This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2012.
| 1 | Byron Bay High School | Byron Bay | Spanish Beginners | 3 |
| 2 | Holy Spirit College Bellambi | Bellambi | Spanish Beginners | 2 |
| 3 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | Spanish Beginners | 8 |
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| 4 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 5 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 6 | Meriden School | Strathfield | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 7 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 8 | Mullumbimby High School | Mullumbimby | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 9 | Mulwaree High School | Goulburn | Spanish Beginners | 2 |
| 10 | Newington College | Stanmore | Spanish Beginners | 2 |
| 11 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 12 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 13 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 14 | St Ives High School | St Ives | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 15 | St Josephs Catholic College | East Gosford | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 16 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | Spanish Beginners | 1 |
| 17 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Spanish Beginners | 2 |
| 18 | Wycliffe Christian School | Warrimoo | Spanish Beginners | 1 |