| 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | English Advanced | 111 |
| 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | English Advanced | 105 |
| 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | English Advanced | 95 |
| 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English Advanced | 81 |
| 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | English Advanced | 69 |
| 6 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | English Advanced | 67 |
| 7 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst | English Advanced | 66 |
| 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | English Advanced | 63 |
| 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | English Advanced | 59 |
| 10 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | English Advanced | 58 |
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| 11 | Meriden School | Strathfield | English Advanced | 58 |
| 12 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | English Advanced | 57 |
| 13 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | English Advanced | 55 |
| 14 | Penrith High School | Penrith | English Advanced | 53 |
| 15 | Wenona School | North Sydney | English Advanced | 52 |
| 16 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | English Advanced | 51 |
| 17 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | English Advanced | 50 |
| 18 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | English Advanced | 49 |
| 19 | Barker College | Hornsby | English Advanced | 48 |
| 20 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | English Advanced | 48 |
| 21 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | English Advanced | 48 |
| 22 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | English Advanced | 46 |
| 23 | St Catherines School | Waverley | English Advanced | 45 |
| 24 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | English Advanced | 44 |
| 25 | Ascham School | Edgecliff | English Advanced | 43 |
| 26 | Gosford High School | Gosford | English Advanced | 40 |
| 27 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | English Advanced | 39 |
| 28 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | English Advanced | 38 |
| 29 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | English Advanced | 34 |
| 30 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah | English Advanced | 32 |
| 31 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | English Advanced | 32 |
| 32 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | English Advanced | 31 |
| 33 | Roseville College | Roseville | English Advanced | 31 |
| 34 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | English Advanced | 30 |
| 35 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | English Advanced | 30 |
| 36 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi | English Advanced | 29 |
| 37 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | English Advanced | 28 |
| 38 | St Vincents College | Potts Point | English Advanced | 26 |
| 39 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill | English Advanced | 25 |
| 40 | Kambala | Rose Bay | English Advanced | 25 |
| 41 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | English Advanced | 24 |
| 42 | Newington College | Stanmore | English Advanced | 23 |
| 43 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong | English Advanced | 23 |
| 44 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights | English Advanced | 21 |
| 45 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | English Advanced | 21 |
| 46 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why | English Advanced | 20 |
| 47 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | English Advanced | 20 |
| 48 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | English Advanced | 19 |
| 49 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle | English Advanced | 19 |
| 50 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | English Advanced | 19 |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 1 May 2026