This report shows the 2025 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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| 101 | Chemistry | Xu, Olivia | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 102 | Chemistry | Yu, Thomas Young Chan | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 103 | Chemistry | Desai, Rahul | 11 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 104 | Chemistry | Robinson, Sophie | 11 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 105 | Chemistry | Zhang, Daniel Tian Xiang | 13 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 106 | Chemistry | Walton, Samuel James | 14 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 107 | Chemistry | Ma, Selina | 15 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 108 | Chemistry | Kwok, Chloe Yee Ching | 16 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 109 | Chemistry | Lieu, Tyson | 16 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 110 | Chemistry | Rao, Richard | 18 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 111 | Chemistry | Shan, Qile | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 112 | Chemistry | Shi, Reina Huiyu | 20 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 113 | Chemistry | Wang, Zichen | 20 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 114 | Chemistry | Zhou, Olivia | 20 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 115 | Chinese and Literature | Wang, Shenmei | 1 | Beijing Zhongguancun Foreign Language School | Beijing, China |
| 116 | Chinese and Literature | Zhou, Jun Yu | 2 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 117 | Chinese and Literature | Xu, Chengying | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 118 | Chinese and Literature | Li, Mengjia | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 119 | Chinese and Literature | Ni, Runqian | 5 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 120 | Chinese Beginners | Lau, Lucia | 1 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 121 | Chinese Beginners | Nguyen, Lan | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 122 | Chinese Beginners | Wilesmith, Miranda | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 123 | Chinese Beginners | Koay, Jessica Ming-Li Tay | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 124 | Chinese Beginners | Rovacchi, Renato Junior | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 125 | Chinese Continuers | Wang, Xiwei Sophia | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 126 | Chinese Continuers | Yang, Youtan | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 127 | Chinese Continuers | Zhou, Yujing | 3 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 128 | Chinese Continuers | Wong, Austen | 4 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 129 | Chinese Continuers | Wang, Selina | 5 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 130 | Chinese Continuers | Zhang, Nicole | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 131 | Chinese Extension | Luo, Qiyan | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 132 | Chinese Extension | Jia, Joshua | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 133 | Chinese Extension | Cheung, Callum | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 134 | Chinese Extension | Kelman, Luke | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 135 | Chinese Extension | Yang, Youtan | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 136 | Chinese in Context | Yu, Skye Tian | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 137 | Chinese in Context | Lin, Yixing Lindsay | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 138 | Chinese in Context | Kwok, Chloe Yee Ching | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 139 | Chinese in Context | Ng, Arissa Xihe | 4 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 140 | Chinese in Context | Ying, Ivy | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
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| 141 | Classical Greek Continuers | Chung, William | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 142 | Classical Greek Continuers | Woo, Brendan | 2 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 143 | Classical Greek Continuers | Tran, Justin | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 144 | Classical Greek Continuers | Fifield, James | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 145 | Classical Greek Continuers | Zhu, Evelyn | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 146 | Classical Greek Extension | Chung, William | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 147 | Classical Greek Extension | Zhu, Evelyn | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 148 | Classical Greek Extension | Tran, Justin | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 149 | Classical Greek Extension | Fifield, James | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 150 | Classical Greek Extension | Chia, Benjamin | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 151 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Lobel, Oliver | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 152 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Sacks, Zev | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 153 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Butnaro, Rachel | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 154 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Levy, Chaya | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 155 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Lederer, Erin | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 156 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Butnaro, Rachel | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 157 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Lobel, Oliver | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 158 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Levy, Chaya | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 159 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Sacks, Zev | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Winton, Akiva | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 161 | Community and Family Studies | Priest, Milly | 1 | Orange High School | Orange |
| 162 | Community and Family Studies | Croft, Elkie | 2 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 163 | Community and Family Studies | Bandiera-Dunn, Alix | 3 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 164 | Community and Family Studies | Shafquat, Safa | 4 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 165 | Community and Family Studies | Kuk, Gabrielle | 5 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 166 | Community and Family Studies | Dixon, Lily | 6 | Lumen Christi Catholic College | Pambula Beach |
| 167 | Community and Family Studies | Paine, Charli | 7 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 168 | Community and Family Studies | Sameer, Aaizah | 8 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 169 | Community and Family Studies | Yeun, Callista Trinity | 8 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Hwang, Claire | 10 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 171 | Construction Examination | Hook, Dougald James | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 172 | Construction Examination | Laidlaw, Maxwell | 1 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 173 | Construction Examination | Firth, Hugo | 3 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 174 | Construction Examination | Fitzroy, Ashlyn | 4 | Terrigal High School | Terrigal |
| 175 | Construction Examination | Mogan, Andrew | 4 | All Saints Catholic College Casula Campus | Casula |
| 176 | Construction Examination | Summerauer, Zali | 4 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 177 | Construction Examination | Wilson, Kai | 4 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 178 | Construction Examination | Cater, Jyden | 8 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 179 | Construction Examination | Fischer, Kaelan | 8 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Hurley, James | 8 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 181 | Construction Examination | Johnston, Navrin | 8 | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |
| 182 | Construction Examination | Robinson, Ethan | 8 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Villagrand, Blake | 8 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 184 | Dance | Bernard, Alexander | 1 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 185 | Dance | Burnell, Abbie | 1 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 186 | Dance | McHardy, Emma | 1 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 187 | Dance | McRae, Maddison | 1 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 188 | Dance | Metcalfe, Audrey | 1 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 189 | Design and Technology | D'Arcy, Charlotte | 1 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 190 | Design and Technology | Quilkey, Isabella | 1 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 191 | Design and Technology | Shearer, Brodie Thomas | 1 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 192 | Design and Technology | Lambros, Anastasia | 4 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 193 | Design and Technology | Perry, Isabel | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 194 | Design and Technology | Yee, Zara | 6 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 195 | Design and Technology | Jellinek, Ava | 7 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 196 | Design and Technology | Vinalon, Megan | 8 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 197 | Design and Technology | Foley, Dashiell | 9 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 198 | Design and Technology | Miller, Evelyn | 10 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Paff, Lily | 10 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 200 | Drama | Wadhwa, Rupali | 1 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 201 | Drama | Wang, Joy | 1 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 202 | Drama | Freeman, Isla | 3 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 203 | Drama | McCosker, Madison | 3 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 204 | Drama | Aravinthan, Ashwini | 5 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 205 | Drama | Wallace, Mia | 6 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 206 | Drama | Chaleunthong, Niran | 7 | Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design | Dulwich Hill |
| 207 | Drama | Carson, Olivia | 8 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 208 | Drama | Cuda, Caroline | 8 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 209 | Drama | Griffiths, Christopher Andrew | 10 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 210 | Dutch Continuers | De Groot, Melline | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 211 | Dutch Continuers | Lassing, Aimee | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 212 | Dutch Continuers | Van den Biezenbos, Fiene Marie Jeanne | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 213 | Dutch Continuers | Roelands, Amy | 4 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 214 | Dutch Continuers | Lassing, Fleur Henrike | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 215 | Earth and Environmental Science | Sonter, Emily | 1 | Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus | Shelly Beach |
| 216 | Earth and Environmental Science | Nunan, Ashley | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 217 | Earth and Environmental Science | Morson, Abigail Clare | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Taylor, Poppy | 3 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Woods, Thomas Kyle | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Beks, Zoe | 6 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Grindon-Ekins, Madeleine | 6 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Kesby, Myles | 6 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Penney, Luka | 6 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Shah, Nirja | 10 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 225 | Economics | Coughlin, Liam Robert | 1 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 226 | Economics | Li, Eddie | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 227 | Economics | Tian, Eric | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 228 | Economics | Narayan Gupta, Yash | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 229 | Economics | Onikul, Gregory William | 5 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 230 | Economics | Qiao, Eric Yunfeng | 6 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 231 | Economics | Shankar, Nikhil | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 232 | Economics | Tsui, Ralph Hei-Yuet | 8 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 233 | Economics | Barraket, Ariel | 9 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 234 | Economics | Leung, Cyrus | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 235 | Electrotechnology Examination | Carson, Finn | 1 | St Josephs Catholic High School | Albion Park |
| 236 | Electrotechnology Examination | Aleman, Noah | 2 | St Josephs College Banora Point | Banora Point |
| 237 | Electrotechnology Examination | Hoffmann, Ruby | 2 | Holy Spirit College Bellambi | Bellambi |
| 238 | Electrotechnology Examination | Rutter, Zachary | 2 | Holy Spirit College Bellambi | Bellambi |
| 239 | Electrotechnology Examination | Masutti, Maverick | 5 | La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown |
| 240 | Engineering Studies | Smart, Seamus | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 241 | Engineering Studies | Mercier, Hayden | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 242 | Engineering Studies | Stepham, Douglas | 2 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Voigt, Samuel | 4 | Warners Bay High School | Warners Bay |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Thomas, Evangelos | 5 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Lee, Jack | 6 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Chung, Mitchell David | 7 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Gajus, Hannah | 7 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Lee, Wang Lok Brian | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Malliaros, Theofilos | 7 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Simpson, Arabella | 7 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 251 | English Advanced | Lin, Valery | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 252 | English Advanced | Phi, Emily | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 253 | English Advanced | Zhang, Weiyi | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 254 | English Advanced | Tran, Justin | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 255 | English Advanced | Parker, Tess | 5 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 256 | English Advanced | Fogarty, Ava Lily | 6 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 257 | English Advanced | Liang, Chen | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 258 | English Advanced | Kou, Miki | 8 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 259 | English Advanced | Brown, Alannah Lily Grace | 9 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 260 | English Advanced | Yim, Jio | 10 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 261 | English Advanced | Gargya, Jaden | 11 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 262 | English Advanced | Kant, Nandini | 12 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 263 | English Advanced | Knox, Lucy | 12 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 264 | English Advanced | Lee, Erin | 12 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 265 | English Advanced | Cao, Mohan | 15 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 266 | English Advanced | Ji, Shirley | 15 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 267 | English Advanced | Loadsman, Thomas | 15 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 268 | English Advanced | Pan, Alicia | 15 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 269 | English Advanced | Pillai, Saira Jaslene | 15 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 270 | English Advanced | Woo, Brendan | 15 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 271 | English EAL/D | Tsui, Tsz Yan | 1 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 272 | English EAL/D | Lau, Ho Shan Jayden | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 273 | English EAL/D | Wang, Shenmei | 3 | Beijing Zhongguancun Foreign Language School | Beijing, China |
| 274 | English EAL/D | Ezzaddin, Ghassan Sami Hamid | 4 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 275 | English EAL/D | Pham, Khanh | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 276 | English EAL/D | Koo, Ying Lap | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 277 | English EAL/D | Liu, Enjia | 6 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 278 | English EAL/D | Ke, Siting | 8 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 279 | English EAL/D | Gunawan, Charlene | 9 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 280 | English EAL/D | Tran, Ngoc Linh Ngan | 10 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 281 | English Extension 1 | Yim, Jio | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 282 | English Extension 1 | Feldman, Chase | 2 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 283 | English Extension 1 | Rimbo, Valerie | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 284 | English Extension 1 | Chan, Logan | 4 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 285 | English Extension 1 | Smith, Charlotte Millie | 5 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy |
| 286 | English Extension 1 | Bartlett, Annabella | 6 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 287 | English Extension 1 | Price, Noah | 7 | Bulli High School | Bulli |
| 288 | English Extension 1 | Pan, Summer | 8 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 289 | English Extension 1 | Frantz, Rebecca | 9 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 290 | English Extension 1 | Soviner, Joanne | 10 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 291 | English Extension 2 | Xiao, Yao | 1 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 292 | English Extension 2 | Ashbolt, Giselle Sophia | 2 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 293 | English Extension 2 | Soltani, Baran | 3 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 294 | English Extension 2 | Rebbeck, Katie | 4 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 295 | English Extension 2 | Staber, Lachlan Alois | 5 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 296 | English Extension 2 | Venayagam, Sarah | 6 | The Ponds High School | The Ponds |
| 297 | English Extension 2 | Parissis, Anthony Leo | 7 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 298 | English Extension 2 | Rizwan, Naveera | 8 | Unity Grammar College | Austral |
| 299 | English Extension 2 | Lin, Yao Yutang | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 300 | English Extension 2 | O'Loughlin, Callum | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 1 May 2026