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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| 675 | Music 1 | Denina, Tiegan | 8 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 676 | Music 1 | Supangat, Marsha | 8 | Concord High School | Concord |
| 677 | Music 1 | Tamayo, Guada | 8 | Montgrove College | Orchard Hills |
| 678 | Music 2 | Hayashi, Sean | 1 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 679 | Music 2 | Ning, Joshua Yuen Wang | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 680 | Music 2 | Chung, Josephine | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 681 | Music 2 | Moskalenko, Dar'ya | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 682 | Music 2 | Cousins, Kate | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 683 | Music 2 | Emanuel, Isabella | 5 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 684 | Music Extension | Hayashi, Sean | 1 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 685 | Music Extension | Chung, Josephine | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 686 | Music Extension | de Solom, Timothy Julian | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 687 | Music Extension | Huang, Amy | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 688 | Music Extension | McCabe, Nicholas James | 5 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 689 | Persian Background Speakers | Mehrabani, Maryam | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 690 | Persian Background Speakers | Mousavimasooleh, Seyedehmehraneh | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 691 | Persian Background Speakers | Imaninejad, Zeinab | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 692 | Persian Background Speakers | Menhaji, Armin | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 693 | Persian Background Speakers | Masoumi Nejad, Yasamin | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 694 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Faulkner, Clare Louisa | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 695 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Watson, Emma Rose | 2 | Singleton High School | Singleton |
| 696 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Guo, Jessica | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 697 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Henoch, Jennifer Valora | 4 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 698 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Panambalana, Alisha | 4 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 699 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Atalay, Ayse | 6 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 700 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Farrugia, Lauren Jade | 7 | St Josephs Catholic College | East Gosford |
| 701 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Whelan-Young, Zoe | 8 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 702 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Small, Rebecca Louise | 9 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville |
| 703 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Clarkson, Marnie Elise | 10 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 704 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Kaya, Leyla | 11 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 705 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ng, Gloria Ka-Wai | 12 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 706 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Glendinning, Emma Kate | 13 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 707 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ferrari, Annabel | 14 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 708 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Reizes, Zoe | 15 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 709 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Schwartz, Ike Pringle | 16 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 710 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Chen, Leeann Melissa | 17 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 711 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Gray, Kelsey | 17 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 712 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Walsh, Bennett James | 17 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
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| 713 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Caush, Lauren | 20 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 714 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Shelley, Mary | 20 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 715 | Physics | Karahasan, Aidin | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 716 | Physics | Baker, Peter Cole | 2 | Wagga Wagga High School | Wagga Wagga |
| 717 | Physics | Iliffe, Jeremiah | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 718 | Physics | Kadappu, Preetham Krishna | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 719 | Physics | Park, I Su | 3 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 720 | Physics | Li, Howard | 6 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 721 | Physics | Hargun, Dilnoor Kaur | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 722 | Physics | Jones, Dominic | 8 | Bishop Druitt College | Coffs Harbour |
| 723 | Physics | Chen, Shirley | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 724 | Physics | Hackett, Reuben | 10 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 725 | Polish Continuers | Chabros, Julia | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 726 | Polish Continuers | Pazdzior, Paulina | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 727 | Polish Continuers | Zdrojkowska, Karolina Zuzanna | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 728 | Polish Continuers | Janiga, Robert Igor | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 729 | Polish Continuers | Warhol-Bernard, Olivia Victoria | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 730 | Portuguese Continuers | Teixeira-Pinto, Afonso | 1 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 731 | Portuguese Continuers | Santiago Medeiros, Liz | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 732 | Portuguese Continuers | Nakagawa, Juliana Akemi | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 733 | Primary Industries Examination | Angel, Vanessa Emily | 1 | Riverina Institute Wagga Wagga Campus | Wagga Wagga |
| 734 | Primary Industries Examination | Lavis, Emily Grace | 2 | Trinity Catholic College Goulburn | Goulburn |
| 735 | Primary Industries Examination | Boughey, Imogen | 3 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 736 | Primary Industries Examination | Downie, Sally Lea | 4 | Forbes High School | Forbes |
| 737 | Primary Industries Examination | Schlunke, Molly | 5 | Yanco Agricultural High School | Yanco |
| 738 | Punjabi Continuers | Jawandha, Harnoor | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 739 | Punjabi Continuers | Rishi, Ripudaman | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 740 | Punjabi Continuers | Bola, Jaskaran | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 741 | Retail Services Examination | Williams, Chelsi | 1 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 742 | Retail Services Examination | Norris, Kate Georgia | 2 | Mount View High School | Cessnock West |
| 743 | Retail Services Examination | Musgrove, Cameron John | 3 | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 744 | Retail Services Examination | Fowler, Abbie May | 4 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 745 | Russian Continuers | Shafeeva, Sophie | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 746 | Russian Continuers | Chetin, Daniil | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 747 | Russian Continuers | Nosovtsev, Artem | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 748 | Russian Continuers | Sladkova, Elena | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 749 | Russian Continuers | Nikiforov, Pavel | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 750 | Senior Science | Isaac, Daniel Stephen | 1 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 751 | Senior Science | Schroeder, Lucy | 2 | Snowy Mountains Grammar School | Jindabyne |
| 752 | Senior Science | Barry, Aiden Christopher | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 753 | Senior Science | Sharma, Meru | 3 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 754 | Senior Science | Wilkinson, Samuel | 3 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 755 | Senior Science | Priddle, Gemma | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 756 | Senior Science | Petschack, Elena | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 757 | Senior Science | Cook, Tanayha Aimee | 8 | Kotara High School | Adamstown |
| 758 | Senior Science | Mitrevska, Monika | 8 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 759 | Senior Science | Aucamp-Schutte, Lauren | 10 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 760 | Serbian Continuers | Vojvodic, Aleksandar | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 761 | Serbian Continuers | Knezevic, Ivana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 762 | Serbian Continuers | Paunovic, Dragoljub | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 763 | Serbian Continuers | Nikolic, Marko | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 764 | Serbian Continuers | Stevic, Matija | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 765 | Society and Culture | Liew, Helaine | 1 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 766 | Society and Culture | Hamoud, Seda | 2 | Liverpool Girls High School | Liverpool |
| 767 | Society and Culture | Bosler, Madeleine Page | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 768 | Society and Culture | Ly, Ellen | 3 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 769 | Society and Culture | Zurlo, Clarissa | 5 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 770 | Society and Culture | Arrow, Tara Maureen | 6 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 771 | Society and Culture | Copping, Tutti Valerie | 7 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 772 | Society and Culture | MacKenzie, Craig | 8 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 773 | Society and Culture | Pavlou-Watt, Elena | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 774 | Society and Culture | Spinks, Hannah May | 8 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 775 | Software Design and Development | Baker, Peter Cole | 1 | Wagga Wagga High School | Wagga Wagga |
| 776 | Software Design and Development | Evans, Huw | 1 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 777 | Software Design and Development | Park, I Su | 3 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 778 | Software Design and Development | Hiebl, Nicholas | 4 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 779 | Software Design and Development | Damtoft, Christian Thomas | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 780 | Software Design and Development | Mackintosh, Justin Alexander | 5 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 781 | Software Design and Development | Chiu, Clement Hok Wo | 7 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 782 | Software Design and Development | Seefeld, Harold James Patrick | 8 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 783 | Software Design and Development | Edwards, Matthew | 9 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 784 | Software Design and Development | Glanville, Mark Timothy | 9 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 785 | Software Design and Development | Ragavan, Seyoon | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 786 | Spanish Beginners | Nguyen, Naomie | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 787 | Spanish Beginners | de Borja, Alisa Giustina Baluyut | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 788 | Spanish Beginners | Sun, Joanne | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 789 | Spanish Beginners | Eugene Dit Rochesson, Sylvia Lisa Sasha | 4 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 790 | Spanish Beginners | Jacobson, Paula Rae | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 791 | Spanish Continuers | Winestock, Zelda | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 792 | Spanish Continuers | Fauchon, Alex Edward | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 793 | Spanish Continuers | Lamazares, Eira | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 794 | Spanish Continuers | Fernandez Jones, Victoria | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 795 | Spanish Continuers | Garrett, Samuel | 5 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 796 | Spanish Extension | Winestock, Zelda | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 797 | Spanish Extension | Fauchon, Alex Edward | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 798 | Spanish Extension | Cuadros Lu, Melissa | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 799 | Spanish Extension | Zorrilla Moraga, Javiera Antonia Almendra | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 800 | Spanish Extension | Fernandez Jones, Victoria | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 801 | Studies of Religion I | O'Callaghan, Hannah | 1 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 802 | Studies of Religion I | Sobral, Alessandro | 1 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 803 | Studies of Religion I | Pistevos, Victoria | 3 | Bethlehem College | Ashfield |
| 804 | Studies of Religion I | Chen, Yan | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 805 | Studies of Religion I | Anderson, Sophie | 5 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 806 | Studies of Religion I | Simpkins, Michelle | 5 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | Lismore |
| 807 | Studies of Religion I | Wilson, Benjamin | 5 | Champagnat Catholic College | Maroubra |
| 808 | Studies of Religion I | Kaur, Jasleen | 8 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 809 | Studies of Religion I | Moehau, Josiah | 8 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 810 | Studies of Religion I | Christensen, Kayla | 10 | MacKillop Catholic College | Warnervale |
| 811 | Studies of Religion I | Ridley, Kate | 10 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |
| 812 | Studies of Religion II | Kossenberg, Thomas | 1 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 813 | Studies of Religion II | Fitzgerald, Megan Claire | 2 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 814 | Studies of Religion II | King, Madeline | 3 | Newcastle High School Cooks Hill Campus | Cooks Hill |
| 815 | Studies of Religion II | Silvanian, Karina | 4 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood |
| 816 | Studies of Religion II | Keen, Sophie | 5 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 817 | Studies of Religion II | Jones, Sarah | 6 | Macquarie College | Wallsend |
| 818 | Studies of Religion II | Sassin, Christian | 7 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 819 | Studies of Religion II | Naim, Lucia | 8 | Holy Spirit Catholic College Lakemba | Lakemba |
| 820 | Studies of Religion II | Shelley, Mary | 9 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 821 | Studies of Religion II | Cooper, Emer | 10 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 822 | Tamil Continuers | Thiyagesan, Sahanuja | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 823 | Tamil Continuers | Kannan, Haradarshana | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 824 | Tamil Continuers | Sivaranjan, Puvirangan | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 825 | Tamil Continuers | Dhinakaran, Gurukanthi | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 826 | Tamil Continuers | Janapalachandran, Yatharthany | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 827 | Textiles and Design | Bowman, Annabelle | 1 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 828 | Textiles and Design | Han, Si Jie Amanda | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 829 | Textiles and Design | Sun, Gloria | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 830 | Textiles and Design | Lee, Anthea | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 831 | Textiles and Design | Lieschke, Jacqueline | 5 | Mulwaree High School | Goulburn |
| 832 | Textiles and Design | Lyon, Jesse | 6 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 833 | Textiles and Design | Malyon, Miela Lily | 7 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 834 | Textiles and Design | Biviano, Chiara | 8 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 835 | Textiles and Design | Cavagnino, Lisa | 9 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 836 | Textiles and Design | Glassock, Gael Linda | 10 | Concord High School | Concord |
| 837 | Textiles and Design | McDonnell, Sarah Margaret | 10 | Warners Bay High School | Warners Bay |
| 838 | Textiles and Design | Runge, Alexandra | 10 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 839 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | Handsaker, Jasmine | 1 | Sydney Institute St George College | Kogarah |
| 840 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | Barnett, Holly | 2 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 841 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | Anderson, Emily | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 842 | Turkish Continuers | Misirlisoy, Beste | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 843 | Turkish Continuers | Ilter, Ecem | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 844 | Turkish Continuers | Erdogan, Alperen | 3 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 845 | Turkish Continuers | Habiboglu, Kerim | 4 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 846 | Turkish Continuers | Tok, Emine | 5 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 847 | Ukrainian Continuers | Matiiuk, Khrystyna | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 848 | Ukrainian Continuers | Nosovtsev, Artem | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 849 | Ukrainian Continuers | Koldunenko, Bogdan | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 850 | Ukrainian Continuers | Remedi, Justina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 851 | Vietnamese Continuers | Le, Khanh Vy | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 852 | Vietnamese Continuers | Dang, Thuy Cat Vy | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 853 | Vietnamese Continuers | Cao, Phuong Dung | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 854 | Vietnamese Continuers | Nguyen, Lan Nhi | 4 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 855 | Visual Arts | Lai, Gladys | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 856 | Visual Arts | Zhu, Bonnie | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 857 | Visual Arts | King, Emily Rose | 3 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 858 | Visual Arts | Edinburg, Alexis Storm | 4 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 859 | Visual Arts | Sun, Hui Yuan Christina | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 860 | Visual Arts | Ke, Helena | 6 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 861 | Visual Arts | Scanlen, Eliza Jane | 7 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 862 | Visual Arts | White, Charlotte Elizabeth | 7 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 863 | Visual Arts | Speiser, Lily | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 864 | Visual Arts | Papageorgious, Sofia | 10 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023