SACE ATAR results 2023: South Australia's top performing schools

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In 2023 more than 15,560 students completed their SACE. This included 3790 country students, an increase from 3660 in 2022. There was also an increase in indigenous students who completed their SACE from 347 last year to 421. Subsequently, 2023 also observed a seven per cent increase on last year's ATAR results showing continued improvement year by year.

This year five students achieved the perfect ATAR of 99.95, including three boys and two girls.

Let's take a deep dive into how South Australia's top-ranked schools performed.

SA's Top Performing Schools ATAR results

St Peter’s College

  • Two students achieved the Top ATAR of 99.95.
  • 13% of St Peter’s College students achieved an ATAR of 99 and above, placing them in the top 1% of the state.
  • 30% of students achieved an ATAR of 95 and above, placing them in the top 5% of the state.
  • 43% of students achieved an ATAR of 90 and above, placing them in the top 10% of the state.
  • 113 merits were achieved by 56 students for a perfect score in a subject.

Wilderness School

  • Two students achieved the Top ATAR of 99.95.
  • 20% of students achieved an ATAR of 99 and above, placing them in the top 1% of the state.
  • 44% of students achieved an ATAR of 95 and above, placing them in the top 5% of the state.
  • 68% of students achieved an ATAR of 90 and above, placing them in the top 10% of the state.
  • 81 merits were achieved by the cohort.
  • The median ATAR was 93.6.

Pembroke School

  • One student achieved the Top ATAR of 99.95.
  • 12 students achieved an ATAR of 99 and above, placing them in the top 1% of the state.
  • 42 students achieved an ATAR of 95 and above, placing them in the top 5% of the state.
  • 77 students achieved an ATAR of 90 and above, placing them in the top 10% of the state.
  • 49 Merits were achieved by the cohort.

Walford Anglican School

  • The Top ATAR achieved was 99.6.
  • 6% of students achieved an ATAR of 99 and above, placing them in the top 1% of the state.
  • 28% of students achieved an ATAR of 95 and above, placing them in the top 5% of the state.
  • 48% of students achieved an ATAR of 90 and above, placing them in the top 10% of the state.
  • 24 merits were achieved by the cohort.

Saint Ignatius College

  • The Top ATAR achieved was 99.9.
  • 10 students (6.9% of the cohort) achieved an ATAR of 99 and above, placing them in the top 1% of the State.
  • 48 students (33.3% of the cohort) achieved an ATAR of 95 or above, placing them in the top 5% of the State.
  • 71 students (49.3% of the cohort) achieved an ATAR of 90 or above, placing them in the top 10% of the State.
  • 48 merits were achieved by the cohort.

St Peter's College Girls

  • The Top ATAR achieved was 99.7.
  • 44% of students achieved an ATAR of 95 and above, placing them in the top 5% of the state.
  • 66% of students achieved an ATAR of 90 or above, placing them in the top 10% of the State.
  • 27 merits were achieved by the cohort.
  • The median ATAR was 94.60.

Seymour College

  • The Top ATAR achieved was 99.8.
  • 24 students achieved an ATAR of 95 and above, placing them in the top 5% of the state.
  • 55% of students achieved an ATAR of 90 and above, placing them in the top 10% of the State.

Scotch College

  • 7 students achieved an ATAR of 99 and above, placing them in the top 1% of the state.
  • 35 students achieved an ATAR of 95 and above, placing them in the top 5% of the state.
  • 63 students (42% of the cohort) achieved an ATAR of 90 and above, placing them in the top 10% of the State.
  • 32 merits were achieved by the cohort.

Brighton Secondary School

  • The top ATAR was 98.15.
  • 33 students achieved an ATAR of 90 or above.
  • 42 A+ level grades, 17 of them with merit achievement.

Loreto College

  • The Top ATAR achieved was 99.5.
  • 12% of students achieved an ATAR of 98 and above, placing them in the top 2% of the state.
  • 28% of students achieved an ATAR of 95 and above, placing them in the top 5% of the state.
  • 48% of students achieved an ATAR of 90 and above, placing them in the top 10% of the state.

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