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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| 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 |
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| 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 | 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 | Quakers Hill |
| 327 | Food Technology | Andrews, Madeleine | 1 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 328 | Food Technology | Graham, Bonnie | 2 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | 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 |
| 351 | French Extension | Yip, Alexander | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 352 | French Extension | Sauerman, Sophie | 4 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 353 | French Extension | Howard, Matilda | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 354 | General Mathematics | Kemp, Alice Elizabeth | 1 | Bowral High School | Bowral |
| 355 | General Mathematics | Opperman, Samantha | 1 | St Peters Catholic College | Tuggerah |
| 356 | General Mathematics | Weatherstone, Aden James | 3 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 357 | General Mathematics | Jenkins, Amy Louise | 4 | Karabar High School | Queanbeyan |
| 358 | General Mathematics | Foster, Madeline Ashton | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 359 | General Mathematics | Gould, Dean William | 5 | Dubbo Christian School | Dubbo |
| 360 | General Mathematics | Grimmond, Josh | 5 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 361 | General Mathematics | Smith, Jake Kevin | 5 | The McDonald College | North Strathfield |
| 362 | General Mathematics | Tucker, Brendan Charles | 5 | Macquarie College | Wallsend |
| 363 | General Mathematics | Chrysanthos, Natassia | 10 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 364 | General Mathematics | Depares, Luke | 10 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 365 | General Mathematics | Dietrich, Thomas Charles | 10 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 366 | General Mathematics | Hughes, Luke Andrew | 10 | Camden Haven High School | Laurieton |
| 367 | General Mathematics | Luke, Daniel James | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 368 | General Mathematics | McCartin, Keith Raymond | 10 | Self-Tuition Students | N/A |
| 369 | General Mathematics | McLeod, Callum James | 10 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 370 | General Mathematics | Segatto, Steven | 10 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 371 | General Mathematics | Ashton, Liam Richard | 18 | Karabar High School | Queanbeyan |
| 372 | General Mathematics | Quilkey, Alex Lenton | 19 | Duval High School | Armidale |
| 373 | General Mathematics | Hall, Tori Maureen | 20 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 374 | Geography | Hochholzer, Louise | 1 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 375 | Geography | Fogarty, Lucy | 2 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 376 | Geography | Yeung, Serena Joy Ning Yee | 3 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 377 | Geography | Wood, Laura | 4 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 378 | Geography | Fulton, Maxwell Stephen | 5 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 379 | Geography | Stefanatos, Adriana | 6 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 380 | Geography | Donohue, Michael | 7 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 381 | Geography | Lin, Elton | 8 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 382 | Geography | Miller, Madeleine Anna | 9 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 383 | Geography | Salmon, Emma | 10 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 384 | German Beginners | Cordony, India Louise | 1 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 385 | German Beginners | Wolfensberger, Isabelle | 2 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 386 | German Beginners | Kaur, Ramandeep | 3 | Wade High School | Griffith |
| 387 | German Beginners | Calabria, Jacob | 4 | Wade High School | Griffith |
| 388 | German Beginners | Fajardo, Josiah Blas | 5 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 389 | German Continuers | Taylor, Paige | 1 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 390 | German Continuers | Clifford, Rachel Anne | 2 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 391 | German Continuers | Davenport, Mischa | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 392 | German Continuers | Lim, Dal | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 393 | German Continuers | Cameronne, Cindy | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 394 | German Extension | Davenport, Mischa | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 395 | German Extension | Lim, Dal | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 396 | German Extension | Ferrier, Charlotte | 3 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 397 | German Extension | Clifford, Rachel Anne | 4 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 398 | German Extension | Taylor, Paige | 5 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 399 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Sun, Meng Jie | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 400 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Zhang, Tianqing | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 401 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Miao, Helen | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 402 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Feng, Shi | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 403 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Ye, Lora | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 404 | Heritage Japanese | Nagao, Nami | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 405 | Heritage Japanese | West, Emily Megumi | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 406 | Heritage Japanese | Saito, Leo | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 407 | Heritage Japanese | Bizinger, Joseph | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 408 | Heritage Korean | Yoo, Ha Young | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 409 | Heritage Korean | Lee, Gieun | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 410 | Heritage Korean | Cheong, Yeo-Jin | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 411 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Soo Kyong | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 412 | Heritage Korean | Park, Ji Hyun Jenny | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 413 | Hindi Continuers | Shikh, Ritika Trilochan Singh | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 414 | Hindi Continuers | Chhabra, Hinarshi | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 415 | Hindi Continuers | Malik, Rohan | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 416 | Hindi Continuers | Bahl, Vibhu | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 417 | Hindi Continuers | Chawla, Badal | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 418 | History Extension | Ogle, Claire | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 419 | History Extension | America, Ashley | 2 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 420 | History Extension | Deck, Sarah | 3 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 421 | History Extension | Schonell, Tilley Rose | 4 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 422 | History Extension | William, Anoushka | 5 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 423 | History Extension | McGarity, Ailie | 6 | MacKillop College Bathurst | Bathurst |
| 424 | History Extension | Barton, Matthew Stanley | 7 | Duval High School | Armidale |
| 425 | History Extension | Latham, Ned | 8 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 426 | History Extension | Hoare, Samuel | 9 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 427 | History Extension | Kayis, Deniz | 10 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 428 | Hospitality Examination | Richardson, Emily Jay Sontaya | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 429 | Hospitality Examination | Gordon, Farran | 2 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 430 | Hospitality Examination | Harrop, Fiona May | 3 | Winmalee High School | Winmalee |
| 431 | Hospitality Examination | Lakoudis, Dean | 4 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 432 | Hospitality Examination | Bennett, Bridget Megan | 5 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 433 | Hospitality Examination | Warren, Carly Maree | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 434 | Hospitality Examination | Bailey, James Patrick Waters | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 435 | Hospitality Examination | Papas, Sophia | 8 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 436 | Hospitality Examination | Redmond, Georgia Anne | 9 | Singleton High School | Singleton |
| 437 | Hospitality Examination | Ferrier, Charlotte | 10 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 438 | Hospitality Examination | Tutt, Maddison Louise | 10 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 439 | Human Services Examination | Jones, Samantha Rose | 1 | Hunter Institute Gosford Campus | Gosford |
| 440 | Human Services Examination | Hannen, Kate Anne | 2 | Western Sydney Institute Nepean Campus | Penrith |
| 441 | Human Services Examination | Jakovljevic, Nevena | 3 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 442 | Human Services Examination | Fillery, Rachael | 4 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 443 | Human Services Examination | Bykerk, Marny Anne | 5 | Riverina Institute Albury Campus | Albury |
| 444 | Human Services Examination | Mayne, Sarah | 5 | Western Sydney Institute Nepean Campus | Penrith |
| 445 | Hungarian Continuers | Krepler, Matyas | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 446 | Hungarian Continuers | Kicsi, Sharolt | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 447 | Hungarian Continuers | Krepler, Kristof | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 448 | Hungarian Continuers | Rutkai, Michael | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 449 | Hungarian Continuers | Kantek, Julia | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 450 | Indonesian Background Speakers | Kusworo, Kathleen | 1 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 451 | Indonesian Beginners | Lee, Jane | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 452 | Indonesian Beginners | Santoso, Cathleen | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 453 | Indonesian Beginners | Latif, Ervino | 3 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 454 | Indonesian Beginners | O'Sullivan, Jessica | 4 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 455 | Indonesian Beginners | Yap, Jing Rong | 5 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 456 | Indonesian Continuers | Kim, Carol | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 457 | Indonesian Continuers | Wu, Suzanne | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 458 | Indonesian Continuers | Ling, Alexander | 3 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 459 | Indonesian Continuers | Leung, Vanessa | 4 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 460 | Indonesian Continuers | Ecarma, Denisa | 5 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 461 | Indonesian Extension | Lim, Samantha | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 462 | Indonesian Extension | Sunito, Samuel | 2 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 463 | Indonesian Extension | Kim, Carol | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 464 | Indonesian Extension | Wu, Suzanne | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 465 | Indonesian Extension | Horwitz, David | 5 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 466 | Industrial Technology | Peachey, Aaron James | 1 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 467 | Industrial Technology | Begg, Simon Christopher | 2 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 468 | Industrial Technology | Carroll, Wade | 3 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 469 | Industrial Technology | Davies, Deinyon | 4 | Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls |
| 470 | Industrial Technology | Bremner, Thomas Reid McLeod | 5 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 471 | Industrial Technology | Wall, Scott Thomas | 6 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 472 | Industrial Technology | Blanch, Mitchell Wayne | 7 | Bulahdelah Central School | Bulahdelah |
| 473 | Industrial Technology | Bowen, Zachary | 8 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 474 | Industrial Technology | Fisher, Anthony Nicholas | 8 | Barker College | Hornsby |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Jan 2022