There are 17 fully selective high schools, 9 high schools with selective classes (partially selective) and 4 agricultural high schools offering selective placement in Year 7. There is also a senior high school with selective classes offering entry to Years 11 and 12.
Partially selective high schools have community-based classes as well as selective classes.
Agricultural high schools are selective high schools which emphasise the study of agriculture, with the residential sections giving some priority to isolated students.
Students attending Sydney Secondary College, Leichhardt and Balmain campuses in Years 7 to 10 will generally proceed to Sydney Secondary College, Blackwattle Bay Campus for Years 11 and 12.
Alexandria Park Community School Baulkham Hills High School Caringbah High School Chatswood High School Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School
Fort Street High School Girraween High School Gosford High School Hornsby Girls High School Hurlstone Agricultural High School
James Ruse Agricultural High School Macquarie Fields High School Merewether High School Normanhurst Boys High School North Sydney Boys High School
North Sydney Girls High School Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus Penrith High School Rose Bay Secondary College Ryde Secondary College
Sefton High School Smiths Hill High School St George Girls High School Sydney Boys High School Sydney Girls High School
Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus Sydney Technical High School Tempe High School