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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| 225 | Earth and Environmental Science | Gao, Zhijian (James) | 8 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 226 | Earth and Environmental Science | Crossing, Hephzibah | 9 | Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus | Woy Woy |
| 227 | Earth and Environmental Science | Butler, Rhett Morton | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 228 | Economics | Kaplan, Adam | 1 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 229 | Economics | Economos, Samuel | 2 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 230 | Economics | Ryan, Frances Alexandra | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 231 | Economics | Arvind, Sudarshan | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 232 | Economics | Chow, Emma Yung-Yung | 4 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 233 | Economics | Sasse, Henry | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 234 | Economics | Rahman, Adib | 7 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 235 | Economics | Dabrowski, Matthew John | 8 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 236 | Economics | Lysaght, Zoe Isabella Royse | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 237 | Economics | Segal, Chloe | 10 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 238 | Electrotechnology Examination | Stocks, Jakob | 1 | Western Institute Bathurst Campus | Bathurst |
| 239 | Electrotechnology Examination | Bennett, Simon John | 2 | Riverina Institute Young Campus | Young |
| 240 | Engineering Studies | Stevens, James | 1 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 241 | Engineering Studies | Steanes, Ellington Bo | 2 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 242 | Engineering Studies | Atkins, Gerard Patrick | 3 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Adambukulam, Chris | 4 | Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School | Northmead |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Luong, Serena | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Omelaenko, Gregory Ross | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Warner, James Henry | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Steel, Jack | 8 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Crapis, Michael | 9 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Abberton, Benjamin William | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Boyce, Jake Cameron | 10 | Heathcote High School | Heathcote |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Martin, Philip | 10 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Mathew, Koshy Kuruvilla | 10 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Sanders, Stephen Alexander | 10 | Coonabarabran High School | Coonabarabran |
| 254 | Engineering Studies | Stanger-Jones, Elijah Benjamin | 10 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Lim, Miao Yunn | 1 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | Pope, James | 2 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Smolnikov, Andrei | 3 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Segal, Chloe | 4 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Kanagaratnam, Roshana | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Zhang, Otto Chong | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 261 | English (Advanced) | Sakiris, Marissa | 7 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Yu, Xiaoqi Caroline | 7 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Iannotti, Renee | 9 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Zhang, Karen | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
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| 265 | English (Advanced) | Weerasinghe, Lakni Shahanika | 11 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Chen, Yi Xuan | 12 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Ruan, Shumi | 13 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Semsarian, Caitlin Rebecca | 14 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | May, Natasha | 15 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Gu, Jeffrey Jie | 16 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Wang, Jenny | 17 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 272 | English (Advanced) | Buskariol, Matthew Benjamin | 18 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 273 | English (Advanced) | Chang, William Hai | 18 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 274 | English (Advanced) | Gooch, Portia Leigh | 20 | St Johns College Dubbo | Dubbo East |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Tyson, Sophie | 1 | St Francis De Sales Regional College | Leeton |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Arora, Tanya | 2 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Fsadni, Catherine | 3 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Johnson, Tennille | 4 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Jorgensen, William Hakon | 5 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Lo, Hiu Tung Stephanie | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Fukofuka, Susan | 7 | Callaghan College Jesmond Campus | Jesmond |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Pavlovic, Jeet | 8 | St Clares College | Waverley |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Bow, Shannon Alice | 9 | St Johns College Dubbo | Dubbo East |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Best, Jocelyn | 10 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Ling, Cheuk Kwan (Camille) | 11 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Lane, Lachlan | 12 | St Francis De Sales Regional College | Leeton |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Kelibitaka, Nathalie | 13 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Sichter, Kaitlyn | 14 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Adler, Megan Anne | 15 | St Johns College Dubbo | Dubbo East |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Su, Allan Qisheng | 16 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Joseph, Christy | 17 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 292 | English (Standard) | Touma, Kathy | 18 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 293 | English (Standard) | Kaklamanis, Ari | 19 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 294 | English (Standard) | Seitaridis, Susie | 20 | St Josephs Catholic High School | Albion Park |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Sabu, Sruthi Merin | 1 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Younes, Rand Husam | 2 | Liverpool Girls High School | Liverpool |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Nguyen, Hien Ivy | 3 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Ho, Kam Man (Valerie) | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Zhao, Ziqing | 5 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Phu, Dung Dang Khoa | 6 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 301 | English as a Second Language | Rai, Snigdha | 7 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 302 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Grace Mieko | 8 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 303 | English as a Second Language | Al-Faraj, Melek | 9 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 304 | English as a Second Language | Mok, Acacia | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 305 | English Extension 1 | Cai, Ruyao | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 306 | English Extension 1 | Tan, Seetha | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 307 | English Extension 1 | Zhang, Karen | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 308 | English Extension 1 | Arkell, Ashleigh | 4 | Henry Kendall High School | Gosford |
| 309 | English Extension 1 | Kalcina, Sonia | 5 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 310 | English Extension 1 | Ritchie, Anna | 6 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 311 | English Extension 1 | Munro, Ben | 7 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 312 | English Extension 1 | Paida, Keerti | 8 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 313 | English Extension 1 | Peng, Xin Yun | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 314 | English Extension 1 | Semsarian, Caitlin Rebecca | 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 315 | English Extension 2 | Brandt, Christie Hannah | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 316 | English Extension 2 | Lancaster, Grace Eileen | 2 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 317 | English Extension 2 | Reyes, Rainier | 3 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 318 | English Extension 2 | Cortejos, Danae Kalina | 4 | Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School | Northmead |
| 319 | English Extension 2 | May, Natasha | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 320 | English Extension 2 | Dove, Seamus Patrick | 6 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 321 | English Extension 2 | Ho, Joanna | 7 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 322 | English Extension 2 | House, Ellen Jill | 8 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 323 | English Extension 2 | Huberman, Alia | 9 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 324 | English Extension 2 | Harry, Luke | 10 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 325 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Muddle, Ben William | 1 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 326 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Dodd, Sonia | 2 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Nicolson, Juliet | 3 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Yuen, Anna Fung | 4 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 329 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Merrett-Hourigan, Julia-Rose | 5 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 330 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Osborn, Cassidy | 5 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 331 | Filipino Continuers | Hermogenes, Jared Roduard | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 332 | Filipino Continuers | Berzabal, Patricia Erique | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 333 | Filipino Continuers | Pallan, Samantha | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 334 | Filipino Continuers | Cosme, Karen Parrera | 4 | Plumpton High School | Plumpton |
| 335 | Filipino Continuers | Sicat, Mary Dianne | 4 | Plumpton High School | Plumpton |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Lee, Hannah | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 337 | Financial Services Examination | Jeon, Mina | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 338 | Financial Services Examination | Kim, Hyungsik | 3 | Sydney Institute Petersham College | Petersham |
| 339 | Financial Services Examination | Chieng, Steffi | 4 | Sydney Institute Petersham College | Petersham |
| 340 | Financial Services Examination | Zhang, Audrey | 4 | Sydney Institute Petersham College | Petersham |
| 341 | Food Technology | Baita, Emily Patricia | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 342 | Food Technology | Abrahamian, Julia | 2 | Picton High School | Picton |
| 343 | Food Technology | Coupe, Samantha | 2 | Magdalene Catholic College | Narellan |
| 344 | Food Technology | Xu, Jan Zhi | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 345 | Food Technology | Basheer, Amelia | 5 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 346 | Food Technology | Chung, Bernice Choi Lam | 5 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 347 | Food Technology | Unger, Abbey | 5 | Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls |
| 348 | Food Technology | Glanville, Brittany Louise | 8 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 349 | Food Technology | McCormick, Hannah Jane | 8 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 350 | Food Technology | Van Lieshout, Georgia Kate | 8 | Deniliquin High School | Deniliquin |
| 351 | French Beginners | Zeman, George | 1 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 352 | French Beginners | Bellotti, Sophie Rose | 2 | Springwood High School | Springwood |
| 353 | French Beginners | Cortes, Natalie | 2 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 354 | French Beginners | Loncar, Ivy Elizabeth | 2 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 355 | French Beginners | Quintal, Rebekah | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 356 | French Continuers | Griffin, Edie | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 357 | French Continuers | Wu, Tina | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 358 | French Continuers | Rice, Daniel | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 359 | French Continuers | Barbara, Nicholas | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 360 | French Continuers | Hellicar-Foster, Amelia Rosalind | 5 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 361 | French Extension | Davenport, Romola | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 362 | French Extension | Elgue, Alexandra | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 363 | French Extension | Allen, Katherine | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 364 | French Extension | Antin, Ioana-Elisabeta | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 365 | French Extension | Griffin, Edie | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 366 | Geography | Taylor, Eugenie Ana | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 367 | Geography | Mahler, Andrew Peter John | 2 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 368 | Geography | Short, Eleanor Victoria June | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 369 | Geography | Ducklin, Christopher | 4 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 370 | Geography | Yang, Phoebe Fei | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 371 | Geography | Thorne, Liam | 6 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 372 | Geography | Fraser, Hayden | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 373 | Geography | Jiang, Sophie | 8 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 374 | Geography | O'Rourke, Clare Aisling | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 375 | Geography | Wong, Chun Fung | 10 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 376 | German Beginners | Spencer, Jane Emma | 1 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 377 | German Beginners | Macherel, Charlotte | 2 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 378 | German Beginners | Chappell, Ashleigh Danielle | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 379 | German Beginners | Eckmann, Christina Rose-Lee | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 380 | German Beginners | Hechenberger, Arden | 5 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 381 | German Continuers | Maier, Mona | 1 | Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School | Middle Cove |
| 382 | German Continuers | Runde, Merle | 1 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 383 | German Continuers | Narula, Aashray | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 384 | German Continuers | Kamsler, Meggan Blainey | 4 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 385 | German Continuers | O'Loughlin, Thomas | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 386 | German Extension | Skinner, Eleanor Grace Chisholm | 1 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 387 | German Extension | Okkes, Emilie | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 388 | German Extension | Hansen, Allison | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 389 | German Extension | Runde, Merle | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 390 | German Extension | Jones, Philippa | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 391 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Lim, Ying Yi | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 392 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Gu, Nancy | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 393 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Zheng, Xiaofan Satoria | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 394 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Luo, Ziying | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 395 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Zhang, Xuewen (Wendy) | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 396 | Heritage Indonesian | Kodarusman, Qisthy Aliyya Nadifa | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 397 | Heritage Indonesian | Zhafranata, Raihan Agung | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 398 | Heritage Japanese | Tang, Ivy | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 399 | Heritage Japanese | Kuroda, Mao | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 400 | Heritage Japanese | Kawahashi, Ryo Ryou | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 401 | Heritage Japanese | Prochazka, Miki Elizabeth | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 402 | Heritage Japanese | Ogata, Sola | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 403 | Heritage Korean | Hwang, Michelle | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 404 | Heritage Korean | Han, Jihee | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 405 | Heritage Korean | Park, Sami | 3 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 406 | Heritage Korean | Jeong, Lucy Jihyun | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 407 | Heritage Korean | Choi, Hee Soo | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 408 | Hindi Continuers | Pun, Simran | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 409 | Hindi Continuers | Parocha, Parul | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 410 | Hindi Continuers | Chauhan, Harshit Bhavesh | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 411 | Hindi Continuers | Dhoble, Sujata | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 412 | Hindi Continuers | Naidu, Samruddhi Devendra | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 413 | History Extension | Cohen, Pola | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 414 | History Extension | Thorne, Liam | 2 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 415 | History Extension | Macdonald, Sabrina Sachi Chowdhary | 3 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 416 | History Extension | Doret, Eliza | 4 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 417 | History Extension | Evans, Daniel Jack | 5 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 418 | History Extension | Batt, William | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 419 | History Extension | Riordan, Ashlin | 7 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 420 | History Extension | Preketes-Tardiani, Nicolette Maree | 8 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 421 | History Extension | Man, Chi Hon Johnson | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 422 | History Extension | Rice, Daniel | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 423 | Hospitality Examination | Sagar, Leela Urvashi | 1 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 424 | Hospitality Examination | O'Connor, Olivia | 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