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A quick note before I rattle this off:
To my knowledge, these results are not yet avaliable over the internet, however they are printed in today's Daily Telegraph. I don't know why, but as soon as they are/if they're in a place I haven't looked at yet, please provide the link so I may edit it into this thread so no-one thinks I'm lying!
For this uninitiated, the Daily Telegraph takes into account the candidature size of each school, therefore making its findings - in my opinion - a more accurate.
Since it's accuracy has been debated in following pages, may I provide an example of what I mean:
SMH LIST:
1. School A - 300
2. School B - 150
TELEGRAPH LIST:
1. School B - 150/200 - 75%
2. School A - 300/1000 - 30%
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Key:
Exams sat: The number of exams taken by students at the school
DA (Distinguished Achiever): Exams in which 90% or more was achieved
%: The school's per cent rank is the number of DA's divided by the number of exams sat
This list is going to take ages to write, so I'll just rattle off the schools in groups of 50, then add all the other stuff in following edits
-GO HORNSBY! GO HORNSBY! GO HORNSBY! GO HORNSBY!!!-
"I'm not just a Hornsby Girl, I AM a Hornsby Girl!"
1-50
SCHOOL/EXAMS SAT/DA/%
1. James Ruse ---1159, DA: 760, 65.57%
2. Hornsby Girls HS --- 725, DA: 368, 50.76%
3. Baulkham Hills HS --- 1228, DA: 606, 49.35%
4. Sydney Girls HS --- 1016, DA: 491, 48.33%
5. North Sydney Girls HS --- 1020, DA: 481, 47.16%
6. North Sydney Boys HS --- 968, DA: 417, 43.08%
7. St George Girls HS Kogarah --- 971, DA: 396, 40.78%
8. Sydney Grammar School --- 1216, DA: 487, 40.05%
9. Sydney Boys HS --- 1263, DA: 490, 38.80%
10. SCEGGS Darlinghurst --- 622, DA: 227, 36.50%
11. Moriah College Queens Park --- 694. DA: 253, 36.46%
12. Ascham School --- 490, DA: 176, 35.92%
13. Masada College --- 506, DA: 181, 35.77%
14. Conservatorium HS --- 206, DA: 71, 34.47%
15. Loreto Kirrabilli --- 823, DA: 281, 34.14%
16. Abbotsleigh --- 932, DA: 315, 33.80%
17. Malek Fahd Islamic School --- 277, DA: 93, 33.57%
18. Gosford HS --- 1005, DA: 329, 32.74%
19. Fort Street HS Petersham --- 941, DA: 300, 31.88%
20. Presbyterian Ladie's College Sydney --- 722, DA: 226, 31.30%
21. Caringbah HS Sydney --- 864, DA: 267, 30.90%
22. Pymble Ladie's College --- 1424, DA: 436, 30.62%
23. The Emanuel School --- 170, DA: 52, 30.59%
24. Penrith HS --- 882, DA: 261, 29.59%
25. Mereweather HS --- 1105, DA: 305, 27.60%
26. Sydney Technical HS Bexley -- 921, DA: 249, 27.04%
27. Manly Selective --- 712, DA: 190, 26.69%
28. Sefton HS --- 934, DA: 248, 26.55%
29. Hurlstone Agricultural HS Glenfield --- 1051, DA: 273, 25.98%
30. MLC Burwood --- 677, DA: 171, 25.26%
31. Giraween HS --- 853, DA: 211, 24.74%
32. Normanhurst Boys HS --- 752, DA: 186, 24.73%
33. Kambala --- 512, DA: 125, 24.61%
34. Ravenswood School for Girls --- 745, DA: 183, 24.56%
35. Roseville College --- 537, DA: 129, 24.02%
36. St. Catherine's School --- 600, DA: 143, 23.83%
37. Reddam House --- 399, DA: 94, 23.56%
38. Queenwood School for Girls --- 343, DA: 77, 22.45%
39. Meriden School Strathfield --- 463, DA: 103, 22.29%
40. Tangara School for Girls --- 163, DA: 36, 22.09%
41. Canberra Grammar School --- 893, DA: 196, 21.95%
42. SHORE Grammar School --- 1084, DA: 237, 21.86%
43. Frensham School --- 219, DA: 47, 21.46%
44. Smith's Hill HS --- 710, DA: 150, 21.13%
45. Cranebrook School --- 876, DA: 181, 20.66%
46. Newcastle Grammar School --- 436, DA: 88, 20.18%
47. Knox Grammar School --- 1291, DA: 257, 19.91%
48. Sule College --- 195, DA: 38, 19.49%
49. Killara HS --- 1098, DA: 211, 19.22%
50. St. Ignatius' College --- 1462, DA: 277, 18.95%
51-100
51. Redfield College --- 194, DA: 36, 18.56%
52. Cheltham Girl's HS --- 1113, DA: 203, 18.24%
53. Barker College Hornsby --- 1976, DA: 358, 18.12%
54. Mercy Catholic College --- 400, DA: 71, 17.75%
55. Danebank --- 473, DA: 81, 17.12%
56. Tara Anglican School for Girls --- 551, DA: 94, 17.06%
57. Alstonville HS --- 745, DA: 127, 17.05%
58. The King's School Parramatta --- 969, DA: 164, 16.92%
59. Santa Sabrina College Strathfield --- 941, DA: 159, 16.90%
60. Loreto Normanhurst --- 872, DA: 142, 16.28%
61. Brigadine College St Ives --- 728, DA: 118, 16.21%
62. Wenona School North Sydney --- 543, DA: 88, 16.21%
63. Monte Sant Anglo Mercy College North Sydney --- 831, DA: 131, 15.76%
64. Cherrybrook Technology HS --- 1509, DA: 236, 15.64%
65. Kinross Wolaroi School --- 729, DA: 113, 15.50%
66. Burwood Girls HS --- 990, DA: 151, 15.25%
67. Willoughby Girls HS --- 524, DA: 82, 15.13%
68. The Illawarra Grammar School --- 470, DA: 71, 15.11%
69. St Aloysius College Milsons Point --- 871, DA: 131, 15.04%
70. Newtown HS of the Performing Arts --- 815, DA: 122, 14.97%
71. The Scots College --- 894, DA: 133, 14.88%
72. the Scots School Albury --- 513, DA: 76, 14.81%
73. Yeshiva College (Dover Heights) --- 84, DA: 12, 14.46%
74. Marcellin College Randwick --- 657, DA: 93, 14.16%
75. Our Lady of Mercy Parramatta --- 942, DA: 133, 14.12%
76. Scone Grammar School --- 149, DA: 21, 14.09%
77. Pittwater House Grammar School --- 269, DA: 37, 13.75%
78. Cerdon College Merrylands --- 960, DA: 132, 13.75%
79. St Luke's Grammar School --- 319, DA: 42, 13.17%
80. Blue Mountains Grammar School --- 443, DA: 58, 13.09%
81. St Andrew's Cathedral School --- 896, DA: 117, 13.06%
82. Homebush Boys HS --- 1046, DA: 136, 13.00%
83. St Patrick's College Strathfield --- 1044, DA: 135, 12.93%
84. Trinity Grammar - Summer Hill --- 1057, DA: 136, 12.87%
85. Illawarra Christian - Cordeaux Heights --- 148, DA: 19, 12.84%
86. Hunter Valley Grammar School --- 577, DA: 74, 12.82%
87. Mackillop Senior College --- 1177, DA: 150, 12.74%
88. Central Coast Grammar School --- 594, DA: 75, 12.63%
89. William Branwhite Clarke College --- 871, DA: 108, 12.40%
90. Macquarie College --- 235, DA: 29, 12.34%
91. Hunter School of Performing Arts --- 723, DA: 89, 12.31%
92. Turramurra HS --- 677, DA: 83, 12.26%
93. Strathfield Girls HS --- 1044, DA: 125, 11.97%
94. Bishop Druitt College --- 488, DA: 58, 11.89%
95. St Ives HS --- 751, DA: 87, 11.74%
96. Concord HS --- 611, DA: 71, 11.62%
97. St Mark's Coptic Orthodox College --- 255, DA: 29, 11.37%
98. SCEGGS Redlands --- 771, DA: 88, 11.37%
99. Epping Boys HS --- 918, DA: 104, 11.33%
100. St Mary's Cathedral College (Sydney) --- 818, DA: 92, 11.25%
101-150
101. St Pius X College --- 756, DA: 85, 11.24%
102. Our Lady of the Sacred Hart (Kensington) --- 561, DA: 63, 11.23%
103. Oxley College --- 479, DA: 53, 11.06%
104. St Joseph's College Hunters Hill --- 1181, DA: 127, 10.75%
105. St Ursula's College Kingsgrove --- 774, DA: 83, 10.72%
106. Barraba Central School --- 77, DA: 8, 10.39%
107. All Saints' College Bathurst --- 406, DA: 42, 10.34%
108. Korowal School --- 88, DA: 9, 10.23%
109. Hills Grammar School Kenthurst --- 611, DA: 62, 10.15%
110. Glenaeron Rudolf Steiner School --- 148, DA: 15, 10.14%
111. St John Bosco College --- 664, DA: 67, 10.09%
112. Kincoppal - Rose Bay --- 476, DA: 48, 10.08%
113. St Clare's College --- 420, DA: 42, 10.00%
114. Newington College Stanmore --- 980, DA: 98, 10.00%
115. Calingford HS --- 1204, DA: 120, 9.97%
116. Kiama HS --- 803, DA: 80, 9.96%
117. St George Christian School --- 181. DA: 18, 9.94%
118. Hamakaine Ashak and Sopie Galstaun --- 143, DA: 14, 9.79%
119. International Grammar School --- 348, DA: 34, 9.77%
120. Riverside Girls HS --- 717, DA: 69, 9.62%
121. Oakhill College Castle Hill --- 1907, DA: 182, 9.54%
122. Northern Beaches Christian School --- 262, DA: 25, 9.54%
123. St Columba's HS --- 703, DA: 67, 9.53%
124. Brigidine College Randwick --- 740, DA: 70, 9.46%
125. New England Girl's School --- 234, DA: 22, 9.40%
126. Bega HS --- 650, DA: 61, 9.33%
127. Freeman Catholic College --- 997, DA: 93, 9.33%
128. Pennant Hills HS --- 1162, DA: 108, 9.29%
129. Penrith Anglican College --- 368, DA: 34, 9.24%
130. Inaburra School --- 526, DA:48, 9.13%
131. Mount St. Benedict College Pennant Hills --- 659, DA: 60, 9.10%
132. Trundle Central School --- 11, DA: 1, 9.09%
133. Marist College North Shore --- 542, DA: 48, 8.86%
134. Maitland Grossmann HS --- 532, DA: 47, 8.83%
135. Davidson HS --- 422, DA: 37, 8.77%
136. PLC Armidale --- 255, DA: 22, 8.63%
137. St Vincent's College Potts Point --- 754, DA: 65, 8.62%
138. Chevalier College Bowral --- 817, DA: 70, 8.57%
139. St. John's College Dubbo --- 641, DA: 54, 8.42%
140. Pittwater House Girls College --- 119, DA: 10, 8.40%
141. James Cook Boys Technology HS --- 300, DA: 25, 8.33%
142. Byron Bay HS --- 502, DA: 41, 8.17%
143. Lismore HS --- 527, DA: 43, 8.16%
144. Cantebury Boys' HS --- 354, DA: 29, 8.10%
145. The Mcdonald College --- 346, DA: 26, 8.09%
146. Taylor's College --- 1015, DA: 82, 8.08%
147. Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay --- 1083, DA: 87, 8.03%
148. St Joseph's Catholic HS Albion Park --- 761, DA: 61, 8.01%
149. Coffs Harbour Senior College --- 1003, DA: 80, 7.98%
150. Asquith Girls HS --- 706, DA: 56, 7.93%
151-200
151. Carinya Christian (Tamworth) --- 153, DA: 12, 7.84%
152. Canley Vale HS --- 602, DA: 47, 7.81%
153. Bethany College --- 565, DA: 44, 7.79%
154. St Mary Star of the Sea - Wollongong --- 1004, DA: 78, 7.77%
155. Stella Maris College Manly --- 1005, DA: 78, 7.76%
156. St Paul's College Kempsey --- 298, DA: 23, 7.73%
157. Wollongong HS of Performing Arts --- 713, DA: 55, 7.71%
158. Kirrawee HS --- 935, DA: 72, 7.70%
159. Patrician Brother's College (Fairfield) --- 999, DA: 76, 7.61%
160. Bankstown Grammar School --- 397, DA: 30, 7.56%
161. Kotara HS --- 650, DA: 49, 7.54%
162. Mosman HS --- 571, DA: 43, 7.53%
163. Catherine McAuley Westmead --- 877, DA: 66, 7.53%
164. Macquarie Fields HS --- 790, DA: 59, 7.47%
165. Marist Sister's College ---821, DA: 61, 7.43%
166. St Scholastica's College Glebe --- 701, DA: 52, 7.42%
167. Blakehurst HS --- 715, DA: 53, 7.41%
168. Cumberland HS --- 679, DA: 50, 7.36%
169. Port Hacking HS --- 708, DA: 52, 7.34%
170. Killarney Heights HS --- 586, DA: 43, 7.34%
171. Mount St Joseph Milperra --- 914, DA: 67, 7.33%
172. Bomaderry HS --- 465, DA: 34, 7.31%
173. Ashfield Boys HS --- 548, DA: 40, 7.30%
174. Edmund Rice College Wollongong --- 689, DA: 50, 7.26%
175. Lindisfarne Anglican School --- 418, DA: 30, 7.18%
176. Caroline Chisholm College --- 604, DA: 43, 7.12%
177. Duval HS --- 555, DA: 39, 7.03%
178. Woolgoolga HS --- 500, DA: 35, 7.00%
179. Waverly College of Our Lady's Mount --- 935, DA: 65, 9.95%
180. The Forest HS Frenchs Forest --- 348, DA: 24, 6.90%
181. St Clare's HS Taree --- 497, DA: 34, 6.84%
182. Armidale HS --- 658, DA: 45, 6.84%
183. Marist College Eastwood --- 527, DA: 36, 6.83%
184. Calrossy School --- 293, DA: 20, 6.83%
185. Condobolin HS --- 133, DA: 9, 6.77%
186. Catherine McAuley College Grafton --- 312, DA: 21, 6.73%
187. William Carey Christian School --- 520, DA: 35, 6.73%
188. Marist College Kogorah --- 925, DA: 62, 6.70%
189. Paramatta Marist HS --- 779, DA: 52, 6.68%
190. MacKellar Girls HS Manly Vale --- 633, DA: 42, 6.64%
191. St John's College --- 514, DA: 34, 6.61%
192. Wollumbin HS --- 273, DA: 18, 6.59%
193. Kingsgrove North HS --- 668, DA: 44, 6.59%
194. St Stanislaus' College Bathurst --- 577, DA: 38, 6.59%
195. Trinity Catholic College Lismore --- 1037, DA: 68, 6.56%
196. Great Lakes College, Tuncurry Senior --- 840, DA: 55, 6.55%
197. Muirfield HS --- 323, DA: 21, 6.50%
198. St Mary's Senior HS --- 2115, DA: 137, 6.48%
199. St John the Evangelist HS] --- 556, DA: 36, 6.47%
200. Macarthur Anglican School (Cobbitty) --- 389, DA: 25, 6.43%
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And now for entertainment value:
Public outperforms private
^As printed on page 12 of the Daily Telegraph, Saturday the 17th December 2005. Written by Maralyn Parker.
"This year's HSC results confirm yet again that if you want the best education that money can't buy get your kid into a public selective school.
With 18 of the State's top 30 schools being public selective the HSC has become a matter of selective school competing against selective school for the state's best results.
Sydney Grammar, a very expensive private selective school, comes closest to joining the race at eighth place.
Among the selective schools there are a few rising stars. Hornsby Girls has jumped from sixth in 2003 (glitternote: we were 4th in 2004) to second place this year. If ever a school might give James Ruse a nudge for top position it will be Hornsby Girls.
Country Selectives such as Gosford High and Smith's Hill High in Newcastle (glitternote: BOSmembers have pointed out that this school is in Wollongong, not Newcastle!) are closing in on city selectives.
The time is rapidly approaching where private schools will not be represented among the very top academically performing schools.
That said, Killara High School, a garden variety co-ed public school, comes in as the top performing non-selective public school at 49. It has 1300 students and takes all children who live within its enrolment boundaries regardless of ability or disability.
Its fees are about $500 to $800 including course costs for a Yr 12 student."
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For my own 2 cents, I'm not really sure ANYONE could ever nudge James Ruse off their top spot. Yes, HGHS is now second (a FANTASTIC achievement), but we are still a good bit behind, as statistics will show (when I get around to typing them up).
Whilst I am VERY excited about school rankings (particularly HGHS, er, is it obvious now that I'm an ex-hornsby girl?), I do think they should not be taken as some sort of divine message about the future of your school's achievements. As results have shown, people are doing better each year and it's getting to the point where it almost doesn't matter what school you go to - you can always do very well
Oh, and since it's touched on below - I'm perfectly aware that HSC results aren't everything in life. As a university student, I'm also highly aware that people who do really well or really badly in the HSC don't neccessarily repeat this patten whilst in university. Uni is a COMPLETELY different ballgame. But hey, these are just HSC results. I'm not claiming that they're anything other than what they are. Just getting the record straight.
To my knowledge, these results are not yet avaliable over the internet, however they are printed in today's Daily Telegraph. I don't know why, but as soon as they are/if they're in a place I haven't looked at yet, please provide the link so I may edit it into this thread so no-one thinks I'm lying!
For this uninitiated, the Daily Telegraph takes into account the candidature size of each school, therefore making its findings - in my opinion - a more accurate.
Since it's accuracy has been debated in following pages, may I provide an example of what I mean:SMH LIST:
1. School A - 300
2. School B - 150
TELEGRAPH LIST:
1. School B - 150/200 - 75%
2. School A - 300/1000 - 30%
-----
Key:
Exams sat: The number of exams taken by students at the school
DA (Distinguished Achiever): Exams in which 90% or more was achieved
%: The school's per cent rank is the number of DA's divided by the number of exams sat
This list is going to take ages to write, so I'll just rattle off the schools in groups of 50, then add all the other stuff in following edits
-GO HORNSBY! GO HORNSBY! GO HORNSBY! GO HORNSBY!!!-
"I'm not just a Hornsby Girl, I AM a Hornsby Girl!"
1-50
SCHOOL/EXAMS SAT/DA/%
1. James Ruse ---1159, DA: 760, 65.57%
2. Hornsby Girls HS --- 725, DA: 368, 50.76%
3. Baulkham Hills HS --- 1228, DA: 606, 49.35%
4. Sydney Girls HS --- 1016, DA: 491, 48.33%
5. North Sydney Girls HS --- 1020, DA: 481, 47.16%
6. North Sydney Boys HS --- 968, DA: 417, 43.08%
7. St George Girls HS Kogarah --- 971, DA: 396, 40.78%
8. Sydney Grammar School --- 1216, DA: 487, 40.05%
9. Sydney Boys HS --- 1263, DA: 490, 38.80%
10. SCEGGS Darlinghurst --- 622, DA: 227, 36.50%
11. Moriah College Queens Park --- 694. DA: 253, 36.46%
12. Ascham School --- 490, DA: 176, 35.92%
13. Masada College --- 506, DA: 181, 35.77%
14. Conservatorium HS --- 206, DA: 71, 34.47%
15. Loreto Kirrabilli --- 823, DA: 281, 34.14%
16. Abbotsleigh --- 932, DA: 315, 33.80%
17. Malek Fahd Islamic School --- 277, DA: 93, 33.57%
18. Gosford HS --- 1005, DA: 329, 32.74%
19. Fort Street HS Petersham --- 941, DA: 300, 31.88%
20. Presbyterian Ladie's College Sydney --- 722, DA: 226, 31.30%
21. Caringbah HS Sydney --- 864, DA: 267, 30.90%
22. Pymble Ladie's College --- 1424, DA: 436, 30.62%
23. The Emanuel School --- 170, DA: 52, 30.59%
24. Penrith HS --- 882, DA: 261, 29.59%
25. Mereweather HS --- 1105, DA: 305, 27.60%
26. Sydney Technical HS Bexley -- 921, DA: 249, 27.04%
27. Manly Selective --- 712, DA: 190, 26.69%
28. Sefton HS --- 934, DA: 248, 26.55%
29. Hurlstone Agricultural HS Glenfield --- 1051, DA: 273, 25.98%
30. MLC Burwood --- 677, DA: 171, 25.26%
31. Giraween HS --- 853, DA: 211, 24.74%
32. Normanhurst Boys HS --- 752, DA: 186, 24.73%
33. Kambala --- 512, DA: 125, 24.61%
34. Ravenswood School for Girls --- 745, DA: 183, 24.56%
35. Roseville College --- 537, DA: 129, 24.02%
36. St. Catherine's School --- 600, DA: 143, 23.83%
37. Reddam House --- 399, DA: 94, 23.56%
38. Queenwood School for Girls --- 343, DA: 77, 22.45%
39. Meriden School Strathfield --- 463, DA: 103, 22.29%
40. Tangara School for Girls --- 163, DA: 36, 22.09%
41. Canberra Grammar School --- 893, DA: 196, 21.95%
42. SHORE Grammar School --- 1084, DA: 237, 21.86%
43. Frensham School --- 219, DA: 47, 21.46%
44. Smith's Hill HS --- 710, DA: 150, 21.13%
45. Cranebrook School --- 876, DA: 181, 20.66%
46. Newcastle Grammar School --- 436, DA: 88, 20.18%
47. Knox Grammar School --- 1291, DA: 257, 19.91%
48. Sule College --- 195, DA: 38, 19.49%
49. Killara HS --- 1098, DA: 211, 19.22%
50. St. Ignatius' College --- 1462, DA: 277, 18.95%
51-100
51. Redfield College --- 194, DA: 36, 18.56%
52. Cheltham Girl's HS --- 1113, DA: 203, 18.24%
53. Barker College Hornsby --- 1976, DA: 358, 18.12%
54. Mercy Catholic College --- 400, DA: 71, 17.75%
55. Danebank --- 473, DA: 81, 17.12%
56. Tara Anglican School for Girls --- 551, DA: 94, 17.06%
57. Alstonville HS --- 745, DA: 127, 17.05%
58. The King's School Parramatta --- 969, DA: 164, 16.92%
59. Santa Sabrina College Strathfield --- 941, DA: 159, 16.90%
60. Loreto Normanhurst --- 872, DA: 142, 16.28%
61. Brigadine College St Ives --- 728, DA: 118, 16.21%
62. Wenona School North Sydney --- 543, DA: 88, 16.21%
63. Monte Sant Anglo Mercy College North Sydney --- 831, DA: 131, 15.76%
64. Cherrybrook Technology HS --- 1509, DA: 236, 15.64%
65. Kinross Wolaroi School --- 729, DA: 113, 15.50%
66. Burwood Girls HS --- 990, DA: 151, 15.25%
67. Willoughby Girls HS --- 524, DA: 82, 15.13%
68. The Illawarra Grammar School --- 470, DA: 71, 15.11%
69. St Aloysius College Milsons Point --- 871, DA: 131, 15.04%
70. Newtown HS of the Performing Arts --- 815, DA: 122, 14.97%
71. The Scots College --- 894, DA: 133, 14.88%
72. the Scots School Albury --- 513, DA: 76, 14.81%
73. Yeshiva College (Dover Heights) --- 84, DA: 12, 14.46%
74. Marcellin College Randwick --- 657, DA: 93, 14.16%
75. Our Lady of Mercy Parramatta --- 942, DA: 133, 14.12%
76. Scone Grammar School --- 149, DA: 21, 14.09%
77. Pittwater House Grammar School --- 269, DA: 37, 13.75%
78. Cerdon College Merrylands --- 960, DA: 132, 13.75%
79. St Luke's Grammar School --- 319, DA: 42, 13.17%
80. Blue Mountains Grammar School --- 443, DA: 58, 13.09%
81. St Andrew's Cathedral School --- 896, DA: 117, 13.06%
82. Homebush Boys HS --- 1046, DA: 136, 13.00%
83. St Patrick's College Strathfield --- 1044, DA: 135, 12.93%
84. Trinity Grammar - Summer Hill --- 1057, DA: 136, 12.87%
85. Illawarra Christian - Cordeaux Heights --- 148, DA: 19, 12.84%
86. Hunter Valley Grammar School --- 577, DA: 74, 12.82%
87. Mackillop Senior College --- 1177, DA: 150, 12.74%
88. Central Coast Grammar School --- 594, DA: 75, 12.63%
89. William Branwhite Clarke College --- 871, DA: 108, 12.40%
90. Macquarie College --- 235, DA: 29, 12.34%
91. Hunter School of Performing Arts --- 723, DA: 89, 12.31%
92. Turramurra HS --- 677, DA: 83, 12.26%
93. Strathfield Girls HS --- 1044, DA: 125, 11.97%
94. Bishop Druitt College --- 488, DA: 58, 11.89%
95. St Ives HS --- 751, DA: 87, 11.74%
96. Concord HS --- 611, DA: 71, 11.62%
97. St Mark's Coptic Orthodox College --- 255, DA: 29, 11.37%
98. SCEGGS Redlands --- 771, DA: 88, 11.37%
99. Epping Boys HS --- 918, DA: 104, 11.33%
100. St Mary's Cathedral College (Sydney) --- 818, DA: 92, 11.25%
101-150
101. St Pius X College --- 756, DA: 85, 11.24%
102. Our Lady of the Sacred Hart (Kensington) --- 561, DA: 63, 11.23%
103. Oxley College --- 479, DA: 53, 11.06%
104. St Joseph's College Hunters Hill --- 1181, DA: 127, 10.75%
105. St Ursula's College Kingsgrove --- 774, DA: 83, 10.72%
106. Barraba Central School --- 77, DA: 8, 10.39%
107. All Saints' College Bathurst --- 406, DA: 42, 10.34%
108. Korowal School --- 88, DA: 9, 10.23%
109. Hills Grammar School Kenthurst --- 611, DA: 62, 10.15%
110. Glenaeron Rudolf Steiner School --- 148, DA: 15, 10.14%
111. St John Bosco College --- 664, DA: 67, 10.09%
112. Kincoppal - Rose Bay --- 476, DA: 48, 10.08%
113. St Clare's College --- 420, DA: 42, 10.00%
114. Newington College Stanmore --- 980, DA: 98, 10.00%
115. Calingford HS --- 1204, DA: 120, 9.97%
116. Kiama HS --- 803, DA: 80, 9.96%
117. St George Christian School --- 181. DA: 18, 9.94%
118. Hamakaine Ashak and Sopie Galstaun --- 143, DA: 14, 9.79%
119. International Grammar School --- 348, DA: 34, 9.77%
120. Riverside Girls HS --- 717, DA: 69, 9.62%
121. Oakhill College Castle Hill --- 1907, DA: 182, 9.54%
122. Northern Beaches Christian School --- 262, DA: 25, 9.54%
123. St Columba's HS --- 703, DA: 67, 9.53%
124. Brigidine College Randwick --- 740, DA: 70, 9.46%
125. New England Girl's School --- 234, DA: 22, 9.40%
126. Bega HS --- 650, DA: 61, 9.33%
127. Freeman Catholic College --- 997, DA: 93, 9.33%
128. Pennant Hills HS --- 1162, DA: 108, 9.29%
129. Penrith Anglican College --- 368, DA: 34, 9.24%
130. Inaburra School --- 526, DA:48, 9.13%
131. Mount St. Benedict College Pennant Hills --- 659, DA: 60, 9.10%
132. Trundle Central School --- 11, DA: 1, 9.09%
133. Marist College North Shore --- 542, DA: 48, 8.86%
134. Maitland Grossmann HS --- 532, DA: 47, 8.83%
135. Davidson HS --- 422, DA: 37, 8.77%
136. PLC Armidale --- 255, DA: 22, 8.63%
137. St Vincent's College Potts Point --- 754, DA: 65, 8.62%
138. Chevalier College Bowral --- 817, DA: 70, 8.57%
139. St. John's College Dubbo --- 641, DA: 54, 8.42%
140. Pittwater House Girls College --- 119, DA: 10, 8.40%
141. James Cook Boys Technology HS --- 300, DA: 25, 8.33%
142. Byron Bay HS --- 502, DA: 41, 8.17%
143. Lismore HS --- 527, DA: 43, 8.16%
144. Cantebury Boys' HS --- 354, DA: 29, 8.10%
145. The Mcdonald College --- 346, DA: 26, 8.09%
146. Taylor's College --- 1015, DA: 82, 8.08%
147. Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay --- 1083, DA: 87, 8.03%
148. St Joseph's Catholic HS Albion Park --- 761, DA: 61, 8.01%
149. Coffs Harbour Senior College --- 1003, DA: 80, 7.98%
150. Asquith Girls HS --- 706, DA: 56, 7.93%
151-200
151. Carinya Christian (Tamworth) --- 153, DA: 12, 7.84%
152. Canley Vale HS --- 602, DA: 47, 7.81%
153. Bethany College --- 565, DA: 44, 7.79%
154. St Mary Star of the Sea - Wollongong --- 1004, DA: 78, 7.77%
155. Stella Maris College Manly --- 1005, DA: 78, 7.76%
156. St Paul's College Kempsey --- 298, DA: 23, 7.73%
157. Wollongong HS of Performing Arts --- 713, DA: 55, 7.71%
158. Kirrawee HS --- 935, DA: 72, 7.70%
159. Patrician Brother's College (Fairfield) --- 999, DA: 76, 7.61%
160. Bankstown Grammar School --- 397, DA: 30, 7.56%
161. Kotara HS --- 650, DA: 49, 7.54%
162. Mosman HS --- 571, DA: 43, 7.53%
163. Catherine McAuley Westmead --- 877, DA: 66, 7.53%
164. Macquarie Fields HS --- 790, DA: 59, 7.47%
165. Marist Sister's College ---821, DA: 61, 7.43%
166. St Scholastica's College Glebe --- 701, DA: 52, 7.42%
167. Blakehurst HS --- 715, DA: 53, 7.41%
168. Cumberland HS --- 679, DA: 50, 7.36%
169. Port Hacking HS --- 708, DA: 52, 7.34%
170. Killarney Heights HS --- 586, DA: 43, 7.34%
171. Mount St Joseph Milperra --- 914, DA: 67, 7.33%
172. Bomaderry HS --- 465, DA: 34, 7.31%
173. Ashfield Boys HS --- 548, DA: 40, 7.30%
174. Edmund Rice College Wollongong --- 689, DA: 50, 7.26%
175. Lindisfarne Anglican School --- 418, DA: 30, 7.18%
176. Caroline Chisholm College --- 604, DA: 43, 7.12%
177. Duval HS --- 555, DA: 39, 7.03%
178. Woolgoolga HS --- 500, DA: 35, 7.00%
179. Waverly College of Our Lady's Mount --- 935, DA: 65, 9.95%
180. The Forest HS Frenchs Forest --- 348, DA: 24, 6.90%
181. St Clare's HS Taree --- 497, DA: 34, 6.84%
182. Armidale HS --- 658, DA: 45, 6.84%
183. Marist College Eastwood --- 527, DA: 36, 6.83%
184. Calrossy School --- 293, DA: 20, 6.83%
185. Condobolin HS --- 133, DA: 9, 6.77%
186. Catherine McAuley College Grafton --- 312, DA: 21, 6.73%
187. William Carey Christian School --- 520, DA: 35, 6.73%
188. Marist College Kogorah --- 925, DA: 62, 6.70%
189. Paramatta Marist HS --- 779, DA: 52, 6.68%
190. MacKellar Girls HS Manly Vale --- 633, DA: 42, 6.64%
191. St John's College --- 514, DA: 34, 6.61%
192. Wollumbin HS --- 273, DA: 18, 6.59%
193. Kingsgrove North HS --- 668, DA: 44, 6.59%
194. St Stanislaus' College Bathurst --- 577, DA: 38, 6.59%
195. Trinity Catholic College Lismore --- 1037, DA: 68, 6.56%
196. Great Lakes College, Tuncurry Senior --- 840, DA: 55, 6.55%
197. Muirfield HS --- 323, DA: 21, 6.50%
198. St Mary's Senior HS --- 2115, DA: 137, 6.48%
199. St John the Evangelist HS] --- 556, DA: 36, 6.47%
200. Macarthur Anglican School (Cobbitty) --- 389, DA: 25, 6.43%
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And now for entertainment value:
Public outperforms private
^As printed on page 12 of the Daily Telegraph, Saturday the 17th December 2005. Written by Maralyn Parker.
"This year's HSC results confirm yet again that if you want the best education that money can't buy get your kid into a public selective school.
With 18 of the State's top 30 schools being public selective the HSC has become a matter of selective school competing against selective school for the state's best results.
Sydney Grammar, a very expensive private selective school, comes closest to joining the race at eighth place.
Among the selective schools there are a few rising stars. Hornsby Girls has jumped from sixth in 2003 (glitternote: we were 4th in 2004) to second place this year. If ever a school might give James Ruse a nudge for top position it will be Hornsby Girls.
Country Selectives such as Gosford High and Smith's Hill High in Newcastle (glitternote: BOSmembers have pointed out that this school is in Wollongong, not Newcastle!) are closing in on city selectives.
The time is rapidly approaching where private schools will not be represented among the very top academically performing schools.
That said, Killara High School, a garden variety co-ed public school, comes in as the top performing non-selective public school at 49. It has 1300 students and takes all children who live within its enrolment boundaries regardless of ability or disability.
Its fees are about $500 to $800 including course costs for a Yr 12 student."
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For my own 2 cents, I'm not really sure ANYONE could ever nudge James Ruse off their top spot. Yes, HGHS is now second (a FANTASTIC achievement), but we are still a good bit behind, as statistics will show (when I get around to typing them up).
Whilst I am VERY excited about school rankings (particularly HGHS, er, is it obvious now that I'm an ex-hornsby girl?), I do think they should not be taken as some sort of divine message about the future of your school's achievements. As results have shown, people are doing better each year and it's getting to the point where it almost doesn't matter what school you go to - you can always do very well
Oh, and since it's touched on below - I'm perfectly aware that HSC results aren't everything in life. As a university student, I'm also highly aware that people who do really well or really badly in the HSC don't neccessarily repeat this patten whilst in university. Uni is a COMPLETELY different ballgame. But hey, these are just HSC results. I'm not claiming that they're anything other than what they are. Just getting the record straight.
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