This report shows the 2012 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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| 501 | Italian Beginners | Deng, Susan | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 502 | Italian Beginners | Templeman, Olivia Anne | 4 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 503 | Italian Beginners | Fitzsimons, Veda Jean | 5 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 504 | Italian Continuers | Davenport, Mischa | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 505 | Italian Continuers | Pioli, Rebecca | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 506 | Italian Continuers | Fisher, Max | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 507 | Italian Continuers | Andrews, Chloe | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 508 | Italian Continuers | Kopp, Alexandra | 5 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 509 | Italian Extension | Davenport, Mischa | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 510 | Italian Extension | Presutti, Emma | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 511 | Italian Extension | Andrews, Chloe | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 512 | Italian Extension | Walker, Talia | 4 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 513 | Italian Extension | Reid, Georgia | 5 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 514 | Japanese Background Speakers | Okamatsu, Yaka | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 515 | Japanese Beginners | Yun, Su Yeon Jessica | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 516 | Japanese Beginners | Jeon, Yeseul (Rachel) | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 517 | Japanese Beginners | Zhang, Elaine Yi | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 518 | Japanese Beginners | Zhao, Roddy Yier | 4 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 519 | Japanese Beginners | Wong, Christine | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 520 | Japanese Continuers | Lo, Joyce Yan | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 521 | Japanese Continuers | Yao, Yi Chen | 2 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 522 | Japanese Continuers | Lamont, Karen | 3 | Hunters Hill High School | Hunters Hill |
| 523 | Japanese Continuers | Lah, Siehoon | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 524 | Japanese Continuers | Liu, Katherine Sichen | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 525 | Japanese Continuers | Ruan, Vinessa | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 526 | Japanese Extension | Chong, Hannah | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 527 | Japanese Extension | Lau, Venese | 2 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 528 | Japanese Extension | Yoon, Kimberly Ann Yi Xian | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 529 | Japanese Extension | Zhou, Luyao (Lucy) | 4 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 530 | Japanese Extension | Yanagisawa, Jo | 5 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 531 | Khmer Continuers | Heng, Srey Nice | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 532 | Khmer Continuers | Vichet, Vicha Ek | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 533 | Khmer Continuers | Seng, Kuong Minh | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 534 | Khmer Continuers | Heav, Samnang | 4 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 535 | Khmer Continuers | Seat, Socheat | 5 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 536 | Korean Background Speakers | Lee, Ah Rum Ann | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 537 | Korean Background Speakers | Choi, Keunjin | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 538 | Korean Background Speakers | Kim, Yewon | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 539 | Korean Background Speakers | You, Da Eun (Lia) | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 540 | Korean Background Speakers | Lee, Sanha | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
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| 541 | Korean Continuers | Godbout, Jacob Nicholas | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 542 | Korean Continuers | Choi, Clara Jaeun | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 543 | Latin Continuers | Xu, Jialu | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 544 | Latin Continuers | Howard, Matilda | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 545 | Latin Continuers | Azer, Mark | 3 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 546 | Latin Continuers | Ho, William | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 547 | Latin Continuers | Zhou, Naaman | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 548 | Latin Extension | Howard, Matilda | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 549 | Latin Extension | King, Annabelle | 2 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
| 550 | Latin Extension | Xu, Jialu | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 551 | Latin Extension | Srinivas, Hrishikesh | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 552 | Latin Extension | Azer, Mark | 5 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 553 | Latin Extension | Ho, William | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 554 | Legal Studies | Mansberg, David | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 555 | Legal Studies | Tighe, Alexander Domenic | 2 | Coonabarabran High School | Coonabarabran |
| 556 | Legal Studies | Rose, Talia Kelsey | 3 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 557 | Legal Studies | Mahapatra, Tara | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 558 | Legal Studies | Xiao, Jessica | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 559 | Legal Studies | Brooker, Amanda | 6 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head |
| 560 | Legal Studies | Nabarro, Brittany Jo | 7 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 561 | Legal Studies | Arachchi, Buwaneka Hasitha | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 562 | Legal Studies | Tidswell, Samuel Cooper | 9 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 563 | Legal Studies | Mahapatra, Mira | 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 564 | Macedonian Continuers | Najdenska, Olgica | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 565 | Macedonian Continuers | Gjorgievska, Frosina | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 566 | Macedonian Continuers | Cvetkovski, Rudi | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 567 | Macedonian Continuers | Pucakoska, Evgenija | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 568 | Macedonian Continuers | Petreska, Marija | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 569 | Mathematics | Madigan, Lauren | 1 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 570 | Mathematics | Nguyen, Mary Huong Thien | 1 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 571 | Mathematics | Tan, Melissa Tien-Ai | 1 | Australian International School Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong |
| 572 | Mathematics | Khou, Jason | 4 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 573 | Mathematics | Bilimoria, Zubin Daraius | 5 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 574 | Mathematics | Luong, Cynthia | 6 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 575 | Mathematics | Shah, Milonee | 6 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 576 | Mathematics | Yu, Ho Yin Joshua | 8 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 577 | Mathematics | Feng, Yongxin | 9 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 578 | Mathematics | Flax, Nicole | 9 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 579 | Mathematics | Fortuin, Paul | 9 | St Josephs College | ? |
| 580 | Mathematics | Gan, Alexander Kah Hoh | 9 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 581 | Mathematics | Jamal, Javeria | 9 | Sule College Prestons | Prestons |
| 582 | Mathematics | Li, Jonathan | 9 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 583 | Mathematics | O'Brien, Siobhan | 9 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 584 | Mathematics | Penninkilampi, Ross | 9 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 585 | Mathematics | Wu, Siqi (Alice) | 9 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 586 | Mathematics | Hu, Yang | 18 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 587 | Mathematics | Rathod, Rohan Jay | 18 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 588 | Mathematics | Tu, Xiao Fan | 18 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 589 | Mathematics Extension 1 | She, Shelley | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 590 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Giang, Gloria | 2 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 591 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Springer, Aaron | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 592 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Tian, Yijun | 3 | Sylvania High School | Sylvania |
| 593 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Jamal, Javeria | 5 | Sule College Prestons | Prestons |
| 594 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Guo, Pei Xin | 6 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 595 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lee, Michael Nam | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 596 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Liang, Gary | 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 597 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Dobie, Dougal | 9 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 598 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lay, Jason | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Yiu, Adrian Chun Ho | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 600 | Mathematics Extension 2 | She, Shelley | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 601 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Khou, Victor | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 602 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Liang, Gary | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 603 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Papantoniou, John | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 604 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lee, Michael Nam | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 605 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Gao, Brian Zhengbang | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 606 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Wang, Yiduo | 7 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 607 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lay, Jason | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 608 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Ho, William | 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 609 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lu, Joshua | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 610 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Bird, Lachlan David | 1 | South Western Sydney Institute Granville Campus | Granville |
| 611 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Mackenzie, James Robert Hilton | 2 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 612 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Gage, Matthew James | 3 | South Western Sydney Institute Granville Campus | Granville |
| 613 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Harden, Luke Ross | 3 | Vincentia High School | Vincentia |
| 614 | Metal and Engineering Examination | McParland, Ryan Clifford | 5 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 615 | Modern Greek Beginners | Markakis, Matthew James | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 616 | Modern Greek Beginners | Dramountanis, Mariah | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 617 | Modern Greek Beginners | Hitchcox, Katarina Evelyn Ida | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 618 | Modern Greek Beginners | Kouvalakis, Irini | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 619 | Modern Greek Beginners | Papas, Sophia | 5 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 620 | Modern Greek Continuers | Fassoulidis, Kleanthi | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 621 | Modern Greek Continuers | Ahtypis, Jana | 2 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 622 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kontakos, Martina | 3 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 623 | Modern Greek Continuers | Orphanides, Denee | 4 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 624 | Modern Greek Continuers | Efthymiou, Anastasia | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 625 | Modern Greek Extension | Ahtypis, Jana | 1 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 626 | Modern Greek Extension | Fassoulidis, Kleanthi | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 627 | Modern Greek Extension | Manoukian, Krikor | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 628 | Modern Greek Extension | Skylitsis, Dimitrios | 4 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 629 | Modern Greek Extension | Nicholson, Andreas | 5 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 630 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Friedgut, Gila | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 631 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Vayzer, Iris | 2 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 632 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Maryasin, Samuel | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 633 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Segall, Dana | 4 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 634 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Shariev, Karmi | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 635 | Modern History | Fan, Ting | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 636 | Modern History | Zwar, Claudia Louise Curtis | 2 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 637 | Modern History | Chalouhi, Paul | 3 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 638 | Modern History | Jiang, Frank Fan | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 639 | Modern History | Gan, Kirsten | 5 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 640 | Modern History | Negrine, Remy | 6 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 641 | Modern History | Watts, Mark Steven | 6 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 642 | Modern History | Davidson, Rose | 8 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 643 | Modern History | Jarman, Rebecca | 9 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 644 | Modern History | Kayis, Deniz | 10 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 645 | Modern History | Sufian, Safat | 11 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 646 | Modern History | Beretta, Cristina | 12 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 647 | Modern History | Davy, Gabrielle Georgia | 13 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 648 | Modern History | Landini, Joe Sholto | 14 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 649 | Modern History | Hoare, Samuel | 15 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 650 | Modern History | Sheridan, Claudia | 15 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 651 | Modern History | Geagea, Johnathon | 17 | St Pauls Catholic College | ? |
| 652 | Modern History | Jin, Joy | 18 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 653 | Modern History | Rowland, Stephanie | 19 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 654 | Modern History | Cutler, Thomas Sarsfield | 20 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 655 | Music 1 | Ivanovic, Ines | 1 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 656 | Music 1 | Prenzler, Joshua James | 2 | Kooringal High School | Kooringal |
| 657 | Music 1 | Borschmann, Mollie Heather | 3 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
| 658 | Music 1 | Carling, Joni | 4 | Liverpool Boys High School | Liverpool |
| 659 | Music 1 | Long, Lisa-Marie | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 660 | Music 1 | Pace, Domenic | 5 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 661 | Music 1 | Marcarian, Isabelle | 7 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 662 | Music 1 | Harris, Caitlin Rose | 8 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 663 | Music 1 | Pirlo, Laura | 9 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 664 | Music 1 | Ware, Claudia Phoebe Priscilla | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 665 | Music 2 | Guo, Daniel | 1 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 666 | Music 2 | Xu, Jialu | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 667 | Music 2 | Siu, Michelle Ho-Yeng | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 668 | Music 2 | Spoor, Benjamin Rees | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 669 | Music 2 | Park, Lian | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 670 | Music Extension | Guo, Daniel | 1 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 671 | Music Extension | Siu, Michelle Ho-Yeng | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 672 | Music Extension | Spoor, Benjamin Rees | 2 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 673 | Music Extension | Xu, Jialu | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 674 | Music Extension | Tong, Jessica Xin | 5 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 675 | Persian Background Speakers | Valizadeh Baghjeghaz, Setti | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 676 | Persian Background Speakers | Hussaini, Rasool | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 677 | Persian Background Speakers | Azimzadeh, Sara | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 678 | Persian Background Speakers | Khazraji, Sheida | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 679 | Persian Background Speakers | Babaei, Armin | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 680 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Laska, Erin | 1 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 681 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Durand, Jessica | 2 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 682 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Scheetz, Michaela Amy | 3 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 683 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Xu, Doris Runjing | 3 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 684 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Tia, Sandy | 5 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 685 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Voss, Molly Eliza | 5 | Murray High School | Lavington |
| 686 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Needham, Elise Johanna | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 687 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ong, Eloise Lai-Won | 8 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 688 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Larkin, Matthew | 9 | St Clares High School | Taree |
| 689 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Olivo, Blake | 10 | Marist College Eastwood | Eastwood |
| 690 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Oakes, Michelle | 11 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 691 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Muddle, Madeline Louise | 12 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 692 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Nield, Monte Thomas | 13 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 693 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Bray, Heather | 14 | Penrith Anglican College | Orchard Hills |
| 694 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | North, Lucas | 14 | Concord High School | Concord |
| 695 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Bakaric, Chelsi Taylor | 16 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 696 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Klironomos, Anthony | 16 | Casimir Catholic College | Marrickville |
| 697 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Burleigh, Elissa Katherine | 18 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 698 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | May, Francesca Odette | 19 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 699 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | McGuinness, Lauren | 19 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 700 | Physics | Lay, Jason | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Jan 2022