Students from James Ruse have a proud record of academic achievement. The school has consistently obtained outstanding results in public examinations while excellent performances have been recorded in State, Australian and International competitions in a variety of intellectual pursuits.
The majority of James Ruse students proceed to university with considerable success in a broad range of tertiary studies in which students are well represented in:
- Law
- Medicine
- Science
- Engineering
- Economics / Commerce
- Agricultural Science
- Health Sciences
- Information Technology
- Computing Studies
- Veterinary Science
And many more ....
Higher School Certificate Success in 2018
James Ruse again topped the honours list in the HSC with 74.73% of our cohort achieving a band 6 achieving the top in school rankings overall (23rd year). 85 students were considered top all-rounders making the Premier’s List of achieving 10 or more units in subjects with a mark over 90. Fabulous success to the students of 2018. Raymond Li achieved 1st place in NSW in both Chemistry and Mathematics Extension 1 while Phillip Liang achieved 1st place in Mathematics Extension 2.
Seven students received the highest ATAR of 99.95:
- Louise Cai
- Jiaying Chen
- Jason Lai
- Raymond Li
- Phillip Liang
- Yoo-Jeong Shin
- Ivan Shen
Nominations to ENCORE and OnStage
Music Encore:
- Eunice Cheng
- Leona Jiao
- Brian Lei
- Kevin Jing Han Li
- Anna Liu
- Edwin Xu
- Elton Zi Xian Yang
Drama OnStage (Individual)
- George Lu (The Bard's Will)
- Aletheia Yosaviera (Work/Love Balance)
NSW state rankings 2018:
Agriculture
- Flora Lee - Rank 4
- Li Yi Wang - Rank 5
- Terry Peng - Rank 6
- Isabella Qiao-zhi Wang - Rank 6
Mathematics
- Jenson Chen Xi Xie - Rank 4
Mathematics Extension 1
- Raymond Kai Chun Li - Rank 1
Mathematics Extension 2
- Phillip Liang - Rank 1
- Raymond Kai Chun Li - Rank 2
- Andrew Xu - Rank 5
- Ivan Shen - Rank 7
Software Design and Development
- Yasiru Jayasooriya - Rank 9
Chemistry
- Raymond Kai Chun Li - Rank 1
- Jason Lai - Rank 2
- Yichen Zhang - Rank 2
- Brian Feng - Rank 4
- Hayes Choy - Rank 18
- Phillip Liang - Rank 19
Physics
- Jiaying Chen - Rank 3
- Yichen Zhang - Rank 6
- Phillip Liang - Rank 7
Modern History
- Esha Gupta - Rank 6
- Bill Chen - Rank 20
Music Extension
- Elton Zi Xian Yang - Rank 5