Penrith Selective High School
| Penrith Selective High School | |
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| Location | |
Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°45′23″S 150°42′23″E / 33.75639°S 150.70639°E |
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| Type | Public co-educational academically selective secondary day school |
| Motto | Latin: Altiora Peto (Striving for the highest) |
| Established | 1950 |
| Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
| Principal | Jaclyn Cush |
| Enrolment | 922 (2018) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Sky blue, grey, yellow, black, white, and royal blue |
| Website | penrith-h |
Penrith Selective High School (PSHS) is a public co-educational academically selective secondary day school, located in Penrith, in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1950 and operated by the NSW Department of Education, the school caters for approximately 925 students from Year 7 to Year 12.
Penrith Selective High School has consistently performed among the top schools in the Higher School Certificate (HSC). The classes of 2010, 2017, and 2018 share the school's highest ranking at 27th in New South Wales, based on HSC results. In 2018, over 90 students received an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) of over 90 and the median ATAR was 91.95. The school also ranks well nationally, consistently placing amongst the top 15 to 20 schools in Australia based on results of the National Assessment Program (NAPLAN), a series of nationally administered tests aimed at measuring student's ability in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy.