Sydney Girls High School
Moore Park, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Sydney Girls High School is a government secondary school in Surry Hills, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 929 students. It is a fully selective school. Its ICSEA is 1,193, 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 929.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Sydney Girls High School as an academically selective state secondary school in Surry Hills, founded in 1883 as the oldest public girls' school in New South Wales. It consistently ranks among the state's top HSC performers, with NAPLAN results well above average, and offers a broad curriculum spanning humanities, sciences, arts, music ensembles, and languages including French, Chinese, Japanese, Latin and Hebrew.
Often praised
- strong HSC and NAPLAN results
- long academic history and tradition
- broad language and arts offerings
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: high. 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 Sydney Girls 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 | 2.65 | 442 |
| 2024 | 2.60 | 444 |
| 2023 | 2.36 | 370 |
| 2022 | 2.53 | 428 |
| 2021 | 3.31 | 539 |
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
Sydney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | Moore Park | Public high school | 0.3 km | 1,189 | 1,202 |
| Inner Sydney High School | Surry Hills | Public high school | 1.4 km | 1,104 | 1,160 |
| SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,209 | 936 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington | Catholic high school | 2.1 km | 1,083 | 702 |
| Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Independent high school | 2.2 km | 1,274 | 1,925 |
| Ascham School | Edgecliff | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,217 | 1,182 |
| William Street Campus | Woolloomooloo | Catholic high school | 2.3 km | — | — |
| Alexandria Park Community SchoolPartiallyOC | Alexandria | Public k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,052 | 1,312 |
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 |
| North Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | North Sydney | Public high school · 7-12 | 933 | 1,195 |
| Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | Moore Park | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,202 | 1,189 |
| Girraween High SchoolFully | Girraween | Public high school · 7-12 | 782 | 1,199 |
| Penrith High SchoolFully | Penrith | Public high school · 7-12 | 928 | 1,186 |
| Smiths Hill High SchoolFully | Wollongong | Public high school · 7-12 | 735 | 1,186 |
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.