This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2025.
| 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Japanese Extension | 7 |
| 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 3 | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 4 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 5 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 7 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood | Japanese Extension | 1 |
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| 8 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 9 | Gosford High School | Gosford | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 10 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 11 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 12 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 13 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 14 | International Grammar School | Ultimo | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 15 | James Sheahan Catholic High School | Orange | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 16 | Killara High School | Killara | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 17 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 18 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 19 | Korowal School | Hazelbrook | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 20 | Meriden School | Strathfield | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 21 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 22 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 23 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 24 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 25 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 26 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 27 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 28 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Japanese Extension | 5 |
| 29 | Sefton High School | Sefton | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 30 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 31 | St Ives High School | St Ives | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 32 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 33 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | Japanese Extension | 4 |
| 34 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 35 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 36 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 37 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | Japanese Extension | 2 |