North Sydney Boys High School

127 Falcon Street, North Sydney NSW 2060

PublicHigh schoolYears 7-12Fully selective

933students

1,195ICSEA · higher than 98% of NSW high schools

95%language background other than English

0%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

#2 of 34 NSW public schools with published HSC results, on HSC Band 6 / E4 results, top 10% list (NESA merit lists)Top 10%See the full list

Attendance and enrolment

93.9%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.2 pts over 3 years

+2%enrolment change over 5 years

3FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 933.

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

664Band 6 / E4 results (count)

564Band 6 / E4 results 2024

661Band 6 / E4 results 2023

71All-round achievers 2025

53All-round achievers 2024

Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. 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.

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Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
North Sydney Girls High School	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
Bradfield College	St Leonards	Public high school	2.0 km	1,108	292
Willoughby Girls High School	Willoughby	Public high school	3.0 km	1,152	1,035
Mosman High School	Mosman	Public high school	3.3 km	1,126	1,086
Conservatorium High School	Sydney	Public high school	3.8 km	1,194	153
Chatswood High School	Chatswood	Public high school	4.4 km	1,137	2,146
Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus	Rozelle	Public high school	4.7 km	1,112	854

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

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.