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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| 650 | Modern History | Vo, Serena Thuy-An | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 651 | Modern History | Gardner, Samuel Irvine | 6 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 652 | Modern History | Lennon, Oliver Cleveland | 7 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 653 | Modern History | Morgan, Nell Frances | 7 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 654 | Modern History | Rice, Emily Teresa | 9 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 655 | Modern History | Sturt, Maxwell | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 656 | Modern History | Bianco, Alessandra | 11 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 657 | Modern History | Jackman, Alexander McNeil | 12 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 658 | Modern History | White, Grace Elizabeth | 12 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 659 | Modern History | Harrison, Philippa Kate | 14 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 660 | Modern History | Irving, Aaron Gregory | 15 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 661 | Modern History | Li, Christine | 16 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 662 | Modern History | Sheahan, Elizabeth Julia | 17 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 663 | Modern History | Kutcher, Natalie Elise | 18 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 664 | Modern History | Trbojevic, Ashley Lauren | 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 665 | Modern History | Ma, Cassandra | 20 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 666 | Music 1 | Dewhurst, Suzannah | 1 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 667 | Music 1 | Ng, Stephanie | 2 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 668 | Music 1 | Ng, Laura | 3 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 669 | Music 1 | Poate, Emma | 4 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 670 | Music 1 | Hampel, James William | 5 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 671 | Music 1 | Villegas, Jaime Andres | 6 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 672 | Music 1 | Yaw, Benjamin | 7 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 673 | Music 1 | Wall, Louisa Marie | 8 | Monaro High School | Cooma North |
| 674 | Music 1 | Peck, Elliot | 9 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 675 | Music 1 | Adams, Alec | 10 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 676 | Music 2 | He, Brett | 1 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 677 | Music 2 | Wang, Edric Shao-Zhe | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 678 | Music 2 | Goh, Yang-Ming | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 679 | Music 2 | Shermacher, Oliver Bahr | 4 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 680 | Music 2 | Gales, James | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 681 | Music Extension | Shermacher, Oliver Bahr | 1 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 682 | Music Extension | Li, Sarah Guyan | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 683 | Music Extension | Huang, Edward | 3 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 684 | Music Extension | Ju, Eun Jae | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 685 | Music Extension | Hsu, Julianne Lyn | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 686 | Music Extension | Lin, Dawen | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 687 | Music Extension | Oshiro, Yosiah James | 5 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 688 | Music Extension | Schneider, Indyana Rose | 5 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 689 | Persian Background Speakers | Momen, Rouein | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
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| 690 | Persian Background Speakers | Babaie Sheli, Massoud | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 691 | Persian Background Speakers | Khafaji, Roya | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 692 | Persian Background Speakers | Khalili, Sakina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 693 | Persian Background Speakers | Rahmani, Saleha | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 694 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Crawford, Meg Alexandra | 1 | Kingscliff High School | Kingscliff |
| 695 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Grellman, Jacqui Jennifer | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 696 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Wingham, Annalise | 3 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 697 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Lun, Edward Tin Chung | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 698 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Leabeater, Alana | 5 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 699 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Engelman, Jared | 6 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 700 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Maras, Adriana | 7 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 701 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Madden, James | 8 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 702 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ups, Katherine Ruth | 9 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 703 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Owen, Charlotte | 10 | Marian Catholic College | ? |
| 704 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Anderson, Emilia | 11 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 705 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Killen, Benjamin | 12 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 706 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Pappas, Marcus | 13 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 707 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Sabry, Michael | 14 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 708 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | O'Rourke, Ellen Caitlin | 15 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 709 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Toth, Olivia Ashleigh | 15 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 710 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Bedos, Andrew Cameron | 17 | The Forest High School | Frenchs Forest |
| 711 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | McHugh, Alexandra | 18 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 712 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Green, Rory | 19 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 713 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Clancy, Natalie | 20 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 714 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Fattah, Zino | 20 | Loyola Senior High School | Mount Druitt |
| 715 | Physics | Hopkins, Jonathan Andrew | 1 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 716 | Physics | Robertson, Ruben Tung | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 717 | Physics | Harvey, Gregory | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 718 | Physics | Jayanti, Sumedh | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 719 | Physics | Hu, David Wei | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 720 | Physics | Clarke, Daniel William | 6 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 721 | Physics | Tibebu, Yonas | 7 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 722 | Physics | Sedra, Tadros Michael | 8 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
| 723 | Physics | Spilecki, Jack | 8 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 724 | Physics | Xu, Brendan | 8 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 725 | Polish Continuers | Leszczynski, Karolina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 726 | Polish Continuers | Bozym, Sylvia | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 727 | Polish Continuers | Malicki, Sylvia | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 728 | Polish Continuers | Gornik, Conrad | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 729 | Polish Continuers | Dziubinski, Bartosz | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 730 | Primary Industries Examination | Nesbitt, Laura Alice | 1 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 731 | Primary Industries Examination | Ryan, Jaynie | 2 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 732 | Primary Industries Examination | Earney, Heather Margaret | 3 | Forbes High School | Forbes |
| 733 | Primary Industries Examination | McLucas, Rachel Margaret | 4 | Yass High School | Yass |
| 734 | Primary Industries Examination | Callan, Timothy | 5 | Braidwood Central School | Braidwood |
| 735 | Retail Services Examination | Betteridge, Natalie | 1 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 736 | Retail Services Examination | Chalhoub, Jessica | 2 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 737 | Retail Services Examination | Lee, Jessica | 3 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 738 | Retail Services Examination | Moran, Danielle | 4 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 739 | Retail Services Examination | Jubb, Alicia | 5 | Young High School | Young |
| 740 | Retail Services Examination | Creighton, Amber | 6 | St Josephs High School Aberdeen | Aberdeen |
| 741 | Retail Services Examination | Monevski, Monica | 7 | Kingsgrove High School | Kingsgrove |
| 742 | Retail Services Examination | Dawson, Larissa | 8 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 743 | Retail Services Examination | Kathirgamanathan, Dhiviya | 8 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 744 | Retail Services Examination | Millett, Cassandra | 10 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 745 | Russian Background Speakers | Lunina, Ekaterina | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 746 | Russian Background Speakers | Pyevyen, Alevtina | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 747 | Russian Background Speakers | Smirnov, Alyssa | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 748 | Russian Background Speakers | Metelska, Katerina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 749 | Russian Background Speakers | Lusin, Artyom | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 750 | Senior Science | Chen, Richard | 1 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 751 | Senior Science | Sood, Annika | 2 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 752 | Senior Science | Brown, Greta Anne | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 753 | Senior Science | Monk, Rose Louise | 4 | Bulli High School | Bulli |
| 754 | Senior Science | Nguyen, Timothy | 4 | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield |
| 755 | Senior Science | Pye, Isobel McKellar | 4 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 756 | Senior Science | Shah, Shubham | 4 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 757 | Senior Science | Egan, Ellen Anne | 8 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 758 | Senior Science | Diamond, Jac | 9 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 759 | Senior Science | Arif, Zena | 10 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 760 | Serbian Continuers | Peulic, Tamara | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 761 | Serbian Continuers | Djotunovic, Ana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 762 | Serbian Continuers | Pjevalica, Vanja | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 763 | Serbian Continuers | Radosevic, Sanja | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 764 | Serbian Continuers | Perisic, Milica | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 765 | Society and Culture | Balakumar, Aparna | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 766 | Society and Culture | Bianco, Alessandra | 1 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 767 | Society and Culture | Djoeandy, Rachel Laura | 3 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 768 | Society and Culture | Smith, Madelyn Judith | 4 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 769 | Society and Culture | Cavanagh, Jemma Anne | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 770 | Society and Culture | Wei, Peggy | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 771 | Society and Culture | Samaha, Brigitte Emanuelle | 7 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 772 | Society and Culture | Whitfield, Christian | 8 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 773 | Society and Culture | Bourke, Alana Lee | 9 | Hunters Hill High School | Hunters Hill |
| 774 | Society and Culture | Frost, Imogen Florence | 10 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 775 | Software Design and Development | Morris, Harry Tadek | 1 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 776 | Software Design and Development | Liew, Benjamin | 2 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 777 | Software Design and Development | Carmichael, Glen Rowan | 3 | Wagga Wagga Christian College | Wagga Wagga |
| 778 | Software Design and Development | Smith, James | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 779 | Software Design and Development | Rayns, George Nicholas | 5 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 780 | Software Design and Development | Buckley, Alexander James | 6 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 781 | Software Design and Development | Ting, Aaron Benjamin | 6 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 782 | Software Design and Development | Dickinson, Daniel Begg | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 783 | Software Design and Development | Hare, Brandon James | 9 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 784 | Software Design and Development | Payor, James Thornton | 10 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 785 | Spanish Beginners | Purdy, Katherine Anne | 1 | Wycliffe Christian School | Warrimoo |
| 786 | Spanish Beginners | Schneider, Indyana Rose | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 787 | Spanish Beginners | Russell, Amy Lee | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 788 | Spanish Beginners | Bundalo, Tatjana | 4 | Liverpool Girls High School | Liverpool |
| 789 | Spanish Beginners | Williams, Katie | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 790 | Spanish Continuers | Torres Castiglioni, Marcela Blanca Angelica | 1 | Ku-ring-gai High School | North Turramurra |
| 791 | Spanish Continuers | Elzerman, Marcelle | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 792 | Spanish Continuers | Penedo, Sebastian | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 793 | Spanish Continuers | Raventos, Stephany | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 794 | Spanish Continuers | Montes Espinoza, Ximena | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 795 | Spanish Extension | Galea, Cian | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 796 | Spanish Extension | Pajaczkowski-Russell, Remy | 2 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 797 | Spanish Extension | Penedo, Sebastian | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 798 | Spanish Extension | Elzerman, Marcelle | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 799 | Spanish Extension | Cruz Sanchez, Channel | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 800 | Studies of Religion I | Bianco, Alessandra | 1 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 801 | Studies of Religion I | Doorn, Madison | 1 | St Josephs Catholic College | East Gosford |
| 802 | Studies of Religion I | Fitzsimons, Nicholas James | 1 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 803 | Studies of Religion I | White, Grace Elizabeth | 1 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 804 | Studies of Religion I | O'Brien, Jayden Anthony | 5 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 805 | Studies of Religion I | Curtis, Ruby Madeleine | 6 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 806 | Studies of Religion I | McDonald, Laura Koleen | 6 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 807 | Studies of Religion I | Murdocca, Michael | 8 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 808 | Studies of Religion I | Anderson, Jack Samuel | 9 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 809 | Studies of Religion I | Rusnak, Sarah | 10 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 810 | Studies of Religion II | Grinsell, Larissa | 1 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 811 | Studies of Religion II | Simpson, Henry Richard | 2 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 812 | Studies of Religion II | Giurgius, Mary | 3 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 813 | Studies of Religion II | Leabeater, Alana | 4 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 814 | Studies of Religion II | MacDonagh, Hugo Francis | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 815 | Studies of Religion II | Bowman, Makaela | 6 | James Sheahan Catholic High School | Orange |
| 816 | Studies of Religion II | Gacon, Kalani | 7 | Springwood High School | Springwood |
| 817 | Studies of Religion II | Hammerschmidt, Yvette | 8 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 818 | Studies of Religion II | Lane, Felicity | 9 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 819 | Studies of Religion II | O'Donohue, Matthew | 9 | McAuley Catholic College | Clarenza |
| 820 | Studies of Religion II | Sanderson, Sophie June | 9 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 821 | Swedish Continuers | Kearney, Eamonn Scott | 1 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 822 | Swedish Continuers | Gilani Yahvavi, Ronya | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 823 | Swedish Continuers | Li, Han Madeline | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 824 | Swedish Continuers | Ferguson, John | 4 | Pittwater High School | Mona Vale |
| 825 | Tamil Continuers | Koneshwaran, Mathumai | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 826 | Tamil Continuers | Krishna Kumar, Radha | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 827 | Textiles and Design | Lusted, Brooke | 1 | Bishop Druitt College | Coffs Harbour |
| 828 | Textiles and Design | Turancova, Michaela | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus | Cromer |
| 829 | Textiles and Design | Tavener Hanks, Tess | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 830 | Textiles and Design | Norrington, Emma Louise | 4 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 831 | Textiles and Design | Ardern, Rebecca | 5 | MacKillop Catholic College | Warnervale |
| 832 | Textiles and Design | Ackermann, Khalia Jade | 6 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus | Cromer |
| 833 | Textiles and Design | Gordon, Adele Janet | 6 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 834 | Textiles and Design | Munday, Jonathan Robert | 8 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 835 | Textiles and Design | Wilson, Connor Shai | 9 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
| 836 | Textiles and Design | Pham, Janet Thu Thao | 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 837 | Tourism and Events Examination | Jones, Summer Lee | 1 | North Coast Institute Grafton Campus | Grafton |
| 838 | Tourism and Events Examination | Narayan, Reetisha | 2 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 839 | Tourism and Events Examination | McKechnie, Maddison Mae | 3 | North Coast Institute Port Macquarie Campus | Port Macquarie |
| 840 | Tourism and Events Examination | McNulty, Lucy | 4 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 841 | Tourism and Events Examination | Johnston, Brittany Lee | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Ryde College | Ryde |
| 842 | Turkish Continuers | Kilic, Gizem | 1 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 843 | Turkish Continuers | Tabak, Ceren | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 844 | Turkish Continuers | Aydogan, Meryem | 3 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 845 | Turkish Continuers | Yildirim, Ahmet Sait | 4 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 846 | Turkish Continuers | Ugur, Saliha Leyla | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 847 | Ukrainian Continuers | Pokhmurska, Olha | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 848 | Ukrainian Continuers | Podstreshna, Yevgeniya | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 849 | Ukrainian Continuers | Kucheruk, Nazar | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023