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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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 325 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Breust, Tiana Lee | 3 | Kooringal High School | Kooringal |
| 326 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Pilkinton, Mary Isabel | 4 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Maric, Damian | 5 | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | McDonald, Chloe | 5 | MacKillop Catholic College | Warnervale |
| 329 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Sproule, Ashley | 5 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 330 | Filipino Continuers | Recto, Francesca Mae | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 331 | Filipino Continuers | Cortez, Franchesca | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 332 | Filipino Continuers | Avedillo, Jericho | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 333 | Filipino Continuers | Danting, Diana | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 334 | Filipino Continuers | Israel, Luis Gianfranco Paulane | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 335 | Financial Services Examination | Dunlop, Lachlan | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Cho, Andrew | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 337 | Financial Services Examination | Carfax, Lachlan Leonardo | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 338 | Financial Services Examination | Cox, Angus | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 339 | Food Technology | Alam, Annabelle | 1 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 340 | Food Technology | Moore, Lauren | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 341 | Food Technology | Huang, Karen | 3 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 342 | Food Technology | Vakil, Rachel | 4 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 343 | Food Technology | Saunders, Jade | 5 | Central Coast Adventist School | Erina |
| 344 | Food Technology | Field, Caitlin | 6 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 345 | Food Technology | Ellis, Elizabeth | 7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 346 | Food Technology | Walker, Nicola | 8 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 347 | Food Technology | Chao, Nikki | 9 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 348 | Food Technology | Frith, Miranda | 9 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 349 | Food Technology | Khoury, Emily | 9 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
| 350 | Food Technology | May, Laura | 9 | Shire Christian School | Barden Ridge |
| 351 | Food Technology | Moffatt, Claudia | 9 | Marian Catholic College Kenthurst | Kenthurst |
| 352 | Food Technology | Warren, Julia | 9 | Montgrove College | Orchard Hills |
| 353 | French Beginners | Clarke, Annie | 1 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 354 | French Beginners | Llavore, Alyssa Bernice | 2 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 355 | French Beginners | Brewer, Clare Maree | 3 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 356 | French Beginners | McEwan, Emily | 4 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | Lismore |
| 357 | French Beginners | Curley, Tahlia Elise | 5 | Springwood High School | Springwood |
| 358 | French Continuers | Butler, Emma Marie | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 359 | French Continuers | Zhao, Shiyi | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 360 | French Continuers | Xu, Jingxin (Annie) | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 361 | French Continuers | Maurency, William | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 362 | French Continuers | Xu, Caroline | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 363 | French Extension | Newman, Bronte Halstead | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 364 | French Extension | Chami, Marc | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 365 | French Extension | McHugh, Max Lucy | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 366 | French Extension | Schoff, Jasper | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 367 | French Extension | Dodd, Hamish | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 368 | Geography | Small, Owen | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 369 | Geography | Francis, Jessica | 2 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 370 | Geography | Morris, Isabella | 3 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 371 | Geography | Henville, Jacqueline Anne | 4 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 372 | Geography | Davis, Meagan Emily | 5 | Bellingen High School | Bellingen |
| 373 | Geography | Wu, James | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 374 | Geography | Hennings, Stephanie Emma | 7 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 375 | Geography | Mee, Elizabeth | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 376 | Geography | Geokjian, Anita | 9 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 377 | Geography | Carracher, Izac | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 378 | German Beginners | DeWaal, Andrea | 1 | Wade High School | Griffith |
| 379 | German Beginners | Sims, Rohan Patrick | 1 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 380 | German Beginners | Loxley Slump, Zoe | 3 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 381 | German Beginners | Powell Thomas, Gabriela Belen | 4 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 382 | German Beginners | Bendit-Rosser, Zara | 5 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 383 | German Continuers | Zha, Angela | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 384 | German Continuers | Odins-Jones, Nelson | 2 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 385 | German Continuers | Small, Owen | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 386 | German Continuers | Roth-Douglas, Alea | 4 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 387 | German Continuers | Witts, Stephen | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 388 | German Extension | Zha, Angela | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 389 | German Extension | Hopkinson, Isabel | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 390 | German Extension | Wang, Joshua | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 391 | German Extension | Whitehead, Hal Brock | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 392 | German Extension | Sampson, Timothy Noah | 5 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 393 | Hindi Continuers | Charde, Pratyush | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 394 | Hindi Continuers | Saini, Naetik | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 395 | Hindi Continuers | Patel, Jaykumar | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 396 | Hindi Continuers | Virmani, Vedant | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 397 | Hindi Continuers | Kalra, Agnat | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 398 | History Extension | Ainsworth-Grace, Cassidy | 1 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 399 | History Extension | Xiao, Annie | 2 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 400 | History Extension | Monardo, Isabella Marie Teresa | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023