This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2017.
| 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | French Extension | 14 |
| 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | French Extension | 5 |
| 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | French Extension | 4 |
| 4 | St Catherines School | Waverley | French Extension | 4 |
| 5 | Wenona School | North Sydney | French Extension | 4 |
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| 6 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | French Extension | 3 |
| 7 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill | French Extension | 3 |
| 8 | Kambala | Rose Bay | French Extension | 2 |
| 9 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | French Extension | 2 |
| 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | French Extension | 2 |
| 11 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman | French Extension | 2 |
| 12 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights | French Extension | 2 |
| 13 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | French Extension | 2 |
| 14 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | French Extension | 2 |
| 15 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe | French Extension | 2 |
| 16 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore | French Extension | 2 |
| 17 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | French Extension | 1 |
| 18 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood | French Extension | 1 |
| 19 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | French Extension | 1 |
| 20 | International Grammar School | Ultimo | French Extension | 1 |
| 21 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange | French Extension | 1 |
| 22 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | French Extension | 1 |
| 23 | MLC School | Burwood | French Extension | 1 |
| 24 | Roseville College | Roseville | French Extension | 1 |
| 25 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | French Extension | 1 |
| 26 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | French Extension | 1 |
| 27 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | French Extension | 1 |