This report shows the 2020 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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| 625 | Mathematics Standard 1 Examination | Tietzel-Berry, Keeley | 9 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 626 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Malcolm, Andrew | 1 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 627 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Al Zaidy, Hussein | 2 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 628 | Mathematics Standard 2 | McManus, Thomas | 3 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 629 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Wiatkowski, Leah | 3 | Coonamble High School | Coonamble |
| 630 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Boddington, Tyler | 5 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 631 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Ebadi, Siavash | 6 | TAFE Digital | Ultimo |
| 632 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Lahoud, Matthew James | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 633 | Mathematics Standard 2 | McKernan, Thomas James | 8 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 634 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Cappetta, Matthew | 9 | Marist College North Shore | North Sydney |
| 635 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Al-Sultan, Ameer | 10 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 636 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Jago, Mikaela | 11 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 637 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Pesavento, Tess | 11 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 638 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Ametson, Jaden | 13 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 639 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Du, Xuming | 13 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 640 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Errington, Jade Rose | 13 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 641 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Joyce, Sabrina | 13 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 642 | Mathematics Standard 2 | McMillan, Caitlyn | 13 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 643 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Volk, Mitchell | 13 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 644 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Witherdin, Josephine | 13 | St Josephs College Lochinvar | Lochinvar |
| 645 | Mathematics Standard 2 | Zreika, Mohamed Gazi | 20 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 646 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Fisher, Lachlan | 1 | Tumbarumba High School | Tumbarumba |
| 647 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Price, Jacob | 2 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 648 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Braes, Ryan John | 3 | Willyama High School | Broken Hill |
| 649 | Modern Greek Beginners | Koutsoubos, Jacqueline | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 650 | Modern Greek Beginners | Christoforou, Jamie | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 651 | Modern Greek Beginners | Lis, Lukas | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 652 | Modern Greek Beginners | Athanassiou, Bill | 4 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 653 | Modern Greek Beginners | Karahlis, Tom | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 654 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kontou, Maria | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 655 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kapsabelis, Maria | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 656 | Modern Greek Continuers | Harilaou, Nestor | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 657 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kalogerakis, Katerina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 658 | Modern Greek Continuers | Dovellos, Mihalis | 5 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 659 | Modern Greek Extension | Kontou, Maria | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 660 | Modern Greek Extension | Kalogerakis, Katerina | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 661 | Modern Greek Extension | Grouva, Eleni | 3 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 662 | Modern Greek Extension | Harilaou, Nestor | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 663 | Modern Greek Extension | Gaitani, Paraskevi-Georgia | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 664 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Juter, Leanne | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
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| 665 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Ferdman, Shani | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 666 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Weininger, Ariel | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 667 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Bitton, Dana | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 668 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Zeevi, Talia | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 669 | Modern History | Ginters, Mason | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 670 | Modern History | Hogan, Orla Josephine | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 671 | Modern History | Lam, Prisca | 3 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 672 | Modern History | Ross, Charlotte Grace | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 673 | Modern History | Mitchell, Emily | 5 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 674 | Modern History | Chepurin, Emily | 6 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 675 | Modern History | McCredie, Finlay Donald Press | 7 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 676 | Modern History | Cass, Luke | 8 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 677 | Modern History | Burfitt, Francis | 9 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 678 | Modern History | Morgan, Edward John | 10 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 679 | Modern History | Azzi, Zara-Claire | 11 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 680 | Modern History | Kearns, Aidan | 11 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 681 | Modern History | Kairaitis, Charlie | 13 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 682 | Modern History | Lam, Kristy | 13 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 683 | Modern History | Sloan, Madeleine | 15 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 684 | Modern History | Chan, Hayden | 16 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 685 | Modern History | Speirs, Daniella Barbara | 17 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 686 | Modern History | De Jager, Allegra Skye | 18 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 687 | Modern History | Macfarlan, Lachlan | 19 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 688 | Modern History | De Melo, Ethan | 20 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 689 | Music 1 | Cox, Coda | 1 | Xavier Catholic College | Skennars Head |
| 690 | Music 1 | Kuleechuay, Tatiya | 2 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 691 | Music 1 | Datar, Rhea | 3 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 692 | Music 1 | Wilson, Jessica | 3 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 693 | Music 1 | Saad, Hannah | 5 | Blaxland High School | Blaxland |
| 694 | Music 1 | Shen, Xinyuan | 5 | Xavier High School | North Albury |
| 695 | Music 1 | de La Croix, Etienne | 7 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 696 | Music 1 | Spriggs, Faith | 7 | Nambucca Valley Christian Community School | Nambucca Heads |
| 697 | Music 1 | Zhou, Quincy | 9 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 698 | Music 1 | Amon, Harry | 10 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 699 | Music 2 | Suriyanarayanan, Shravan | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 700 | Music 2 | Annesley, Eden | 2 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 701 | Music 2 | Huynh, Nixon Lok | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 702 | Music 2 | Kendy, Natalie | 2 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 703 | Music 2 | Lau, Matthew Ching-Fung | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 704 | Music Extension | Lee, Chae-Weon | 1 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 705 | Music Extension | Kendy, Natalie | 2 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 706 | Music Extension | Lau, Matthew Ching-Fung | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 707 | Music Extension | Rands, Cooper | 4 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 708 | Music Extension | Wu, Toby Tin Hang | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 709 | Persian Continuers | Bandi Amirabad, Boshra | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 710 | Persian Continuers | Karimi, Shokofa | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 711 | Persian Continuers | Rezaie, Marziyeh | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 712 | Persian Continuers | Kafili, Hanieh | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 713 | Persian Continuers | Ashraf, Ali Aqa | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 714 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Harvey, Genevieve | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 715 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Chicharo, David | 2 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 716 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Noble, Alexander Luke | 3 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 717 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | McCarthy, Isabel | 4 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 718 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Nelson, Holly | 5 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 719 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Fordham, Rosie Georgina Haysom | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 720 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Sawyer, Natalie | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 721 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Creighton-Jones, Julia Anne | 8 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 722 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Petrie, Claudia | 9 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 723 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Luu, Joshua Tung Thien | 10 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 724 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Taylor, Edward | 11 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 725 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Woolbank, Ella Blaire | 11 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 726 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Curulli, Monique | 13 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 727 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Tougher, Rachel | 13 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 728 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Rodi, Daniel | 15 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 729 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Khoury, Kayla | 16 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 730 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Playford, Madeline | 16 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 731 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Vetsikas, Nicholas | 16 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 732 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Wilkes-Bowes, Imogen | 16 | St Francis De Sales Regional College | Leeton |
| 733 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Beesley, Kiara | 20 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 734 | Physics | Ye, Sariena | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 735 | Physics | Gilligan, Mackenzie William | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 736 | Physics | Zhou, Andrew | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 737 | Physics | Zurain, Ahmed | 2 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 738 | Physics | Lloyd-Hurwitz, Benjamin | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 739 | Physics | Yin, Jun Yuxiang | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 740 | Physics | Mackintosh, Rhys | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 741 | Physics | Wong, Alan Zi Hao | 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 742 | Physics | Savellis, George | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 743 | Physics | Beck, Christopher Ewan | 10 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 744 | Polish Continuers | Serafin, Veronica | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 745 | Polish Continuers | Haloszka, Amber | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 746 | Polish Continuers | Snoch, Gabriel | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 747 | Polish Continuers | Urbanczyk, Ivo | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 748 | Polish Continuers | Baran, Adrianna | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 749 | Portuguese Continuers | Wojcik, Amanda | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 750 | Portuguese Continuers | Lopes da Silva, Iva | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 751 | Portuguese Continuers | Neto Ramos, Gabriela Maria | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 752 | Portuguese Continuers | Pereira Duarte, Hannah | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 753 | Portuguese Continuers | Souza Do Canto, Maria Gabriela | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 754 | Primary Industries Examination | Castelletti, Lucy | 1 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 755 | Primary Industries Examination | West, Lachlan | 2 | Yanco Agricultural High School | Yanco |
| 756 | Primary Industries Examination | Porter, Ann | 3 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 757 | Primary Industries Examination | Cameron, Ben | 4 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 758 | Primary Industries Examination | Herbert, Hannah | 5 | Dubbo College Senior Campus | Dubbo |
| 759 | Punjabi Continuers | Dhillon, Bhawanjot Singh | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 760 | Punjabi Continuers | Kaur, Manpria | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 761 | Punjabi Continuers | Singh, Gurnoor | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 762 | Punjabi Continuers | Thind, Cinthia | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 763 | Retail Services Examination | Du, Kylie Ngan My | 1 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 764 | Retail Services Examination | Ball, Chloe | 2 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 765 | Retail Services Examination | Cao, Jenny | 3 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 766 | Retail Services Examination | Challita, Aden | 3 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 767 | Russian Continuers | Kuvyatkina, Anna | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 768 | Russian Continuers | Makeyeva, Kseniya | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 769 | Russian Continuers | Kolontaevskaya, Alyona | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 770 | Russian Continuers | Asprey, Misha | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 771 | Russian Continuers | Korotun, Stanislav | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 772 | Science Extension | Nguyen, Alex | 1 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 773 | Science Extension | Arvanitis, Olivia | 2 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 774 | Science Extension | Fu, Yi Ning | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 775 | Science Extension | Waters, Alexandra | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 776 | Science Extension | Abal, Veronica Madisson | 5 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 777 | Science Extension | Ashkenazi, Ran | 5 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 778 | Science Extension | Knight, Lara | 5 | Shire Christian School | Barden Ridge |
| 779 | Serbian Continuers | Petkovic, Veljko | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 780 | Serbian Continuers | Knezevic, Irena | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 781 | Serbian Continuers | Radivojevic, Elena | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 782 | Serbian Continuers | Poluga, Milos | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 783 | Serbian Continuers | Filipovic, Sofija | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 784 | Society and Culture | Service, Hugh | 1 | Hunters Hill High School | Hunters Hill |
| 785 | Society and Culture | Arena, Ginger Maree Kaye | 2 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 786 | Society and Culture | Blane, Claudia | 3 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood |
| 787 | Society and Culture | Williams, Katelyn | 4 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 788 | Society and Culture | Finlayson, Heidi | 5 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 789 | Society and Culture | Thom, Mia | 5 | Byron Bay High School | Byron Bay |
| 790 | Society and Culture | Baker, Isabella Sophia | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 791 | Society and Culture | Broom, Flynn | 8 | Patrician Brothers College Blacktown | Blacktown |
| 792 | Society and Culture | Lee, Stephanie | 9 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 793 | Society and Culture | Young, Emma | 10 | Belmont High School | Belmont |
| 794 | Software Design and Development | Noyes, Zack Allen | 1 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 795 | Software Design and Development | Kam, Zhan Yue | 2 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia |
| 796 | Software Design and Development | Prashanth, Dhivyesh | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 797 | Software Design and Development | Turner, Dylan John | 4 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 798 | Software Design and Development | Ng, Vincent | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 799 | Software Design and Development | Kessler, Gemma | 6 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 800 | Software Design and Development | Xu, Eleana Whua | 7 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 801 | Software Design and Development | Cox, Martyn Andrew | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 802 | Software Design and Development | Toh, Gabriel Hong Tai | 9 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 803 | Software Design and Development | Selja, Jakob | 10 | Rouse Hill High School | Rouse Hill |
| 804 | Spanish Beginners | Stone, Christiana May | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 805 | Spanish Beginners | Li, Grace | 2 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 806 | Spanish Beginners | Stannage, Sylvie | 3 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 807 | Spanish Beginners | Pizzinga, Caterina | 4 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 808 | Spanish Beginners | Simpson, Anna Lily | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 809 | Spanish Continuers | Coombs, Eszter Violet | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 810 | Spanish Continuers | Wenban, Chiara | 2 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 811 | Spanish Continuers | Ballone, Carolina | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 812 | Spanish Continuers | Burch, Matthew | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 813 | Spanish Continuers | Wang, Lindsay | 4 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 814 | Spanish Extension | Coombs, Eszter Violet | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 815 | Spanish Extension | Albujar Espinoza, Melissa Marcela | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 816 | Spanish Extension | Ruiz Davila, Cecilia | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 817 | Spanish Extension | Del Castillo, Frances | 4 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 818 | Spanish Extension | Molina Del Pozo, Claudia | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 819 | Studies of Religion I | Jacobson, Dean | 1 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 820 | Studies of Religion I | Sheridan, Thomas Charles | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 821 | Studies of Religion I | Smith, Brooke | 3 | Magdalene Catholic College | Narellan |
| 822 | Studies of Religion I | Cordina, Sofia | 4 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 823 | Studies of Religion I | Pitt, Julia | 5 | St Marys Catholic College Gateshead | Gateshead |
| 824 | Studies of Religion I | Landon-Smith, Georgia Marie | 6 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 7 Sep 2023