This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2012.
| 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Extension | 6 |
| 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Japanese Extension | 4 |
| 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Extension | 4 |
| 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Japanese Extension | 4 |
| 5 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | Japanese Extension | 4 |
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| 6 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 7 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 8 | Kambala | Rose Bay | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 10 | MLC School | Burwood | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 11 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 12 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 13 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 14 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 15 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 17 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 18 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 19 | Hunters Hill High School | Hunters Hill | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 20 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 21 | International Grammar School | Ultimo | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 22 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 23 | Northern Sydney Institute North Sydney College | St Leonards | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 24 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 25 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 26 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 27 | The Forest High School | Frenchs Forest | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 28 | Wenona School | North Sydney | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 29 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | Japanese Extension | 1 |