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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| 650 | Modern History | Minervina, Yelyzaveta | 18 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 651 | Modern History | Mitchell, Zoe | 19 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 652 | Modern History | Chen, Bill | 20 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 653 | Music 1 | Gupta, Kiran | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 654 | Music 1 | Mahadevan, Varun | 2 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 655 | Music 1 | Smith, Aiden | 3 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 656 | Music 1 | Oakley, Alexander | 4 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 657 | Music 1 | Wong, Lauren Wai Yee | 5 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 658 | Music 1 | Navarrete, Gemma | 6 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 659 | Music 1 | Heath, Maja | 7 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 660 | Music 1 | Elliott, Jacob Phillip | 8 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 661 | Music 1 | Shin, Young-Seo Joanne | 9 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 662 | Music 1 | Young, Hamish | 10 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 663 | Music 2 | Chang, Sarah | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 664 | Music 2 | Davis, Isaac | 2 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 665 | Music 2 | Thomas, Belinda | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 666 | Music 2 | Apcar, Ronan Jeffrey | 4 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 667 | Music 2 | Dong, Yinuo (Annie) | 5 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 668 | Music 2 | Xu-Zhang, Lin | 5 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 669 | Music Extension | Chang, Sarah | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 670 | Music Extension | Leung, Jerry | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 671 | Music Extension | Lin, Erin Joanne | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 672 | Music Extension | Overmyer, Tess | 4 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 673 | Music Extension | Yang, Elton Zi Xian | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 674 | Persian Background Speakers | Rajabi, Anisah | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 675 | Persian Background Speakers | Karimi, Maryam | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 676 | Persian Background Speakers | Khakzad, Nastaran | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 677 | Persian Background Speakers | Ebrahimi, Hanieh | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 678 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ibrahim, Noor | 1 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 679 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Stevenson, Lucy | 1 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 680 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Krek, Lucinda | 3 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 681 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Beaumont, Laura | 4 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 682 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Durante, Annika | 4 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 683 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Nguyen, Khiem Thien | 6 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 684 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ward, Isabella | 7 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 685 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Graham, Matthew Henry | 8 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 686 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Hogan, Rachel Jane | 9 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 687 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Dawson, Emily | 10 | Roseville College | Roseville |
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| 688 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Batzakis-Tsimboukis, Rhea | 11 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 689 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Good, Bella | 11 | Xavier Catholic College | Skennars Head |
| 690 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Liu, Nicole | 11 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 691 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Lin, Alex | 14 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 692 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Akdemir, Aleyna Krystal | 15 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 693 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Alali, Yasmin | 15 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 694 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | O'Neill, Georgia | 15 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 695 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Park, Hae Jung | 15 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 696 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Strasser, Georgia | 15 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 697 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Gillies, Saxon David | 20 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 698 | Physics | Tang, Matthew | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 699 | Physics | McCahon-Boersma, Hugo | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 700 | Physics | Chen, Jiaying | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 701 | Physics | Wright, Jesse | 4 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 702 | Physics | Nguyen, Lan | 5 | Moorebank High School | Moorebank |
| 703 | Physics | Zhang, Yichen | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 704 | Physics | Beydoun, Chloe | 7 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 705 | Physics | Liang, Phillip | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 706 | Physics | Zheng, Tianyue | 7 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 707 | Physics | Lin, Julia | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 708 | Polish Continuers | Szymanska, Jagoda | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 709 | Polish Continuers | Golos, Weronika | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 710 | Polish Continuers | Kotasinska, Izabela | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 711 | Polish Continuers | Brzozowska, Izabella | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 712 | Polish Continuers | Chorobski, Monika | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 713 | Portuguese Continuers | Lopes Da Silva, Eunice | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 714 | Portuguese Continuers | Moreira Coelho, Tatiana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 715 | Portuguese Continuers | Vasco, Dara | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 716 | Portuguese Continuers | Pereira, Henrique Yuji | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 717 | Primary Industries Examination | Jeffery, Emily | 1 | Red Bend Catholic College | Forbes |
| 718 | Primary Industries Examination | Brown, Lindsay | 2 | Yanco Agricultural High School | Yanco |
| 719 | Primary Industries Examination | Williams, Stephanie Anne | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 720 | Primary Industries Examination | Peel, Thomas | 4 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 721 | Primary Industries Examination | Bignell, Madalyn | 5 | Gloucester High School | Gloucester |
| 722 | Primary Industries Examination | Dunlop, Piper | 5 | Dubbo College Senior Campus | Dubbo |
| 723 | Primary Industries Examination | Langfield, Matthew | 5 | Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School | Calala |
| 724 | Punjabi Continuers | Kaur, Vipneet | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 725 | Punjabi Continuers | Kaur, Bavneet | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 726 | Punjabi Continuers | Lamba, Sehaj preet singh | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 727 | Retail Services Examination | Hamment, Tarryn | 1 | Georges River Grammar | Georges Hall |
| 728 | Russian Continuers | Kucherenko, Yuliya | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 729 | Russian Continuers | Bashkova, Inna | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 730 | Russian Continuers | Skripnikova, Yelizaveta | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 731 | Russian Continuers | James, Elizaveta (Eliza) | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 732 | Russian Continuers | Uzlova, Maria | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 733 | Senior Science | Zheng, Yiran (Betty) | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 734 | Senior Science | Melhuish, Matthew | 2 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 735 | Senior Science | Trollor, Ashton | 3 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 736 | Senior Science | Ambalavanar, Nitharsaa | 4 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 737 | Senior Science | Lee Vidal, Tamara | 5 | Sydney Institute Randwick College | Randwick |
| 738 | Senior Science | Carbone, Emma Catherine | 6 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 739 | Senior Science | Cilia, Rebecca Marie | 7 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 740 | Senior Science | Kitchen, Samantha | 8 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 741 | Senior Science | Brown, Vanessa | 9 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 742 | Senior Science | Carolan, Olivia Kate | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 743 | Senior Science | Stephens, Hannah | 9 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 744 | Serbian Continuers | Arnold, Andela | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 745 | Serbian Continuers | Dukic, Stefan | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 746 | Serbian Continuers | Popovic, Adrian | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 747 | Serbian Continuers | Erdeljan Djordjevic, Katarina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 748 | Serbian Continuers | Avramovic, Jelena | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 749 | Society and Culture | Mitchell, Zoe | 1 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 750 | Society and Culture | Diasinos, Chrysanthi | 2 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 751 | Society and Culture | Beocanin, Marko | 3 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 752 | Society and Culture | Woonton, Tieki | 4 | Kariong Mountains High School | Kariong |
| 753 | Society and Culture | Khoury, Elena | 5 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 754 | Society and Culture | Katsiris, Isabella | 6 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 755 | Society and Culture | Corlett, Emelia | 7 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 756 | Society and Culture | Hendra, Keziah Ariella | 8 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 757 | Society and Culture | Leten, Lucinda Nadine | 8 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 758 | Society and Culture | Mestousis, Zane | 10 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 759 | Society and Culture | Ortega, Chelsey-Lee | 10 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
| 760 | Software Design and Development | Armstrong, Jaya | 1 | Wagga Wagga Christian College | Wagga Wagga |
| 761 | Software Design and Development | Sinha, Mrinaank | 1 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 762 | Software Design and Development | Fleming, Nicholas | 3 | Moorebank High School | Moorebank |
| 763 | Software Design and Development | Gee, Michael Joseph Leslie | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 764 | Software Design and Development | Tan, Alexander Depei | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 765 | Software Design and Development | Tran, Sean | 6 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 766 | Software Design and Development | Jiang, Jack | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 767 | Software Design and Development | Challis, Noa | 8 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 768 | Software Design and Development | Jayasooriya, Yasiru | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 769 | Software Design and Development | Flabouris, George Alexander | 10 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 770 | Spanish Beginners | Ten Dam, Isolde | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 771 | Spanish Beginners | Jones, Toby | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 772 | Spanish Beginners | Stevenson, Emily | 3 | St George Christian School | Hurstville |
| 773 | Spanish Beginners | Recinos, Vanessa | 4 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 774 | Spanish Beginners | Saaghy, Alyssa Jayde | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 775 | Spanish Continuers | Velasquez, Juliana | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 776 | Spanish Continuers | Nicula, Adela | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 777 | Spanish Continuers | Lyons, Jack | 3 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 778 | Spanish Continuers | Mann-Betanzos, Aitana | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 779 | Spanish Continuers | Lopez Zuniga, Laura Vanessa | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 780 | Spanish Extension | Espinoza, Daniella Andrea | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 781 | Spanish Extension | Ruiz, Jose | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 782 | Spanish Extension | Nicula, Adela | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 783 | Spanish Extension | Lopez Zuniga, Laura Vanessa | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 784 | Spanish Extension | Courtney, Ivan Jose | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 785 | Studies of Religion I | Watson, Lucy | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 786 | Studies of Religion I | Cousins, Courtney | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 787 | Studies of Religion I | Power-Smerdely, Angelina | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 788 | Studies of Religion I | Mitchell, Zoe | 4 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 789 | Studies of Religion I | Fuccilli, Patrick Nino | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 790 | Studies of Religion I | Smelt, Emily | 6 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 791 | Studies of Religion I | Zaher, Madeline | 7 | Delany College | Granville |
| 792 | Studies of Religion I | de Berg, Benjamin Wojtek | 8 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 793 | Studies of Religion I | Abadee, Robert Benjamin | 9 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 794 | Studies of Religion I | Carbone, Monique | 10 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 795 | Studies of Religion II | Ferguson, Laura Alannah | 1 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 796 | Studies of Religion II | Roberts-Lovell, Lucy Greta | 2 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 797 | Studies of Religion II | Salvaris, John | 3 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 798 | Studies of Religion II | Zeaiter, Izabella | 4 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 799 | Studies of Religion II | Pitkethley, Zachary | 5 | Marist Catholic College Penshurst | Mortdale |
| 800 | Studies of Religion II | Bryan-Ellis, Claire | 6 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 801 | Studies of Religion II | Chapman, Emma | 7 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 802 | Studies of Religion II | Stanaway, Lauren | 8 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 803 | Studies of Religion II | Stuart-Brookes, Douglas Benedict | 9 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 804 | Studies of Religion II | Bianchi, Daniella | 10 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 805 | Swedish Continuers | Robinson, Hannah | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 806 | Tamil Continuers | Celvavinayagan, Harishnaa | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 807 | Tamil Continuers | Sakthi Sivabalan, Prithi | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 808 | Tamil Continuers | Shanmugathaas, Poomijaa | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 809 | Tamil Continuers | Sivasothyraja, Sanchana | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 810 | Tamil Continuers | Vijay, Vijayal | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 811 | Textiles and Design | Jenkins, Hannah | 1 | Elderslie High School | Narellan |
| 812 | Textiles and Design | Cockerton, Courtney May | 2 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 813 | Textiles and Design | Luo, Weipei | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 814 | Textiles and Design | Hall, Tiana | 4 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 815 | Textiles and Design | Lawrence, D'arcy | 4 | Shellharbour Anglican College | Dunmore |
| 816 | Textiles and Design | Murdoch, Tahlie | 4 | Xavier Catholic College | Skennars Head |
| 817 | Textiles and Design | Xu, Ashley Fanxi | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 818 | Textiles and Design | Tran, Kim Thuc Doan | 8 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 819 | Textiles and Design | Liang, Lynn | 9 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 820 | Textiles and Design | Garikapati, Sumyukta | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 821 | Textiles and Design | Huang, Choessa | 10 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 822 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | Breytenbach, Kate | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 823 | Turkish Continuers | Savran, Esra | 1 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 824 | Turkish Continuers | Gulmez, Bade Elif | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 825 | Turkish Continuers | Yazici, Feride Zulal | 3 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 826 | Turkish Continuers | Sacan, Kubra | 4 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 827 | Turkish Continuers | Haktan, Melih | 5 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 828 | Ukrainian Continuers | Whitbourn, Sofia | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 829 | Vietnamese Continuers | Ho, Thi Thien An | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 830 | Vietnamese Continuers | Truong, Lam Nhu | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 831 | Vietnamese Continuers | Duong, Trieu Duong | 3 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 832 | Vietnamese Continuers | Thai, Thao Phuong | 4 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 833 | Vietnamese Continuers | Le, Vu Bich Quyen | 5 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 834 | Visual Arts | Leatherbarrow, Sarah Belle | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 835 | Visual Arts | Sixel Miller, Tige | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 836 | Visual Arts | Morrison-Budge, Monty | 3 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 837 | Visual Arts | Langley, Amelia Grace | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 838 | Visual Arts | Gallagher, Callum | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 839 | Visual Arts | McConnochie, Ella Grace | 5 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 840 | Visual Arts | Cook, Maya Eliza | 7 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 841 | Visual Arts | Koskinas, Elena | 8 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 842 | Visual Arts | Gorgas, Eleni | 9 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 843 | Visual Arts | Sharp, Jasmine | 10 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 7 Sep 2023