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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| 25 | Ancient History | Lai, Gladys | 8 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 26 | Ancient History | Lee, Evan Yinglan | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 27 | Ancient History | Stark, Alissa | 10 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 28 | Ancient History | Clayton, Scott | 11 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 29 | Ancient History | Fahy, Joshua | 12 | James Sheahan Catholic High School | Orange |
| 30 | Ancient History | Gupta, Vrinda | 12 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 31 | Ancient History | Singer, Tali | 14 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 32 | Ancient History | Topolski, Jessica | 15 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 33 | Ancient History | Mattini, Nadine | 16 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 34 | Ancient History | Baniya, Remashree | 17 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 35 | Ancient History | Wang, Nina | 18 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 36 | Ancient History | Burke, Liam Michael | 19 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 37 | Ancient History | Couter, Georgia | 20 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 38 | Arabic Continuers | Al-Sulaiman, Mona | 1 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 39 | Arabic Continuers | Alzubaidi, Kais Sultan Abdul Kareem | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 40 | Arabic Continuers | Jansis, Hicham | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 41 | Arabic Continuers | Subhi, Riyam | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 42 | Arabic Continuers | Shakkoori, Silivia Esam | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 43 | Arabic Extension | Jansis, Hicham | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 44 | Arabic Extension | Ali, Eichlas | 2 | Auburn Girls High School | Auburn |
| 45 | Arabic Extension | Alzedan, Hajar | 3 | Holroyd High School | Greystanes |
| 46 | Arabic Extension | Saya'arah, Rahaf Osama | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 47 | Arabic Extension | Metri, Marie-Jose | 5 | St Marouns College | Dulwich Hill |
| 48 | Armenian Continuers | Labajian, Saro | 1 | Galstaun College | Ingleside |
| 49 | Armenian Continuers | Tarakjian, Lila | 2 | Galstaun College | Ingleside |
| 50 | Automotive Examination | Bower, Jye | 1 | St Stanislaus College | Bathurst |
| 51 | Automotive Examination | Howard, Kadin Phillip | 2 | Hunter Institute Singleton Campus | Singleton |
| 52 | Automotive Examination | Heilpern, Ariel | 3 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 53 | Automotive Examination | Carter, Jeramiah | 4 | Western Institute Dubbo Campus | Dubbo |
| 54 | Automotive Examination | Staniforth, James | 4 | Western Institute Orange Campus | Orange |
| 55 | Biology | Santana Baskar, Prithvi | 1 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 56 | Biology | Buhagiar, Jessica Ruby | 2 | Byron Bay High School | Byron Bay |
| 57 | Biology | Nguyen, Linh Thuy | 2 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 58 | Biology | Lee, Natalie Si-Yi | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 59 | Biology | Small, Owen | 4 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 60 | Biology | Rodgers, Hayley Adele | 6 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 61 | Biology | Mee, Elizabeth | 7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 62 | Biology | Lin, George Yuhan | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 63 | Biology | Zubrzycki, Nicolas | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 64 | Biology | Diaz, Rebecca | 10 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
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| 65 | Biology | Xue, Houston | 11 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 66 | Biology | Vaseeharan, Abiramy | 12 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 67 | Biology | Vijayan, Keshini | 13 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 68 | Biology | Lu, Casper Jia Rong | 14 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 69 | Biology | Hu, Sophie | 15 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 70 | Biology | Schwartz, Ike Pringle | 16 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 71 | Biology | Donoghoe, Brooke | 17 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 72 | Biology | Qureshi, Sadia Khalid | 17 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 73 | Biology | Cousins, Kate | 19 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 74 | Biology | Bandodkar, Ashvin | 20 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 75 | Business Services Examination | Seib, Casey | 1 | St Marks Catholic College | Stanhope Gardens |
| 76 | Business Services Examination | Barrow, Natasha | 2 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 77 | Business Services Examination | Akle, Natalie | 3 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 78 | Business Services Examination | Bahwich, Zainab | 3 | Fairvale High School | Fairfield West |
| 79 | Business Services Examination | Abela-Falls, Natisha Carmen | 5 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 80 | Business Services Examination | Chan, Nerisa-Grace | 6 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 81 | Business Services Examination | Khan, Aisha Rose | 6 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 82 | Business Services Examination | Bruzzese, Natalie | 8 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 83 | Business Services Examination | Deolekar, Shamal | 8 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 84 | Business Services Examination | Druery, Cortney | 8 | St Patricks College Campbelltown | Campbelltown |
| 85 | Business Studies | Dalwood, Emily | 1 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 86 | Business Studies | Ha, Patrick | 1 | Champagnat Catholic College | Maroubra |
| 87 | Business Studies | Clarissa, Felia | 3 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 88 | Business Studies | Hayson, Damien John | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 89 | Business Studies | Convoy, Kirsten | 5 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 90 | Business Studies | Coorey, Amanda | 5 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 91 | Business Studies | Keneally, Daniel | 5 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 92 | Business Studies | La Delfa, Talia | 5 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 93 | Business Studies | Daher, Clair | 9 | Tangara School for Girls | Cherrybrook |
| 94 | Business Studies | Green, Jake | 9 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 95 | Business Studies | Ho, Jessica Chi Saan | 9 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 96 | Business Studies | Price, Dominique | 9 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 97 | Business Studies | Tonoli, Sophia | 13 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 98 | Business Studies | Hardman, Samantha | 14 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 99 | Business Studies | Lopes, Blaze Erin | 15 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 100 | Business Studies | Thatcher, Arran Winston Morrison | 15 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 101 | Business Studies | Ainslie-Miley, Elliott | 17 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 102 | Business Studies | Gittleman, Eric David | 18 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 103 | Business Studies | Huynh, Elaine | 18 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 104 | Business Studies | Coote, Anna | 20 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 105 | Business Studies | Lopes, Xenia | 20 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 106 | Business Studies | Maricic, Jake | 20 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 107 | Business Studies | Swain, Dylan | 20 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 108 | Chemistry | Krishnaswamy, Rohan | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 109 | Chemistry | Kadappu, Preetham Krishna | 2 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 110 | Chemistry | How, Jennifer Ming Hui | 3 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 111 | Chemistry | Lawrence, Aaron | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 112 | Chemistry | Gandy, Geovanny | 5 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 113 | Chemistry | Karahasan, Aidin | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 114 | Chemistry | Santana Baskar, Prithvi | 5 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 115 | Chemistry | Wu, Jia Yi Andrew | 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 116 | Chemistry | Kaur, Harpreet | 9 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 117 | Chemistry | Huang, Joanna | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 118 | Chemistry | Xiao, Vieley | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 119 | Chemistry | Chan, Simone (Lok Yiu) | 12 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 120 | Chemistry | Morris, Michael John | 12 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 121 | Chemistry | Rodgers, Hayley Adele | 12 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 122 | Chemistry | Wu, Justin | 15 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 123 | Chemistry | Bennett, Jack Lachlan | 16 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 124 | Chemistry | Xian, Kevin | 17 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 125 | Chemistry | Gu, Brendan Jason | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 126 | Chemistry | Jones, Dominic | 19 | Bishop Druitt College | Coffs Harbour |
| 127 | Chemistry | Phork, Sok Haing | 19 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 128 | Chemistry | Saad, Jacob | 19 | St Marks Coptic Orthodox College | Wattle Grove |
| 129 | Chemistry | Ye, Shilan | 19 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 130 | Chinese Background Speakers | Wang, Weihan | 1 | Kogarah High School | Kogarah |
| 131 | Chinese Background Speakers | Gao, Manxin | 2 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 132 | Chinese Background Speakers | Cai, Jiaqi (Karissa) | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 133 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhang, Zixin (Starry) | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 134 | Chinese Background Speakers | Yu, Hanyue | 5 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 135 | Chinese Beginners | Ly, Thanh | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 136 | Chinese Beginners | Bellamy, Brielle Grace | 2 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 137 | Chinese Beginners | Angieputri, Elisha | 3 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 138 | Chinese Beginners | Lee, Dabin | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 139 | Chinese Beginners | Park, Jooeun | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 140 | Chinese Continuers | Cha, Jimin | 1 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 141 | Chinese Continuers | Teh, Natalie | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 142 | Chinese Continuers | Hong, Nathan | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 143 | Chinese Continuers | Liu, Tracy Lai Ping | 3 | Australian International School Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong |
| 144 | Chinese Continuers | Hockings, Evan | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 145 | Chinese Extension | Teh, Natalie | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 146 | Chinese Extension | Tirtariyadi, Claire | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 147 | Chinese Extension | Chong, Jacquelynn | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 148 | Chinese Extension | Clinton, Joseph Randolf | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 149 | Chinese Extension | Wong Xiao, Kai Yang | 5 | Kingsgrove North High School | Kingsgrove |
| 150 | Classical Greek Continuers | Glanville, Maxwell | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 151 | Classical Greek Continuers | Mahapatra, Vaidehi | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 152 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wu, Henry | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | Taurian, Michael | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Continuers | Agapitos, Terry | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Extension | Rothery, Mark Henry | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 156 | Classical Greek Extension | Glanville, Maxwell | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 157 | Classical Greek Extension | Xu, Michael | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Maxwell, Anna | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 159 | Classical Greek Extension | Roux, Hannah | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Kastel, Nachman | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Charak, Hannah | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Niasoff, Faigy | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Fuzi, Talia | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Amzalak, Rachel | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Kastel, Nachman | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Fuzi, Talia | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Amzalak, Rachel | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Rev, Ayelet | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 169 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Friedgut, Ilan | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Cant, Georgina | 1 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | O'Toole, Hayley | 2 | Tomaree High School | Salamander Bay |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Steven, Tess | 2 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Landgren, Stina | 4 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Ryan, Bonnie | 5 | MacKillop Catholic College | Warnervale |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Cutajar, Kathleen | 6 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Stanley, Fiona | 7 | Wollumbin High School | Murwillumbah |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | Wanigabaduge, Samantha | 7 | Tomaree High School | Salamander Bay |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Khan, Uroosa | 9 | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park |
| 179 | Community and Family Studies | Leonard, Maggie | 10 | Keira High School | Fairy Meadow |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Pfundstein, Grant | 1 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 181 | Construction Examination | May, Ryan | 2 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
| 182 | Construction Examination | Crowe, Elijah | 3 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Falzarano, Shaun | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 184 | Construction Examination | Le Messurier, Max | 3 | Taree High School | Taree |
| 185 | Construction Examination | Afshar, Ryan | 6 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Calavassy, Patrick John | 7 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 187 | Construction Examination | Taylor, Joshua | 7 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 188 | Construction Examination | Judd, Callum James | 9 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 189 | Construction Examination | Djurdjevic, Stefan | 10 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 190 | Construction Examination | Duignan, Lachlan | 10 | St Edwards Christian Brothers College | East Gosford |
| 191 | Croatian Continuers | Jugovic, Nikolina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 192 | Croatian Continuers | Begonja, Tomislav | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 193 | Croatian Continuers | Zrnic, Katarina | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 194 | Dance | Button, Eryn Louise | 1 | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 195 | Dance | Carrall, Sky Ambah | 1 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 196 | Dance | Murray-Wallace, Deirdre | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 197 | Dance | Reisin, Jamie | 4 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 198 | Dance | Kelly, Brianna Neve | 5 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Pagano, Gabrielle | 1 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 200 | Design and Technology | Startari, Charlotte | 2 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 201 | Design and Technology | Carrett, Perrie | 3 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Lutton, Timothy | 3 | Albury High School | Albury |
| 203 | Design and Technology | Overmass, Morgan Kailin | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 204 | Design and Technology | Skinner, Lachlan | 6 | Orange Anglican Grammar School | Orange |
| 205 | Design and Technology | Michalakis, Polyxeni | 7 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 206 | Design and Technology | Ianni, Annalise | 8 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 207 | Design and Technology | Wylie, Mimi Moira | 8 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
| 208 | Design and Technology | O'Regan, Abbey Margaret Anne | 10 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
| 209 | Drama | McCrindle, Ella | 1 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 210 | Drama | Loveday, Alice Jervie | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 211 | Drama | Lawler, Kate Louise | 3 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 212 | Drama | Li, Susanna | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 213 | Drama | Jose, Sanjana | 5 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | Lismore |
| 214 | Drama | Zicat, Hugo Charles | 6 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 215 | Drama | Galea, Maeve | 7 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 216 | Drama | Pasialis, Georgia | 7 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 217 | Drama | Finlay-Jones, Jessica | 9 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 218 | Drama | Mitchell, Lachlan | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 219 | Dutch Continuers | Koolen, Dennis | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 220 | Dutch Continuers | Borghgraef, David | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cousins, Kate | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Barnott-Clement, David James | 2 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Lambert, Michelle | 3 | Penrith Anglican College | Orchard Hills |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Kawaura, Koko | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023