This report shows the 2016 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 | North, Ryan Jack | 5 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 226 | Earth and Environmental Science | Booth, Victoria Isobel | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 227 | Earth and Environmental Science | Keating, Zac Joseph | 7 | Bulli High School | Bulli |
| 228 | Earth and Environmental Science | Tyrrell, Emily Jane | 7 | Bede Polding College | South Windsor |
| 229 | Earth and Environmental Science | Clarkson, Marnie Elise | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 230 | Earth and Environmental Science | Fahey, Hugo William | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 231 | Economics | Hu, Spencer | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 232 | Economics | Lin, George Yuhan | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 233 | Economics | Chen, Eric Shuang | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 234 | Economics | Bandodkar, Ashvin | 4 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 235 | Economics | Hu, Wendy | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 236 | Economics | Dai, Harrison | 6 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 237 | Economics | Yip, Jovita | 6 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 238 | Economics | Symonds, Samantha | 8 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 239 | Economics | Kas, Maryaan | 9 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 240 | Economics | Stone, Carina Jasmine | 10 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 241 | Electrotechnology Examination | Hackett, Reuben | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 242 | Electrotechnology Examination | Lane, Brandon | 2 | New England Institute Tamworth Campus | Tamworth |
| 243 | Electrotechnology Examination | Doherty, Thomas | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Cao, Chester Yixuan | 1 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | McGeorge, Harvey Edward | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Brereton, Michael John | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Borges, Neil | 4 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Betbeder-Matibet, Ryan Bodkin | 5 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Naylor, Jack | 5 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Ascone, Charles | 7 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Ibanez Cruz, Joshua Stefano | 8 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Kelly, Jay Daniel | 9 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Abel, James Matthew | 10 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 254 | English (Advanced) | Tyrrell, Emily Jane | 1 | Bede Polding College | South Windsor |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Lai, Gladys | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | Parmenter, Lara Olivia | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Lewis, Imogen Elise | 4 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Higgins, Henry | 5 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Robinson, Alexander | 6 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Loveday, Alice Jervie | 7 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 261 | English (Advanced) | Hu, Spencer | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Lee, Natalie Si-Yi | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Negru, Daniel | 10 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Jiang, Vivian | 11 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
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| 265 | English (Advanced) | Sarvaas, Dominique | 11 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Topolski, Jessica | 11 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Speiser, Lily | 14 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Bandodkar, Ashvin | 15 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Loukaitis, Gregory | 15 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Narayan, Anuradha | 17 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Strbik, Dominik Antun | 18 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 272 | English (Advanced) | Goria, Sandra | 19 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 273 | English (Advanced) | Maxwell, Anna | 20 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 274 | English (Standard) | Wang, Zhitan Jack | 1 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Mathur, Kavya | 2 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Manaois, Malorie Anne | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Cheers, Natalie | 4 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Rathani, Ovais | 5 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Kendall, Lauren | 6 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Badgery, Darcy James Douglas | 7 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Guadana, Krisia | 8 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Aziz, Laurice | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Meleka, Patrichia | 10 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Gillespie, Daniel Robert Gray | 11 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Han, Simon | 12 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Stratford, Madeline | 13 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Peng, Ally | 14 | St Patricks College Campbelltown | Campbelltown |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Sheather, April | 14 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Balak, Rani | 16 | MacKillop College Bathurst | Bathurst |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Wilson, Charlotte Bridget | 17 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Jacobs, Maddison | 18 | Xavier Catholic College | Skennars Head |
| 292 | English (Standard) | Cowdery, Emma Louise | 19 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 293 | English (Standard) | Quartermain, Krystelle Lyn | 20 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 294 | English as a Second Language | Li, Cindy Jiatong | 1 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Kim, Gain (Lina) | 2 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Chen, Jiayue (Suzie) | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Lee, Jung A | 4 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Cao, Dang Phuong Anh | 5 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Lo, Yuen Ting Rossana | 6 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Liran (Chloe) | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 301 | English as a Second Language | Zhang, Zixin (Starry) | 8 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 302 | English as a Second Language | Gao, Manxin | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 303 | English as a Second Language | Yim, Wai Ming Cecilia | 10 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 304 | English Extension 1 | Jones, Katie | 1 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 305 | English Extension 1 | Maxwell, Anna | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 306 | English Extension 1 | Paetzholdt, Ursula | 3 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 307 | English Extension 1 | Lai, Gladys | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 308 | English Extension 1 | Chan, Heidi Hoi Tung | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 309 | English Extension 1 | King, Emily Rose | 6 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 310 | English Extension 1 | Warren, Amy | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 311 | English Extension 1 | Wu, Edward | 8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 312 | English Extension 1 | Al-Kahili, Rose | 9 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 313 | English Extension 1 | Stewart-Yates, Anna Valerie | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 314 | English Extension 2 | Dormor, Thomas | 1 | St Clares High School | Taree |
| 315 | English Extension 2 | Lickley, Grace | 2 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 316 | English Extension 2 | Milne, Isobel Avril Alvarez | 3 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 317 | English Extension 2 | Strokirch, Torsten | 4 | Armidale High School | Armidale |
| 318 | English Extension 2 | Powell, Madeleine | 5 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 319 | English Extension 2 | Gibson, Miles | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 320 | English Extension 2 | Delaney, Grace Alexandra | 7 | Illawarra Christian School Cordeaux Campus | Cordeaux Heights |
| 321 | English Extension 2 | Pierce, Jasmine | 8 | Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School | Byron Bay |
| 322 | English Extension 2 | Rizk, Joshua | 9 | Marist College North Shore | North Sydney |
| 323 | English Extension 2 | Clark, Lewis Elmore | 10 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 324 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Cowie, Olivia Bree | 1 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 325 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Lipsham, Jamie Louise | 1 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 326 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Moliterno, Victoria Louise | 1 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Weeks, Kimberley | 1 | St Peters Catholic College | Tuggerah |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Brown, Luke | 5 | Cronulla High School | Cronulla |
| 329 | Filipino Continuers | Malabag, Angelika Mae | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 330 | Filipino Continuers | De Guzman, Patricia Jane | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 331 | Filipino Continuers | Arnade, Juan Andrei | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 332 | Financial Services Examination | Ng, Bianca Julietta | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 333 | Financial Services Examination | Tan, Pei Wen | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 334 | Financial Services Examination | Shakeri, Monica | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 335 | Financial Services Examination | Wong, Adam Ka Ho | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Dalziel, Rochelle Mary | 5 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 337 | Food Technology | Bolinowsky, Ilana | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 338 | Food Technology | Mai, Crystal | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 339 | Food Technology | Nguyen, Monica | 3 | Trinity Catholic College Auburn Campus | Auburn |
| 340 | Food Technology | Pasfield, Katie | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 341 | Food Technology | Buckner, Amy Rose | 5 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 342 | Food Technology | Smith, Jessica Grace | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 343 | Food Technology | Woodley, Melissa | 7 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 344 | Food Technology | Ghali, Laura | 8 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 345 | Food Technology | Harris, Bianca | 8 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 346 | Food Technology | Landgren, Stina | 10 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 347 | French Beginners | O'Shea, Kristina Lee | 1 | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 348 | French Beginners | Matarazzo, Erin | 2 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 349 | French Beginners | Lea, Bridey Clare Elysia | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 350 | French Beginners | Silvanian, Karina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 351 | French Beginners | Wilson, Lilian Gabrielle | 5 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 352 | French Beginners | Wong, Louisa | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 353 | French Continuers | Dwyer, Dominic | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 354 | French Continuers | Goldberg, Samuel | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 355 | French Continuers | Sue, Lachlan | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 356 | French Continuers | Liman, Kevin Aditya | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 357 | French Continuers | Iliffe, Jeremiah | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 358 | French Extension | Cass, Samuel | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 359 | French Extension | Green, Hugh | 2 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 360 | French Extension | Manton-Hall, James | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 361 | French Extension | Liman, Kevin Aditya | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 362 | French Extension | Bakker, Emily | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 363 | Geography | Orsmond, Andreas | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 364 | Geography | Diamond, Elise | 2 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 365 | Geography | Cleary, Ash | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 366 | Geography | Clarkson, Marnie Elise | 4 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 367 | Geography | Murdoch, Declan Connor | 5 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 368 | Geography | Diaz, Rebecca | 6 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 369 | Geography | Thackway, William Thomas | 7 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 370 | Geography | Kalas, James | 8 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 371 | Geography | Healey, Sarah Jean | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 372 | Geography | Huynh, Elaine | 10 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 373 | German Beginners | Atkins, Olivia | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 374 | German Beginners | Vidor, Nadia Mila | 2 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 375 | German Beginners | Paetzholdt, Ursula | 3 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 376 | German Beginners | Carney, Rhoslyn | 4 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 377 | German Beginners | Fendall, Samantha | 5 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 378 | German Continuers | Potter, Carly Jade | 1 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 379 | German Continuers | Lambros, Katherine | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 380 | German Continuers | Han, Si Jie Amanda | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 381 | German Continuers | Hancock, Charles Richard | 4 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 382 | German Continuers | Arnott, Kate | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 383 | German Extension | Hancock, Charles Richard | 1 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 384 | German Extension | Ye, Shilan | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 385 | German Extension | Han, Si Jie Amanda | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 386 | German Extension | Benson, Flynn | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 387 | German Extension | Lambros, Katherine | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 388 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Situ, Matthew | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 389 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Zhao, Hailin | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 390 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Gao, Qinglan( Vivian) | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 391 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Pu, Yifan | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 392 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Tan, Mindai | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 393 | Heritage Indonesian | Hartanto, Stephanie | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 394 | Heritage Japanese | Lee, Jung A | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 395 | Heritage Japanese | Nakoji, Noe | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 396 | Heritage Japanese | Takahata, Kentaro James | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 397 | Heritage Japanese | Komatsu, Sara Karen | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 398 | Heritage Japanese | Okuda, Karen | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 399 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Sarah Ji Min | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 400 | Heritage Korean | Lee, Ju Hye (Esther) | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 401 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Nayun | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 402 | Heritage Korean | Hwang, Ji Won (Joanna) | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 403 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Dong Nyuk Alex | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 404 | Heritage Korean | Song, Bohyun - Jessica | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 405 | Hindi Continuers | Malhotra, Rishabh | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 406 | Hindi Continuers | Arya, Anmol | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 407 | Hindi Continuers | Sinha, Mrinaank | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 408 | Hindi Continuers | Saraswat, Yamini | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 409 | Hindi Continuers | Bassi, Isha | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 410 | History Extension | Lea, Bridey Clare Elysia | 1 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 411 | History Extension | Hugler, Trent | 2 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 412 | History Extension | Halloran, Emily | 3 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 413 | History Extension | Wu, Henry | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 414 | History Extension | Van Leer, Ruby | 5 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 415 | History Extension | Lai, Gladys | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 416 | History Extension | Gupta, Vrinda | 7 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 417 | History Extension | Whelan-Young, Zoe | 8 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 418 | History Extension | Elsaidy, Amir | 9 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 419 | History Extension | Richards, Matthew Wilson | 10 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 420 | Hospitality Examination | Wu, Karen | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 421 | Hospitality Examination | Lieschke, Jacqueline | 2 | Mulwaree High School | Goulburn |
| 422 | Hospitality Examination | Greaves, Caitlin | 3 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 423 | Hospitality Examination | Williams, Violet | 4 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 424 | Hospitality Examination | Caparas, Alyssa Ileto | 5 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023