| 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | English (Advanced) | 124 |
| 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English (Advanced) | 118 |
| 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | English (Advanced) | 102 |
| 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | English (Advanced) | 101 |
| 5 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | English (Advanced) | 82 |
| 6 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | English (Advanced) | 76 |
| 7 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | English (Advanced) | 63 |
| 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | English (Advanced) | 63 |
| 9 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | English (Advanced) | 61 |
| 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | English (Advanced) | 55 |
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| 11 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | English (Advanced) | 53 |
| 12 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | English (Advanced) | 47 |
| 13 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | English (Advanced) | 46 |
| 14 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | English (Advanced) | 45 |
| 15 | Kambala | Rose Bay | English (Advanced) | 43 |
| 16 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | English (Advanced) | 43 |
| 17 | Wenona School | North Sydney | English (Advanced) | 42 |
| 18 | Penrith High School | Penrith | English (Advanced) | 41 |
| 19 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | English (Advanced) | 41 |
| 20 | Gosford High School | Gosford | English (Advanced) | 37 |
| 21 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | English (Advanced) | 37 |
| 22 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | English (Advanced) | 37 |
| 23 | Moriah College | Queens Park | English (Advanced) | 35 |
| 24 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | English (Advanced) | 35 |
| 25 | Ascham School | Edgecliff | English (Advanced) | 33 |
| 26 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | English (Advanced) | 33 |
| 27 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | English (Advanced) | 32 |
| 28 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | English (Advanced) | 31 |
| 29 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | English (Advanced) | 30 |
| 30 | Girraween High School | Girraween | English (Advanced) | 30 |
| 31 | MLC School | Burwood | English (Advanced) | 30 |
| 32 | Sefton High School | Sefton | English (Advanced) | 30 |
| 33 | Cerdon College | Merrylands | English (Advanced) | 29 |
| 34 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | English (Advanced) | 28 |
| 35 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | English (Advanced) | 28 |
| 36 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | English (Advanced) | 27 |
| 37 | Barker College | Hornsby | English (Advanced) | 26 |
| 38 | Killara High School | Killara | English (Advanced) | 25 |
| 39 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | English (Advanced) | 25 |
| 40 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale | English (Advanced) | 25 |
| 41 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater | English (Advanced) | 23 |
| 42 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta | English (Advanced) | 23 |
| 43 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | English (Advanced) | 21 |
| 44 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | English (Advanced) | 21 |
| 45 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich | English (Advanced) | 20 |
| 46 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights | English (Advanced) | 19 |
| 47 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman | English (Advanced) | 19 |
| 48 | St Catherines School | Waverley | English (Advanced) | 19 |
| 49 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights | English (Advanced) | 18 |
| 50 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton | English (Advanced) | 18 |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023