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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |