| 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English Extension 1 | 54 |
| 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | English Extension 1 | 54 |
| 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | English Extension 1 | 54 |
| 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | English Extension 1 | 48 |
| 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | English Extension 1 | 47 |
| 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | English Extension 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | English Extension 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | English Extension 1 | 31 |
| 9 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | English Extension 1 | 30 |
| 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | English Extension 1 | 30 |
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| 11 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | English Extension 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | English Extension 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Moriah College | Queens Park | English Extension 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | English Extension 1 | 23 |
| 15 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | English Extension 1 | 21 |
| 16 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | English Extension 1 | 20 |
| 17 | Barker College | Hornsby | English Extension 1 | 19 |
| 18 | Wenona School | North Sydney | English Extension 1 | 18 |
| 19 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | English Extension 1 | 15 |
| 20 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | English Extension 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield | English Extension 1 | 15 |
| 22 | Meriden School | Strathfield | English Extension 1 | 15 |
| 23 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | English Extension 1 | 14 |
| 24 | Gosford High School | Gosford | English Extension 1 | 13 |
| 25 | Kambala | Rose Bay | English Extension 1 | 13 |
| 26 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman | English Extension 1 | 13 |
| 27 | St Catherines School | Waverley | English Extension 1 | 13 |
| 28 | Ascham School | Edgecliff | English Extension 1 | 12 |
| 29 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney | English Extension 1 | 12 |
| 30 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | English Extension 1 | 12 |
| 31 | Newington College | Stanmore | English Extension 1 | 11 |
| 32 | Penrith High School | Penrith | English Extension 1 | 11 |
| 33 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | English Extension 1 | 11 |
| 34 | Waverley College | Waverley | English Extension 1 | 11 |
| 35 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | English Extension 1 | 10 |
| 36 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | English Extension 1 | 10 |
| 37 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | English Extension 1 | 10 |
| 38 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra | English Extension 1 | 10 |
| 39 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick | English Extension 1 | 9 |
| 40 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | English Extension 1 | 9 |
| 41 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton | English Extension 1 | 9 |
| 42 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | English Extension 1 | 9 |
| 43 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 44 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 45 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 46 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 47 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | English Extension 1 | 7 |
| 48 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | English Extension 1 | 7 |
| 49 | MLC School | Burwood | English Extension 1 | 7 |
| 50 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle | English Extension 1 | 7 |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023