Hornsby Girls High School
Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby NSW 2077
Hornsby Girls High School is a government secondary school in Hornsby, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 720 students. It is a fully selective school. Its ICSEA is 1,209, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 722.
About this school, from public sources
Public information describes Hornsby Girls High School as a selective NSW secondary school (Year 7 entry via the Selective High School Placement Test) with 13 subject faculties spanning English, maths, science, languages, TAS and the arts. It offers subject acceleration and extension in maths, science, English and history, plus co-curricular strengths in instrumental and choral music, dance, debating and public speaking, alongside enrichment partnerships with Macquarie University and the University of Sydney.
Often praised
- strong academic extension programs
- instrumental and choral music
- debating and public speaking
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Hornsby Girls High School on My School · Why some data is missing
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Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.95 | 363 |
| 2024 | 3.02 | 353 |
| 2023 | 2.47 | 296 |
| 2022 | 2.64 | 320 |
| 2021 | 2.94 | 359 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown, apart from the permitted top-10% list, which this school is on.
Selective entry
Hornsby Girls High School is a fully selective school. Entry is by the state placement test in the year before starting; applications open early in the year. The department no longer publishes per-school minimum entry scores.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barker College | Hornsby | Independent high school | 0.3 km | 1,166 | 2,856 |
| St Leo's Catholic College | Wahroonga | Catholic high school | 1.0 km | 1,113 | 1,055 |
| Broken Bay Cross Campus Course Centre | Wahroonga | Catholic high school | 1.1 km | — | — |
| Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 1,164 | 1,240 |
| Hornsby High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Hornsby | Public high school | 1.6 km | 1,045 | 542 |
| Normanhurst Boys High SchoolFully | Normanhurst | Public high school | 1.6 km | 1,207 | 752 |
| Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,217 | 1,634 |
| Asquith High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Asquith | Public high school | 2.2 km | 1,082 | 668 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanhurst Boys High SchoolFully | Normanhurst | Public high school · 7-12 | 752 | 1,207 |
| Merewether High SchoolFully | Broadmeadow | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,071 | 1,206 |
| Baulkham Hills High SchoolFully | Baulkham Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,222 | 1,203 |
| North Sydney Girls High SchoolFully | Crows Nest | Public high school · 7-12 | 911 | 1,203 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly CampusFully | North Curl Curl | Public high school · 7-12 | 765 | 1,217 |
| Girraween High SchoolFully | Girraween | Public high school · 7-12 | 782 | 1,199 |
About this data
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Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.