Northern beaches HSC school rankings 2022
Some schools have ratcheted up the HSC league tables while others have suffered dramatic drops. See how your school stacked up against others on the northern beaches.
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They’ve done it again — Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus has topped the NSW HSC rankings on the peninsula.
The selective school at North Curl Curl landed at number 19 overall in the 2022 HSC list of 585 schools across the state — dropping from seventh place last year.
Its 145 students, who sat for a total of 828 exams, ended up with 330 Distinctive Achievers — those who had a score of 90 per cent or more in an exam.
Of the 20 local high schools with students who sat for their end of Year 12 exams, about half of them managed to climb up the in rankings from 2021.
One of the biggest improvers was Mackellar Girls at Manly Vale, which ranked 85 overall, and high on the list of non-selective public schools in the state.
Its overall ranking in 2021 was 125.
Mater Maria Catholic College at Warriewood was another big improver, leaping an impressive 144 places in the rankings this year to sit at 140 in the list.
Northern Beaches Christian School at Terrey Hills also jumped in the list, going from 244 in 2021 to 132 this year.
Pittwater House Schools at Collaroy (91) and Covenant Christian School at Belrose (111) both made significant improvements in the rankings from 2021.
St Lukes Grammar at Dee Why, again, grabbed second place on the local HSC list with an overall ranking of 33 — up from 41 in 2021.
Coming in third on the northern beaches was Stella Maris College at Queenscliff (63), followed by St Augustine’s College, Brookvale, with an overall ranking of 75.
In fifth place was Mackellar Girls.
Balgowlah Boys dropped 20 places in the rankings to now sit at 92 while Oxford Falls Grammar fell from 115 in 2021 to 179.
HSC 2022: WHERE YOUR NORTHERN BEACHES’ SCHOOL RANKED ACROSS NSW:
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (The total number of top band – Distinguished Achiever – results by a school, divided by the total number of HSC Entries completed by the students in that school)
Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly: 19
St Luke’s Grammar School, Dee Why: 33
Stella Maris College, Queenscliff: 63
St Augustine’s College, Brookvale: 75
Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus, Manly Vale: 85
Pittwater House Schools, Collaroy: 91
Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus: 92
Covenant Christian School, Belrose: 111
Killarney Heights High School: 123
Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus: 129
Northern Beaches Christian School, Terrey Hills: 132
Mater Maria Catholic College, Warriewood: 140
Oxford Falls Grammar School: 179
Barrenjoey High School, Avalon Beach: 188
Pittwater High School, Mona Vale: 193
Davidson High School, Davidson: 298
Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus: 349
The Forest High School, Frenchs Forest: 423
St Paul’s Catholic College, Manly: 429
Narrabeen Sports High School: 510