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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| 250 | Engineering Studies | Nguyen, Elvis | 8 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Lin, Eric | 9 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Sotomayor, Joshua | 9 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 253 | English Advanced | Gibb, Alexandra | 1 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 254 | English Advanced | Stevens, Marie-Claire | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 255 | English Advanced | Arabit, Joseph | 3 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 256 | English Advanced | Nason, Lily | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 257 | English Advanced | Thom, Mia | 3 | Byron Bay High School | Byron Bay |
| 258 | English Advanced | Bourke, Olivia | 6 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 259 | English Advanced | Lam, Grace | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 260 | English Advanced | Lim, Julina | 8 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 261 | English Advanced | Bradford, Ella May | 9 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 262 | English Advanced | Ong-Le, Taylor | 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 263 | English Advanced | Ye, Sariena | 11 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 264 | English Advanced | Rice, Oliver | 12 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 265 | English Advanced | Service, Hugh | 12 | Hunters Hill High School | Hunters Hill |
| 266 | English Advanced | Lam, Kristy | 14 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 267 | English Advanced | Khor, Jessica | 15 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 268 | English Advanced | O'Leary, Darcie | 16 | St Philips Christian College Port Stephens | Salamander Bay |
| 269 | English Advanced | Ong, Natasha June-Ann | 16 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 270 | English Advanced | Georgakopoulou, Angeliki | 18 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 271 | English Advanced | Hawkins, Nash | 18 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 272 | English Advanced | Xu, Yige | 18 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 273 | English EAL/D | Lai, Wing Yan | 1 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 274 | English EAL/D | Tran, Thu Ngoc Hoang | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 275 | English EAL/D | Pham, Duy Long | 3 | Chester Hill High School | Chester Hill |
| 276 | English EAL/D | Xiao, Zhenzi Zoe | 4 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 277 | English EAL/D | Zhao, Yingyi | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 278 | English EAL/D | Chen, Yantong | 6 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 279 | English EAL/D | Wang, Juehan | 6 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 280 | English EAL/D | Huang, Jiashu | 8 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 281 | English EAL/D | To, Hong Nhat Phuong | 9 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 282 | English EAL/D | Lin, Stephanie | 10 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 283 | English Extension 1 | Li, Akina | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 284 | English Extension 1 | Ruddick, Joseph Richard | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 285 | English Extension 1 | Murphy, Eamonn | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 286 | English Extension 1 | Coombs, Eszter Violet | 4 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 287 | English Extension 1 | O, Narah | 5 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 288 | English Extension 1 | Arabit, Joseph | 6 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 289 | English Extension 1 | Ong, Natasha June-Ann | 7 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
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| 290 | English Extension 1 | Sullivan, Sophie | 8 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 291 | English Extension 1 | Shiel-Dick, Jonathon | 9 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 292 | English Extension 1 | Chang, Kay | 10 | Concord High School | Concord |
| 293 | English Extension 2 | Coombs, Eszter Violet | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 294 | English Extension 2 | Buchen, Ava | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 295 | English Extension 2 | O'Neill, Mary-Rose | 3 | Montgrove College | Orchard Hills |
| 296 | English Extension 2 | Bentley, Harrison | 4 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 297 | English Extension 2 | Gabay, Jasper | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 298 | English Extension 2 | Dabaja, Gwendalyn | 6 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 299 | English Extension 2 | Evans, Fynn | 7 | Marist College North Shore | North Sydney |
| 300 | English Extension 2 | Apollonov, Leo | 8 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 301 | English Extension 2 | Hodge, Sebastian | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 302 | English Extension 2 | Stewart, Sophia | 10 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 303 | English Standard | Lamack, Rayna | 1 | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 304 | English Standard | Simoes, Kiara | 2 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 305 | English Standard | Smith, Holli | 3 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 306 | English Standard | Court, Lucy Sophia | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 307 | English Standard | Richardson, Heidi | 4 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 308 | English Standard | Champion, Holly | 6 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 309 | English Standard | Joma, Merym | 7 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 310 | English Standard | Baxter, Catherine | 8 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 311 | English Standard | Masters, Sophia | 8 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 312 | English Standard | Morehouse, Zachary | 8 | Mater Dei Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 313 | English Standard | Webb, Jessie | 8 | Cardiff High School | Cardiff |
| 314 | English Standard | Gosai, Sital | 12 | Mitchell High School | Blacktown |
| 315 | English Standard | Brener, Jonathan | 13 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 316 | English Standard | Tanna, Christian | 13 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 317 | English Standard | Diab, Yasser | 15 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 318 | English Standard | Zreika, Jana | 16 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 319 | English Standard | Lees, Mia | 17 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 320 | English Standard | Singer, Ella | 17 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 321 | English Standard | Raza, Shahan | 19 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 322 | English Standard | Bensaidi, Selma | 20 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 323 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Moynan, Sarah | 1 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 324 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Plant, Luke | 2 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 325 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Chan, Hayley | 3 | Rouse Hill Anglican College | Rouse Hill |
| 326 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Dewis, Oscar | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Brennan, Grant | 5 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Kelly, Arden | 5 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 329 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Wigney, Abby | 5 | Karabar High School | Queanbeyan |
| 330 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Hannah Alyssandra | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 331 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Hannah Cassandra | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 332 | Filipino Continuers | Enriquez, Catalina Isabel | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 333 | Filipino Continuers | Anorico, Clare | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 334 | Filipino Continuers | Boholano, Daphne | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 335 | Financial Services Examination | Donald, Tamara | 1 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Caramoan, Marc | 2 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 337 | Financial Services Examination | Smith, Benjamin | 2 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 338 | Food Technology | van der Laan de Vries, Alexandra | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 339 | Food Technology | Ashworth, Catherine | 2 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 340 | Food Technology | Farrell, Anthony | 3 | St Dominics College | Kingswood |
| 341 | Food Technology | Rader, Amelia | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 342 | Food Technology | Vegvari, Rachelle | 4 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 343 | Food Technology | Kelly, Sophie | 6 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 344 | Food Technology | Okladnikov, Mikayla | 6 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 345 | Food Technology | Huang, Rui Kimberley | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 346 | Food Technology | Kidd, Melanie | 8 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 347 | Food Technology | Papasavvas, Olivia | 10 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 348 | French Beginners | Freeman, Zeraphina Artemisia | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 349 | French Beginners | Livette-Vial, Jessica | 2 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 350 | French Beginners | Lydon, Abigail | 3 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 351 | French Beginners | Hanna, Lilian | 4 | Mitchell High School | Blacktown |
| 352 | French Beginners | Aldridge, Capri | 5 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 353 | French Continuers | Schlesinger, Anne-Marie | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 354 | French Continuers | Vahl, Jules | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 355 | French Continuers | Bhuyan, Anand | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 356 | French Continuers | Poole, Ross | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 357 | French Continuers | Murphy, Eamonn | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 358 | French Extension | Wade, Amy | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 359 | French Extension | McManus-Barrett, Caitlin | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 360 | French Extension | Curic, Ina | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 361 | French Extension | McCredie, Finlay Donald Press | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 362 | French Extension | Kumar, Abbey | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 363 | Geography | Pek, Serena Catherine | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 364 | Geography | Gong, Noah | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 365 | Geography | De Vecchis, David | 3 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 366 | Geography | Aalders, Thomas Michael | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 367 | Geography | Tate, Brendan | 5 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 368 | Geography | Penn, Laura | 6 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 369 | Geography | Harper, Max | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 370 | Geography | Lei, Allen | 8 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 371 | Geography | Males, Simon | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 372 | Geography | Jenkins, Simonie | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 373 | German Beginners | Lee, Chae-Weon | 1 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 374 | German Beginners | Phillips, Tani | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 375 | German Beginners | Jakovsky-Coleman, Tovia | 3 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 376 | German Beginners | Power, Nina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 377 | German Beginners | Zhang, Chenxi | 5 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 378 | German Continuers | Deva, Anika | 1 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 379 | German Continuers | Latham, Connor | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 380 | German Continuers | Faith, Julius Hiroshi | 3 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 381 | German Continuers | Grimes, Emily Elisabeth | 4 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 382 | German Continuers | Freeman, Zeraphina Artemisia | 5 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 383 | German Extension | Silcock, Rowan | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 384 | German Extension | Deva, Anika | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 385 | German Extension | Latham, Connor | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 386 | German Extension | Cowdery, Jacqueline | 4 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 387 | German Extension | Grimes, Emily Elisabeth | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 388 | Hindi Continuers | Sahni, Praneet | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 389 | Hindi Continuers | Jain, Manya | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 390 | Hindi Continuers | Dua, Tathagat | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 391 | Hindi Continuers | Gandhi, Shriya | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 392 | Hindi Continuers | Jain, Bhavya | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 393 | History Extension | Nason, Lily | 1 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 394 | History Extension | Stephens, Claire | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 395 | History Extension | Rice, Oliver | 3 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 396 | History Extension | Le, Catherine | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 397 | History Extension | Azzi, Zara-Claire | 5 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 398 | History Extension | Lam, Prisca | 6 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 399 | History Extension | MacCulloch, Sarah | 7 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 400 | History Extension | Chang, Emily | 8 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 401 | History Extension | Chavan, Aditi | 9 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 402 | History Extension | Richens, Annabelle | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 403 | Hospitality Examination | Johnstone, Samantha | 1 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 404 | Hospitality Examination | Grigson, Isabella | 2 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 405 | Hospitality Examination | Ho, Amy | 2 | Callaghan College Jesmond Campus | Jesmond |
| 406 | Hospitality Examination | Carnegie, Ella | 4 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 407 | Hospitality Examination | Dunne, Chloe | 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 408 | Hospitality Examination | McNamara, Dominic | 4 | Rosebank College | Five Dock |
| 409 | Hospitality Examination | Brownlow, Skye | 7 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 410 | Hospitality Examination | Parsonage, Luke | 8 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 411 | Hospitality Examination | Piscopo, Kasey | 8 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 412 | Hospitality Examination | Smith, Eloise | 8 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 413 | Human Services Examination | Galindo, Nathan | 1 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 414 | Human Services Examination | Mehdi, Gia | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 415 | Human Services Examination | Morellini, Alyssa | 3 | Broughton Anglican College | Menangle Park |
| 416 | Human Services Examination | Vaz, Sian | 3 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 417 | Human Services Examination | Clark, Emily | 5 | South Western Sydney Institute Macquarie Fields Campus | Macquarie Fields |
| 418 | Hungarian Continuers | Konya, Renata | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 419 | Hungarian Continuers | Csizmadia, Nathan Brett | 2 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 420 | Hungarian Continuers | Toth, Vivien Anna | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 421 | Indonesian and Literature | Amanda, Karen | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 422 | Indonesian Beginners | Susanto, Natasha | 1 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 423 | Indonesian Beginners | Roberts, Samala Grace | 2 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 424 | Indonesian Beginners | Radwan, Neveen | 3 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 425 | Indonesian Beginners | Sandhu, Kohinoor | 4 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 426 | Indonesian Beginners | O'Brien, Matilda Taylor | 5 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 427 | Indonesian Continuers | Maniam, Priyanka | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 428 | Indonesian Continuers | Maharjan, Ishara | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 429 | Indonesian Continuers | Chu, Kevin | 3 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 430 | Indonesian Continuers | Peek, Rebecca | 4 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 431 | Indonesian Continuers | Tjiong, Josiah | 4 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 432 | Indonesian Extension | Meredith-Daly, Elizabeth Marion | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 433 | Indonesian Extension | Tjiong, Josiah | 2 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 434 | Indonesian Extension | Maharjan, Ishara | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 435 | Indonesian Extension | Ransevycz, Zoe Anna Jean | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 436 | Industrial Technology | McMurray, Jarrod | 1 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 437 | Industrial Technology | Rodgers, Liam | 1 | Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School | Calala |
| 438 | Industrial Technology | Cardillo, Selena | 3 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 439 | Industrial Technology | Robilliard, Finn | 3 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 440 | Industrial Technology | Antonini, Tristan Gregory | 5 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 441 | Industrial Technology | Fontes, Timothy | 5 | Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls |
| 442 | Industrial Technology | O'Rourke, Oliver | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 443 | Industrial Technology | Stevens, Ashlee | 5 | St Benedicts Catholic College | Oran Park |
| 444 | Industrial Technology | Howard, Jorja-Louise | 9 | St Josephs College Lochinvar | Lochinvar |
| 445 | Industrial Technology | Mackay, Ross Sinclair | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 446 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Crowther-Miller, Oliver John | 1 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 447 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | He, Raymond | 2 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 448 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Kyu, Theresa Sandi | 3 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 449 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Palanusitthepa, Chanikan | 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 7 Sep 2023