North Sydney Boys High School
127 Falcon Street, North Sydney NSW 2060
North Sydney Boys High School is a government secondary school in North Sydney, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 933 students. It is a fully selective school. Its ICSEA is 1,195, 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 933.
About this school, from public sources
Based on publicly available information, North Sydney Boys High School is a fully selective NSW government secondary school admitting students via the Selective High Schools Test. It has a strong academic focus on mathematics, science and English, alongside a broad language elective range (including Latin, French, German, Japanese and Indonesian) and technology subjects. The school is widely recognised for its HSC results and for strong co-curricular programs spanning debating, robotics, music and sport.
Often praised
- strong HSC academic results
- broad language and elective offerings
- debating, robotics and music programs
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 North Sydney Boys High School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.12 | 664 |
| 2024 | 3.74 | 564 |
| 2023 | 4.18 | 661 |
| 2022 | 3.69 | 598 |
| 2021 | 3.58 | 565 |
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
North Sydney Boys 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marist Catholic College North Shore | North Sydney | Catholic k–12 / combined | 0.2 km | 1,166 | 1,609 |
| North Sydney Girls High SchoolFully | Crows Nest | Public high school | 0.4 km | 1,203 | 911 |
| Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest | Public high school | 0.5 km | 1,135 | 905 |
| Wenona School | North Sydney | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.6 km | 1,187 | 1,385 |
| Reddam House North Shore | North Sydney | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.7 km | — | — |
| Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | Independent high school | 0.7 km | 1,179 | 1,186 |
| SHORE - Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | Independent high school | 1.2 km | 1,205 | 1,724 |
| SCECGS Redlands - Murdoch campus | Cremorne | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.8 km | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatorium High School | Sydney | Public high school · 7-12 | 153 | 1,194 |
| Sydney Girls High SchoolFully | Surry Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 929 | 1,193 |
| Girraween High SchoolFully | Girraween | Public high school · 7-12 | 782 | 1,199 |
| Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | Moore Park | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,202 | 1,189 |
| 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 |
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.