| 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | English Extension 1 | 58 |
| 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English Extension 1 | 49 |
| 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | English Extension 1 | 43 |
| 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | English Extension 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | English Extension 1 | 37 |
| 6 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | English Extension 1 | 29 |
| 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | English Extension 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Barker College | Hornsby | English Extension 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | English Extension 1 | 24 |
| 10 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | English Extension 1 | 24 |
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| 11 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | English Extension 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | English Extension 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | English Extension 1 | 21 |
| 14 | Wenona School | North Sydney | English Extension 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | English Extension 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Killara High School | Killara | English Extension 1 | 20 |
| 17 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | English Extension 1 | 20 |
| 18 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | English Extension 1 | 20 |
| 19 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | English Extension 1 | 19 |
| 20 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | English Extension 1 | 18 |
| 21 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | English Extension 1 | 18 |
| 22 | Girraween High School | Girraween | English Extension 1 | 17 |
| 23 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | English Extension 1 | 17 |
| 24 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | English Extension 1 | 16 |
| 25 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman | English Extension 1 | 16 |
| 26 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle | English Extension 1 | 13 |
| 27 | Penrith High School | Penrith | English Extension 1 | 13 |
| 28 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | English Extension 1 | 13 |
| 29 | Kambala | Rose Bay | English Extension 1 | 12 |
| 30 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | English Extension 1 | 12 |
| 31 | Meriden School | Strathfield | English Extension 1 | 12 |
| 32 | Moriah College | Queens Park | English Extension 1 | 12 |
| 33 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | English Extension 1 | 11 |
| 34 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood | English Extension 1 | 11 |
| 35 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | English Extension 1 | 10 |
| 36 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | English Extension 1 | 10 |
| 37 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | English Extension 1 | 10 |
| 38 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | English Extension 1 | 10 |
| 39 | MLC School | Burwood | English Extension 1 | 9 |
| 40 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta | English Extension 1 | 9 |
| 41 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | English Extension 1 | 9 |
| 42 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 43 | Gosford High School | Gosford | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 44 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 45 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 46 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 47 | William Clarke College | Kellyville | English Extension 1 | 8 |
| 48 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith | English Extension 1 | 7 |
| 49 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | English Extension 1 | 7 |
| 50 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights | 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