The Department of Examinations recently released the performance statistics of the 2023 GCE O/L (Ordinary Level) exams, showcasing schools based on the number of students who achieved 9 distinctions (9A). This report highlights the top 60 schools in the country where students excelled by achieving the highest grade in all subjects. Below is a detailed list of the schools, sorted by the number of students who scored 9A:
- Royal College – 695 students; 259 with 9A (Colombo)
- Bandaranayake College – 460 students; 240 with 9A (Gampaha)
- Rathnavalee Balika College – 371 students; 197 with 9A (Gampaha)
- Visakha Vidyalaya – 371 students; 182 with 9A (Colombo)
- Devi Balika Vidyalaya – 235 students; 175 with 9A (Colombo)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa College – 783 students; 161 with 9A (Colombo)
- Nalanda College – 154 students; 143 with 9A (Colombo)
- Muaeus College – 350 students; 127 with 9A (Colombo)
- Taxila Central College – 325 students; 127 with 9A (Kalutara)
- Thurstan College – 325 students; 125 with 9A (Colombo)
- Anuradhapura Central College – 125 students with 9A (Anuradhapura)
- Anula Vidyalaya – 116 students with 9A (Colombo)
- Badulla Central College – 115 students with 9A (Badulla)
- Vembadi Girls High School – 113 students with 9A (Jaffna)
- St. Joseph’s Balika College – 110 students with 9A (Kegalle)
- D.S. Senanayaka College – 110 students with 9A (Colombo)
- Girl’s High School – 110 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Sirimavo Bandaranayake Vidyalaya – 100 students with 9A (Colombo)
- Bandarawela Central College – 99 students with 9A (Badulla)
- Sanghamiththa Balika Vidyalaya – 93 students with 9A (Galle)
- Yasodara Devi B.M.V. – 66 students with 9A (Gampaha)
- Pinnawala Central College – 91 students with 9A (Kegalle)
- Southland College – 90 students with 9A (Galle)
- Mahamaya Girls College – 88 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Rajapaksha Central College – 84 students with 9A (Hambantota)
- Richmond College – 82 students with 9A (Galle)
- C.W.W. Kannangara MMV – 81 students with 9A (Kalutara)
- Dharmaraja College – 76 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Dharmashoka College – 74 students with 9A (Galle)
- Pushpadana Girls’ College – 71 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Kegalu Balika College – 66 students with 9A (Kegalle)
- Swarnapali Girls College – 60 students with 9A (Anuradhapura)
- Vincent Girls High School – 58 students with 9A (Batticaloa)
- Ranabima Royal College – 58 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Kingswood College – 53 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Jaffna Hindu College – 52 students with 9A (Jaffna)
- Gurukula National School – 51 students with 9A (Gampaha)
- Sri Sumangala Balika M.V. – 49 students with 9A (Kalutara)
- Samudradevi Balika Vidyalaya – 47 students with 9A (Colombo)
- Kalutara Balika M.V. – 44 students with 9A (Kalutara)
- St. Michael’s College – 43 students with 9A (Batticaloa)
- St. Joseph’s College – 43 students with 9A (Colombo)
- D.S. Senanayaka College – 42 students with 9A (Ampara)
- St. Peter’s College – 39 students with 9A (Colombo)
- Galahitiyawa Central College – 39 students with 9A (Gampaha)
- St. Sylvester’s College – 35 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Rajasinghe M.M.V – 35 students with 9A (Kegalle)
- Swarnamali Girls’ College – 34 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Hartley College – 32 students with 9A (Jaffna)
- Carmel Fatima College – 30 students with 9A (Ampara)
- St. Anthony’s Girls College – 30 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Methodist Girls’ High School – 28 students with 9A (Jaffna)
- Sirdhamma College – 27 students with 9A (Galle)
- Hillwood College – 27 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Zahira College, Mawanella – 27 students with 9A (Kegalle)
- Mahmud Ladies College – 26 students with 9A (Batticaloa)
- Meera Balika Maha Vidyalaya – 26 students with 9A (Batticaloa)
- St. Cecilia’s Girls College – 26 students with 9A (Batticaloa)
- Trinity College Kandy – 26 students with 9A (Kandy)
- Christ Church Girls’ College – 25 students with 9A (Galle)
