James Ruse Agricultural High School (colloquially known as "Ruse") is one of four New South Wales Government agricultural high schools. It is a selective, co-educational public high school located at Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. The school is especially noted for its exceptional academic results, with it being ranked 1st out of all New South Wales high schools in the 2011 Higher School Certificate for the 16th consecutive year since 1996, as well as topping the national government NAPLAN tests across Australia.
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