I have come across this interest information on the NSW Department of Education website. There are tonnes of good information and rather interesting one as well.
First on where this score coming from by directly quoting the NSW Department of Education.
Entry into these schools in Year 7 is determined by the students’ results in the Selective High School Placement Test in English (including reading and writing), mathematics and general ability, together with their primary school’s assessment of their performance in English and mathematics. Other evidence of academic merit may also be considered.
Second some quantitative information, there are 17 fully and 26 partially selective high schools in NSW with majority of them located in Sydney which is not surprising given that most of the NSW population resides in Sydney. In additional to those schools, there are also 4 additional agriculture high schools which are also selective high schools as well. There is also a virtual selective high school as well. In 2016 there were 4215 vacancies in all selective schools and 13118 applicants, so basically only 1 in 3 applicants got into the selective school.
Selective High School | Minimum Entry Score at 13/04/2016 |
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James Ruse Agricultural High School | 239 |
Baulkham Hills High School | 231 |
North Sydney Boys High School | 225 |
Sydney Girls High School | 214 |
Hornsby Girls High School | 212 |
North Sydney Girls High School | 212 |
Sydney Boys High School | 212 |
Fort Street High School | 211 |
Girraween High School | 210 |
Normanhurst Boys High School | 210 |
Northern Beaches Secondary College (Manly Campus) | 204 |
Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Day) | 200 |
Penrith High School | 200 |
Chatswood High School | 195 |
St George Girls High School | 195 |
Parramatta High School | 192 |
Caringbah High School | 191 |
Sydney Technical High School | 191 |
Sefton High School | 189 |
Ryde Secondary College | 186 |
Smiths Hill High School | 186 |
Blacktown Boys High School | 182 |
Merewether High School | 182 |
Gosford High School | 180 |
Tempe High School | 180 |
Blacktown Girls High School | 179 |
Sydney Secondary College (Balmain Campus) | 179 |
Sydney Secondary College (Leichhardt Campus) | 179 |
Macquarie Fields High School | 174 |
Alexandria Park Community School | 170 |
Virtual selective school (Aurora College) | 170 |
Moorebank High School | 167 |
Bonnyrigg High School | 166 |
Prairiewood High School | 166 |
Rose Bay Secondary College | 164 |
Kooringal High School | 163 |
Elizabeth Macarthur High School | 161 |
Armidale High School | 160 |
Auburn Girls High School | 160 |
Duval High School | 160 |
Gorokan High School | 160 |
Grafton High School | 160 |
Granville Boys High School | 160 |
Karabar High School | 160 |
Peel High School | 160 |
Not a surprise which schools sits at top of this list. I probably will do another follow up blog entry to go into details on some of the specifics. Anyhow I thought this is something fun and interesting to share with everyone.