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Required Scores for 2017 entry to NSW selective high schools

The Selective High School Placement Profile Score is a mark out of 300. This mark is used to rank candidates. It is calculated based on school assessment scores (schools provide assessment scores for English and Maths out of 100, based on performance in the year 4 and 5 curriculum) and the selective schools placement test. The minimum entry score for a selective high school is the test score of the lowest scoring student to accept a place there. Students may list up to four preferred schools. This is the list of NSW selective high schools including 17 fully selective high schools, 25 high schools with selective classes (partially selective) a virtual selective class provision and 4 agricultural high schools.

Rank School Minimum Entry Score
1 James Ruse Agricultural High School 243
2 Baulkham Hills High School 229
3 North Sydney Boys High School 225
4 Girraween High School 217
4 Sydney Boys High School 217
6 North Sydney Girls High School 216
7 Sydney Girls High School 215
8 Hornsby Girls High School 213
9 Fort Street High School 211
9 Normanhurst Boys High School 211
11 Northern Beaches Secondary College (Manly Campus) 206
12 Penrith High School 204
13 Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Day) 203
14 Chatswood High School 199
15 Caringbah High School 197
16 St George Girls High School 195
17 Parramatta High School 194
18 Sefton High School 193
19 Sydney Technical High School 191
20 Ryde Secondary College 190
21 Smiths Hill High School 189
22 Merewether High School 188
22 Tempe High School 188
24 Gosford High School 184
25 Sydney Secondary College (Leichhardt Campus) 183
26 Sydney Secondary College (Balmain Campus) 179
27 Macquarie Fields High School 178
27 Rose Bay Secondary College 178
29 Prairiewood High School 177
30 Alexandria Park Community School 176
30 Blacktown Boys High School 176
32 Blacktown Girls High School 176
33 Bonnyrigg High School 169
34 Moorebank High School 168
35 Aurora College (Virtual) 166
36 Granville Boys High School 162
37 Duval High School 161
37 Gorokan High School 161
39 Grafton High School 161
39 Armidale High School 160
39 Auburn Girls High School 160
39 Elizabeth Macarthur High School 160
39 Karabar High School 160
39 Kooringal High School 160
39 Peel High School 160

 Source:DET