| 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English (Advanced) | 129 |
| 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | English (Advanced) | 114 |
| 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | English (Advanced) | 74 |
| 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | English (Advanced) | 74 |
| 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | English (Advanced) | 69 |
| 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | English (Advanced) | 65 |
| 7 | Moriah College | Queens Park | English (Advanced) | 60 |
| 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | English (Advanced) | 57 |
| 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | English (Advanced) | 50 |
| 10 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | English (Advanced) | 46 |
| 11 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | English (Advanced) | 45 |
| 12 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | English (Advanced) | 44 |
| 13 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | English (Advanced) | 42 |
| 14 | Kambala | Rose Bay | English (Advanced) | 39 |
| 15 | Gosford High School | Gosford | English (Advanced) | 37 |
| 16 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | English (Advanced) | 37 |
| 17 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | English (Advanced) | 35 |
| 18 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | English (Advanced) | 33 |
| 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | English (Advanced) | 32 |
| 20 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | English (Advanced) | 32 |
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| 21 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | English (Advanced) | 32 |
| 22 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | English (Advanced) | 31 |
| 23 | Barker College | Hornsby | English (Advanced) | 30 |
| 24 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | English (Advanced) | 30 |
| 25 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | English (Advanced) | 30 |
| 26 | Girraween High School | Girraween | English (Advanced) | 29 |
| 27 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | English (Advanced) | 28 |
| 28 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | English (Advanced) | 28 |
| 29 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | English (Advanced) | 25 |
| 30 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick | English (Advanced) | 24 |
| 31 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | English (Advanced) | 24 |
| 32 | MLC School | Burwood | English (Advanced) | 24 |
| 33 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | English (Advanced) | 23 |
| 34 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | English (Advanced) | 23 |
| 35 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill | English (Advanced) | 22 |
| 36 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman | English (Advanced) | 22 |
| 37 | Wenona School | North Sydney | English (Advanced) | 22 |
| 38 | Newington College | Stanmore | English (Advanced) | 21 |
| 39 | Ascham School | Edgecliff | English (Advanced) | 20 |
| 40 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | English (Advanced) | 20 |
| 41 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | English (Advanced) | 19 |
| 42 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | English (Advanced) | 19 |
| 43 | Menai High School | Menai | English (Advanced) | 19 |
| 44 | St Catherines School | Waverley | English (Advanced) | 19 |
| 45 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | English (Advanced) | 19 |
| 46 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | English (Advanced) | 18 |
| 47 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead | English (Advanced) | 18 |
| 48 | Penrith High School | Penrith | English (Advanced) | 18 |
| 49 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton | English (Advanced) | 18 |
| 50 | St Vincents College | Potts Point | English (Advanced) | 18 |
| 51 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland | English (Advanced) | 17 |
| 52 | Masada College | St Ives | English (Advanced) | 17 |
| 53 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich | English (Advanced) | 16 |
| 54 | Roseville College | Roseville | English (Advanced) | 16 |
| 55 | St Josephs College | ? | English (Advanced) | 16 |
| 56 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield | English (Advanced) | 16 |
| 57 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove | English (Advanced) | 16 |
| 58 | Frensham School | Mittagong | English (Advanced) | 15 |
| 59 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | English (Advanced) | 15 |
| 60 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney | English (Advanced) | 15 |
| 61 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood | English (Advanced) | 14 |
| 62 | Mosman High School | Mosman | English (Advanced) | 14 |
| 63 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | English (Advanced) | 14 |
| 64 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | English (Advanced) | 14 |
| 65 | Cerdon College | Merrylands | English (Advanced) | 13 |
| 66 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | English (Advanced) | 12 |
| 67 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | English (Advanced) | 12 |
| 68 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle | English (Advanced) | 12 |
| 69 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | English (Advanced) | 12 |
| 70 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill | English (Advanced) | 12 |
| 71 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula | English (Advanced) | 11 |
| 72 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT | English (Advanced) | 11 |
| 73 | International Grammar School | Ultimo | English (Advanced) | 11 |
| 74 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | English (Advanced) | 11 |
| 75 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra | English (Advanced) | 11 |
| 76 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne | English (Advanced) | 11 |
| 77 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | Lismore | English (Advanced) | 11 |
| 78 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | English (Advanced) | 10 |
| 79 | Killara High School | Killara | English (Advanced) | 10 |
| 80 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie | English (Advanced) | 10 |
| 81 | Port Macquarie High School | Port Macquarie | English (Advanced) | 10 |
| 82 | Sefton High School | Sefton | English (Advanced) | 10 |
| 83 | St Pius X College | Chatswood | English (Advanced) | 10 |
| 84 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla | English (Advanced) | 9 |
| 85 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield | English (Advanced) | 9 |
| 86 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta | English (Advanced) | 9 |
| 87 | Marcellin College | Randwick | English (Advanced) | 9 |
| 88 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | English (Advanced) | 9 |
| 89 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead | English (Advanced) | 9 |
| 90 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | English (Advanced) | 9 |
| 91 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland | English (Advanced) | 9 |
| 92 | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park | English (Advanced) | 8 |
| 93 | Chevalier College | Burradoo | English (Advanced) | 8 |
| 94 | Colo High School | North Richmond | English (Advanced) | 8 |
| 95 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush | English (Advanced) | 8 |
| 96 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong | English (Advanced) | 8 |
| 97 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong | English (Advanced) | 8 |
| 98 | Bethany College | Hurstville | English (Advanced) | 7 |
| 99 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | English (Advanced) | 7 |
| 100 | Domremy College | Five Dock | English (Advanced) | 7 |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 5 Dec 2016