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