| Rank | School Name | Suburb | Rank
Change |
| 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Carlingford | -- |
| 2 | North Sydney Boys High School (Public, Selective, Boy) [photo] | Crows Nest |  6 |
| 3 | Baulkham Hills High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Baulkham Hills | 1 |
| 4 | Sydney Boys High School (Public, Selective, Boy) [photo] | Surry Hills | 2 |
| 5 | North Sydney Girls High School (Public, Selective, Girl) [photo] | Crows Nest |  3 |
| 6 | Sydney Girls High School (Public, Selective, Girl) [photo] | Surry Hills | 1 |
| 7 | Hornsby Girls High School (Public, Selective, Girl) [photo] | Hornsby | 4 |
| 8 | Fort Street High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Petersham | 5 |
| 9 | Moriah College (Private) [photo] | Bondi Junction | 7 |
| 10 | Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly Selective Campus (Public, Selective) [photo] | North Curl Curl | 3 |
| 11 | Ascham School (Private, Girl) [photo] | Edgecliff | 1 |
| 12 | Sydney Grammar School (Private, Boy) [photo] | Darlinghurst | 3 |
| 13 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst (Private, Girl) [photo] | Darlinghurst | 3 |
| 14 | Kambala (Private, Girl) [photo] | Rose Bay | -- |
| 15 | Pymble Ladies' College (Private, Girl) [photo] | Pymble | 4 |
| 16 | St George Girls High School (Public, Selective, Girl) [photo] | Kogarah | -- |
| 17 | Masada College High School (Private) [photo] | St Ives | -- |
| 18 | Meriden School (Private, Girl) [photo] | Strathfield | 35 |
| 19 | Normanhurst Boys High School (Public, Selective, Boy) [photo] | Normanhurst | 2 |
| 20 | Abbotsleigh (Private, Girl) [photo] | Wahroonga | 9 |
| 21 | Loreto Normanhurst (Private, Girl) [photo] | Normanhurst | 8 |
| 22 | St Aloysius College (Private, Boy) [photo] | Milsons Point | 8 |
| 23 | Sydney Technical High School (Public, Selective, Boy) [photo] | Bexley | -- |
| 25 | Queenwood School for Girls Ltd (Private, Girl) [photo] | Mosman | 6 |
| 26 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Glenfield | -- |
| 27 | Knox Grammar School (Private, Boy) [photo] | Wahroonga | 7 |
| 28 | Caringbah High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Caringbah | 7 |
| 29 | Girraween High School (Public, Selective) [photo] | Girraween | 5 |
| 30 | Ravenswood School for Girls (Private, Girl) [photo] | Gordon | 7 |
| 31 | Conservatorium High School (Public) [photo] | Sydney | 9 |