This report shows the 2012 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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| 151 | Chinese Extension | Saw, Mercy | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 152 | Chinese Extension | Godlewski, Seth William | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 153 | Chinese Extension | Chan, Nicholas Qing | 3 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 154 | Chinese Extension | Barnes, Andrew Austin Bowerman | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 155 | Chinese Extension | White, Eoin Andrew | 5 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 156 | Classical Greek Continuers | Chiam, Christopher James | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 157 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wang, Lisa | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 158 | Classical Greek Continuers | Knapman, Grant Keith | 3 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 159 | Classical Greek Continuers | Zhou, Nicole | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 160 | Classical Greek Continuers | Kutsal, Selin | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 161 | Classical Greek Extension | Knapman, Grant Keith | 1 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 162 | Classical Greek Extension | Kutsal, Selin | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 163 | Classical Greek Extension | Wang, Lisa | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 164 | Classical Greek Extension | Garman, Liam Hugh | 4 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 165 | Classical Greek Extension | Zhou, Nicole | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Charak, Sarah | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Perlow, Rivky | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Lawrence, Shira | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 169 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Wolff, Zachary | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 170 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Satill, Lauren | 5 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 171 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Charak, Sarah | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 172 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Wolff, Zachary | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 173 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Perlow, Rivky | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 174 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Lawrence, Shira | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 175 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Nurick, Jennifer | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Eltakchi, Sarah-Jane | 1 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | Pound, Olivia Ann | 2 | The Jannali High School | Jannali |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Ramos, Milarose | 3 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 179 | Community and Family Studies | Lindsay, Emma Kate | 4 | Kotara High School | Adamstown |
| 180 | Community and Family Studies | Harrang, Emma | 5 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 181 | Community and Family Studies | Caltabiano, Bianca | 6 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 182 | Community and Family Studies | Briscoe, Annabel | 7 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 183 | Community and Family Studies | MacDonald, Emily | 8 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 184 | Community and Family Studies | Azar, Emily Anne | 9 | Wagga Wagga High School | Wagga Wagga |
| 185 | Community and Family Studies | Jackson, Taylor Loree | 9 | Glendale Technology High School | Glendale |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Bowen, Zachary | 1 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 187 | Croatian Continuers | Ljilja, Demi | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 188 | Croatian Continuers | Papo, Lucija | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 189 | Croatian Continuers | Ozakovic, Kathy | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 190 | Croatian Continuers | Vrljic, Marko | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
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| 191 | Croatian Continuers | Tomasi, Ana-Marija | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 192 | Dance | Ralph, Catrina Louise | 1 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 193 | Dance | Richmond, Kristina | 2 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 194 | Dance | Carli, Michelle Ann | 3 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 195 | Dance | Beattie, Kate | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 196 | Dance | Dixon, Teagan | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 197 | Design and Technology | Harrison, Eliza Joy | 1 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 198 | Design and Technology | Gowan, David Keith | 2 | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Kopsaris, Katherine | 3 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 200 | Design and Technology | Fenech, Paul | 4 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 201 | Design and Technology | Lara, Stephanie | 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Antoon, Natalie Louise | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 203 | Design and Technology | Marlan, Zaarkacha Hazel | 6 | All Saints College Bathurst | Bathurst |
| 204 | Design and Technology | Fletcher, Brittany | 8 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 205 | Design and Technology | Souris, Angelique | 9 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 206 | Design and Technology | Gaudry, Thomas | 10 | St Josephs Catholic High School | Albion Park |
| 207 | Drama | Burke, Amelia | 1 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 208 | Drama | Southwell, James | 2 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 209 | Drama | Goding, Curtis Alexander | 3 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 210 | Drama | Grisold, Michael | 4 | St Clares High School | Taree |
| 211 | Drama | Cerone, Nicholas Roger | 5 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 212 | Drama | Hertog, Thorsten Jan-Robert | 6 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 213 | Drama | Zerbst, Victoria Liberty | 7 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 214 | Drama | Barnes, Nicole | 8 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 215 | Drama | Ho, Shon Yi | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 216 | Drama | Hannon, Oliver Richard | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 217 | Dutch Continuers | Bardoel, Jerome Alphonsus | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 218 | Dutch Continuers | Hazell, Thomas | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 219 | Dutch Continuers | Grevenitz, Carla | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Potter, Larissa Carmel | 1 | Colo High School | North Richmond |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Ibaceta, Marcus | 2 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Potter, Tamara Isabel | 3 | Colo High School | North Richmond |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Pockney, Jacob Patrick Gregory | 4 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Au, Naomi | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 225 | Earth and Environmental Science | Rhodes, Jake William | 6 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 226 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wilkes-Walburn, Jackson | 7 | Ulladulla High School | Ulladulla |
| 227 | Earth and Environmental Science | Byron, Thomas Lindsay | 8 | Albury High School | Albury |
| 228 | Earth and Environmental Science | Scott, Lauren Catherine | 8 | Deniliquin High School | Deniliquin |
| 229 | Earth and Environmental Science | Soares, Georgia | 8 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 230 | Economics | Fang, Edward | 1 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 231 | Economics | Qian, Sue | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 232 | Economics | Thong, Louisa | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 233 | Economics | McFarlane, Stephen | 4 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 234 | Economics | Tran, Gabrielle Tu | 5 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 235 | Economics | Mahapatra, Tara | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 236 | Economics | Liang, Gary | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 237 | Economics | Mahapatra, Mira | 8 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 238 | Economics | Yip, Erina | 9 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 239 | Economics | Dinale, Daniel | 10 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 240 | Electrotechnology Examination | Hall, Nicholas John | 1 | Hunter Institute Muswellbrook Campus | Muswellbrook |
| 241 | Electrotechnology Examination | Brown, Ben Vincent | 2 | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 242 | Engineering Studies | Meng, Fanrui Fred | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Andrew, William | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Halliday, Lyle | 3 | Nowra Anglican College | Bomaderry |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Ho, Chun Kit Jenkin | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Pearsall, Samuel John | 3 | Corowa High School | Corowa |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Teoh, Nathan Luk Keong | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Dargaville, William John | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Darmanin, Paul Francis | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Gowan, David Keith | 9 | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Low, Gabriel Yong Xian | 9 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 252 | English (Advanced) | Parker, Jonathon | 1 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 253 | English (Advanced) | Campbell, Jessica Frances | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 254 | English (Advanced) | Boxall, Madeleine | 3 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Yip, Alexander | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | Solomon, Adam | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Volk, Alexandra Grace | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Warda, Kiera Maree | 7 | Caroline Chisholm College | Glenmore Park |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Chen, Phoebe | 8 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Lowy, Stephanie | 9 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 261 | English (Advanced) | Morgan, Timothy | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Nabarro, Brittany Jo | 11 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Jacobs, Talia Rebecca | 12 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Ibaceta, Marcus | 13 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Dinale, Daniel | 14 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Fan, Ting | 15 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Potts, Karly | 16 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Krahe, Kevin Charles | 17 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Altman, Daniel | 18 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Chong, Lauren | 19 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Durand, Jessica | 20 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 272 | English (Standard) | Elmasri, Sarah | 1 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 273 | English (Standard) | Laubscher, Jessica | 2 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 274 | English (Standard) | Goria, Linda | 3 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Alexandrou, Sarah | 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Wong, Alison | 5 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Xu, Vincent | 6 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Hadfield, Rebecca Dieuwertje | 7 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 279 | English (Standard) | D'Mello, Nicole Rene Maria | 8 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Atkins, Renee | 9 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Barber, Maddison Jane | 9 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Lim, Ann Yee | 9 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Petrovic, Nevena | 12 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Page, Ashlee | 13 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Lahood, Anita | 14 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Stamp, Sarah | 14 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Rahman, Shadman Sakib | 16 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Lin, Peter | 17 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Genders, Jessica | 18 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Wasylak, Stephanie | 19 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Hewish, Alana Rachel | 20 | St Johns College | ? |
| 292 | English as a Second Language | Ye, Anran (Cristal) | 1 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 293 | English as a Second Language | Shiu, Liska Tze-Yung | 2 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 294 | English as a Second Language | Kusworo, Kathleen | 3 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Saw, Learning Jay Lynn | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Phoon, Kar May | 5 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Lo, Kar Lam | 6 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Zhang, Tong | 7 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Ho, Anh | 8 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Chin, Isabella Yi-Lam | 9 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 301 | English as a Second Language | Wai, Thu Han | 10 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 302 | English Extension 1 | Jin, Janet | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 303 | English Extension 1 | Hughes, Andrew Kiernan | 2 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 304 | English Extension 1 | Jacobs, Talia Rebecca | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 305 | English Extension 1 | Fox-Smith, Taylor | 4 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 306 | English Extension 1 | Bilimoria, Zubin Daraius | 5 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 307 | English Extension 1 | Sinawi, Mark | 6 | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield |
| 308 | English Extension 1 | Wang, Lisa | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 309 | English Extension 1 | Zwar, Claudia Louise Curtis | 8 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 310 | English Extension 1 | Anderson, Lucinda Katherine | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 311 | English Extension 1 | Campbell, Jessica Frances | 10 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 312 | English Extension 2 | Boxall, Madeleine | 1 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 313 | English Extension 2 | Prakash, Abhijith | 2 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 314 | English Extension 2 | Wickham, Samuel Paul | 3 | The McDonald College | North Strathfield |
| 315 | English Extension 2 | Twibill, Samantha Elwyn | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 316 | English Extension 2 | Debenham, Bethaney Carus | 5 | Covenant Christian School | Belrose |
| 317 | English Extension 2 | Venkataraman, Divya | 6 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 318 | English Extension 2 | Huang, Lu Rachel | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 319 | English Extension 2 | Deane, Joss Mark Jack | 8 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 320 | English Extension 2 | Ware, Claudia Phoebe Priscilla | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 321 | English Extension 2 | Gough, Zachary | 10 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 322 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Clements, Joshua Michael | 1 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 323 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Lum, Chanelle | 2 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 324 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Moran, Dean | 3 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 325 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Mylott, Emma | 4 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 326 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Monzon, Angelica | 5 | St John Paul II Catholic College Nirimba | Nirimba Fields |
| 327 | Food Technology | Andrews, Madeleine | 1 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 328 | Food Technology | Graham, Bonnie | 2 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 329 | Food Technology | Barakat, Sarah | 3 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 330 | Food Technology | Cemal, Stephanie | 3 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 331 | Food Technology | Mohamed, Sharfah | 5 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 332 | Food Technology | Barton, Tyce Dylan | 6 | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |
| 333 | Food Technology | Camilleri, Samantha | 6 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 334 | Food Technology | Kristensen, Danielle Marie | 8 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 335 | Food Technology | Tomas, Kristina | 8 | Marian Catholic College | ? |
| 336 | Food Technology | Feng, Sophie | 10 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 337 | Food Technology | Smith, Sarah Kate | 10 | Elderslie High School | Narellan |
| 338 | Food Technology | Zoetemeyer, Rachel | 10 | Callaghan College Jesmond Campus | Jesmond |
| 339 | French Beginners | Pomare, Chiara | 1 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 340 | French Beginners | Lambert, Mallee | 2 | Pittwater High School | Mona Vale |
| 341 | French Beginners | Pasini, Juliette | 3 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 342 | French Beginners | McKern, Nicola Lee | 4 | Pittwater High School | Mona Vale |
| 343 | French Beginners | Frank, Anna Carolie | 5 | Wade High School | Griffith |
| 344 | French Continuers | Russo, Alice Gabriella | 1 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 345 | French Continuers | Templeman, Olivia Anne | 1 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 346 | French Continuers | Abi-Hanna, Stephanie | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 347 | French Continuers | Howard, Matilda | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 348 | French Continuers | Yip, Alexander | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 349 | French Extension | Davenport, Mischa | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 350 | French Extension | Cheng, Jessica Elizabeth Yi Xian | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Jan 2022