This report shows the 2013 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 | Wilson, Connor Shai | 9 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
| 26 | Ancient History | Wilk, Jared | 11 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 27 | Ancient History | Penninkilampi, Ross | 12 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 28 | Ancient History | Smith, Penelope Kate | 13 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 29 | Ancient History | Mackey, Emma | 14 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 30 | Ancient History | Gracie, Chloe | 15 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 31 | Ancient History | Codsi, Isabella | 16 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 32 | Ancient History | Papastavros, Vanessa | 17 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 33 | Ancient History | McLennan, Emily Rose | 18 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 34 | Ancient History | Lawford, Samantha Rebekah | 19 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 35 | Ancient History | Harley, Philippa | 20 | Lumen Christi Catholic College | Pambula Beach |
| 36 | Ancient History | Ryan, Rebecca Mary | 20 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 37 | Arabic Continuers | Abumustafa, Fatma | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 38 | Arabic Continuers | Tannous, Jouliana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 39 | Arabic Continuers | Al Khafaji, Yasameen | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 40 | Arabic Continuers | Daher, Rimal | 4 | Condell Park High School | Condell Park |
| 41 | Arabic Continuers | Dahroug, Heba | 5 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 42 | Arabic Extension | Abumustafa, Fatma | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 43 | Arabic Extension | Al Khafaji, Yasameen | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 44 | Arabic Extension | Tannous, Jouliana | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 45 | Arabic Extension | Naeem, Sali | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 46 | Arabic Extension | Mohammad, Safa | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 47 | Armenian Continuers | Kotoyan, Tamara | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 48 | Automotive Examination | Butler, Corey Mitchell | 1 | Western Institute Coonamble Campus | Coonamble |
| 49 | Automotive Examination | Garner, Kirsty | 2 | Illawarra Institute Nowra Campus | Bomaderry |
| 50 | Automotive Examination | Hardy, Adam James | 3 | Riverina Institute Griffith Campus | Griffith |
| 51 | Automotive Examination | Bakewell, Samuel | 4 | Hunter Institute Wyong Campus | Wyong |
| 52 | Automotive Examination | Gough, Andrew James | 4 | Avondale School | Cooranbong |
| 53 | Biology | Chen, Sing-Young | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 54 | Biology | Giakoumatos, Joanna | 2 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 55 | Biology | Sennitt, Alexandra | 2 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 56 | Biology | Song, Sophia | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 57 | Biology | Lee, Brendon William | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 58 | Biology | Chow, Katherine Chi Kee | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 59 | Biology | Tasneem, Ammarah | 7 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 60 | Biology | Zeng, Jessica Hui Yu | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 61 | Biology | Beal, Bryony Arlette | 9 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 62 | Biology | Vaheisvaran, Prakesh | 10 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 63 | Biology | Ng, Michael Ho-Pui | 11 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 64 | Biology | Gates, Eliza | 12 | Mount Carmel Catholic High School | Varroville |
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| 65 | Biology | Hodge, Gabrielle | 12 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 66 | Biology | Bowler, Catherine Helen | 14 | Byron Bay High School | Byron Bay |
| 67 | Biology | Kirkness, Damian Thomas | 14 | Orange High School | Orange |
| 68 | Biology | Long, Rachael Caitlyn | 14 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 69 | Biology | Vohralik, Emily Joy | 14 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 70 | Biology | Bosman, Jessica | 18 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 71 | Biology | Ton, Hoang Thanh Nu | 19 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 72 | Biology | Do, Anthony Khoa Truong | 20 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 73 | Business Services Examination | Gordon, Adele Janet | 1 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 74 | Business Services Examination | Elias, Katherine | 2 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 75 | Business Services Examination | Kohli, Dhruv | 3 | Arthur Phillip High School | Parramatta |
| 76 | Business Services Examination | Calaitzopoulos, Argyro Cynthia | 4 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 77 | Business Services Examination | Beveridge, Eden Maree | 5 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 78 | Business Services Examination | Mastroianni, Adriana | 5 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 79 | Business Services Examination | Pryce, Amy Louise | 5 | New England Institute Tamworth Campus | Tamworth |
| 80 | Business Services Examination | Tran, Kiet Tuan | 8 | Callaghan College Jesmond Campus | Jesmond |
| 81 | Business Services Examination | Dinh, Kim | 9 | Fairvale High School | Fairfield West |
| 82 | Business Services Examination | El-Tahan, Andrea | 9 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 83 | Business Services Examination | Horsfall, Stella Grace | 9 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 84 | Business Services Examination | Hughes, Nicola | 9 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 85 | Business Services Examination | Shuwayhat, Tara | 9 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 86 | Business Studies | O'Brien, Jayden Anthony | 1 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 87 | Business Studies | Jian, Sherine | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 88 | Business Studies | Reading, Scott Cameron | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 89 | Business Studies | Zhang, Kevin | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 90 | Business Studies | Vayzer, Iris | 5 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 91 | Business Studies | Wang-Ly, Nathan | 6 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 92 | Business Studies | Hammerschmid, Aidan | 7 | The Armidale School | Armidale |
| 93 | Business Studies | Ravindran, Pavithra | 8 | East Hills Girls Technology High School | Panania |
| 94 | Business Studies | Mar, Cameron | 9 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 95 | Business Studies | Rabie, Steven | 10 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 96 | Business Studies | He, Annie Angelina | 11 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 97 | Business Studies | Koleth, Daniel | 12 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 98 | Business Studies | Wrublewski, Sam | 13 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 99 | Business Studies | Jocum, Steven | 14 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 100 | Business Studies | Clarkson, Jonah Drummond | 15 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 101 | Business Studies | Andrews, Vanessa Mae | 16 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 102 | Business Studies | Wong, Aaron Wei Kit | 17 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 103 | Business Studies | Petkovski, Kane | 18 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 104 | Business Studies | Townley, Maxine | 19 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 105 | Business Studies | Tsoi, Yi-Seen Gladys | 20 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 106 | Chemistry | Lin, Jiarun | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 107 | Chemistry | Fu, Roy | 2 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 108 | Chemistry | Chen, Fangqin | 3 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 109 | Chemistry | Luong, Jason Khai-Luan | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 110 | Chemistry | Nguyen, Rebecca Han | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 111 | Chemistry | Jayanti, Sumedh | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 112 | Chemistry | Yan, Henry | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 113 | Chemistry | Beal, Bryony Arlette | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 114 | Chemistry | Deodhar, Isha | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 115 | Chemistry | Thakkar, Heeral | 10 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 116 | Chemistry | Wang, William | 11 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 117 | Chemistry | Feng, Celia Ya Dan | 12 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 118 | Chemistry | Manning, Kalyan | 13 | The Scots School | Bathurst |
| 119 | Chemistry | Heffernan, Roger | 14 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 120 | Chemistry | Wu, Judy | 15 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 121 | Chemistry | Sze, Ho Ching Allann | 16 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 122 | Chemistry | Lam, Andrew | 17 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 123 | Chemistry | Sivanathan, Vithoosharan | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 124 | Chemistry | Chen, Sing-Young | 19 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 125 | Chemistry | Crabtree, Nathan | 20 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 126 | Chinese Background Speakers | Gao, Yuan | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 127 | Chinese Background Speakers | Ding, Wenhao | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 128 | Chinese Background Speakers | Liang, Shuang (Shirley) | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 129 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhou, Wen | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 130 | Chinese Background Speakers | Wang, Jinglin | 5 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 131 | Chinese Beginners | Truong, Hieu Gia | 1 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 132 | Chinese Beginners | Trinh, Thu Huong (Jenny) | 2 | Macquarie Grammar School | Sydney |
| 133 | Chinese Beginners | Chin, Jessica | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 134 | Chinese Beginners | Dwight, Amanda Felicia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 135 | Chinese Beginners | Huynh, Stephanie Claire | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 136 | Chinese Continuers | Yoon, Kimberly Ann Yi Xian | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 137 | Chinese Continuers | Lee, Caroline | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 138 | Chinese Continuers | Choi, Angela | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 139 | Chinese Continuers | Gray, Daniel John | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 140 | Chinese Continuers | Vaz, Noah David | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 141 | Chinese Extension | Gray, Daniel John | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 142 | Chinese Extension | Vaz, Noah David | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 143 | Chinese Extension | Crosland, Grace Lola | 3 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 144 | Chinese Extension | Addison, Nicholas | 4 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 145 | Chinese Extension | Yoon, Kimberly Ann Yi Xian | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 146 | Classical Greek Continuers | Gregory, Gabriel | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 147 | Classical Greek Continuers | Zhang, Kim | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 148 | Classical Greek Continuers | Asimakis, John-Patrick | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 149 | Classical Greek Continuers | Zhang, Helen | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 150 | Classical Greek Continuers | Harvey, Gregory | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 151 | Classical Greek Extension | Gregory, Gabriel | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 152 | Classical Greek Extension | Asimakis, John-Patrick | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 153 | Classical Greek Extension | Voet, Edward | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Extension | Harvey, Gregory | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Extension | Zhang, Helen | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 156 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Baram, Liora | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 157 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Friedgut, Gila | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 158 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Stephenson, Elad | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 159 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Engelman, Jared | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Lobel, Tikvati | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Lobel, Tikvati | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Friedgut, Gila | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Stephenson, Elad | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Seidman, Nathan | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Moldovan, Gabriel | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 166 | Community and Family Studies | Kidd, Georgina | 1 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 167 | Community and Family Studies | Sault, Megan | 2 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 168 | Community and Family Studies | Duke, Rebecca Doreen | 3 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 169 | Community and Family Studies | Betteridge, Natalie | 4 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Cuffe, Amanda | 4 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | Turner-Presker, Madison Tiani | 6 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Stevens, Imogen Marie | 7 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Zhou, Jessica Wen Jing | 8 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Taylor, Rachel | 9 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Camilleri, Vanessa | 10 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 176 | Construction Examination | Lee, Daniel | 1 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 177 | Construction Examination | Aitchison, Nicholas | 2 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 178 | Construction Examination | Djogo, Daniel | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 179 | Croatian Continuers | Liscevic, Hermina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 180 | Croatian Continuers | Salopek, Kristina | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 181 | Croatian Continuers | Rubcic, Marko | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 182 | Croatian Continuers | Skvorc, Tomislav | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 183 | Croatian Continuers | Mazar, Monica | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 184 | Dance | Iida, Viola Marie-Ellen | 1 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 185 | Dance | Graham, Alexandra Rose | 2 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 186 | Dance | Kneller, Elyse Clare | 3 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
| 187 | Dance | Mirels, Daniella | 4 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 188 | Dance | Landayan, Chantelle | 5 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 189 | Design and Technology | Penny, Katherine Margaret | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 190 | Design and Technology | Partridge, Jaden Daniel | 2 | Alstonville High School | Alstonville |
| 191 | Design and Technology | Vest, Jarrod | 3 | St Dominics College | Kingswood |
| 192 | Design and Technology | Nanavati, Zubin | 4 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 193 | Design and Technology | Epworth, Olivia Jane | 5 | PLC Armidale | Armidale |
| 194 | Design and Technology | Mastroianni, Elyssa | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 195 | Design and Technology | Le, Emily | 7 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 196 | Design and Technology | Mason, Joshua | 8 | Wyong Christian Community School | Wyong |
| 197 | Design and Technology | Van Uum, Shaun Patrick | 8 | All Saints College Bathurst | Bathurst |
| 198 | Design and Technology | Sam, Roger | 10 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Tavener Hanks, Tess | 10 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 200 | Design and Technology | Tilley, Ryan Kendall | 10 | Coomealla High School | Dareton |
| 201 | Drama | Wall, Louisa Marie | 1 | Monaro High School | Cooma North |
| 202 | Drama | Teernstra, Matilda Rose | 2 | Springwood High School | Springwood |
| 203 | Drama | Owen, Jenna Brooke | 3 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 204 | Drama | Pedersen, Teagan Marie | 4 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 205 | Drama | Buckett, Natalie Isobel | 5 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 206 | Drama | Lu, Robyn | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 207 | Drama | Xiradis, Nicholas | 7 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 208 | Drama | Samardzic, Nina | 8 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 209 | Drama | Barry, Vincent | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 210 | Drama | Graham, Genevieve | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 211 | Dutch Continuers | Koolen, Jasper | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 212 | Dutch Continuers | Foweraker, Kerri Ann | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 213 | Dutch Continuers | Hazell, Emily Adriana Josephine | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 214 | Earth and Environmental Science | Brooks, Claire Elizabeth | 1 | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 215 | Earth and Environmental Science | Delgado, Sabrina | 2 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 216 | Earth and Environmental Science | Macintyre, David Robert Hamilton | 3 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 217 | Earth and Environmental Science | Carney, Sally Anne | 4 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Farragher, Verity Leona Kate | 5 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Grossmann, Jessica | 5 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Thompson, Christopher | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Knox, Anthony | 8 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Parish, Eliza | 9 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Petkovski, Kane | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 224 | Economics | Stone, Arielle Bianca Page | 1 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023