188 |
| Blue Mountains Grammar School | Blue Mountains | 149 | 115 | -34 | 42 | 62 |
| Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg | 150 | 221 | 71 | 160 | 262 |