This report shows the 2011 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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| 551 | Mathematics | Dong, Matthew | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 552 | Mathematics | Kim, Wondong | 3 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 553 | Mathematics | Liang, Gary | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 554 | Mathematics | Ozdemir, Tayfun | 3 | Sule College Prestons | Prestons |
| 555 | Mathematics | Im, Jenny Jeong Yeon | 8 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 556 | Mathematics | Tang, Sean | 9 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 557 | Mathematics | Nguyen, Alysha | 10 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 558 | Mathematics | Tsihlis, George | 10 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 559 | Mathematics | Lay, Mey Ly | 12 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 560 | Mathematics | Qian, Lynette Li Heng | 12 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 561 | Mathematics | Azer, Mark | 14 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 562 | Mathematics | Ching, Karin | 14 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 563 | Mathematics | Girgis, Mary | 14 | St Marks Coptic Orthodox College | Wattle Grove |
| 564 | Mathematics | Hewett, Nicholas | 14 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy |
| 565 | Mathematics | Kwok, Leonie Chi-Ying | 14 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 566 | Mathematics | Li, Audi | 14 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 567 | Mathematics | Matthews, Thomas | 14 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 568 | Mathematics | Phipps, Samuel | 14 | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 569 | Mathematics | Walsh, Ellen | 14 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 570 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Altman, Daniel | 1 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 571 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zhao, David Boren | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 572 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Kim, Dennis Daehwan | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 573 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Chen, Yingli | 4 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 574 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wilkinson, Ian James | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 575 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Azer, Mark | 6 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 576 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ho, Tung Hei Logan | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 577 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lee, Jeffrey | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 578 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Yiu, James Kawai | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 579 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Crawford, Michael Patrick | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 580 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Large, Timothy | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 581 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lee, Jeffrey | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 582 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Ghali, Mark | 3 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 583 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Yiu, James Kawai | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 584 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Kong, Vincent | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 585 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Peng, Alexander Zi Ying | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 586 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Kim, Dennis Daehwan | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 587 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Chen, Yingli | 8 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 588 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Luo, Jinghang | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 589 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lam, Dennis Patrick | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 590 | Metal and Engineering Examination | White, Benjamin John | 1 | South Western Sydney Institute Granville Campus | Granville |
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| 591 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Michel, Harry Glen | 2 | The Armidale School | Armidale |
| 592 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Turner, Benjamin Phillip | 3 | Dubbo Christian School | Dubbo |
| 593 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Walsh, Luke | 4 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 594 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Hanley, James Roland | 5 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 595 | Modern Greek Beginners | Haralabopoulos, Evangelia | 1 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 596 | Modern Greek Beginners | Vivliotis, Yianni | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 597 | Modern Greek Beginners | Frangos Young, Annamaria | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 598 | Modern Greek Beginners | Hampouris, Maria | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 599 | Modern Greek Beginners | Panopoulos, Andrew | 5 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 600 | Modern Greek Continuers | Boyages, Olivia Maddison | 1 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 601 | Modern Greek Continuers | Binasis, Theodora | 2 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 602 | Modern Greek Continuers | Diamandoulis, Irene | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 603 | Modern Greek Continuers | Sansonios, Antonios Gerasimos | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 604 | Modern Greek Continuers | Triantafyllis, Nikolaos | 5 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 605 | Modern Greek Extension | Sansonios, Antonios Gerasimos | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 606 | Modern Greek Extension | Georgiadis, Konstantin George | 2 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 607 | Modern Greek Extension | Binasis, Theodora | 3 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 608 | Modern Greek Extension | Boyages, Olivia Maddison | 4 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 609 | Modern Greek Extension | Triantafyllis, Nikolaos | 5 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 610 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Dekel, Shir | 1 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 611 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Nurick, Jennifer | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 612 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Levy, Gabi | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 613 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Dagani, Shylee | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 614 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Samocha, Shira | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 615 | Modern History | Denniss, Amelia | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 616 | Modern History | Gordon-King, Caitlin | 2 | Alstonville High School | Alstonville |
| 617 | Modern History | Coles, Lucy Imogen | 3 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 618 | Modern History | Parrington, Holly | 4 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 619 | Modern History | Choi, Andrew Kyu Sun | 5 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 620 | Modern History | Wall, Madeleine | 6 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 621 | Modern History | Gray, Madeleine | 7 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 622 | Modern History | Henry, Alyssa | 8 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 623 | Modern History | Vassel, Rose Cheryl | 9 | Gulgong High School | Gulgong |
| 624 | Modern History | Huynh, Micheal | 10 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 625 | Modern History | Brodzeli, Andrew | 11 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 626 | Modern History | Holmes, Sarah | 12 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 627 | Modern History | Blake, Matthew James Radford | 13 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 628 | Modern History | Redmayne, Georgia Prue | 14 | Alstonville High School | Alstonville |
| 629 | Modern History | Woodforde, Evangeline Alexandra | 14 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 630 | Modern History | Kluckow, Tess Ramsay | 16 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 631 | Modern History | McDonald, Finlay Wilding | 17 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 632 | Modern History | Williams, Hope | 18 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 633 | Modern History | Huang, Jenny Qin | 19 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 634 | Modern History | Johnston, Rachel Sarah | 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 635 | Music 1 | Picard, Khayl Charles | 1 | Albury High School | Albury |
| 636 | Music 1 | Dymock, Jadon | 2 | Summerland Christian College | Goonellabah |
| 637 | Music 1 | Hooper, Freyja | 3 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 638 | Music 1 | Hennessy, Clare | 4 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 639 | Music 1 | Balog, Greta | 5 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 640 | Music 1 | Hampel, Thomas | 6 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 641 | Music 1 | Noiosi, Stephanie | 7 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 642 | Music 1 | Smith, Lucy | 8 | Holy Spirit College | ? |
| 643 | Music 1 | Shanahan, Lucy | 9 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 644 | Music 1 | Cameron, Donald Alexander | 10 | Albury High School | Albury |
| 645 | Music 1 | Papandrea, Chloe Isabella | 10 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 646 | Music 2 | Neale, Jacob | 1 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 647 | Music 2 | Wang, Anne Qian | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 648 | Music 2 | Chang, Hsiu-Wen | 3 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 649 | Music 2 | Krust, Rachel Louisa | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 650 | Music 2 | Kwa, Rachael Wai-Chi | 4 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 651 | Music Extension | Neale, Jacob | 1 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 652 | Music Extension | Chung, Li Chloe | 2 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 653 | Music Extension | Xu, Jessica Kejun | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 654 | Music Extension | Handmer, Annie Grace | 4 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 655 | Music Extension | Lu, Jessie Jing | 5 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 656 | Music Extension | Ramsay, Jonathon Robert | 5 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 657 | Persian Background Speakers | Kord Abadi, Shadi | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 658 | Persian Background Speakers | Hamzavian, Seyed Mohammad Amin | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 659 | Persian Background Speakers | Ighani, Ghazal | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 660 | Persian Background Speakers | Sorkheh, Rozhin | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 661 | Persian Background Speakers | Zarrin, Sepehr | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 662 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Fox, Jessica Esther | 1 | Blaxland High School | Blaxland |
| 663 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ko, Jason Waihay | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 664 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Perring, Shona Rae | 3 | South Grafton High School | South Grafton |
| 665 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Dalton, Chloe | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 666 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Tan, Amelia | 4 | Singleton High School | Singleton |
| 667 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Jones, Clare | 6 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 668 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Corbett, David | 7 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 669 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Cole, Siobhan Marie | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 670 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Cox, Harrison James | 9 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 671 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Noori, Zulaikha | 9 | Liverpool Girls High School | Liverpool |
| 672 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Bowyer, Hannah | 11 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 673 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Chappell, James | 11 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 674 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Kazanis, Dimitrios | 13 | La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown |
| 675 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Fenwick, Tanya Joanne | 14 | Covenant Christian School | Belrose |
| 676 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Lee, Rachelle | 15 | Glen Innes High School | Glen Innes |
| 677 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Samarasinghe, Sereena | 16 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 678 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Miyashita, Hannah | 17 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 679 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Carrigan, Allister | 18 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 680 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Mao, Lena | 19 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 681 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Evans, Sophie | 20 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 682 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Li, Si-Jia Jenny | 20 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 683 | Physics | Ly, Austin | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 684 | Physics | Hoang, Dang Minh | 2 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 685 | Physics | Lennon, Matthew | 3 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 686 | Physics | Lin, Xin Sandy | 3 | St Pauls International College | Moss Vale |
| 687 | Physics | Nguyen, Minh Huyen (Diana) | 3 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 688 | Physics | Barnett, Andrew | 6 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 689 | Physics | Kim, Dennis Daehwan | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 690 | Physics | Lee, Peter Joon | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 691 | Physics | Lee, Andrew | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 692 | Physics | Zhao, David Boren | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 693 | Polish Continuers | Samolej, Anna | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 694 | Polish Continuers | de Pree, Matthew Alexander | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 695 | Polish Continuers | Geba, Aleksandra | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 696 | Polish Continuers | Jarominek, Alexander | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 697 | Polish Continuers | Nadolski, Emilia | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 698 | Primary Industries Examination | Kopp, Kayla Jade | 1 | St Johns College | ? |
| 699 | Primary Industries Examination | Mitchell, Hayley | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 700 | Primary Industries Examination | Cohen, Jordan Ellis | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 701 | Primary Industries Examination | Ludington, Emma Susan | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 702 | Primary Industries Examination | Moore, Liam | 5 | Tomaree High School | Salamander Bay |
| 703 | Retail Services Examination | Prompromis, Alanna | 1 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 704 | Retail Services Examination | Dang, Fiona | 2 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 705 | Retail Services Examination | Mouldey, Kate | 3 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 706 | Retail Services Examination | Patterson, Michelle Emma | 4 | South Grafton High School | South Grafton |
| 707 | Russian Background Speakers | Maltseva, Valeria Valeria | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 708 | Russian Background Speakers | Kostashchuk, Yekateryna (Katie) | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 709 | Russian Background Speakers | Risman, Alina | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 710 | Russian Background Speakers | Klimanskaya, Victoria | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 711 | Russian Background Speakers | Lukasheva, Maria | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 712 | Senior Science | Hawkins, Paige Marie Erenora | 1 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 713 | Senior Science | Rees, Brigitte | 2 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 714 | Senior Science | Fletcher, Georgia Emily | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 715 | Senior Science | Down, Julia | 4 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 716 | Senior Science | O'Neill, Jayden | 5 | James Sheahan Catholic High School | Orange |
| 717 | Senior Science | Lim, Sarah | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 718 | Senior Science | Larrea, Ebony Rae | 7 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 719 | Senior Science | Leung, Simon | 8 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 720 | Senior Science | Hurrell, Breanna Rose | 9 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 721 | Senior Science | Thaler, Heidi | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 722 | Serbian Continuers | Krvavac, Maya | 1 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 723 | Serbian Continuers | Milosavljevic, Aleksandra | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 724 | Serbian Continuers | Jankovic, Marija | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 725 | Society and Culture | Lee, Adeline Yuan Wing | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 726 | Society and Culture | Rahman, Taseen | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 727 | Society and Culture | Lennard, Natasha | 3 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 728 | Society and Culture | Grimes, Eden Johanna | 4 | Caroline Chisholm College | Glenmore Park |
| 729 | Society and Culture | McDonald, Stephanie Ann | 5 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 730 | Society and Culture | Richardson, Rebecca Mae | 6 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 731 | Society and Culture | Bosch, Andre Mark | 7 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 732 | Society and Culture | Ho, Leanne | 8 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 733 | Society and Culture | Scott, Nicola Catriona | 9 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 734 | Society and Culture | Saito, Leo | 10 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 735 | Software Design and Development | Guyandi, Edwin | 1 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 736 | Software Design and Development | Nobis, Harrison | 2 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 737 | Software Design and Development | Baker, Matthew Henry | 3 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 738 | Software Design and Development | Thompson, Daniel Robert | 4 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 739 | Software Design and Development | Hough, Nicholas Alexander | 5 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 740 | Software Design and Development | Waite, Cameron John | 5 | Maitland High School | East Maitland |
| 741 | Software Design and Development | Reichman, Shaun | 7 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 742 | Software Design and Development | Bennett, Jack Lindsay | 8 | Camden High School | Camden |
| 743 | Software Design and Development | Godbout, Jacob Nicholas | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 744 | Software Design and Development | Hibbert, Aydin Daniel | 9 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 745 | Software Design and Development | Lau, Joshua | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 746 | Spanish Beginners | Zhang, Manny | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 747 | Spanish Beginners | Young, Katrina Louise | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 748 | Spanish Beginners | Shivathaya, Neha | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 749 | Spanish Beginners | Barbeau-Scurla, Sophie-Anaïs | 4 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 750 | Spanish Beginners | Vaughan, Arabella Charlotte | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 23 Feb 2026