Rose Bay Secondary College

34A Hardy St, Dover Heights NSW 2030

PublicHigh schoolYears 7-12Partially selective

1,125students

1,107ICSEA · higher than 89% of NSW high schools

46%language background other than English

1%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

#31 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

86.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.7 pts over 3 years

-16%enrolment change over 5 years

30FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 1,127.

NAPLAN

School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Rose Bay Secondary College on My School · Why some data is missing

HSC 2025

190Band 6 / E4 results (count)

150Band 6 / E4 results 2024

142Band 6 / E4 results 2023

5All-round achievers 2025

6All-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

Rose Bay Secondary College is a partially 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
Sydney Distance Education High School	Woolloomooloo	Public high school	5.1 km	1,032	561
Sydney Girls High School	Surry Hills	Public high school	5.4 km	1,193	929
Sydney Boys High School	Moore Park	Public high school	5.5 km	1,189	1,202
Randwick High School	Randwick	Public high school	5.9 km	1,071	1,460
Conservatorium High School	Sydney	Public high school	6.0 km	1,194	153
Mosman High School	Mosman	Public high school	6.2 km	1,126	1,086
Inner Sydney High School	Surry Hills	Public high school	6.6 km	1,104	1,160
Alexandria Park Community School	Alexandria	Public k–12 / combined	7.8 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
Bradfield College	St Leonards	Public high school · 11-12	292	1,108
Pennant Hills High School	Pennant Hills	Public high school · 7-12	1,130	1,109
Hunters Hill High School	Hunters Hill	Public high school · 7-12	789	1,104
Inner Sydney High School	Surry Hills	Public high school · 7-12	1,160	1,104
Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt CampusPartially	Leichhardt	Public high school · 7-10	784	1,104
Carlingford High School	Carlingford	Public high school · 7-12	1,772	1,111

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.