This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2013.
| 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 2 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 3 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 4 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 5 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 6 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | Japanese Extension | 1 |
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| 7 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 8 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | Japanese Extension | 4 |
| 9 | Concord High School | Concord | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 10 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 11 | Gosford High School | Gosford | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 12 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 13 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 14 | Killara High School | Killara | Japanese Extension | 6 |
| 15 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 16 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 17 | Masada College | St Ives | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 18 | MLC School | Burwood | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 19 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 20 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 21 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Extension | 5 |
| 22 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 23 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Japanese Extension | 4 |
| 24 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 25 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 26 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | Japanese Extension | 6 |
| 27 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 28 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 29 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 30 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 31 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 32 | Tempe High School | Tempe | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 33 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | Japanese Extension | 1 |