| Rank | School Name | Suburb | Rank
Change |
| 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Carlingford | -- |
| 2 | North Sydney Girls High School (Public, Selective, Girl) [photo] | Crows Nest |  1 |
| 3 | Sydney Girls High School (Public, Selective, Girl) [photo] | Surry Hills | 1 |
| 4 | North Sydney Boys High School (Public, Selective, Boy) [photo] | Crows Nest |  2 |
| 5 | Sydney Boys High School (Public, Selective, Boy) [photo] | Surry Hills | 1 |
| 6 | Baulkham Hills High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Baulkham Hills | 1 |
| 7 | Hornsby Girls High School (Public, Selective, Girl) [photo] | Hornsby | -- |
| 8 | Girraween High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Girraween | 7 |
| 9 | Abbotsleigh (Private, Girl) [photo] | Wahroonga | 1 |
| 10 | Sydney Grammar School (Private, Boy) [photo] | Darlinghurst | 1 |
| 11 | Ascham School (Private, Girl) [photo] | Edgecliff | 3 |
| 12 | Kambala (Private, Girl) [photo] | Rose Bay | 28 |
| 13 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst (Private, Girl) [photo] | Darlinghurst | 7 |
| 14 | Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly Selective Campus (Public, Selective) [photo] | North Curl Curl | 6 |
| 15 | Queenwood School for Girls Ltd (Private, Girl) [photo] | Mosman | 10 |
| 16 | Meriden School (Private, Girl) [photo] | Strathfield | 16 |
| 18 | Moriah College (Private) [photo] | Bondi Junction | 1 |
| 19 | Conservatorium High School (Public) [photo] | Sydney | 10 |
| 20 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney (Private, Girl) [photo] | Croydon | 9 |
| 21 | Pymble Ladies' College (Private, Girl) [photo] | Pymble | 5 |
| 22 | St George Girls High School (Public, Selective, Girl) [photo] | Kogarah | 3 |
| 23 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Glenfield | 1 |
| 24 | Masada College High School (Private) [photo] | St Ives | 3 |
| 25 | Normanhurst Boys High School (Public, Selective, Boy) [photo] | Normanhurst | 3 |
| 26 | Loreto Normanhurst (Private, Girl) [photo] | Normanhurst | 10 |
| 27 | Roseville College (Private, Girl) [photo] | Roseville | 3 |
| 28 | Penrith High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Penrith | 5 |
| 29 | St Aloysius College (Private, Boy) [photo] | Milsons Point | 1 |
| 30 | Fort Street High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Petersham | 17 |
| 31 | Tara Anglican School for Girls (Private, Girl) [photo] | North Parramatta | 24 |