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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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023