This report shows the 2021 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 | Jones, Alfie William | 4 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Pettett, Patrick Matthew | 7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Beetham, Lochlan | 8 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Gardner, Brice | 9 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 254 | Engineering Studies | James, Cameron | 10 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 255 | Engineering Studies | Lee, Ryan | 10 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 256 | Engineering Studies | Lynch, Sam | 10 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 257 | English Advanced | Coughlan, Billie | 1 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 258 | English Advanced | Halliday Shand, Rachel | 1 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 259 | English Advanced | Ung, Michelle | 1 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 260 | English Advanced | Wen, Rita | 4 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 261 | English Advanced | Paton, Mayling Natalie Vera | 5 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 262 | English Advanced | Clubb, Harrison John | 6 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 263 | English Advanced | Gupta, Arnav | 7 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 264 | English Advanced | Graham, Rory | 8 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 265 | English Advanced | Bittar, Nicholas Garth | 9 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 266 | English Advanced | McGrath, Kashia | 10 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 267 | English Advanced | Raffoul, Jacob | 10 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 268 | English Advanced | Rogers, Imogen | 10 | Penrith Christian School | Orchard Hills |
| 269 | English Advanced | Zhao, O'felia | 13 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 270 | English Advanced | Hong, James Joo | 14 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 271 | English Advanced | Ma, Max | 14 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 272 | English Advanced | Finlayson, Lara Louise | 16 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 273 | English Advanced | Le, Angela | 17 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 274 | English Advanced | Taghvaei, Ryan | 17 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 275 | English Advanced | Cook, Harriet Rose | 19 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 276 | English Advanced | Ho, Samantha | 19 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 277 | English EAL/D | Zheng, Minxi | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 278 | English EAL/D | Nguyen, Ly Tam Nhu | 2 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 279 | English EAL/D | Wang, Yong | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 280 | English EAL/D | Nguyen, Lan Anh | 4 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 281 | English EAL/D | Zhou, Kaiyang | 5 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 282 | English EAL/D | Chan, Wing Sze | 6 | Kogarah High School | Kogarah |
| 283 | English EAL/D | Pham, Ai Thu | 7 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 284 | English EAL/D | Xie, Hanke | 7 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 285 | English EAL/D | Wang, Huaiyue | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 286 | English EAL/D | Yip, Max Shing Hoi | 10 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 287 | English Extension 1 | Chipman, Kate Teresa | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 288 | English Extension 1 | Gerrans, Tom | 2 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 289 | English Extension 1 | Ung, Michelle | 3 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
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| 290 | English Extension 1 | You, Metilda Yun Mei | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 291 | English Extension 1 | Lalic, Bianca | 5 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 292 | English Extension 1 | Lambie, Ava | 6 | Oxley College | Burradoo |
| 293 | English Extension 1 | Cowlishaw, Lucy | 7 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 294 | English Extension 1 | Paton, Mayling Natalie Vera | 8 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 295 | English Extension 1 | Finlayson, Lara Louise | 9 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 296 | English Extension 1 | Halliday Shand, Rachel | 10 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 297 | English Extension 2 | Saywell, Lucy | 1 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 298 | English Extension 2 | Krishna, Priyanka | 2 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia |
| 299 | English Extension 2 | Desai, Anjalee | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 300 | English Extension 2 | Rabbani, Amal | 4 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 301 | English Extension 2 | Luchko, Isabella | 5 | Regents Park Christian School | Regents Park |
| 302 | English Extension 2 | Knight, Maggie | 6 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 303 | English Extension 2 | Zafiropoulos, Antony | 7 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 304 | English Extension 2 | Maher, Luke | 8 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 305 | English Extension 2 | Droga, Emil | 9 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 306 | English Extension 2 | Smart, Maddison | 10 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 307 | English Standard | Pellegrini, Scarlett | 1 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 308 | English Standard | Ersamuk, Selin | 2 | Salamah College | Chester Hill |
| 309 | English Standard | Huynh, Jayden | 3 | Randwick Boys High School | Randwick |
| 310 | English Standard | Mohanarajah, Dineshe | 4 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 311 | English Standard | Barghachoun, Aya | 5 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 312 | English Standard | Hijazi, Nadia | 6 | Salamah College | Chester Hill |
| 313 | English Standard | Muspah, Fatma | 6 | Salamah College | Chester Hill |
| 314 | English Standard | Pattinson, Damien | 6 | John Therry Catholic College | Rosemeadow |
| 315 | English Standard | Metleg, Annam | 9 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 316 | English Standard | Ahn, Rebecca | 10 | Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus | Shelly Beach |
| 317 | English Standard | Giles, Shannon | 10 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 318 | English Standard | Katz, Sage | 10 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 319 | English Standard | O'Malley, Jamai | 13 | Xavier Catholic College | Skennars Head |
| 320 | English Standard | Yaneza, Emilyn | 14 | Doonside High School | Doonside |
| 321 | English Standard | Elmasri, Gabriel | 15 | Salamah College | Chester Hill |
| 322 | English Standard | Kayani, Abdullah | 16 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 323 | English Standard | Kapila, Mohit | 17 | South Western Sydney Institute Liverpool Campus | Liverpool |
| 324 | English Standard | Camilleri, Alana | 18 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 325 | English Standard | Abdel-Qader, Dana | 19 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 326 | English Standard | Mercieca, April | 20 | Doonside High School | Doonside |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Herington, Damon James | 1 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Wooding, Noah | 2 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 329 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Mulholland, Tara Sabine | 3 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 330 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Cameron-Brown, Anderson | 4 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 331 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Collier, Louise | 5 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 332 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Stokan, Cassandra Ann | 5 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 333 | Filipino Continuers | Marcos, Princess | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 334 | Filipino Continuers | Wenceslao, Kristina | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 335 | Financial Services Examination | Davis, Jarrod | 1 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Shoobridge, Emma | 2 | TAFE Digital | Ultimo |
| 337 | Financial Services Examination | Toogood, Alexandra | 3 | TAFE Digital | Ultimo |
| 338 | Financial Services Examination | Larsen, Kurtis | 4 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 339 | Financial Services Examination | Slack, Oceana | 4 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 340 | Food Technology | Di Bello, Serenna | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 341 | Food Technology | Rodgers, Skye | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 342 | Food Technology | Vogel, Emma | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 343 | Food Technology | Appleby, Cooper | 4 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 344 | Food Technology | Torrillo, Julian | 4 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 345 | Food Technology | Stefani, Helena Anastasia | 6 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 346 | Food Technology | Nguyen, Jesse To Binh | 7 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 347 | Food Technology | Brady, Claudia | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 348 | Food Technology | Tuddenham, Ella | 9 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 349 | Food Technology | Papageorgiou, Evelyn Jasmine | 10 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 350 | French Beginners | Briganti, Therese | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 351 | French Beginners | Grisard, Madeleine | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 352 | French Beginners | Pham, Grace | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 353 | French Beginners | Nguyen, Lan Anh | 4 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 354 | French Beginners | Do, Elin | 5 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 355 | French Continuers | Briand, Emma Gwenaelle | 1 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 356 | French Continuers | Granet, Damien | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 357 | French Continuers | Dwyer, Jacqueline Mary | 3 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 358 | French Continuers | Thevenon, Alexandre Thibault | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 359 | French Continuers | Mesimeris, Isander | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 360 | French Extension | Bowes, Cian Buo-Jren | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 361 | French Extension | Karantanis, Marie | 2 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 362 | French Extension | Van Es-Dickman, Liam | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 363 | French Extension | Xu, Derek | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 364 | French Extension | Landfear, Riley | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 365 | Geography | Wilson, Sarah | 1 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 366 | Geography | Tan, Kepei | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 367 | Geography | Ma, Phillip | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 368 | Geography | Shaw, Heidi Elizabeth | 4 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 369 | Geography | Kuru, Vivien | 5 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 370 | Geography | Berry, Callum | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 371 | Geography | Hardge, Harrison | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 372 | Geography | Tilden, Oscar | 8 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 373 | Geography | Bell Bird, Tom | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 374 | Geography | Hawkins, Max | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 375 | German Beginners | Baig, Ayeshah | 1 | Mitchell High School | Blacktown |
| 376 | German Beginners | Knight, Maggie | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 377 | German Beginners | Dogao, Karina | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 378 | German Beginners | Lauren, Maximilian | 4 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 379 | German Beginners | Duke-Yonge, Alexandra Lauren | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 380 | German Continuers | Bowes, Cian Buo-Jren | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 381 | German Continuers | Van Es-Dickman, Liam | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 382 | German Continuers | Meyer, Jonas | 3 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 383 | German Continuers | Ossimitz, Carmen | 3 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 384 | German Continuers | Smith, Karl | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 385 | German Extension | Bowes, Cian Buo-Jren | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 386 | German Extension | Hopkin, Jonah | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 387 | German Extension | Babeck, Alea | 3 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 388 | German Extension | Ossimitz, Carmen | 4 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 389 | German Extension | Paduch, Vivienne | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 390 | Hindi Continuers | Deo, Sumedha | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 391 | Hindi Continuers | Saini, Rachit | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 392 | Hindi Continuers | Vashishta, Aryan | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 393 | Hindi Continuers | Jain, Riya | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 394 | Hindi Continuers | Panjwani, Paawan | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 395 | History Extension | McKenzie, Charlotte | 1 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 396 | History Extension | Bender, Chloe | 2 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 397 | History Extension | Anthony, Dimitra | 3 | Bethlehem College | Ashfield |
| 398 | History Extension | Stala-Smith, Joseph | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 399 | History Extension | McGillicuddy, Joshua | 5 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 400 | History Extension | O'Brien, Genevieve | 6 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood |
| 401 | History Extension | Czajkowski, Ariel Shing-Fung | 7 | Springwood High School | Springwood |
| 402 | History Extension | Lee, Michaela | 8 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 403 | History Extension | Mehta, Vernica Jain | 9 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 404 | History Extension | Rowe, Dylan | 9 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 405 | History Extension | Wienholt, Jessica | 9 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 406 | Hospitality Examination | Lin, Sophie | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 407 | Hospitality Examination | Zhang, Nikki | 2 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 408 | Hospitality Examination | Ellery, Jasmine | 3 | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest |
| 409 | Hospitality Examination | Dettmer, Ella | 4 | Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus | Shelly Beach |
| 410 | Hospitality Examination | McRae, Jessica | 5 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 411 | Hospitality Examination | Wong, Molly | 6 | Scone Grammar School | Scone |
| 412 | Hospitality Examination | Bryant, Emily Raewa | 7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 413 | Hospitality Examination | Dean, Ashleigh | 7 | Lucas Heights Community School | Barden Ridge |
| 414 | Hospitality Examination | El Hitti, Isabella | 9 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 415 | Hospitality Examination | Roberts, Sophie | 10 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville |
| 416 | Hungarian Continuers | Solyom, Christina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 417 | Hungarian Continuers | Peterffy, Tekla | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 418 | Indonesian and Literature | Lim, Jovanka | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 419 | Indonesian and Literature | Caviedi, Kelly | 2 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 420 | Indonesian Beginners | Ashford, Grace Frances | 1 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 421 | Indonesian Beginners | Lim, Jayden | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 422 | Indonesian Continuers | Zhang, Jerry | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 423 | Indonesian Continuers | Du, Xinhang | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 424 | Indonesian Continuers | Ho, Ryan Ka-Hin | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 425 | Indonesian Continuers | Bamde, Emma | 4 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 426 | Indonesian Continuers | Shenouda, Melanie | 5 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 427 | Indonesian Extension | Zhang, Jerry | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 428 | Indonesian Extension | Giannakos, Natalia | 2 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 429 | Indonesian Extension | Daniel, Kaajal Sarah | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 430 | Indonesian Extension | Brnabic, Jessica Ann | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 431 | Indonesian Extension | Soepono, Kyle | 5 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 432 | Industrial Technology | Price, Jet Bronson | 1 | Gymea Technology High School | Gymea |
| 433 | Industrial Technology | Stenz, Piper | 1 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 434 | Industrial Technology | Warner, Aidan | 3 | Kellyville High School | Kellyville |
| 435 | Industrial Technology | New, Tiffany | 4 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 436 | Industrial Technology | Pagden, Arne | 5 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 437 | Industrial Technology | Macann, Trinity | 6 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 438 | Industrial Technology | Ko, Emily | 7 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 439 | Industrial Technology | Gray, Aaron George | 8 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 440 | Industrial Technology | Saul, Milla | 8 | Emmanuel Anglican College | Ballina |
| 441 | Industrial Technology | Edwards, William Thomas | 10 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 442 | Industrial Technology | Johnson, Finn | 10 | Katoomba High School | Katoomba |
| 443 | Industrial Technology | Cooper, Thomas James | 12 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 444 | Industrial Technology | Haswell, Eli | 12 | Sylvania High School | Sylvania |
| 445 | Industrial Technology | Jenkins, Mali | 12 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy |
| 446 | Industrial Technology | Lam, Benjamin | 12 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 447 | Industrial Technology | Lawson, David | 12 | Covenant Christian School | Belrose |
| 448 | Industrial Technology | Luke, Dionne | 12 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 449 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Pathak, Trisha Shaileshbhai | 1 | St Andrews College Senior Campus | Marayong |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 6 Sep 2023