This report shows the 2017 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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| 125 | Chemistry | Sharma, Dharmesh Dutt | 19 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 126 | Chinese and Literature | Zhang, Junni | 1 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 127 | Chinese and Literature | Wu, Haoming (Ivy) | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 128 | Chinese and Literature | Yu, Anqi | 3 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 129 | Chinese and Literature | Bi, Yuntian (Betty) | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 130 | Chinese and Literature | Wang, Jiayu | 5 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 131 | Chinese Beginners | Waugh, Finnegan | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 132 | Chinese Beginners | Wu, Yijing | 2 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 133 | Chinese Beginners | Seah, Julian Man Hin | 3 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 134 | Chinese Beginners | Jo, Che Ho Daniel | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 135 | Chinese Beginners | Redman, Jonty | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 136 | Chinese Continuers | Hoffman, Charlie | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 137 | Chinese Continuers | Ilin, Robert | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 138 | Chinese Continuers | Kozak, Austin Joshua | 3 | Lakes Grammar An Anglican School | Warnervale |
| 139 | Chinese Continuers | Luttrell, Prudence Hermione | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 140 | Chinese Continuers | Lake, Albert | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 141 | Chinese Extension | Tam, Sabrina | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 142 | Chinese Extension | Hoffman, Charlie | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 143 | Chinese Extension | Luttrell, Prudence Hermione | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 144 | Chinese Extension | Deng, Yue | 4 | Kingsgrove North High School | Kingsgrove |
| 145 | Chinese Extension | Jeong, Jessica | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 146 | Chinese in Context | Wang, Jingru | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 147 | Chinese in Context | Zhao, Shiyi | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 148 | Chinese in Context | Zha, Angela | 3 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 149 | Chinese in Context | Hu, Daniel | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 150 | Chinese in Context | Gao, Angela | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 151 | Classical Greek Continuers | Larkin, Hebe | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 152 | Classical Greek Continuers | Ryan, Patrick | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | McIntyre, Lachlan James | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wijetunga, Shakvaan Merl | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Continuers | Miller, Fergus | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 156 | Classical Greek Extension | Larkin, Hebe | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 157 | Classical Greek Extension | Miller, Fergus | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Ryan, Patrick | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 159 | Classical Greek Extension | Wijetunga, Shakvaan Merl | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 160 | Classical Greek Extension | McIntyre, Lachlan James | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Smith, Mimi | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Bui, Deborah | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Schwarz, Eliezer | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Rev, Ariella | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
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| 165 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Biton, Shani | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Schwarz, Eliezer | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Dunkel, Rebecca | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Smith, Mimi | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 169 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Bui, Deborah | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 170 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Taub, Hadassa | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | Doyle, Libby | 1 | Moama Anglican Grammar School | Moama |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Gale, Courtney | 2 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Das, Angelina | 3 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Fenton, Sally | 3 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Kardum, Emily | 5 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Bollen, Helena Grace | 6 | Mulwaree High School | Goulburn |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | Nichols, Shannon | 6 | Scone Grammar School | Scone |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Poulos, Hannah | 6 | Wagga Wagga Christian College | Wagga Wagga |
| 179 | Community and Family Studies | Peterson, Georgia | 9 | Nagle College | Blacktown |
| 180 | Community and Family Studies | Jarrett, Emily | 10 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 181 | Construction Examination | Ritter, Bianca | 1 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 182 | Construction Examination | Worcester, Nathaniel Tate | 2 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Davies, Lachlan | 3 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 184 | Construction Examination | Stewart, Benjamin | 3 | Woonona High School | Woonona |
| 185 | Construction Examination | Vasiliou, Bill | 5 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Woods, Liam | 6 | Sydney Institute Sutherland College Gymea Campus | Gymea |
| 187 | Construction Examination | Bligh-Jones, Jack | 7 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 188 | Construction Examination | Kraus, Daniel | 7 | Wycliffe Christian School | Warrimoo |
| 189 | Construction Examination | Hunt, Harry | 9 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 190 | Construction Examination | Vu, Jerry | 10 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 191 | Croatian Continuers | Somodvarac, Matthew | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 192 | Croatian Continuers | Zelic, Nicolina | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 193 | Croatian Continuers | Mesanovic, Aida | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 194 | Croatian Continuers | Tomic, Gloria | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 195 | Dance | Alca, Sibel | 1 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 196 | Dance | Trainor, Alycia | 2 | The McDonald College | North Strathfield |
| 197 | Dance | Fidow, Lyric | 3 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 198 | Dance | Hewett, Jessica | 3 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 199 | Dance | O'Meara, Jessica | 3 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 200 | Dance | Rumney, Logan Brianna | 3 | Orange High School | Orange |
| 201 | Design and Technology | Danuser, Seraina | 1 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Reede, Phoebe Kate | 2 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 203 | Design and Technology | Brennan, Benjamin | 3 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 204 | Design and Technology | Bunton, Natasha | 3 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 205 | Design and Technology | Burgess, Luke Richard | 3 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 206 | Design and Technology | Hassett, Sarah Amelia | 6 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
| 207 | Design and Technology | Hill-Wade, Hannah | 7 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 208 | Design and Technology | Fuller, Lily Jade | 8 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 209 | Design and Technology | Ball, Mikaela Jai | 9 | New England Girls School | Armidale |
| 210 | Design and Technology | Chen, Katherine | 9 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 211 | Drama | Taylor, Ellie May | 1 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 212 | Drama | Luthra, Manan Paavan | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 213 | Drama | Maurice, Devina | 3 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 214 | Drama | Andrighetto, Jack Peter | 4 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 215 | Drama | Traini, Katerina | 5 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 216 | Drama | Elliott, Sonia | 6 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 217 | Drama | Buay, Valentina | 7 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 218 | Drama | Gooley, Elise Joy | 8 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 219 | Drama | Hellen-Ford, Darcy James | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 220 | Drama | West, Elizabeth Lei | 10 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Bivell, John | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Dow, Madeleine Jane | 2 | Narara Valley High School | Narara |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Goodnow, Julia | 2 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hicks, Ellise Ann | 4 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 225 | Earth and Environmental Science | Lee, Joshua Guan | 5 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 226 | Earth and Environmental Science | Beasley, Lauren | 6 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 227 | Earth and Environmental Science | Chi, Lap Him | 6 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 228 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hasler, Kyle Jordan | 8 | Ulladulla High School | Ulladulla |
| 229 | Earth and Environmental Science | Bastow, Conor Michael | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 230 | Earth and Environmental Science | Latukefu, Helen | 9 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 231 | Economics | Rosenberg, Rebecca | 1 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 232 | Economics | Brajkovic, Portia | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 233 | Economics | Stricker-Phelps, Gabrielle | 3 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 234 | Economics | Chen, Ryder | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 235 | Economics | Bradley, Georgia | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 236 | Economics | Ainsworth-Grace, Cassidy | 6 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 237 | Economics | Woodcock, Thomas Christopher | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 238 | Economics | Demirbag, Ronahi | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 239 | Economics | Chow, Ethan Yin-Wah | 9 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 240 | Economics | Kyanian, Kiarash | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 241 | Electrotechnology Examination | Wallace, Jacob Scott | 1 | Hunter Institute Maitland Campus | Metford |
| 242 | Electrotechnology Examination | Steele, Abraham | 2 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Roy, Dibyendu | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Truong, Jordan Ka Yung | 2 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Whitehead, Thomas | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Hunt, Aidan | 4 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Rutherford, Richard Andrew | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Gapes, Callum | 6 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Radwan, Sidney | 7 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Shao, Jeffrey | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Stoddard, Timothy Andrew | 8 | Bega High School | Bega |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Lee, Benjamin | 10 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 253 | English (Advanced) | Muthukuda, Hansika Enakshi | 1 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 254 | English (Advanced) | Wang, Chuyi | 1 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Lin, Jade | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | McLenaghan, Sarah | 4 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Sathiyamoorthy, Shathurnia | 5 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Thatcher, Angus William Lincoln | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Woodcock, Thomas Christopher | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Taylor, India | 8 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 261 | English (Advanced) | Khanna, Sachleen | 9 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Altman, Amy | 10 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Duffy, Lana | 11 | Mater Dei Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Brown, Jacqueline | 12 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Sutton, Noah Richard | 12 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Muir, Lachlan William | 14 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | McGarry, Nicholas Richard John | 15 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Park, Lauren Dongyoung | 16 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Lee, Andy | 17 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Muston, Xanthe | 18 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Champion, Tadgh | 19 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 272 | English (Advanced) | Chua, William | 20 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 273 | English (Standard) | Wray, Bailey | 1 | Magdalene Catholic College | Narellan |
| 274 | English (Standard) | Van Aken, Ashleigh | 2 | Henry Kendall High School | Gosford |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Forrest, Molly Delaney | 3 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Mahdi, Ali | 4 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Alyassin, Ali | 5 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Steedman, Ashley | 6 | Green Point Christian College | Green Point |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Freier, Georgia | 7 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Blair, Sunita | 8 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Malouf, Bridget | 9 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Le, James Ky Quang | 10 | Fairvale High School | Fairfield West |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Cruz, Adelaida Marie | 11 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Davies, Leyton | 12 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Hamdami, Romina | 13 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Anderson, Jessica Lulu | 14 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Miller, Isabella | 15 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Quinto, Jared | 16 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Douglas, Adam | 17 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Marrazza, Alexander | 18 | Marist College North Shore | North Sydney |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Searant, Lily Ruth Theresa | 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 292 | English (Standard) | Shojai, Tamena | 20 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 293 | English as a Second Language | Choi, Wooyeon (Elise) | 1 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 294 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Sherry Shirui | 2 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Jin, Yantong | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Ling, Zixin | 4 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Alzubaidi, Kais Sultan Abdul Kareem | 5 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Cindy | 6 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Song, Haoran (Caroline) | 7 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Hui, Pui Yan - Rachel | 8 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 301 | English as a Second Language | Bi, Yuntian (Betty) | 9 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 302 | English as a Second Language | Fong, Winnie | 10 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 303 | English Extension 1 | Slabber, Liam | 1 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 304 | English Extension 1 | Lockley, Angelina Caillie | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 305 | English Extension 1 | Brunker, Helena Lucy | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 306 | English Extension 1 | Hoffman, Charlie | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 307 | English Extension 1 | Nichols, Shannon | 5 | Scone Grammar School | Scone |
| 308 | English Extension 1 | Rao, Varun | 6 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 309 | English Extension 1 | Kozak, Austin Joshua | 7 | Lakes Grammar An Anglican School | Warnervale |
| 310 | English Extension 1 | Huang, Alexander | 8 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 311 | English Extension 1 | Thomson, Celeste Louise | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 312 | English Extension 1 | Solomon, William Christopher | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 313 | English Extension 2 | Solomon, William Christopher | 1 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 314 | English Extension 2 | Altman, Amy | 2 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 315 | English Extension 2 | McDonald, Rachael Susan | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 316 | English Extension 2 | Lock, Lucy Annabelle | 4 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 317 | English Extension 2 | Hamersley, Ruby | 5 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 318 | English Extension 2 | Zulman, Levi | 6 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 319 | English Extension 2 | Boonen, Georgia Reilly | 7 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 320 | English Extension 2 | Budiarto, Sharyn | 8 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 321 | English Extension 2 | Stavropoulos, Stefanos | 9 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 322 | English Extension 2 | Turner, Annaliese | 10 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 323 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Tauro-Cesca, Mali | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 324 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Cooper, James | 2 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023