[3] The classes of 2010, 2017, and 2018 share the school's highest ranking at 27th in New South Wales, based on HSC results.

[9] The students of Penrith Selective High School come from an area extending from the Blue Mountains to North Sydney, from the Hawkesbury District to Luddenham.

[citation needed] The school has a gymnasium, a field with multi-sport goal posts (soccer and rugby, although contact sport is strictly prohibited), a smaller field with portable hockey goal posts, and two basketball courts.

It also has five computer labs, an extensive two-storey library, a large space for creative and performing arts, numerous classrooms with equipment and materials dedicated to specific faculties, and a school hall which is part of the original school structure, built in the early 1950s.

The hall can accommodate approximately 450 seated guests, usually used for official school functions, performing arts exhibitions, and information evenings.