This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2021.
| 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Japanese Continuers | 13 |
| 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Continuers | 12 |
| 3 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | Japanese Continuers | 8 |
| 4 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | Japanese Continuers | 8 |
| 5 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | Japanese Continuers | 7 |
| 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Japanese Continuers | 7 |
| 7 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 8 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 10 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 11 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Japanese Continuers | 5 |
| 12 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst | Japanese Continuers | 4 |
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| 13 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | Japanese Continuers | 4 |
| 14 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | Japanese Continuers | 4 |
| 15 | Girraween High School | Girraween | Japanese Continuers | 4 |
| 16 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | Japanese Continuers | 4 |
| 17 | Penrith High School | Penrith | Japanese Continuers | 4 |
| 18 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 19 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 20 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 21 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 22 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | Japanese Continuers | 3 |
| 23 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 24 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 25 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 26 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 27 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 28 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 29 | Picnic Point High School | Picnic Point | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 30 | Roseville College | Roseville | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 31 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 32 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | Japanese Continuers | 2 |
| 33 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 34 | Barker College | Hornsby | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 35 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 36 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 37 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 38 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 39 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 40 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 41 | Killara High School | Killara | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 42 | Kingscliff High School | Kingscliff | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 43 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 44 | Korowal School | Hazelbrook | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 45 | Menai High School | Menai | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 46 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 47 | Mosman High School | Mosman | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 48 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 49 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 50 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 51 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 52 | St Catherines School | Waverley | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 53 | St Clares High School | Taree | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 54 | St Ives High School | St Ives | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 55 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 56 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 57 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 58 | The Jannali High School | Jannali | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 59 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 60 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 61 | William Clarke College | Kellyville | Japanese Continuers | 1 |