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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| 401 | History Extension | Twibill, Nathan | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 402 | History Extension | Reddick, Anne Mae | 5 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 403 | History Extension | Kaine, Hannah | 6 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 404 | History Extension | Riley, Eden Marley Grace | 6 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 405 | History Extension | Gahan, Isabel Monique | 8 | Hennessy Catholic College | Young |
| 406 | History Extension | Park, Lauren Dongyoung | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 407 | History Extension | Li, Chenyue | 10 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 408 | Hospitality Examination | Grant, Emma | 1 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 409 | Hospitality Examination | Sato Hui, Kaoru Fun | 1 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 410 | Hospitality Examination | Ellis, Elizabeth | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 411 | Hospitality Examination | Towers, Emily | 3 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 412 | Hospitality Examination | Chin, Alyssa Kai Ling | 5 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 413 | Hospitality Examination | Masters, Kate | 6 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville |
| 414 | Hospitality Examination | Donoghoe, Brooke | 7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 415 | Hospitality Examination | Wen, Kellie Hua | 7 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 416 | Hospitality Examination | Wilson, Elizabeth | 9 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 417 | Hospitality Examination | Zuvela, Marina | 9 | Marian Catholic College Kenthurst | Kenthurst |
| 418 | Human Services Examination | Schroder, Natalie | 1 | Winmalee High School | Winmalee |
| 419 | Human Services Examination | Phipps, Annaliese | 2 | Illawarra Institute Wollongong Campus | Wollongong |
| 420 | Human Services Examination | Nguyen, Cecilia Vy Dan | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 421 | Human Services Examination | Kayatz-Monahan, Nikki | 4 | Picnic Point High School | Picnic Point |
| 422 | Human Services Examination | Spear, Megan Paige | 5 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 423 | Hungarian Continuers | Szabolcsik, Renata Bettina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 424 | Hungarian Continuers | Harasta, Daniel | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 425 | Hungarian Continuers | Toth, Zsofia (Sophia) | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 426 | Hungarian Continuers | Balogh, Olivia | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 427 | Indonesian and Literature | Nugraha, Patrick Bryan | 1 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 428 | Indonesian and Literature | Tjan, Timothy | 2 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 429 | Indonesian and Literature | Aberima, Fiona | 3 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 430 | Indonesian Beginners | Mansfield, Kamala Manjari | 1 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 431 | Indonesian Beginners | Wan, Kah Wai | 2 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 432 | Indonesian Beginners | Gilling, Ciaran | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 433 | Indonesian Beginners | Siagian, Jessica Rose | 4 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 434 | Indonesian Beginners | Clarke, Georgina | 5 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 435 | Indonesian Continuers | Kokic, Julia Alice | 1 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 436 | Indonesian Continuers | Choo, Zhilin | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 437 | Indonesian Continuers | Taylor, Kaitlin Brenna | 3 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 438 | Indonesian Continuers | Blonner, Marika Noriko | 4 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 439 | Indonesian Continuers | Hotston-Jones, Angelica Putri | 5 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 440 | Indonesian Extension | Kokic, Julia Alice | 1 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
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| 441 | Indonesian Extension | Taylor, Kaitlin Brenna | 2 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 442 | Indonesian Extension | Powell, Bronte Rose | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 443 | Indonesian Extension | Brown, Nara | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 444 | Indonesian in Context | Salsabila, Shafana | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 445 | Industrial Technology | O'Brien, Alex Patrick | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 446 | Industrial Technology | Neville, Ethan George | 2 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 447 | Industrial Technology | Dawson, Brady James Austin Dillon | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 448 | Industrial Technology | Bowen, James | 4 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 449 | Industrial Technology | Howlett, Thomas William | 5 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 450 | Industrial Technology | Parekh, Rushad | 5 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 451 | Industrial Technology | Jajcevic, Daniel | 7 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 452 | Industrial Technology | Tasho, Samuel John | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 453 | Industrial Technology | Piper, Izaac William | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 454 | Industrial Technology | Wilcox, Zane Robert | 10 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 455 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Lendoudis, Napoleon | 1 | Holsworthy High School | Holsworthy |
| 456 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Swain, Matthew | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 457 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Thorn, Lachlan | 2 | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 458 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Tinley, Zachary Jesse | 4 | Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College | Fletcher |
| 459 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Brien, Justin | 5 | St Pauls Catholic College Greystanes | Greystanes |
| 460 | Information Processes and Technology | Fang, Kevin Si Yu | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 461 | Information Processes and Technology | Cui, Colin | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 462 | Information Processes and Technology | Beocanin, Marko | 3 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 463 | Information Processes and Technology | Gold, Fiona | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 464 | Information Processes and Technology | Shi, Ran | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 465 | Information Processes and Technology | Siu, Kwun Hang Cedric | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 466 | Information Processes and Technology | Lin, Simon | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 467 | Information Processes and Technology | Attard, Nathan | 8 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 468 | Information Processes and Technology | Cai, Alexander | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 469 | Information Processes and Technology | Feng, William Qi Hao | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 470 | Italian Beginners | Shuttleworth, Sophie Jane | 1 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 471 | Italian Beginners | Pitteri, Ella Louise | 2 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 472 | Italian Beginners | Cheng, Amy | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 473 | Italian Beginners | Ding, Anna | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 474 | Italian Beginners | Coombes, Nina | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 475 | Italian Continuers | Paxton, Ines Francesca | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 476 | Italian Continuers | Pizzardello, Michael | 2 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 477 | Italian Continuers | Revere, Annabelle Carolina | 3 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 478 | Italian Continuers | Brigo, Sofia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 479 | Italian Continuers | Haynes, Briony Margaret | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 480 | Italian Continuers | Sawhney, Saras | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 481 | Italian Extension | Paxton, Ines Francesca | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 482 | Italian Extension | Haynes, Briony Margaret | 2 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 483 | Italian Extension | Sawhney, Saras | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 484 | Italian Extension | Dominguez Demichelli, Durcy Carolina | 4 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 485 | Italian Extension | Loane, Marcus | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 486 | Japanese and Literature | Masutani, Satoko | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 487 | Japanese and Literature | Seo, Yuri | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 488 | Japanese and Literature | Takahashi, Ayami | 2 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 489 | Japanese and Literature | Jacobsson, Emily | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 490 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Rayoung | 1 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 491 | Japanese Beginners | Zhang, Jing (Francine) | 2 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 492 | Japanese Beginners | Choi, Wooyeon (Elise) | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 493 | Japanese Beginners | Yang, Won Suk | 3 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 494 | Japanese Beginners | Ge, Xinyang | 5 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 495 | Japanese Continuers | Zheng, Tianyue | 1 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 496 | Japanese Continuers | Chen, Jenny | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 497 | Japanese Continuers | Bocks, Laura | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 498 | Japanese Continuers | Seberry, Gabrielle | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 499 | Japanese Continuers | Newman, Bronte Halstead | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 500 | Japanese Extension | Seberry, Gabrielle | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 501 | Japanese Extension | Lu, Cindy | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 502 | Japanese Extension | Yu, Sun | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 503 | Japanese Extension | Song, Nina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 504 | Japanese Extension | Wu, Rachel | 5 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 505 | Japanese in Context | Yamazaki, Sally | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 506 | Japanese in Context | Aoki, Karera Layla | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 507 | Japanese in Context | McRae, Madeline Shihori | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 508 | Japanese in Context | Tang, Jennifer | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 509 | Japanese in Context | Sugimoto, Keita | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 510 | Korean and Literature | Choi, Wooyeon (Elise) | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 511 | Korean and Literature | Bae, Yura | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 512 | Korean and Literature | Kim, Soolin | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 513 | Korean and Literature | Son, In Ho | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 514 | Korean and Literature | Lee, Yedam | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 515 | Korean Beginners | Karri, Sneha | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 516 | Korean Beginners | Yong, Catherine | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 517 | Korean Beginners | Asma, Jennifer Anne | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 518 | Korean Beginners | Lu, Jessica | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 519 | Korean Beginners | Mateo, Bianca Isabel | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 520 | Korean Continuers | Lui, Pricilla | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 521 | Korean Continuers | Bakiris, Angela | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 522 | Korean Continuers | Liang, Karen | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 523 | Korean Continuers | Wagley, Shivashree | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 524 | Korean in Context | Lee, Hee Won | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 525 | Korean in Context | Ko, Jinyoung (Julia) | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 526 | Korean in Context | Tae, Joanne Cho Ae | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 527 | Korean in Context | Jeon, Byeonggeon | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 528 | Korean in Context | Park, Tae In | 4 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 529 | Latin Continuers | Larkin, Hebe | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 530 | Latin Continuers | Ryan, Patrick | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 531 | Latin Continuers | Li, Vanessa Sihui | 3 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 532 | Latin Continuers | Stephenson, Edwina | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 533 | Latin Continuers | Hou, Christy | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 534 | Latin Extension | Ryan, Patrick | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 535 | Latin Extension | Wang, Chuyi | 2 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 536 | Latin Extension | Larkin, Hebe | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 537 | Latin Extension | Stephenson, Edwina | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 538 | Latin Extension | Ma, Anthony Bruce | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 539 | Legal Studies | Zou, Kevin Tinwing | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 540 | Legal Studies | Preketes-Tardiani, Renee Ellen | 2 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 541 | Legal Studies | Qiao, Wenjing | 3 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 542 | Legal Studies | Moussa, Sammy | 4 | De La Salle College Revesby Heights | Revesby Heights |
| 543 | Legal Studies | Huynh, Chelsea | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 544 | Legal Studies | Gerardi, Isabella | 6 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 545 | Legal Studies | Truong, Vivian | 6 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 546 | Legal Studies | Panagiotopoulos, Nicholas | 8 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Jeggannagari, Adarsh | 9 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Lorschy, Joshua | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Van Duinen, Gabriel | 10 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Diamandis-Nikoletatos, Elly | 12 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 551 | Legal Studies | Celic, Ines | 13 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 552 | Legal Studies | Ali, Yusuf | 14 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 553 | Legal Studies | Indap, Rohan | 15 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 554 | Legal Studies | Yadav, Rizina | 16 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 555 | Legal Studies | Small, Owen | 17 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 556 | Legal Studies | Luthra, Manan Paavan | 18 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 557 | Legal Studies | Thangathurai, Tallulah Mai | 18 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 558 | Legal Studies | Chen, Amy | 20 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 559 | Macedonian Continuers | Grozdanova, Marija | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 560 | Macedonian Continuers | Petreska, Tiyana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 561 | Macedonian Continuers | Kozarovski, Melanie | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 562 | Macedonian Continuers | Markovska, Cvetanka | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 563 | Macedonian Continuers | Dimovska, Elena | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 564 | Mathematics | Van Gerwen, Julian | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 565 | Mathematics | Zhang, Helen Jingting | 2 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 566 | Mathematics | Zheng, Tianyue | 3 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 567 | Mathematics | Pan, Jody | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 568 | Mathematics | Zhou, Jackson | 5 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 569 | Mathematics | Kha, Tony | 6 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 570 | Mathematics | Hudson, Judita | 7 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 571 | Mathematics | Pearson, Jacinta | 8 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 572 | Mathematics | Lawes, Thomas David | 9 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 573 | Mathematics | Chew, Samantha Shu Chyen | 10 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 574 | Mathematics | Tat, Sharon Amelia | 11 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 575 | Mathematics | Brajkovic, Portia | 12 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 576 | Mathematics | He, Louisa Wen Jing | 13 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 577 | Mathematics | Arena, Matthew | 14 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
| 578 | Mathematics | Mouratidis, Joanna | 15 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 579 | Mathematics | Cantrill, Andrew | 16 | Marist College Eastwood | Eastwood |
| 580 | Mathematics | Hitchcock, Charlotte Bethany | 16 | Springwood High School | Springwood |
| 581 | Mathematics | Jia, Yifan | 16 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 582 | Mathematics | Kroeger, James | 16 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 583 | Mathematics | Lee, Jack | 16 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 584 | Mathematics | Lin, Jacinta | 16 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 585 | Mathematics | Pietsch, Samuel | 16 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 586 | Mathematics | Read, Oliver | 16 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 587 | Mathematics | Shen, Emily | 16 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 588 | Mathematics | Xue, Jessica | 16 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 589 | Mathematics | Zhang, Xiao Kang | 16 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 590 | Mathematics | Zhang, Yunze Leo | 16 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 591 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Chen, Ryder | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 592 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Van Gerwen, Julian | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 593 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wang, Jeffrey | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 594 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zhang, Weiting | 4 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 595 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Fang, Ada | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 596 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Tran, Quoc-Phi | 6 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 597 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ahluwalia, Rahul | 7 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 598 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Tu, Annie Jian Jun | 8 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Li, Mingming | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 600 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Branley, Callum | 10 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023