This report shows the 2015 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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| 475 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Nakada, Naoto | 3 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 476 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Baiada, Alexander | 5 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 477 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Liang, Jayden | 5 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 478 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Phillips, Bailey | 5 | Rooty Hill High School | Rooty Hill |
| 479 | Information Processes and Technology | Zeng, Chris Hao | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 480 | Information Processes and Technology | Collender, Sierra | 2 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 481 | Information Processes and Technology | Riis, Andrew | 3 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 482 | Information Processes and Technology | Gorga, Andrew James | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 483 | Information Processes and Technology | Sharma, Divyansh | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 484 | Information Processes and Technology | Irwin, Emily | 6 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 485 | Information Processes and Technology | Krishna, Rahul | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 486 | Information Processes and Technology | Li, Ziyuan | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 487 | Information Processes and Technology | Napit, Srawan Pandey | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 488 | Information Processes and Technology | Ly, Thomas | 10 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 489 | Italian Beginners | Charles, Emma | 1 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 490 | Italian Beginners | Carrizo, Valentina | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 491 | Italian Beginners | Yang, Jessica Wen | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 492 | Italian Beginners | Zou, Xin Yi (Annie) | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 493 | Italian Beginners | Campbell, Alison | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 494 | Italian Continuers | Adams, Maxim | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 495 | Italian Continuers | Munns, Jack | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 496 | Italian Continuers | Maher, Grace | 3 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 497 | Italian Continuers | Gambacorta, Martina | 4 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 498 | Italian Continuers | Ilievski, Ivana | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 499 | Italian Extension | Novo, Natasha | 1 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 500 | Italian Extension | Gambacorta, Martina | 2 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 501 | Italian Extension | Milne, Celso | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 502 | Italian Extension | Munns, Jack | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 503 | Italian Extension | Covre, Amelia | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 504 | Japanese Background Speakers | Okubo, Minami | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 505 | Japanese Background Speakers | Tsukamoto, Yuna | 2 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 506 | Japanese Background Speakers | Utaki, Ryo | 2 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 507 | Japanese Beginners | Zhan, Yanting | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 508 | Japanese Beginners | Yong, Son Shin | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 509 | Japanese Beginners | Lu, Jiaying | 3 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 510 | Japanese Beginners | Zou, Xin Yi (Annie) | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 511 | Japanese Beginners | Zhang, Jingchi | 5 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 512 | Japanese Continuers | Tsui, Yuen Hung | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 513 | Japanese Continuers | Shim, Cecilia Hae Seung | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 514 | Japanese Continuers | Wong, Mandy | 3 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
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| 515 | Japanese Continuers | Tong, Maggie | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 516 | Japanese Continuers | Zheng, Xiaofan Satoria | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 517 | Japanese Extension | Tsui, Yuen Hung | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 518 | Japanese Extension | Lu, Khodee | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 519 | Japanese Extension | Au, Pui Shan | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 520 | Japanese Extension | Shim, Cecilia Hae Seung | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 521 | Japanese Extension | Yang, Aveline Ai Chin | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 522 | Korean Background Speakers | Cho, Seoyoung | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 523 | Korean Background Speakers | Lee, Juyoung | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 524 | Korean Background Speakers | Lee, Jiwoo | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 525 | Korean Background Speakers | Lee, Daeun | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 526 | Korean Background Speakers | Lee, Sangok | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 527 | Korean Continuers | Killian, Iola | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 528 | Korean Continuers | Li, Cassandra | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 529 | Korean Continuers | Chin, Crystal | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 530 | Korean Continuers | Mowjsingh, Brenda | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 531 | Korean Continuers | Newland, Amy Brooke | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 532 | Latin Continuers | Dong, Jason | 1 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 533 | Latin Continuers | Kerrison, Emily | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 534 | Latin Continuers | Hugh, Eamon Dominic | 3 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 535 | Latin Continuers | Greenaway, Sasha Lauren | 4 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 536 | Latin Continuers | Wong, Grace | 4 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 537 | Latin Extension | Wong, Grace | 1 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 538 | Latin Extension | Chen, Nanway | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 539 | Latin Extension | Tian, Martina | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 540 | Latin Extension | Hugh, Eamon Dominic | 4 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 541 | Latin Extension | Mowbray, Jack Constantine | 5 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 542 | Legal Studies | Lewis, Imogen Elise | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 543 | Legal Studies | Vardanega, Joshua | 2 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 544 | Legal Studies | Rotolo-Ross, Giacomo Harold | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 545 | Legal Studies | Iannotti, Renee | 4 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 546 | Legal Studies | Sharp, Alexander Robert | 5 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Harris, Matthew John | 6 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Runde, Merle | 6 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Bailey, Samuel | 8 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Stirling, Ashleigh | 9 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 551 | Legal Studies | Walsh, Timothy | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 552 | Legal Studies | Vittali-Smith, Callum Beau James | 11 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 553 | Legal Studies | Yoo, Nathan Terry | 12 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 554 | Legal Studies | Badea, David Horia | 13 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 555 | Legal Studies | Kwok, Wayne Wing Yan | 13 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 556 | Legal Studies | Zheng, Cherry | 15 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 557 | Legal Studies | Mack, Sophie | 16 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 558 | Legal Studies | Tatic, Dunja | 16 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 559 | Legal Studies | Hawkins, Alice Clare | 18 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 560 | Legal Studies | Crichton-Standish, Hal William | 19 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 561 | Legal Studies | Heffernan, Elizabeth | 20 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 562 | Legal Studies | McNally, Jack | 20 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 563 | Macedonian Continuers | Bojceska, Ana Marija | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 564 | Macedonian Continuers | Eftimoski, Bill Slavko | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 565 | Macedonian Continuers | Klimoski, Angelina | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 566 | Macedonian Continuers | Makreska, Angela | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 567 | Macedonian Continuers | Novak, Adrian | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 568 | Maltese Continuers | Pirotta, Mark | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 569 | Mathematics | Faint, Rowan | 1 | Penrith Anglican College | Orchard Hills |
| 570 | Mathematics | Karahasan, Aidin | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 571 | Mathematics | Le, Newton Nguyen Khoa Bui | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 572 | Mathematics | Tung, Carmen | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 573 | Mathematics | Ruan, Vincent Yongshun | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 574 | Mathematics | Balakumar, Shobitha | 6 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 575 | Mathematics | Chang, Sarah | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 576 | Mathematics | Kim, Chris | 7 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 577 | Mathematics | Hoad, Luke David | 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 578 | Mathematics | Kadappu, Preetham Krishna | 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 579 | Mathematics | Kang, Esther | 9 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 580 | Mathematics | Sung, Nicole | 9 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 581 | Mathematics | Tran, Tien | 9 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 582 | Mathematics | Tan, Leo Eu-hao | 14 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 583 | Mathematics | Chiu, On Yu Eva | 15 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 584 | Mathematics | Zhang, Otto Chong | 15 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 585 | Mathematics | Li, Yifan | 17 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 586 | Mathematics | Luo, Rebecca | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 587 | Mathematics | Marr, Brian | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 588 | Mathematics | Arnold, Jasmine Kate | 20 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
| 589 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Gong, Xinyi Karen | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 590 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lin, Raye | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 591 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Phu, Dung Dang Khoa | 3 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 592 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Chen, Quinlan Jian Jin | 4 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 593 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Yu, Aolei | 5 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 594 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lin, James | 6 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 595 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zhang, Miao | 7 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 596 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Banerjee, Anirudh | 8 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 597 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Cuthbertson, Samuel | 9 | Illawarra Christian School Tongarra Campus | Albion Park |
| 598 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Luu, Kevin | 10 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Maran, Rishikesan | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 600 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Gong, Xinyi Karen | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 601 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lin, Raye | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 602 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lu, Allen | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 603 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Morcos, Jeffrey | 4 | St Mary and St Minas Coptic Orthodox College | Rockdale |
| 604 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Liu, Wilson Jing Peng | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 605 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Jin, Charley Ximing | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 606 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Nguyen, Kim Thien | 8 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 607 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Du, William Jia Ming | 9 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 608 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Koo, Edda | 10 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 609 | Mathematics General 2 | Worthington, Amelia | 1 | Oxley College | Burradoo |
| 610 | Mathematics General 2 | Joo, Ji Hye | 2 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 611 | Mathematics General 2 | Arora, Tanya | 3 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 612 | Mathematics General 2 | Contos, Chanel Celine | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 613 | Mathematics General 2 | Flood, James | 3 | St Francis De Sales Regional College | Leeton |
| 614 | Mathematics General 2 | Neal, Jasmine Veronica | 3 | Caroline Chisholm College | Glenmore Park |
| 615 | Mathematics General 2 | Rayhanna, Monique | 3 | John Edmondson High School | Horningsea Park |
| 616 | Mathematics General 2 | Camilleri, Isaac | 8 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 617 | Mathematics General 2 | Cooper, Jordan Margaret | 9 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 618 | Mathematics General 2 | Wilson, Karla Jane | 10 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 619 | Mathematics General 2 | Lasky, Jessica | 11 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 620 | Mathematics General 2 | Bard, Rachel Mary | 12 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 621 | Mathematics General 2 | Bezzina, Ashleigh | 12 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 622 | Mathematics General 2 | Chandra, Yoshni Lilian | 12 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 623 | Mathematics General 2 | Cominos, Anthony Peter | 12 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 624 | Mathematics General 2 | Davies, Callum | 12 | Bowral High School | Bowral |
| 625 | Mathematics General 2 | Dirkis, Gabrielle | 12 | St Pauls College Walla Walla | Walla Walla |
| 626 | Mathematics General 2 | Elgue, Alexandra | 12 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 627 | Mathematics General 2 | Fitzgerald, Christopher Allan | 12 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 628 | Mathematics General 2 | Gray, Annabelle | 12 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 629 | Mathematics General 2 | Naughton, Brodie Patrick | 12 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 630 | Mathematics General 2 | Quinn, Kate Alice Free | 12 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 631 | Mathematics General 2 | Sweeney, Annabel | 12 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 632 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Bennison, Joshua Paul | 1 | Hastings Secondary College Westport Campus | Port Macquarie |
| 633 | Modern Greek Beginners | Antoniou, Stella | 1 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 634 | Modern Greek Beginners | Kazamias, Kristina | 2 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 635 | Modern Greek Beginners | Pavlidis, Alexandros | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 636 | Modern Greek Beginners | Ladikos, Stella | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 637 | Modern Greek Beginners | Solomou, Christina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 638 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kolevris, Haralambia | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 639 | Modern Greek Continuers | Samartzis, Constantina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 640 | Modern Greek Continuers | Palden, Georgina | 3 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 641 | Modern Greek Continuers | Karasavvidis, Nicholas | 4 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 642 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kassas, Irini Stephania | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 643 | Modern Greek Extension | Kolevris, Haralambia | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 644 | Modern Greek Extension | Samartzis, Constantina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 645 | Modern Greek Extension | Gribilas, Harry | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 646 | Modern Greek Extension | Valsamou, Athanasia | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 647 | Modern Greek Extension | Maragkakis, Stefanos Artemios | 5 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 648 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Fuzi, Talia | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 649 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Schteinman, Alexis | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 650 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Schwartz, Nicole | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 651 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Shifroni, Tamar | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 652 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Hergass, Gil | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 653 | Modern History | Semsarian, Caitlin Rebecca | 1 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 654 | Modern History | Alexakis, Christiana | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 655 | Modern History | Hendy, Patrick | 3 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 656 | Modern History | Macdonald, Sabrina Sachi Chowdhary | 4 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 657 | Modern History | Armstrong, Eleanor Louise | 5 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 658 | Modern History | Runde, Merle | 6 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 659 | Modern History | Sekulich, Harrison | 7 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 660 | Modern History | Cullen, Sophie | 8 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 661 | Modern History | Barton, Zoe | 9 | Macquarie College | Wallsend |
| 662 | Modern History | Hawkins, Alice Clare | 10 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 663 | Modern History | Caruso, Jordan | 11 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 664 | Modern History | Harper, Imogen Mairead Haddock | 12 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 665 | Modern History | Song, Alick | 13 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 666 | Modern History | Thomson, Alexandra | 14 | McAuley Catholic College | Clarenza |
| 667 | Modern History | Miletich, Thomas | 15 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 668 | Modern History | Hogan, Aoife Marie | 16 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 669 | Modern History | Wong, Jacinta | 17 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 670 | Modern History | Cohen, Pola | 18 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 671 | Modern History | Riordan, Ashlin | 19 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 672 | Modern History | Murray, Georgia Elizabeth | 20 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 673 | Music 1 | Berlyn, Sophia | 1 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 674 | Music 1 | Rosewarne, Annabelle | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023