HSC results 2018: Compare your suburb
Once again one city postcode has dominated as the top performing Sydney suburb in the latest HSC results. FIND OUT HOW YOUR SUBURB COMPARES
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The postcode 2010 is Sydney’s top performing area, with students from SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Sydney Boys High School, Sydney Girls High School and Sydney Grammar School earning the state’s top marks.
The postcode 2025 which includes Reddam House in Woollahra and postcode 2027 which includes Ascham School in Edgecliff came in second and third respectively.
HOW DOES YOUR SUBURB COMPARE?
TOP 10 POSTCODES:
1 — 2010 — SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Sydney Boys High School (Moore Park), Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills), Sydney Grammar School (Darlinghurst)
2 — 2025 — Reddam House (Woollahra)
3 — 2027 — Ascham School (Edgecliff)
4 — 2065 — Bradfield College (St Leonards), North Sydney Boys High School (Crows Nest), North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest)
5 — 2073 — Pymble Ladies’ College
6 — 2118 — Carlingford High School, Cumberland High School (Carlingford), James Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford)
7 — 2029 — Kambala (Rose Bay), Kincoppal — Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart
8 — 2088 — Queenwood (Mosman)
9 — 2076 — Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga), Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga), Loreto Normanhurst, Normanhurst Boys High School, St Leo’s Catholic College (Wahroonga)
10 — 2167 — Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Glenfield)
Sydney Grammar dominated with 10 students at Malcolm Turnbull’s school winning a total of 11 awards, topping the state with a particular focus on languages.
James Ruse was the top performing public school and Pymble Ladies College was the top performing girls private school.
Of the 132 students who topped a course in the state, 64 students were from private or Catholic schools and 38 were from public schools.
More than 70,000 students attempted their HSC exams from hundreds of schools.
Girls dominated the first awards in competitive subjects such as English and Science and held their own in maths.
Across all English subjects, girls took out the top positions in four of the five courses.
Girls did just as well as boys in maths this year, with an equal split between the sexes for the 14 certificates issued spot in mathematics across four different courses.
Girls beat the boys in science, taking the award for first in course in Earth and Environmental Science, Biology Senior Science, while boys took out physics and chemistry.