This report shows the 2013 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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| 301 | English Extension 1 | Zhang, Kim | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 302 | English Extension 1 | Basserabie, Nechama | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 303 | English Extension 1 | Ennever, Brodie May | 5 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 304 | English Extension 1 | Xu, Debby | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 305 | English Extension 1 | Wang, Michelle | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 306 | English Extension 1 | Sheahan, Elizabeth Julia | 8 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 307 | English Extension 1 | Zhang, Helen | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 308 | English Extension 1 | Lim-Howe, Victoria | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 309 | English Extension 2 | Chang, Thomas | 1 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 310 | English Extension 2 | Dessay, Cliantha Maria | 2 | Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School | Northmead |
| 311 | English Extension 2 | Howe, Holly | 3 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 312 | English Extension 2 | Swift, Martha | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 313 | English Extension 2 | Wang, Michelle | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 314 | English Extension 2 | Ho, Sophie | 6 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 315 | English Extension 2 | Brown, Saxon | 7 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 316 | English Extension 2 | O'Sullivan, Sascha Lily | 8 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 317 | English Extension 2 | Gottlieb, Ilana | 9 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 318 | English Extension 2 | Roberts, Elena | 10 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 319 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Fisher, Ashlie Anne | 1 | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 320 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Cung, Emma | 2 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 321 | Entertainment Industry Examination | To, Jenny | 3 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 322 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Ishac, Angela | 4 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 323 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Crozier, Emily | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 324 | Filipino Continuers | Lopez, Ma Thrizza Mae | 1 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 325 | Filipino Continuers | Sunglao, Sarah | 2 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 326 | Filipino Continuers | Gajo, Katherine Anne Fermin | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 327 | Filipino Continuers | Domingo, Marirose Cathleen | 4 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 328 | Filipino Continuers | Garillo, Sheena Carla | 5 | Plumpton High School | Plumpton |
| 329 | Financial Services Examination | Feng, Yongxin | 1 | South Western Sydney Institute Granville Campus | Granville |
| 330 | Financial Services Examination | Pagden, Terry James | 2 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 331 | Financial Services Examination | Gordon, Adele Janet | 3 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 332 | Financial Services Examination | Gupta, Alpa | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 333 | Financial Services Examination | Harichandra, Aaron | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 334 | Food Technology | Gray, Morgan | 1 | Penrith Anglican College | Orchard Hills |
| 335 | Food Technology | Nader, Cassandra | 2 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 336 | Food Technology | Carroll, Rani | 3 | Colo High School | North Richmond |
| 337 | Food Technology | Somers, Mary | 4 | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest |
| 338 | Food Technology | Au, Vivian | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 339 | Food Technology | Deeth, Caitlan Rose | 5 | The Jannali High School | Jannali |
| 340 | Food Technology | Liley, Tara | 7 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
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| 341 | Food Technology | Hillig, Tessa Rose | 8 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 342 | Food Technology | Mio, Maria | 8 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 343 | Food Technology | Morris, Gemma | 8 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 344 | French Beginners | Dimmock, Alexander Hamilton | 1 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 345 | French Beginners | Fehon, Olivia | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 346 | French Beginners | Balilo, Erica | 3 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 347 | French Beginners | Jamieson, Grace Louise | 4 | Newcastle High School | Hamilton |
| 348 | French Beginners | Beekwilder, Genevieve Rose | 5 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 349 | French Beginners | Robinson, Kate | 5 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 350 | French Continuers | Asimakis, John-Patrick | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 351 | French Continuers | Jackman, Alexander McNeil | 2 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 352 | French Continuers | Wei, Jenny | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 353 | French Continuers | Cheng, Judith | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 354 | French Continuers | Crouch, Gareth | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 355 | French Extension | Flemons, Lillian Jane Lurline | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 356 | French Extension | Wei, Jenny | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 357 | French Extension | Carvosso, Rhys | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 358 | French Extension | Cheng, Judith | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 359 | French Extension | Adkins, Toby | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 360 | General Mathematics | Lin, Karen Jiaying | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 361 | General Mathematics | Rabie, Steven | 1 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 362 | General Mathematics | Stratton, Caitlin | 1 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
| 363 | General Mathematics | Woods, Laura | 4 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 364 | General Mathematics | Brown, Sophie Elizabeth Julia | 5 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 365 | General Mathematics | Burley, Georgia Mary-Alice | 6 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 366 | General Mathematics | Goodin, Lucy | 6 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 367 | General Mathematics | Carter, Emily | 8 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 368 | General Mathematics | Dean, Mohammed Abdullah | 9 | Green Valley Islamic College | Green Valley |
| 369 | General Mathematics | Fieldus, Madison | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 370 | General Mathematics | Riley, Marcus Edward | 9 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 371 | General Mathematics | Robinson, Cassandra | 9 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 372 | General Mathematics | Scully, Brianna | 9 | Arndell Anglican College | Oakville |
| 373 | General Mathematics | Waga, Romina | 9 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 374 | General Mathematics | Stead, Leon Samuel | 15 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 375 | General Mathematics | Borich, Jye David | 16 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 376 | General Mathematics | Exton, Rebekah | 17 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 377 | General Mathematics | Saab, Claudia | 18 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 378 | General Mathematics | Burrows, Lachlan | 19 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 379 | General Mathematics | Codsi, Isabella | 19 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 380 | General Mathematics | Fornasier, Johnathan | 19 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 381 | General Mathematics | Heath, William Edward | 19 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 382 | General Mathematics | Marshall, Jay Matthew | 19 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 383 | General Mathematics | Small, Cassandra | 19 | Carinya Christian School Tamworth | Tamworth |
| 384 | General Mathematics | Wittenoom Louw, Alexandra May | 19 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 385 | Geography | Clarkson, Jonah Drummond | 1 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 386 | Geography | Gorry, Daniel | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 387 | Geography | Raymond, Joel | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 388 | Geography | Chepurin, Daniel | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 389 | Geography | Lopes, Amanda | 5 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 390 | Geography | Read, Samuel William Michael | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 391 | Geography | Langford, Aili | 7 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |
| 392 | Geography | Masling, Monique | 8 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 393 | Geography | Brigden, Cassandra | 9 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 394 | Geography | Wong, Sally | 10 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 395 | German Beginners | Culbert, Jade Leassa | 1 | Wade High School | Griffith |
| 396 | German Beginners | Strupitis-Haddrick, Madelin | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 397 | German Beginners | Hellig-Smith, Isabella Zena | 3 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 398 | German Beginners | Hazell, Thomas | 4 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 399 | German Beginners | Klemmer, Maximilian Lorenz | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 400 | German Continuers | Cohen, Leona Hannah | 1 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 401 | German Continuers | Krzanowski, Marta | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 402 | German Continuers | Pearson, Nina Marie | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 403 | German Continuers | Moore, Isabella | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 404 | German Continuers | Gunderson-Briggs, Manon | 5 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 405 | German Extension | Fowler, Michael | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 406 | German Extension | Jian, Anne | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 407 | German Extension | Wu, Natalie Wing Yee | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 408 | German Extension | Krzanowski, Marta | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 409 | German Extension | Moore, Isabella | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 410 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Wu, Siqi (Alice) | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 411 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Deng, Josephine | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 412 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Lin, Henry | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 413 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Ye, Zi Jun Jason | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 414 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Wang, Yun-Qing | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 415 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | Zhang, Yining - Lily | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 416 | Heritage Indonesian | Tjiong, Juan | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 417 | Heritage Japanese | Jiang, Lisa | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 418 | Heritage Japanese | Kojima, Eri | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 419 | Heritage Korean | Kwon, Jin Jane | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 420 | Heritage Korean | Choi, Theresa | 2 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 421 | Heritage Korean | Park, Seong Hyun | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 422 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Enoch | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 423 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Jae Kwon Joseph | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 424 | Hindi Continuers | Singh, Upasna | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 425 | Hindi Continuers | Darji, Bhumikaben Pravinkumar | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 426 | Hindi Continuers | Patel, Khyati | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 427 | Hindi Continuers | Kaur, Manpreet | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 428 | Hindi Continuers | Arora, Tavishi | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 429 | History Extension | Harley, Philippa | 1 | Lumen Christi Catholic College | Pambula Beach |
| 430 | History Extension | James, Darcy George | 2 | The Armidale School | Armidale |
| 431 | History Extension | Lim-Howe, Victoria | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 432 | History Extension | Gorrez, Isabella | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 433 | History Extension | Dillon, Jack Arthur | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 434 | History Extension | Scarcella, Jessica | 6 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 435 | History Extension | Mirlieb, Toomas | 7 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 436 | History Extension | May, Serena | 8 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 437 | History Extension | Xiao, Alison | 8 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 438 | History Extension | Kwiet, Sophia | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 439 | Hospitality Examination | Cheney, Rebecca | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 440 | Hospitality Examination | Sharp, Megan | 2 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 441 | Hospitality Examination | Small, Darcy Callum | 3 | Melville High School | Kempsey |
| 442 | Hospitality Examination | Hartsuyker, Christopher | 4 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 443 | Hospitality Examination | Crawford, Meg Alexandra | 5 | North Coast Institute Kingscliff Campus | Kingscliff |
| 444 | Hospitality Examination | Peppin, Jordan | 6 | St John Paul II Catholic College Nirimba | Nirimba Fields |
| 445 | Hospitality Examination | McLatchey, Siobhan | 7 | Trinity Anglican College Albury | Thurgoona |
| 446 | Hospitality Examination | Costi, Maria | 8 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 447 | Hospitality Examination | Plunkett, Gemma Louise | 9 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 448 | Hospitality Examination | Princi, Josephine | 9 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 449 | Human Services Examination | Saab, Claudia | 1 | Sydney Institute St George College | Kogarah |
| 450 | Human Services Examination | White, Stephanie Margaret | 2 | Western Sydney Institute Nepean Campus | Penrith |
| 451 | Human Services Examination | An, Sainan | 3 | Fairfield High School | Fairfield |
| 452 | Human Services Examination | Dawson, Amelia Ann-Margaret | 4 | South Western Sydney Institute Macquarie Fields Campus | Macquarie Fields |
| 453 | Human Services Examination | Finemore, Meghan Jennifer | 4 | Riverina Institute Wagga Wagga Campus | Wagga Wagga |
| 454 | Human Services Examination | Maybin, Rachel Louise | 4 | Western Institute Orange Campus | Orange |
| 455 | Human Services Examination | Pane, Leonardo | 4 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 456 | Hungarian Continuers | Balogh, Regina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 457 | Hungarian Continuers | Sablatura, Steven | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 458 | Hungarian Continuers | Byrne, Sophie Alice | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 459 | Indonesian Beginners | Lee, Hyun | 1 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 460 | Indonesian Beginners | Tjin, Mellisa | 2 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 461 | Indonesian Beginners | Croft, Adrian | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 462 | Indonesian Beginners | Thistlewaite, Jayden | 4 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 463 | Indonesian Beginners | McWha, Bethany Kerrie | 5 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 464 | Indonesian Continuers | Chen, Rose | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 465 | Indonesian Continuers | Hiu, Gabrielle | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 466 | Indonesian Continuers | Darke, Brendan | 3 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 467 | Indonesian Continuers | Chen, Harrison | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 468 | Indonesian Continuers | House, Eve Theresa | 5 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 469 | Indonesian Extension | Dogra, Amit Raj | 1 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 470 | Indonesian Extension | Stone, Elizabeth | 2 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 471 | Indonesian Extension | Harris, Katherine Emily | 3 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 472 | Indonesian Extension | Chen, Harrison | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 473 | Indonesian Extension | Cooper, Maximilian James Denby | 5 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 474 | Industrial Technology | Ashelford, Michael | 1 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 475 | Industrial Technology | Burger, Ryan | 2 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 476 | Industrial Technology | Morley-Sattler, Nicholas | 2 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 477 | Industrial Technology | Chung, Eric | 4 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 478 | Industrial Technology | Al-Haddad, Jason | 5 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 479 | Industrial Technology | Porritt, Benjamin James | 6 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 480 | Industrial Technology | Brooks, Matthew Damian | 7 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 481 | Industrial Technology | Heriot, Jason | 7 | Illawarra Christian School Cordeaux Campus | Cordeaux Heights |
| 482 | Industrial Technology | Riddell, Mark Alan | 7 | Grafton High School | Grafton |
| 483 | Industrial Technology | Pagden, Terry James | 10 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 484 | Information Processes and Technology | Zhang, Otto | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 485 | Information Processes and Technology | Wong, Chloe Sum-Yu | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 486 | Information Processes and Technology | Ding, Stephanie | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 487 | Information Processes and Technology | Chamela, Amri | 4 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 488 | Information Processes and Technology | Wang, Max | 4 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 489 | Information Processes and Technology | Omelaenko, Gregory | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 490 | Information Processes and Technology | Chen, Nanway | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 491 | Information Processes and Technology | Liu, Jason | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 492 | Information Processes and Technology | Dormer, Harrison | 9 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 493 | Information Processes and Technology | Clifton, Hannah Rachael | 10 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 494 | Information Processes and Technology | Kang, Wei | 10 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 495 | Information Technology Examination | Ngo, Alan Zehong | 1 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 496 | Information Technology Examination | Erickson, Shane Christopher | 2 | Western Sydney Institute Blacktown College | Blacktown |
| 497 | Information Technology Examination | Zapata Vargas, Ivan Fernando | 3 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 498 | Information Technology Examination | May, Christopher | 4 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 499 | Information Technology Examination | Pienmunne, Joel Matti Tapio | 4 | Western Sydney Institute Nirimba College | Quakers Hill |
| 500 | Information Technology Examination | Rhee, Yong-Jhong | 4 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023