| 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Mathematics Extension 1 | 144 |
| 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | English (Advanced) | 136 |
| 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English (Advanced) | 133 |
| 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Mathematics Extension 1 | 122 |
| 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Chemistry | 106 |
| 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | English (Advanced) | 103 |
| 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | Mathematics Extension 1 | 98 |
| 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Mathematics Extension 1 | 96 |
| 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | Mathematics | 94 |
| 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Mathematics Extension 2 | 91 |
| 11 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | English (Advanced) | 91 |
| 12 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | English (Advanced) | 90 |
| 13 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | English (Advanced) | 90 |
| 14 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | English (Advanced) | 85 |
| 15 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Mathematics Extension 1 | 84 |
| 16 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Mathematics Extension 1 | 84 |
| 17 | Moriah College | Queens Park | English (Advanced) | 80 |
| 18 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Mathematics Extension 1 | 77 |
| 19 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | English Extension 1 | 74 |
| 20 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Mathematics Extension 1 | 74 |
| 21 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | English (Advanced) | 70 |
| 22 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | English (Advanced) | 69 |
| 23 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | English Extension 1 | 69 |
| 24 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | English (Advanced) | 67 |
| 25 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Physics | 66 |
| 26 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | English (Advanced) | 65 |
| 27 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Mathematics | 65 |
| 28 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | Mathematics Extension 1 | 64 |
| 29 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Mathematics Extension 2 | 59 |
| 30 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | English (Advanced) | 59 |
| 31 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | English Extension 1 | 59 |
| 32 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | Mathematics Extension 1 | 57 |
| 33 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | Mathematics Extension 2 | 57 |
| 34 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Economics | 56 |
| 35 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | English (Advanced) | 56 |
| 36 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Agriculture | 55 |
| 37 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | Mathematics Extension 1 | 54 |
| 38 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | Mathematics | 54 |
| 39 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | Mathematics | 54 |
| 40 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Mathematics | 53 |
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| 41 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Mathematics | 51 |
| 42 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Mathematics Extension 1 | 50 |
| 43 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English Extension 1 | 50 |
| 44 | Kambala | Rose Bay | English (Advanced) | 50 |
| 45 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Mathematics | 50 |
| 46 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | English (Advanced) | 50 |
| 47 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Chemistry | 49 |
| 48 | Girraween High School | Girraween | Mathematics Extension 1 | 49 |
| 49 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Mathematics Extension 2 | 49 |
| 50 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | English (Advanced) | 48 |
| 51 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | Mathematics | 48 |
| 52 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Mathematics | 48 |
| 53 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre | Mathematics | 48 |
| 54 | Sefton High School | Sefton | Mathematics Extension 1 | 48 |
| 55 | Wenona School | North Sydney | English (Advanced) | 48 |
| 56 | Cerdon College | Merrylands | Studies of Religion I | 46 |
| 57 | Gosford High School | Gosford | Mathematics | 46 |
| 58 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | English (Advanced) | 46 |
| 59 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | English Extension 1 | 46 |
| 60 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | Mathematics | 46 |
| 61 | Gosford High School | Gosford | English (Advanced) | 45 |
| 62 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | Studies of Religion I | 45 |
| 63 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Mathematics Extension 2 | 45 |
| 64 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | General Mathematics | 45 |
| 65 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | English (Advanced) | 44 |
| 66 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Mathematics | 43 |
| 67 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Senior Science | 43 |
| 68 | Killara High School | Killara | Mathematics | 43 |
| 69 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | Mathematics Extension 1 | 43 |
| 70 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | Business Studies | 43 |
| 71 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead | Studies of Religion I | 42 |
| 72 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Mathematics Extension 2 | 42 |
| 73 | Penrith High School | Penrith | English (Advanced) | 41 |
| 74 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Mathematics Extension 1 | 41 |
| 75 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | English (Advanced) | 41 |
| 76 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | English Extension 1 | 40 |
| 77 | Ascham School | Edgecliff | English (Advanced) | 40 |
| 78 | Sefton High School | Sefton | Mathematics | 40 |
| 79 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | Mathematics | 40 |
| 80 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | English Extension 1 | 40 |
| 81 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Physics | 39 |
| 82 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | Mathematics | 39 |
| 83 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | General Mathematics | 39 |
| 84 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Mathematics | 39 |
| 85 | St Josephs College | ? | Mathematics | 39 |
| 86 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Mathematics | 38 |
| 87 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Physics | 38 |
| 88 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | English (Advanced) | 37 |
| 89 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Mathematics Extension 2 | 37 |
| 90 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | Business Studies | 36 |
| 91 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | Mathematics Extension 1 | 36 |
| 92 | Killara High School | Killara | Mathematics Extension 1 | 36 |
| 93 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | English (Advanced) | 36 |
| 94 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | English (Advanced) | 36 |
| 95 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | Mathematics Extension 1 | 36 |
| 96 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Biology | 35 |
| 97 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Information Processes and Technology | 35 |
| 98 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Mathematics Extension 2 | 34 |
| 99 | Gosford High School | Gosford | Mathematics Extension 1 | 34 |
| 100 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | English Extension 1 | 34 |
| 101 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Chemistry | 34 |
| 102 | Penrith High School | Penrith | Mathematics | 34 |
| 103 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | English (Advanced) | 34 |
| 104 | St Josephs College | ? | Studies of Religion I | 34 |
| 105 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Chemistry | 34 |
| 106 | Barker College | Hornsby | Mathematics Extension 1 | 33 |
| 107 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | Mathematics | 33 |
| 108 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney | Music Extension | 33 |
| 109 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | English (Advanced) | 33 |
| 110 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre | Biology | 33 |
| 111 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Mathematics | 33 |
| 112 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | Mathematics | 33 |
| 113 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Business Studies | 32 |
| 114 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Legal Studies | 32 |
| 115 | Girraween High School | Girraween | Chemistry | 32 |
| 116 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead | Mathematics | 32 |
| 117 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | General Mathematics | 32 |
| 118 | Barker College | Hornsby | English (Advanced) | 31 |
| 119 | Barker College | Hornsby | General Mathematics | 31 |
| 120 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | Mathematics | 31 |
| 121 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | Mathematics Extension 1 | 31 |
| 122 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Mathematics Extension 1 | 31 |
| 123 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | English (Advanced) | 31 |
| 124 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong | English (Advanced) | 31 |
| 125 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | Mathematics Extension 1 | 30 |
| 126 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney | Music 2 | 30 |
| 127 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta | Studies of Religion I | 30 |
| 128 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | General Mathematics | 30 |
| 129 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | Mathematics | 30 |
| 130 | Ascham School | Edgecliff | Visual Arts | 29 |
| 131 | Barker College | Hornsby | Biology | 29 |
| 132 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | Mathematics Extension 1 | 29 |
| 133 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | English (Advanced) | 29 |
| 134 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Chemistry | 29 |
| 135 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Biology | 29 |
| 136 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill | Studies of Religion I | 29 |
| 137 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | Mathematics | 29 |
| 138 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | Chemistry | 29 |
| 139 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | Physics | 29 |
| 140 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | English (Advanced) | 29 |
| 141 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia | Mathematics | 28 |
| 142 | Killara High School | Killara | General Mathematics | 28 |
| 143 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie | General Mathematics | 28 |
| 144 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | Mathematics Extension 2 | 28 |
| 145 | St Marks Coptic Orthodox College | Wattle Grove | Mathematics Extension 1 | 28 |
| 146 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Mathematics | 28 |
| 147 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | English Extension 1 | 28 |
| 148 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe | Mathematics | 28 |
| 149 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | Mathematics Extension 2 | 28 |
| 150 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | Mathematics | 27 |
| 151 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | English (Advanced) | 27 |
| 152 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | Mathematics | 27 |
| 153 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | English (Advanced) | 27 |
| 154 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong | Studies of Religion I | 27 |
| 155 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | Business Studies | 27 |
| 156 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Mathematics | 26 |
| 157 | Barker College | Hornsby | Mathematics | 26 |
| 158 | Girraween High School | Girraween | English (Advanced) | 26 |
| 159 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | Visual Arts | 26 |
| 160 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | Studies of Religion I | 26 |
| 161 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie | Studies of Religion I | 26 |
| 162 | Moriah College | Queens Park | Mathematics | 26 |
| 163 | Moriah College | Queens Park | Mathematics Extension 1 | 26 |
| 164 | Newington College | Stanmore | Mathematics | 26 |
| 165 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Ancient History | 25 |
| 166 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham | Studies of Religion I | 25 |
| 167 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Biology | 25 |
| 168 | Girraween High School | Girraween | Mathematics Extension 2 | 25 |
| 169 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Biology | 25 |
| 170 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia | Mathematics Extension 1 | 25 |
| 171 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | Mathematics Extension 2 | 25 |
| 172 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | Ancient History | 25 |
| 173 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | Modern History | 25 |
| 174 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | Studies of Religion I | 25 |
| 175 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | Economics | 25 |
| 176 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Modern History | 25 |
| 177 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | English (Advanced) | 24 |
| 178 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla | General Mathematics | 24 |
| 179 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights | Studies of Religion I | 24 |
| 180 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Chemistry | 24 |
| 181 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre | Mathematics Extension 1 | 24 |
| 182 | Menai High School | Menai | English (Advanced) | 24 |
| 183 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills | Studies of Religion I | 24 |
| 184 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Biology | 24 |
| 185 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi | Mathematics | 24 |
| 186 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | English (Advanced) | 24 |
| 187 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney | General Mathematics | 24 |
| 188 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton | General Mathematics | 24 |
| 189 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove | Studies of Religion I | 24 |
| 190 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Chemistry | 24 |
| 191 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill | Mathematics | 24 |
| 192 | Barker College | Hornsby | Business Studies | 23 |
| 193 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | Mathematics Extension 1 | 23 |
| 194 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | Physics | 23 |
| 195 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights | Business Studies | 23 |
| 196 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush | Mathematics Extension 1 | 23 |
| 197 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | Physics | 23 |
| 198 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | General Mathematics | 23 |
| 199 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | Mathematics Extension 1 | 23 |
| 200 | Penrith High School | Penrith | Mathematics Extension 1 | 23 |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 17 Feb 2023