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Top High Schools in Sydney - 2018

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The following table lists the 2018  best secondary schools in Sydney. English and Maths are rated with 5 grades while the overall academic performance has 3 rating scales for you to choose. Related ratings: Top Sydney Non-government Secondary Schools | Top Sydney Government Secondary Schools | Top NSW Secondary Schools | NSW Secondary School Ratings. Alternatively you can compare up to 5 NSW secondary schools and trends with 2D / 3D charts side by side. For other types of results or rankings, please visit School Ranking Home. There are a large range of factors that impact on academic results in addition to the role played by the school itself. These include the SES (Socio Economic Status) background of students, whether the school is selective in its student intake, etc. It is for the reader to do his own research and draw his or her own conclusions.

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Overall Academic Performance Rating Scale
Lowest: 1, 6, 60 - Highest: 5, 10, 100

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School State Overall Score English Maths Total EnrolmentsTrend / CompareLocalitySector
James Ruse Agricultural High School,Carlingford,NSW,2118 100 835 Trend / Compare Carlingford,NSW,2118 Government
North Sydney Boys High School,Crows Nest,NSW,2065 100 927 Trend / Compare Crows Nest,NSW,2065 Government
Baulkham Hills High School,Baulkham Hills,NSW,2153 100 1212 Trend / Compare Baulkham Hills,NSW,2153 Government
Sydney Girls High School,Surry Hills,NSW,2010 100 937 Trend / Compare Surry Hills,NSW,2010 Government
Sydney Boys High School,Surry Hills,NSW,2010 100 1206 Trend / Compare Surry Hills,NSW,2010 Government
North Sydney Girls High School,Crows Nest,NSW,2065 100 913 Trend / Compare Crows Nest,NSW,2065 Government
Sydney Grammar School,Darlinghurst,NSW,2010 100 1874 Trend / Compare Darlinghurst,NSW,2010 Non-government
Hornsby Girls High School,Hornsby,NSW,2077 100 727 Trend / Compare Hornsby,NSW,2077 Government
Normanhurst Boys High School,Normanhurst,NSW,2076 100 760 Trend / Compare Normanhurst,NSW,2076 Government
Girraween High School,Girraween,NSW,2145 100 757 Trend / Compare Girraween,NSW,2145 Government
Fort Street High School,Petersham,NSW,2049 100 909 Trend / Compare Petersham,NSW,2049 Government
Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus,North Curl Curl,NSW,2099 99 783 Trend / Compare North Curl Curl,NSW,2099 Government
Hurlstone Agricultural High School,Glenfield,NSW,2167 99 956 Trend / Compare Glenfield,NSW,2167 Government
Caringbah High School,Caringbah,NSW,2229 99 916 Trend / Compare Caringbah,NSW,2229 Government
Penrith High School,Penrith,NSW,2750 99 922 Trend / Compare Penrith,NSW,2750 Government
St George Girls High School,Kogarah,NSW,2217 99 924 Trend / Compare Kogarah,NSW,2217 Government
Sydney Technical High School,Bexley,NSW,2207 99 917 Trend / Compare Bexley,NSW,2207 Government
Conservatorium High School,Sydney,NSW,2000 99 145 Trend / Compare Sydney,NSW,2000 Government
Abbotsleigh,Wahroonga,NSW,2076 99 1459 Trend / Compare Wahroonga,NSW,2076 Non-government
St Aloysius' College,Milsons Point,NSW,2061 99 1251 Trend / Compare Milsons Point,NSW,2061 Non-government
Meriden School,Strathfield,NSW,2135 99 1180 Trend / Compare Strathfield,NSW,2135 Non-government
Ascham School,Edgecliff,NSW,2027 99 1149 Trend / Compare Edgecliff,NSW,2027 Non-government
SCEGGS, Darlinghurst,Darlinghurst,NSW,2010 99 932 Trend / Compare Darlinghurst,NSW,2010 Non-government
Reddam House,Woollahra,NSW,2025 99 1199 Trend / Compare Woollahra,NSW,2025 Non-government
The King's School,North Parramatta,NSW,2151 99 1736 Trend / Compare North Parramatta,NSW,2151 Non-government
Knox Grammar School,Wahroonga,NSW,2076 99 2998 Trend / Compare Wahroonga,NSW,2076 Non-government
Pymble Ladies' College,Pymble,NSW,2073 99 2203 Trend / Compare Pymble,NSW,2073 Non-government
Queenwood School for Girls,Mosman,NSW,2088 99 874 Trend / Compare Mosman,NSW,2088 Non-government
Sefton High School,Sefton,NSW,2162 99 1050 Trend / Compare Sefton,NSW,2162 Government
MLC School,Burwood,NSW,2134 99 1191 Trend / Compare Burwood,NSW,2134 Non-government
Tangara School for Girls,Cherrybrook,NSW,2126 98 590 Trend / Compare Cherrybrook,NSW,2126 Non-government
Al Noori Muslim School,Greenacre,NSW,2190 98 1817 Trend / Compare Greenacre,NSW,2190 Non-government
Kambala,Rose Bay,NSW,2029 98 957 Trend / Compare Rose Bay,NSW,2029 Non-government
Parramatta High School,Parramatta,NSW,2150 98 911 Trend / Compare Parramatta,NSW,2150 Government
Arden Anglican School,Beecroft,NSW,2119 98 801 Trend / Compare Beecroft,NSW,2119 Non-government
Tara Anglican School for Girls,North Parramatta,NSW,2151 98 743 Trend / Compare North Parramatta,NSW,2151 Non-government
Montgrove College,Orchard Hills,NSW,2748 98 604 Trend / Compare Orchard Hills,NSW,2748 Non-government
SHORE - Sydney Church of England Grammar School 98 1620 Trend / Compare North Sydney,NSW,2060 Non-government
Redeemer Baptist School,North Parramatta,NSW,2151 98 432 Trend / Compare North Parramatta,NSW,2151 Non-government
Wenona School,North Sydney,NSW,2060 98 1099 Trend / Compare North Sydney,NSW,2060 Non-government
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney,Croydon,NSW,2132 98 1288 Trend / Compare Sydney,Croydon,NSW,2132 Non-government
Trinity Grammar School,Summer Hill,NSW,2130 98 2099 Trend / Compare Summer Hill,NSW,2130 Non-government
Barker College,Hornsby,NSW,2077 98 2149 Trend / Compare Hornsby,NSW,2077 Non-government
Chatswood High School,Chatswood,NSW,2067 98 1513 Trend / Compare Chatswood,NSW,2067 Government
Redlands,Cremorne,NSW,2090 98 1565 Trend / Compare Redlands,Cremorne,NSW,2090 Non-government
Roseville College,Roseville,NSW,2069 98 965 Trend / Compare Roseville,NSW,2069 Non-government
Ravenswood School for Girls,Gordon,NSW,2072 98 1214 Trend / Compare Gordon,NSW,2072 Non-government
Newington College,Stanmore,NSW,2048 98 2026 Trend / Compare Stanmore,NSW,2048 Non-government
St Luke's Grammar School,Dee Why,NSW,2099 98 1130 Trend / Compare Dee Why,NSW,2099 Non-government
Emanuel School,Randwick,NSW,2031 97 827 Trend / Compare Randwick,NSW,2031 Non-government
Loreto Kirribilli,Kirribilli,NSW,2061 97 1099 Trend / Compare Kirribilli,NSW,2061 Non-government
St Catherine's School,Waverley,NSW,2024 97 1023 Trend / Compare Waverley,NSW,2024 Non-government
Moriah College,Bondi Junction,NSW,2022 97 1427 Trend / Compare Bondi Junction,NSW,2022 Non-government
The Hills Grammar School,Kenthurst,NSW,2156 97 897 Trend / Compare Kenthurst,NSW,2156 Non-government
Cranbrook School,Bellevue Hill,NSW,2023 97 1454 Trend / Compare Bellevue Hill,NSW,2023 Non-government
Wollemi College,Werrington,NSW,2747 97 164 Trend / Compare Werrington,NSW,2747 Non-government
Cheltenham Girls High School,Beecroft,NSW,2119 97 1343 Trend / Compare Beecroft,NSW,2119 Government
Willoughby Girls High School,Willoughby,NSW,2068 97 951 Trend / Compare Willoughby,NSW,2068 Government
Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart,Rose Bay,NSW,2029 97 875 Trend / Compare Rose Bay,NSW,2029 Non-government
The Scots College,Bellevue Hill,NSW,2023 97 1911 Trend / Compare Bellevue Hill,NSW,2023 Non-government
Masada College,St Ives,NSW,2075 97 537 Trend / Compare St Ives,NSW,2075 Non-government
Epping Boys High School,Eastwood,NSW,2122 97 1181 Trend / Compare Eastwood,NSW,2122 Government
Condell Park Christian School,Condell Park,NSW,2200 97 87 Trend / Compare Condell Park,NSW,2200 Non-government
Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus,Balgowlah,NSW,2093 97 906 Trend / Compare Balgowlah,NSW,2093 Government
St Ignatius' College,Lane Cove,NSW,2066 97 1579 Trend / Compare Lane Cove,NSW,2066 Non-government
Tempe High School,Tempe,NSW,2044 97 941 Trend / Compare Tempe,NSW,2044 Government
The International French School of Sydney,Maroubra,NSW,2035 97 756 Trend / Compare Maroubra,NSW,2035 non-government
Santa Sabina College,Strathfield,NSW,2135 97 1216 Trend / Compare Strathfield,NSW,2135 Non-government
St Andrew's Cathedral School,Sydney,NSW,2000 97 1267 Trend / Compare Sydney,NSW,2000 Non-government
Carlingford High School,Carlingford,NSW,2118 97 1231 Trend / Compare Carlingford,NSW,2118 Government
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College,North Sydney,NSW,2060 97 1162 Trend / Compare North Sydney,NSW,2060 Non-government
St George Christian School,Hurstville,NSW,2220 96 784 Trend / Compare Hurstville,NSW,2220 Non-government
William Clarke College,Kellyville,NSW,2155 96 1545 Trend / Compare Kellyville,NSW,2155 Non-government
Macquarie Fields High School,Macquarie Fields,NSW,2564 96 1125 Trend / Compare Macquarie Fields,NSW,2564 Government
Al-Faisal College,Auburn,NSW,2144 96 2190 Trend / Compare Auburn,NSW,2144 non-government
Macarthur Anglican School,Cobbitty,NSW,2570 96 825 Trend / Compare Cobbitty,NSW,2570 Non-government
Ryde Secondary College,Ryde,NSW,2112 96 1067 Trend / Compare Ryde,NSW,2112 Government
Killara High School,Killara,NSW,2071 96 1649 Trend / Compare Killara,NSW,2071 Government
Kesser Torah College,Dover Heights,NSW,2030 96 316 Trend / Compare Dover Heights,NSW,2030 Non-government
St Pius X College,Chatswood,NSW,2067 96 1131 Trend / Compare Chatswood,NSW,2067 Non-government
St Mary and St Mina's Coptic Orthodox College,Bexley,NSW,2207 96 264 Trend / Compare Bexley,NSW,2207 Non-government
Cherrybrook Technology High School,Cherrybrook,NSW,2126 96 1982 Trend / Compare Cherrybrook,NSW,2126 Government
Pacific Hills Christian School,Dural,NSW,2158 96 1327 Trend / Compare Dural,NSW,2158 Non-government
St Patrick's College,Strathfield,NSW,2135 96 1421 Trend / Compare Strathfield,NSW,2135 Non-government
St Ives High School,St Ives,NSW,2075 96 1006 Trend / Compare St Ives,NSW,2075 Government
Covenant Christian School,Belrose,NSW,2085 96 879 Trend / Compare Belrose,NSW,2085 Non-government
German International School Sydney,Terrey Hills,NSW,2084 96 305 Trend / Compare Terrey Hills,NSW,2084 Non-government
Pittwater House School,Collaroy,NSW,2097 96 826 Trend / Compare Collaroy,NSW,2097 Non-government
Turramurra High School,Turramurra South,NSW,2074 96 1248 Trend / Compare Turramurra South,NSW,2074 Government
Oxford Falls Grammar School,Oxford Falls,NSW,2100 96 1114 Trend / Compare Oxford Falls,NSW,2100 Non-government
Brigidine College, St Ives,St Ives,NSW,2075 96 904 Trend / Compare St Ives,St Ives,NSW,2075 Non-government
Redfield College,Dural,NSW,2158 95 439 Trend / Compare Dural,NSW,2158 Non-government
International Grammar School,Ultimo,NSW,2007 95 1148 Trend / Compare Ultimo,NSW,2007 Non-government
Danebank School,Hurstville,NSW,2220 95 902 Trend / Compare Hurstville,NSW,2220 Non-government
Northholm Grammar School,Arcadia,NSW,2159 95 420 Trend / Compare Arcadia,NSW,2159 Non-government
St Paul's Grammar School,Cranebrook,NSW,2749 95 794 Trend / Compare Cranebrook,NSW,2749 Non-government
Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus,Leichhardt,NSW,2040 95 931 Trend / Compare Leichhardt,NSW,2040 Government
Loreto Normanhurst,Normanhurst,NSW,2076 95 1087 Trend / Compare Normanhurst,NSW,2076 Non-government
St Augustine's College,Brookvale,NSW,2100 95 1305 Trend / Compare Brookvale,NSW,2100 Non-government
Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta,Parramatta,NSW,2150 95 1000 Trend / Compare Parramatta,NSW,2150 Non-government
Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus,Manly Vale,NSW,2093 95 1252 Trend / Compare Manly Vale,NSW,2093 Government
Cammeraygal High School, Crows Nest, NSW 95 505 Trend / Compare Crows Nest,NSW,2065 Government
Newtown High School of Performing Arts,Newtown,NSW,2042 95 1043 Trend / Compare Newtown,NSW,2042 Government
Marist College,Eastwood,NSW,2122 95 780 Trend / Compare Eastwood,NSW,2122 Non-government
Brigidine College Randwick,Randwick,NSW,2031 95 858 Trend / Compare Randwick,NSW,2031 Non-government
Oakhill College,Castle Hill,NSW,2154 95 1631 Trend / Compare Castle Hill,NSW,2154 Non-government
Wahroonga Adventist School,Wahroonga,NSW,2076 95 436 Trend / Compare Wahroonga,NSW,2076 Non-government
Rosebank College,Five Dock,NSW,2046 95 1299 Trend / Compare Five Dock,NSW,2046 Non-government
Mosman High School,Mosman,NSW,2088 95 1106 Trend / Compare Mosman,NSW,2088 Government
Malek Fahd Islamic School,Greenacre,NSW,2190 95 2524 Trend / Compare Greenacre,NSW,2190 Non-government
Toongabbie Christian School,Toongabbie,NSW,2146 94 952 Trend / Compare Toongabbie,NSW,2146 Non-government
St Mary's Cathedral College,Sydney,NSW,2000 94 755 Trend / Compare Sydney,NSW,2000 Non-government
St Vincent's College,Potts Point,NSW,2011 94 697 Trend / Compare Potts Point,NSW,2011 Non-government
Waverley College,Waverley,NSW,2024 94 1435 Trend / Compare Waverley,NSW,2024 Non-government
St Ursula's College,Kingsgrove,NSW,2208 94 1105 Trend / Compare Kingsgrove,NSW,2208 Non-government
Killarney Heights High School,Killarney Heights,NSW,2087 94 868 Trend / Compare Killarney Heights,NSW,2087 Government
Castle Hill High School,Castle Hill,NSW,2154 94 1730 Trend / Compare Castle Hill,NSW,2154 Government
Rose Bay Secondary College,Dover Heights,NSW,2030 94 1246 Trend / Compare Dover Heights,NSW,2030 Government
Blacktown Boys High School,Blacktown,NSW,2148 94 577 Trend / Compare Blacktown,NSW,2148 Government
Hills Adventist College,Kellyville,NSW,2155 94 566 Trend / Compare Kellyville,NSW,2155 Non-government
Inaburra School,Bangor,NSW,2234 94 1054 Trend / Compare Bangor,NSW,2234 Non-government
Georges River Grammar,Georges Hall,NSW,2198 94 926 Trend / Compare Georges Hall,NSW,2198 Non-government
Mount St Benedict College (Pennant Hills),Pennant Hills,NSW,2120 94 1066 Trend / Compare Pennant Hills,NSW,2120 Non-government
Amity College,Prestons,NSW,2170 94 1973 Trend / Compare Prestons,NSW,2170 Non-government
Strathfield Girls High School,Strathfield,NSW,2135 94 1074 Trend / Compare Strathfield,NSW,2135 Government
St Spyridon College,Maroubra,NSW,2035 94 777 Trend / Compare Maroubra,NSW,2035 Non-government
Mercy Catholic College,Chatswood,NSW,2067 93 641 Trend / Compare Chatswood,NSW,2067 Non-government
Macarthur Girls High School,Parramatta,NSW,2150 93 1025 Trend / Compare Parramatta,NSW,2150 Government
Norwest Christian College,Riverstone,NSW,2765 93 607 Trend / Compare Riverstone,NSW,2765 Non-government
Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus,Rozelle,NSW,2039 93 758 Trend / Compare Rozelle,NSW,2039 Government
Northern Beaches Christian School,Terrey Hills,NSW,2084 93 1267 Trend / Compare Terrey Hills,NSW,2084 Non-government
St Joseph's College,Hunters Hill,NSW,2110 93 1087 Trend / Compare Hunters Hill,NSW,2110 Non-government
Hunters Hill High School,Hunters Hill,NSW,2110 93 680 Trend / Compare Hunters Hill,NSW,2110 Government
Pennant Hills High School,Pennant Hills,NSW,2120 93 1024 Trend / Compare Pennant Hills,NSW,2120 Government
Yeshiva College,Bondi,NSW,2026 93 51 Trend / Compare Bondi,NSW,2026 Non-government
William Carey Christian School,Prestons,NSW,2170 93 1211 Trend / Compare Prestons,NSW,2170 Non-government
Burwood Girls High School,Croydon,NSW,2132 93 1152 Trend / Compare Croydon,NSW,2132 Government
Marcellin College,Randwick,NSW,2031 93 970 Trend / Compare Randwick,NSW,2031 Non-government
Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School,Middle Cove,NSW,2068 93 428 Trend / Compare Middle Cove,NSW,2068 Non-government
Glenwood High School,Glenwood,NSW,2768 93 1471 Trend / Compare Glenwood,NSW,2768 Government
Marist College Penshurst,Mortdale,NSW,2223 92 802 Trend / Compare Mortdale,NSW,2223 Non-government
Thomas Hassall Anglican College,West Hoxton,NSW,2171 92 1607 Trend / Compare West Hoxton,NSW,2171 Non-government
The McDonald College,North Strathfield,NSW,2137 92 266 Trend / Compare North Strathfield,NSW,2137 Non-government
Crestwood High School,Baulkham Hills,NSW,2153 92 918 Trend / Compare Baulkham Hills,NSW,2153 Government
Stella Maris College Manly,Manly,NSW,2095 92 878 Trend / Compare Manly,NSW,2095 Non-government
Richard Johnson Anglican School,Oakhurst,NSW,2761 92 965 Trend / Compare Oakhurst,NSW,2761 Non-government
Al-Faisal College (Campbelltown Campus,Minto),NSW,2566 92 659 Trend / Compare Minto,NSW,2566 Non-government
Rouse Hill Anglican College,Rouse Hill,NSW,2155 92 1296 Trend / Compare Rouse Hill,NSW,2155 Non-government
Aquinas Catholic College,Menai,NSW,2234 92 1094 Trend / Compare Menai,NSW,2234 Non-government
Parramatta Marist High School,Westmead,NSW,2145 92 1021 Trend / Compare Westmead,NSW,2145 Non-government
Marist Sisters' College,Woolwich,NSW,2110 92 1009 Trend / Compare Woolwich,NSW,2110 Non-government
Galstaun College,Ingleside,NSW,2101 92 309 Trend / Compare Ingleside,NSW,2101 Non-government
Asquith Girls High School,Asquith,NSW,2077 92 820 Trend / Compare Asquith,NSW,2077 Government
Australian International Academy, Kellyville Campus 92 404 Trend / Compare Kellyville,NSW,2155 Non-government
Penrith Anglican College,Orchard Hills,NSW,2748 92 1055 Trend / Compare Orchard Hills,NSW,2748 Non-government
Green Valley Islamic College,Green Valley,NSW,2168 91 866 Trend / Compare Green Valley,NSW,2168 Non-government
De La Salle College,Ashfield,NSW,2131 91 591 Trend / Compare Ashfield,NSW,2131 Non-government
St Clare's College,Waverley,NSW,2024 91 517 Trend / Compare Waverley,NSW,2024 Non-government
Australian International Academy, Sydney, Strathfield Campus,Strathfield,NSW,2135 91 447 Trend / Compare Strathfield,NSW,2135 Non-government
Kirrawee High School,Kirrawee,NSW,2232 91 1210 Trend / Compare Kirrawee,NSW,2232 Government
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