This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2016.
| 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Continuers | 11 |
| 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | Japanese Continuers | 9 |
| 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Japanese Continuers | 8 |
| 4 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | Japanese Continuers | 8 |
| 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Japanese Continuers | 6 |
| 6 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 7 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 8 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 9 | Girraween High School | Girraween | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 10 | Killara High School | Killara | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 11 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
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| 12 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | Japanese Continuers | 4 |
| 13 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 14 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 15 | Penrith High School | Penrith | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 16 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 17 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 18 | Barker College | Hornsby | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 19 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 20 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 21 | Green Point Christian College | Green Point | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 22 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 23 | International Grammar School | Ultimo | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 24 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 25 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 26 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 27 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 28 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 29 | St Catherines School | Waverley | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 30 | St Ives High School | St Ives | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 31 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 32 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 33 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 34 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 35 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 36 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 37 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 38 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 39 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 40 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 41 | Georges River Grammar | Georges Hall | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 42 | James Sheahan Catholic High School | Orange | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 43 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 44 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 45 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 46 | Meriden School | Strathfield | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 47 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 48 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 49 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 50 | Parkes High School | Parkes | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 51 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 52 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 53 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 54 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 55 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 56 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 57 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 58 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 59 | Warners Bay High School | Warners Bay | Japanese Continuers | 1 |