This report shows the 2009 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
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| 25 | Ancient History | Barman, Sarah | 4 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |
| 26 | Ancient History | Allison, Megan | 5 | Kellyville High School | Kellyville |
| 27 | Ancient History | Clifford, James Calen | 5 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 28 | Ancient History | Iervasi, Katia | 5 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 29 | Ancient History | Lambourne, Bronte | 8 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 30 | Ancient History | Novkovic, Tijana | 8 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 31 | Ancient History | Yadav, Srishti | 8 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 32 | Ancient History | Dela Torre, Karl Nikko Cajes | 11 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 33 | Ancient History | Dorse, Lachlan | 11 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 34 | Ancient History | Gabsi, Jasmine | 11 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 35 | Ancient History | Kwong, James | 11 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 36 | Ancient History | Gabay, Jodi Helen | 15 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 37 | Ancient History | Condylis, Nicholas James | 16 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 38 | Ancient History | Naar, Hayden | 17 | Hunters Hill High School | Hunters Hill |
| 39 | Ancient History | Blumberg, Lauren | 18 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 40 | Ancient History | Stitt, Kate | 19 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 41 | Ancient History | Ye, Chloe Ting-Yi | 20 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 42 | Arabic Continuers | Albatayneh, Sinan | 1 | Condell Park High School | Condell Park |
| 43 | Arabic Continuers | Al-Mahana, Roda | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 44 | Arabic Continuers | Al Mohamad, Sara | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 45 | Arabic Continuers | Al Akhrass, Fatima | 4 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 46 | Arabic Continuers | Al Zuhairy, Marie | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 47 | Arabic Extension | Saker, Samer | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 48 | Arabic Extension | Al-Mahana, Roda | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 49 | Arabic Extension | Zreika, Heba | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 50 | Arabic Extension | Hayek, Zaka | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 51 | Arabic Extension | Abbas, Akeel | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 52 | Armenian Continuers | Karadanian, Saro | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 53 | Armenian Continuers | Nazarian, Tsolair | 2 | Galstaun College | Ingleside |
| 54 | Automotive Examination | Dumesny, Callum Mark | 1 | Riverina Institute Albury Campus | Albury |
| 55 | Automotive Examination | Penfold, Lewis David | 2 | Hunter Institute Glendale Campus | Glendale |
| 56 | Automotive Examination | Miles, Samuel Robert | 3 | Riverina Institute Albury Campus | Albury |
| 57 | Biology | Jemmeson, Alyssa | 1 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 58 | Biology | Yeo, Lee-Anne | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 59 | Biology | Cheung, Simone Charmaine | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 60 | Biology | Halder, Aditi | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 61 | Biology | Virk, Sohaib Aamir | 5 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre |
| 62 | Biology | Toutounji, Nadia | 6 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre |
| 63 | Biology | Amin, Tahiya | 7 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre |
| 64 | Biology | Rasko, Nathalie Bella | 8 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
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| 65 | Biology | Jeganathan, Jayson | 9 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 66 | Biology | Shi, Yu Feng | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 67 | Biology | Kerr, Maxine | 11 | Young High School | Young |
| 68 | Biology | Singh, Kamal Parkash | 12 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 69 | Biology | Wallis, Madeleine | 12 | Central Coast Adventist School | Erina |
| 70 | Biology | Clothier, Nicole Elizabeth | 14 | Marian Catholic College | ? |
| 71 | Biology | Syed, Sarah | 15 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 72 | Biology | Islam, Lamya | 16 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre |
| 73 | Biology | Yamamoto, Hajime | 17 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 74 | Biology | Pospischil, Daniel John | 18 | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield |
| 75 | Biology | Vickas, Mischa | 18 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 76 | Biology | Shen, Clara | 20 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 77 | Business Services Examination | McIntosh, Olivia Rose Mariah | 1 | Western Sydney Institute Blacktown College | Blacktown |
| 78 | Business Services Examination | Anderson, Meggan Elizabeth | 2 | Dubbo College Senior Campus | Dubbo |
| 79 | Business Services Examination | Cerato, Matthew | 3 | Kildare Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 80 | Business Services Examination | McNamara, Alyssa Kate | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 81 | Business Services Examination | Lamey, Bianca | 5 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 82 | Business Services Examination | Macqueen, Jessica Amy | 6 | Picton High School | Picton |
| 83 | Business Services Examination | Maybir, Sonia | 7 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 84 | Business Services Examination | Michailidis, Alexandra | 7 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 85 | Business Services Examination | Huang, Tracy | 9 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 86 | Business Services Examination | Westmoreland, Adele Breanna | 10 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 87 | Business Studies | Lehane, Nicola | 1 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 88 | Business Studies | Evans, Amy Louise | 2 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 89 | Business Studies | Tabor, Ritchie Benjamin | 3 | Maclean High School | Maclean |
| 90 | Business Studies | Vaartjes, Paul | 4 | Illawarra Christian School Cordeaux Campus | Cordeaux Heights |
| 91 | Business Studies | Zeitoune, Amani | 4 | Sule College Prestons | Prestons |
| 92 | Business Studies | Morris, William Robert | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 93 | Business Studies | Dunkley, Laura Jane | 7 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 94 | Business Studies | West, Elizabeth | 8 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 95 | Business Studies | McGarvey, Todd | 9 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 96 | Business Studies | Sedgwick, Mitchell Leo | 9 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 97 | Business Studies | Xu, Huanbing Izzy | 11 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 98 | Business Studies | Tan, Matthew Jyh-Zao | 12 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 99 | Business Studies | Mee, Nicole | 13 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 100 | Business Studies | Karavadra, Abhishek | 14 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 101 | Business Studies | Dela Torre, Karl Nikko Cajes | 15 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 102 | Business Studies | Chehab, Mariam | 16 | East Hills Girls Technology High School | Panania |
| 103 | Business Studies | Hooper, Alison Louise | 16 | Loyola Senior High School | Mount Druitt |
| 104 | Business Studies | Mui, Joey Chun Yin | 18 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 105 | Business Studies | Nguyen, Minh Ai Thi | 18 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 106 | Business Studies | Asimakopoulos, Elaine | 20 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 107 | Business Studies | Gunawardena, Asiri Abeywickramasingha | 20 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 108 | Chemistry | Lai, Jacqueline Van | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 109 | Chemistry | Jeganathan, Jayson | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 110 | Chemistry | Lambourne, Bronte | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 111 | Chemistry | Goddard, Alison Katrina | 4 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 112 | Chemistry | Hanamshet, Ameya | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 113 | Chemistry | Batabyal, Pikli | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 114 | Chemistry | Field, Byron Lindsay | 7 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 115 | Chemistry | Chen, Kelly Mian | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 116 | Chemistry | Kim, Dukyeon | 9 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 117 | Chemistry | Liu, Bonnie Mengyuan | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 118 | Chemistry | Le, Anthony Anh Khoa | 11 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 119 | Chemistry | McGrath, Alexandra Lauren Hardeman | 11 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 120 | Chemistry | Wang, Sarah | 13 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 121 | Chemistry | De Silva, Dinuksha | 14 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 122 | Chemistry | Subramanyam, Shiva | 15 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 123 | Chemistry | Chen, Peter Wei Yung | 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 124 | Chemistry | Perera, Nadia | 17 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 125 | Chemistry | Dave, Aneesh | 18 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 126 | Chemistry | Herron, Christopher | 19 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 127 | Chemistry | Nguyen, Minh Anh | 20 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 128 | Chinese Background Speakers | Gu, Li | 1 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 129 | Chinese Background Speakers | Bai, Yuki Tian Yun | 2 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 130 | Chinese Background Speakers | Shao, Kun (Karen) | 3 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 131 | Chinese Background Speakers | Lin, Fan | 4 | Taylors College | Waterloo |
| 132 | Chinese Background Speakers | Meng, Yu | 5 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 133 | Chinese Background Speakers | Li, Xue (Snow) | 6 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 134 | Chinese Background Speakers | Wang, Xiaojing | 7 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 135 | Chinese Background Speakers | Lin, Han | 8 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 136 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhang, Xiao | 9 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 137 | Chinese Background Speakers | Chen, Dina Qinqin | 10 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 138 | Chinese Beginners | Nguyen, Khanh Ly (Lily) | 1 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 139 | Chinese Beginners | Alfons, Alexandra | 2 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 140 | Chinese Beginners | Soetanto, Beatrice Monica | 2 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 141 | Chinese Beginners | Zebua, Pundarika | 4 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 142 | Chinese Beginners | Nitithumbundit, Sittha | 5 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 143 | Chinese Continuers | Zhang, Esther | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 144 | Chinese Continuers | Pham, Loretta | 2 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 145 | Chinese Continuers | Harvey, Sarah | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 146 | Chinese Continuers | Wong, Jessica Jane | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 147 | Chinese Continuers | Leung, Clara | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 148 | Chinese Extension | Meegan, Lewis Todd | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 149 | Chinese Extension | Dawson, James Michael | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 150 | Chinese Extension | Wong, Jessica Jane | 3 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 151 | Chinese Extension | Hu, Andy Shiun Fong | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 152 | Chinese Extension | Sam-Yue, Julie | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | Lam, Victor | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Continuers | Thambyrajah, Jonathan | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Continuers | Chan, Branden | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 156 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wilson, Thomas Alexander | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 157 | Classical Greek Continuers | McClelland, Jessie Laura | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Lam, Victor | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 159 | Classical Greek Extension | Chan, Branden | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 160 | Classical Greek Extension | Thambyrajah, Jonathan | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 161 | Classical Greek Extension | Wilson, Thomas Alexander | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 162 | Classical Greek Extension | Katsikaros, Christian Nicholas | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Zinn, Matityahu | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Lavan, Ilan | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Robinson, Devora | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Shmilovits, Doron | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Schumer, Jeffrey | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Zinn, Matityahu | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 169 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Robinson, Devora | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 170 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Sesel, Amy-Lee | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 171 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Lavan, Ilan | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 172 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Milecki, Brookie | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Penning, Anisse Clare | 1 | Trinity Catholic College Goulburn | Goulburn |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Rogers, Elouise Elizabeth | 2 | Cumberland High School | Carlingford |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Allen, Emily | 3 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Harris, Olivia Anne | 4 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | El-Rab, Jasmine | 5 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Shilson-Josling, Morgan Jane Rosemary | 6 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 179 | Community and Family Studies | Penales, Catherine Marie | 7 | Mount Carmel Catholic High School | Varroville |
| 180 | Community and Family Studies | Pavey, Laura Danielle | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 181 | Community and Family Studies | Cuthbert, Danielle | 9 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 182 | Community and Family Studies | Handley, Siobhan Alexandra | 9 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Scott, Aaron William | 1 | St John The Evangelist Catholic High School | Nowra |
| 184 | Construction Examination | Brown, Samuel | 2 | Asquith Boys High School | Asquith |
| 185 | Construction Examination | Perera, Damian Shan | 3 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Johnston, Andrew William | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 187 | Construction Examination | Robertson, Max | 5 | Illawarra Institute Wollongong Campus | Wollongong |
| 188 | Construction Examination | Martin, Scott James | 6 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 189 | Construction Examination | Mellick, Nicholas | 6 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 190 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Hagarty, Michael | 1 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 191 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | McNamara, Christopher David | 2 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 192 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | An, Vincent | 3 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 193 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Clark, Elliot Julian | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 194 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Vasan, Nikhil | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 195 | Croatian Continuers | Karavdic, Ema | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 196 | Dance | Rankin, Amelia | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 197 | Dance | Andrews, Jennifer | 2 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 198 | Dance | Stackpole, Annabelle | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 199 | Dance | Mulley, Kirralee | 4 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 200 | Dance | Robertson, Jessica | 5 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 201 | Design and Technology | Jermyn, Hannah | 1 | PLC Armidale | Armidale |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Baker, Alicia | 2 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 203 | Design and Technology | Leviton, Naomi Mary | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 204 | Design and Technology | Jones, Alyse | 4 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 205 | Design and Technology | Smith, Ashleigh | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 206 | Design and Technology | Wang, Rena | 6 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 207 | Design and Technology | Cao, Sarah Jade | 7 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 208 | Design and Technology | Neave, Julian Barclay | 7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 209 | Design and Technology | Bennett, Angela | 9 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 210 | Design and Technology | Dell, Courtney | 10 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 211 | Drama | Jack, Stephanie Grace | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 212 | Drama | Cubis, Alexander | 2 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 213 | Drama | Johnstone-Burt, Charlotte | 3 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 214 | Drama | O'Brien, Thomas James | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 215 | Drama | Furnari, Sarah Marie | 5 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 216 | Drama | Davis, Alexandra Claire | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 217 | Drama | Jackson, Elizabeth Daisy | 7 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 218 | Drama | Costi, Michael James | 8 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 219 | Drama | Quinn, Rebecca | 9 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 220 | Drama | Fleming, Annabel Sophie | 10 | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 221 | Dutch Continuers | Weulen Kranenberg, Maurits | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Moore, Radhika Lorien | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Kaplun, Simone | 2 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hanigan, Alice Clare | 3 | Narooma High School | Narooma |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 27 Jan 2021