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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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 601 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Cooper, Sophia Rose | 10 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 602 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ellison, Brad | 10 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 603 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Hassan, Mahmoud | 10 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 604 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lang, Zhe (Ryan) | 10 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 605 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Levy, Jared | 10 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 606 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Luk, Stanley Chi Sang | 1 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 607 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Shivakumaarun, Kieran | 2 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 608 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Zhang, Kimble Jingbao | 2 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 609 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Fonseka, Rannulu Dineth | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 610 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Wang, Leiao | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 611 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Wan, Jason Shi Jie | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 612 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Song, Amy | 7 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 613 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Foo, Zofia Sik Tai | 8 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 614 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lin, Anthony | 8 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 615 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Tapaswi, Nishka | 8 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 616 | Mathematics General 2 | Klein, Isobel Ruby | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 617 | Mathematics General 2 | Schreuder, Kirsten Grace | 1 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 618 | Mathematics General 2 | Weston, George | 1 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 619 | Mathematics General 2 | Konzen, Caitlin | 4 | Wollondilly Anglican College | Tahmoor |
| 620 | Mathematics General 2 | Mann, Ruby | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 621 | Mathematics General 2 | Mason, Benjamin Charles Leonard | 4 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 622 | Mathematics General 2 | Scott, Matthew John | 4 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 623 | Mathematics General 2 | Tolomeo, Lachlan Oscar | 4 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 624 | Mathematics General 2 | Vella, Krystelle Kiara A | 4 | Bede Polding College | South Windsor |
| 625 | Mathematics General 2 | Wilson, Xavier | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 626 | Mathematics General 2 | Loveday, Cailyn Ivy | 11 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 627 | Mathematics General 2 | Baldwin, Alyssa | 12 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 628 | Mathematics General 2 | Hession, Joel | 13 | Georges River Grammar | Georges Hall |
| 629 | Mathematics General 2 | Rapley, Matthew Steven | 13 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 630 | Mathematics General 2 | Do, Minh Hieu | 15 | Georges River Grammar | Georges Hall |
| 631 | Mathematics General 2 | Alcantara, Nathanael | 16 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 632 | Mathematics General 2 | Bollas, Chloe | 16 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 633 | Mathematics General 2 | Caruana, Matthew | 16 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 634 | Mathematics General 2 | Dirks, Bridgette Maree | 16 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 635 | Mathematics General 2 | Donald, Jonty | 16 | Belmont Christian College | Belmont North |
| 636 | Mathematics General 2 | Gratsounas, Chloe Rebekah | 16 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 637 | Mathematics General 2 | Hilton, Sarah | 16 | St Josephs Catholic High School | Albion Park |
| 638 | Mathematics General 2 | Kirsten, Aneesah Safiyya | 16 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 639 | Mathematics General 2 | Lowenstein, Eva | 16 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 640 | Mathematics General 2 | Nehme, Naomi | 16 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 641 | Mathematics General 2 | O'Brien, Matthew | 16 | St Pauls Catholic College Manly | Manly |
| 642 | Mathematics General 2 | Pugh, Harvey Laurence | 16 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 643 | Mathematics General 2 | Sucker-Walton, Jessie | 16 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 644 | Mathematics General 2 | Tang, Alice | 16 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 645 | Mathematics General 2 | Tropea, Alfio | 16 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
| 646 | Mathematics General 2 | Wilkins, Abbey Rose | 16 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 647 | Mathematics General 2 | Yeung, Pu En | 16 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 648 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Dukes, Timothy James | 1 | Western Institute Forbes Campus | Forbes |
| 649 | Modern Greek Beginners | Giakoumatos, George | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 650 | Modern Greek Beginners | Michael, Harrison | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 651 | Modern Greek Beginners | Calfas, James Alexander | 3 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 652 | Modern Greek Beginners | Tsokos, Cassandra | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 653 | Modern Greek Beginners | Pritt, Joanna | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 654 | Modern Greek Continuers | Theodore, Irene | 1 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 655 | Modern Greek Continuers | Vardakis-Vertzayias, Athanasia-Ellada | 1 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 656 | Modern Greek Continuers | Symani, Afroditi | 3 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 657 | Modern Greek Continuers | Fountotos, Panagiotis (Peter) | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 658 | Modern Greek Continuers | Psaras, Margarita | 4 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 659 | Modern Greek Extension | Karantzias, Constantinos | 1 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 660 | Modern Greek Extension | Binos, Christos | 2 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 661 | Modern Greek Extension | Symani, Afroditi | 3 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 662 | Modern Greek Extension | Klitorakis, Sofiana | 4 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 663 | Modern Greek Extension | Theodore, Irene | 5 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 664 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Biton, Shani | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 665 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Yehuda, Shiri | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 666 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Levy, Adam | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 667 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Smith, Mimi | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 668 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Yogev, Ronnie | 5 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 669 | Modern History | Esber, Yamema | 1 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 670 | Modern History | Preketes-Tardiani, Renee Ellen | 2 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 671 | Modern History | Biggins, Imogen | 3 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 672 | Modern History | Pang, Jenny | 3 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 673 | Modern History | Saunders, Christian | 5 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 674 | Modern History | Fine, Charlie Andrew | 6 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023