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.
| 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 | East Lismore |
| 357 | French Beginners | Curley, Tahlia Elise | 5 | Springwood High School | Faulconbridge |
| 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 |
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| 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 |