报读精英中学7年级(初一)的学生,须参加精英中学的招生考试(Selective High School Placement Test),考试包括英文(阅读和写作)、数学、一般能力(general ability),另须提供学生所在小学的英文和数学平时成绩考评证明,其它方面的成绩也可能被接受。每所精英中学的招生委员会,通过以上几个方面的考试成绩来评估考生的学习能力之后,才会决定考生是否符合本校的招生标准。
以下是2007年参加考试,在2008年派完等待名单后的精英中学的最低录取分数线,可作为报读2010年精英中学的参考:
Alexandria Park Community School 175
Baulkham Hills High School 226
Caringbah High School 197
Chatswood High School 193
Fort Street High School 212
Girraween High School 208
Gosford High School 184
Hornsby Girls High School 217
Hurlstone Agricultural High School 205
James Ruse Agricultural High School 240
Macquarie Fields High School 185
Merewether High School 187
Normanhurst Boys High School 211
North Sydney Boys High School 214
North Sydney Girls High School 224
Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 201
Penrith High School 197
Rose Bay Secondary College 183
Ryde Secondary College 194
Sefton High School 200
Smiths Hill High School 180
St George Girls High School 206
Sydney Boys High School 219
Sydney Girls High School 220
Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus 181
Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus 187
Sydney Technical High School 201
Tempe High School 189