This report shows the 2018 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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| 50 | Biology | Demskoy, Albert | 4 | The Riverina Anglican College | Wagga Wagga |
| 51 | Biology | Ewald, Niva | 5 | Emmanuel Anglican College | Ballina |
| 52 | Biology | Gamage, Risini Dilara Haththotuwe | 5 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 53 | Biology | Ten Dam, Isolde | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 54 | Biology | Lim, Zhi Ying Julia | 8 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 55 | Biology | Christopoulos, Alexandra | 9 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 56 | Biology | He, Wenzhe | 9 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 57 | Biology | Kee, Adelea Su Ting | 9 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 58 | Biology | Naylor, Gabe | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 59 | Biology | Trevelyan, Jessica | 9 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 60 | Biology | Loh, Hannah | 14 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 61 | Biology | Van Gerwen, Julian | 14 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 62 | Biology | Coles, Phoebe | 16 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 63 | Biology | Athavale, Rushab Shailendra | 17 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 64 | Biology | Hollens, Georgia | 18 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 65 | Biology | Cook, Georgia | 19 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 66 | Biology | Al Rifai, Mahmoud | 20 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 67 | Biology | Ngo, Natalie | 20 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 68 | Biology | Wang, Yanwen | 20 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 69 | Business Services Examination | Jessamine, Victoria | 1 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 70 | Business Services Examination | Spiropoulos, Georgia | 1 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 71 | Business Services Examination | Bell, Ashleigh | 3 | St Peters Catholic College | Tuggerah |
| 72 | Business Services Examination | Phelan, Paige | 3 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 73 | Business Services Examination | Al-Uqabi, Ahmed | 5 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 74 | Business Services Examination | Deskar, Annabella | 5 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 75 | Business Services Examination | Gadallah, Sarah | 7 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 76 | Business Services Examination | Sandhu, Kirtveer | 7 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 77 | Business Services Examination | Shuwayhat, Christina | 7 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 78 | Business Services Examination | Graham, Kira | 10 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 79 | Business Studies | Yang, Yazhou (Tim) | 1 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 80 | Business Studies | Derwent, Noah Benjamin | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 81 | Business Studies | Janssen, Marie | 3 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 82 | Business Studies | Zheng, Yiran (Betty) | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 83 | Business Studies | Taylor, James Brenton | 5 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 84 | Business Studies | George, Emily | 6 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 85 | Business Studies | Downham, Emma | 7 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 86 | Business Studies | Haase, Amber | 7 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 87 | Business Studies | Kurniawan, Melvern Ted | 9 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 88 | Business Studies | Penn, Harrison Robert Lennox | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 89 | Business Studies | Arnold, Amber Gail | 11 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
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| 90 | Business Studies | Cheema, Munisa | 11 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 91 | Business Studies | Schlitter, Madeleine | 11 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 92 | Business Studies | Wood, Mia | 14 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 93 | Business Studies | Bao, Sheeri | 15 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 94 | Business Studies | Tian, Raymond | 16 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 95 | Business Studies | Hildebrand, Mathew Allister | 17 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 96 | Business Studies | Onslow, Olivia | 18 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 97 | Business Studies | Elvish, Emily | 19 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 98 | Business Studies | Kiew, Katarina | 20 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 99 | Chemistry | Li, Raymond Kai Chun | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 100 | Chemistry | Lai, Jason | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 101 | Chemistry | Zhang, Yichen | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 102 | Chemistry | Feng, Brian | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 103 | Chemistry | Smith, Karl | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 104 | Chemistry | Dempsey, Ruby Kate | 6 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 105 | Chemistry | Lawton-Wade, Eleanor | 7 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 106 | Chemistry | Mattar, Emily | 7 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 107 | Chemistry | Moon, Gunwoo | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 108 | Chemistry | Oayda, Oliver | 7 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 109 | Chemistry | Patel, Jay | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 110 | Chemistry | Aitchison, Cory | 12 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 111 | Chemistry | Ai, Salina | 13 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 112 | Chemistry | Jung, Sam Chanyoung | 14 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 113 | Chemistry | Nuttall, Sean | 15 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 114 | Chemistry | Tang, Matthew | 15 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 115 | Chemistry | Zhang, Daphne | 17 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 116 | Chemistry | Choy, Hayes | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 117 | Chemistry | Liang, Phillip | 19 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 118 | Chemistry | Thi, Henry | 20 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 119 | Chinese and Literature | Feng, Runzi | 1 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 120 | Chinese and Literature | Zhu, Na | 2 | Concord High School | Concord |
| 121 | Chinese and Literature | Huang, Siying | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 122 | Chinese and Literature | Liu, Yichen | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 123 | Chinese and Literature | Huo, Meiyi | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 124 | Chinese Beginners | Kim, Seohyun | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 125 | Chinese Beginners | Nguyen, Quynh Anh Thi | 2 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 126 | Chinese Beginners | Pham, Huong Ly | 3 | Kingsgrove North High School | Kingsgrove |
| 127 | Chinese Beginners | Gao, William | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 128 | Chinese Beginners | Jones, Steven | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 129 | Chinese Continuers | Lim, Matthew | 1 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 130 | Chinese Continuers | Osborne, James Anthony | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 131 | Chinese Continuers | Saulys, Christopher Daniel | 3 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 132 | Chinese Continuers | Natalia, Gabriela | 4 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 133 | Chinese Continuers | Wang, Ruohan (Ricky) | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 134 | Chinese Extension | Scotter, Nathan | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 135 | Chinese Extension | Kiew, Katarina | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 136 | Chinese Extension | Rice, Nicholas | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 137 | Chinese Extension | Sim, Jason | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 138 | Chinese Extension | Wilson, Ryan | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 139 | Chinese in Context | Li, Katherine Jiaxin | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 140 | Chinese in Context | Li, Jia Lu (Grace) | 2 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 141 | Chinese in Context | Zhu, Jiahui Vivian | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 142 | Chinese in Context | Ly, Julienne Anna | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 143 | Chinese in Context | Chen, Fiona Xiao Yu | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 144 | Classical Greek Continuers | Mok, Joshua | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 145 | Classical Greek Continuers | Pavlou, Eric | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 146 | Classical Greek Continuers | Hervir, Oliver | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 147 | Classical Greek Continuers | Hobkirk, William | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 148 | Classical Greek Continuers | Chen, Dillon | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 149 | Classical Greek Extension | Pavlou, Eric | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 150 | Classical Greek Extension | Chen, Dillon | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 151 | Classical Greek Extension | Hobkirk, William | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 152 | Classical Greek Extension | Mok, Joshua | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 153 | Classical Greek Extension | Hervir, Oliver | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Hirschowitz, Rivka | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 155 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Brill, Liav | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 156 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Yehuda, Shiri | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 157 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Benstock, Adam | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 158 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Levy, Adam | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 159 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Rev, Ariella | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Hirschowitz, Rivka | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Oberstein, Jenna | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Levy, Adam | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Benstock, Adam | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Community and Family Studies | Agostini, Lauren | 1 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 165 | Community and Family Studies | Brown, Madison | 1 | Broughton Anglican College | Menangle Park |
| 166 | Community and Family Studies | Tejcek, Katherine | 1 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 167 | Community and Family Studies | McKeown, Margot Caitlin | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 168 | Community and Family Studies | Arthur, Emma Wyeela | 5 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 169 | Community and Family Studies | Kealy-Ashby, Cassidy | 6 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Katsiris, Isabella | 7 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | Rodwell, Jazmyn | 8 | Terrigal High School | Terrigal |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Friedrich, Estelle | 9 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Nassar, Alyssa | 9 | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park |
| 174 | Construction Examination | Brennan, Lucas Taylor | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 175 | Construction Examination | Stanford, Zac | 2 | Lithgow High School | Lithgow |
| 176 | Construction Examination | Hansford, Ethan | 3 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 177 | Construction Examination | Hill, Katharine | 4 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 178 | Construction Examination | Piromalli, Anthony | 4 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 179 | Construction Examination | Vigliante, Joshua Peter | 6 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Best, Dale | 7 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 181 | Construction Examination | Monk, Lincoln | 7 | James Sheahan Catholic High School | Orange |
| 182 | Construction Examination | Giuffrida, Cameron | 9 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 183 | Construction Examination | O'Bryan, Charles | 10 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 184 | Dance | Harrison, Zoe | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 185 | Dance | Neuhaus, Laurence | 1 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 186 | Dance | Hall, Annaliese | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 187 | Dance | De Santi, Alexandra | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 188 | Dance | Blendell, Erika Chloe | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 189 | Design and Technology | Malyon, Elliot | 1 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 190 | Design and Technology | Lackey, Zalia | 2 | Penrith Anglican College | Orchard Hills |
| 191 | Design and Technology | Swain, Juliette | 3 | Oxley College | Burradoo |
| 192 | Design and Technology | Andrews, Sophie | 4 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 193 | Design and Technology | McDonald, Ethan | 5 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 194 | Design and Technology | Morrison, Anna Elise | 6 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 195 | Design and Technology | Humphries, Nicola Jean | 7 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 196 | Design and Technology | Luu, Elizabeth | 8 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 197 | Design and Technology | Deakin, Jessica | 9 | Oxley College | Burradoo |
| 198 | Design and Technology | Hunt, Hailley Catherine | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Worth, Emily Isabelle | 10 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 200 | Drama | Goldman, Genevieve | 1 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 201 | Drama | Ireland-Shead, Drew | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 202 | Drama | Stevenson, Jack Kenneth | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 203 | Drama | Davies, Haddie | 4 | Braidwood Central School | Braidwood |
| 204 | Drama | White, Maxwell William Charles | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 205 | Drama | Shanahan, Jack | 6 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 206 | Drama | Douglas, Sophie | 7 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 207 | Drama | Gibson, Elliot Carpenter | 8 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 208 | Drama | Page, Isabella | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 209 | Drama | Ewald, Niva | 10 | Emmanuel Anglican College | Ballina |
| 210 | Dutch Continuers | Hoogenhout, Isabella | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 211 | Dutch Continuers | Kessen, Laura | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 212 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wilson, Bella | 1 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 213 | Earth and Environmental Science | Stevenson, Lucy | 2 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 214 | Earth and Environmental Science | Mehta, Anish Atul | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 215 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hanrahan, Fraser Scott | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 216 | Earth and Environmental Science | Henley, Jessica | 5 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 217 | Earth and Environmental Science | Ricketts, Ruby Carmen | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Yuan, Yunyi (Winnie) | 5 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cremen, Jaselyn Daisy | 8 | Pittwater High School | Mona Vale |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Burns, Thomas William | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cowdery, Mitchell James | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 222 | Economics | Bivell, John | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 223 | Economics | Prince, Samuel James | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 224 | Economics | Fox, Eliza | 3 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 225 | Economics | Hope, Mitchell Ryan | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 226 | Economics | Gribben, Michael | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 227 | Economics | Aitchison, Cory | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 228 | Economics | Lin, Lucas Shen Jia | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 229 | Economics | Crowley, Xavier Isaac Aidan | 8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 230 | Economics | MacAlister, Leon Thomas | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 231 | Economics | Gu, Andrew Mingliang | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 232 | Engineering Studies | Gong, William Lifan | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 233 | Engineering Studies | Montroy, Bradley Kenneth | 2 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 234 | Engineering Studies | Pathirana, Dylan Chandima | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 235 | Engineering Studies | Kraynov, Svyatoslav | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 236 | Engineering Studies | Haurissa-Oey, Nathan | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 237 | Engineering Studies | Kembrey, Zachary | 6 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 238 | Engineering Studies | Yu, Jonathan | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 239 | Engineering Studies | Wang, Frank Cheng | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 240 | Engineering Studies | Morton, Alexander James | 9 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 241 | Engineering Studies | Wong, Esther Yuet-Yee | 9 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 242 | English (Advanced) | Roodenrys, Grace | 1 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 243 | English (Advanced) | Wang, Coco | 2 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 244 | English (Advanced) | Marinelli, Caitlin Rose | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 245 | English (Advanced) | Johnson, Cole | 4 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 246 | English (Advanced) | Koit, Ericka | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 247 | English (Advanced) | Chang, Alicia | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 248 | English (Advanced) | McCartney, William | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 249 | English (Advanced) | Prince, Samuel James | 8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 7 Sep 2023