This report shows the 2015 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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| 151 | Classical Greek Continuers | Zhang, Karen | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 152 | Classical Greek Continuers | Liang, Yuan (Nikki) | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | Ivison, Hamish | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Extension | Schwartz, Sebastian | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Extension | Kerrison, Emily | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 156 | Classical Greek Extension | Ivison, Hamish | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 157 | Classical Greek Extension | Liang, Yuan (Nikki) | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Zhang, Karen | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 159 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Gutnick, Raizel Shoshana | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Blackman, Akiva | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Gestetner, Menachem | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Althaus, Shmuli | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Levine, Michaela | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Gutnick, Raizel Shoshana | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Blackman, Akiva | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Gestetner, Menachem | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Taub, Galit | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Levine, Michaela | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 169 | Community and Family Studies | Groves, Nikola Elise | 1 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Redwin, Emily Elizabeth | 2 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | Mandato, Mikaela | 3 | Nagle College | Blacktown |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Montgomery, Elle Louise | 4 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Mamic, Sophie Grace | 5 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Ellul-Thorn, Nicole | 6 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Kingsford, Brooke Therese | 7 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Claridge, Shannon | 8 | Lucas Heights Community School | Barden Ridge |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | Frketic, Angelina | 9 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Huynh, Amy | 10 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 179 | Construction Examination | Gillham, Harry | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Keane, Conor | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 181 | Construction Examination | Krause, Matthew | 2 | Temora High School | Temora |
| 182 | Construction Examination | Au, Brian Ka-Ho | 4 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Ausling, Henry | 4 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 184 | Construction Examination | Dodd, Nathan | 6 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 185 | Construction Examination | Abreu, Dylan Victor | 7 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Arfanis, Nathan | 7 | Picnic Point High School | Picnic Point |
| 187 | Construction Examination | Barham, Jack | 7 | Bede Polding College | South Windsor |
| 188 | Construction Examination | O'Neill, Liam | 7 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 189 | Construction Examination | Singleton-Turner, Scott | 7 | Avondale School | Cooranbong |
| 190 | Croatian Continuers | Culic, Tiffany | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
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| 191 | Croatian Continuers | Siljeg, Anica | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 192 | Dance | Repice, Teresa | 1 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 193 | Dance | Cooper, Eliza Kathleen | 2 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 194 | Dance | Peles, Aleisha Ainsley | 3 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 195 | Dance | Ahladiotis, Mariah | 4 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 196 | Dance | Mitchell, Lachlan | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 197 | Design and Technology | Calandra, Olivia | 1 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 198 | Design and Technology | Steward, James | 2 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Sip, Breanna | 3 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 200 | Design and Technology | Chen, Jacky | 4 | Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design | Dulwich Hill |
| 201 | Design and Technology | Boo, Susie Soyun | 5 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Muddle, Ben William | 6 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 203 | Design and Technology | Tavener Hanks, Hannah | 7 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 204 | Design and Technology | Herberstein, Camilla | 8 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood |
| 205 | Design and Technology | Zalidas, Elyssa | 9 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood |
| 206 | Design and Technology | Dias, Shannon Angela | 10 | St Andrews College Senior Campus | Marayong |
| 207 | Design and Technology | Wells, Patrick Oliver | 10 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 208 | Drama | He, Baopu (Bob) | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 209 | Drama | Van Dijk, Sylvie Johanna | 2 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 210 | Drama | Shnier, Claudia | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 211 | Drama | Lovely, Blake Robin | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 212 | Drama | Entwistle, Hugh | 5 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 213 | Drama | Prieto, Illeana | 6 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 214 | Drama | Atkins, Ryan | 7 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 215 | Drama | Li, Mabel | 7 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 216 | Drama | Ritchie, Anna | 7 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 217 | Drama | Haylen, Phoebe | 10 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Glendenning, Luke Gerard | 1 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Finlayson, Robert Benjamin | 2 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cross, Ethan Samuel | 3 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wilson, Geordie Stuart | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Condie, Isaac Ryan | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Ashton, Shannon Kate | 6 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | de Montemas, William Victor | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 225 | Earth and Environmental Science | Gao, Zhijian (James) | 8 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 226 | Earth and Environmental Science | Crossing, Hephzibah | 9 | Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus | Woy Woy |
| 227 | Earth and Environmental Science | Butler, Rhett Morton | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 228 | Economics | Kaplan, Adam | 1 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 229 | Economics | Economos, Samuel | 2 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 230 | Economics | Ryan, Frances Alexandra | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 231 | Economics | Arvind, Sudarshan | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 232 | Economics | Chow, Emma Yung-Yung | 4 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 233 | Economics | Sasse, Henry | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 234 | Economics | Rahman, Adib | 7 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 235 | Economics | Dabrowski, Matthew John | 8 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 236 | Economics | Lysaght, Zoe Isabella Royse | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 237 | Economics | Segal, Chloe | 10 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 238 | Electrotechnology Examination | Stocks, Jakob | 1 | Western Institute Bathurst Campus | Bathurst |
| 239 | Electrotechnology Examination | Bennett, Simon John | 2 | Riverina Institute Young Campus | Young |
| 240 | Engineering Studies | Stevens, James | 1 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 241 | Engineering Studies | Steanes, Ellington Bo | 2 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 242 | Engineering Studies | Atkins, Gerard Patrick | 3 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Adambukulam, Chris | 4 | Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School | Northmead |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Luong, Serena | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Omelaenko, Gregory Ross | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Warner, James Henry | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Steel, Jack | 8 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Crapis, Michael | 9 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Abberton, Benjamin William | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Boyce, Jake Cameron | 10 | Heathcote High School | Heathcote |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Martin, Philip | 10 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Mathew, Koshy Kuruvilla | 10 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Sanders, Stephen Alexander | 10 | Coonabarabran High School | Coonabarabran |
| 254 | Engineering Studies | Stanger-Jones, Elijah Benjamin | 10 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Lim, Miao Yunn | 1 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | Pope, James | 2 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Smolnikov, Andrei | 3 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Segal, Chloe | 4 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Kanagaratnam, Roshana | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Zhang, Otto Chong | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 261 | English (Advanced) | Sakiris, Marissa | 7 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Yu, Xiaoqi Caroline | 7 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Iannotti, Renee | 9 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Zhang, Karen | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Weerasinghe, Lakni Shahanika | 11 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Chen, Yi Xuan | 12 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Ruan, Shumi | 13 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Semsarian, Caitlin Rebecca | 14 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | May, Natasha | 15 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Gu, Jeffrey Jie | 16 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Wang, Jenny | 17 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 272 | English (Advanced) | Buskariol, Matthew Benjamin | 18 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 273 | English (Advanced) | Chang, William Hai | 18 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 274 | English (Advanced) | Gooch, Portia Leigh | 20 | St Johns College Dubbo | Dubbo East |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Tyson, Sophie | 1 | St Francis De Sales Regional College | Leeton |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Arora, Tanya | 2 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Fsadni, Catherine | 3 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Johnson, Tennille | 4 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Jorgensen, William Hakon | 5 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Lo, Hiu Tung Stephanie | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Fukofuka, Susan | 7 | Callaghan College Jesmond Campus | Jesmond |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Pavlovic, Jeet | 8 | St Clares College | Waverley |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Bow, Shannon Alice | 9 | St Johns College Dubbo | Dubbo East |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Best, Jocelyn | 10 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Ling, Cheuk Kwan (Camille) | 11 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Lane, Lachlan | 12 | St Francis De Sales Regional College | Leeton |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Kelibitaka, Nathalie | 13 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Sichter, Kaitlyn | 14 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Adler, Megan Anne | 15 | St Johns College Dubbo | Dubbo East |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Su, Allan Qisheng | 16 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Joseph, Christy | 17 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 292 | English (Standard) | Touma, Kathy | 18 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 293 | English (Standard) | Kaklamanis, Ari | 19 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 294 | English (Standard) | Seitaridis, Susie | 20 | St Josephs Catholic High School | Albion Park |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Sabu, Sruthi Merin | 1 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Younes, Rand Husam | 2 | Liverpool Girls High School | Liverpool |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Nguyen, Hien Ivy | 3 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Ho, Kam Man (Valerie) | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Zhao, Ziqing | 5 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Phu, Dung Dang Khoa | 6 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 301 | English as a Second Language | Rai, Snigdha | 7 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 302 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Grace Mieko | 8 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 303 | English as a Second Language | Al-Faraj, Melek | 9 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 304 | English as a Second Language | Mok, Acacia | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 305 | English Extension 1 | Cai, Ruyao | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 306 | English Extension 1 | Tan, Seetha | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 307 | English Extension 1 | Zhang, Karen | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 308 | English Extension 1 | Arkell, Ashleigh | 4 | Henry Kendall High School | Gosford |
| 309 | English Extension 1 | Kalcina, Sonia | 5 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 310 | English Extension 1 | Ritchie, Anna | 6 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 311 | English Extension 1 | Munro, Ben | 7 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 312 | English Extension 1 | Paida, Keerti | 8 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 313 | English Extension 1 | Peng, Xin Yun | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 314 | English Extension 1 | Semsarian, Caitlin Rebecca | 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 315 | English Extension 2 | Brandt, Christie Hannah | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 316 | English Extension 2 | Lancaster, Grace Eileen | 2 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 317 | English Extension 2 | Reyes, Rainier | 3 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 318 | English Extension 2 | Cortejos, Danae Kalina | 4 | Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School | Northmead |
| 319 | English Extension 2 | May, Natasha | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 320 | English Extension 2 | Dove, Seamus Patrick | 6 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 321 | English Extension 2 | Ho, Joanna | 7 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 322 | English Extension 2 | House, Ellen Jill | 8 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 323 | English Extension 2 | Huberman, Alia | 9 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 324 | English Extension 2 | Harry, Luke | 10 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 325 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Muddle, Ben William | 1 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 326 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Dodd, Sonia | 2 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Nicolson, Juliet | 3 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Yuen, Anna Fung | 4 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 329 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Merrett-Hourigan, Julia-Rose | 5 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 330 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Osborn, Cassidy | 5 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 331 | Filipino Continuers | Hermogenes, Jared Roduard | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 332 | Filipino Continuers | Berzabal, Patricia Erique | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 333 | Filipino Continuers | Pallan, Samantha | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 334 | Filipino Continuers | Cosme, Karen Parrera | 4 | Plumpton High School | Plumpton |
| 335 | Filipino Continuers | Sicat, Mary Dianne | 4 | Plumpton High School | Plumpton |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Lee, Hannah | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 337 | Financial Services Examination | Jeon, Mina | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 338 | Financial Services Examination | Kim, Hyungsik | 3 | Sydney Institute Petersham College | Petersham |
| 339 | Financial Services Examination | Chieng, Steffi | 4 | Sydney Institute Petersham College | Petersham |
| 340 | Financial Services Examination | Zhang, Audrey | 4 | Sydney Institute Petersham College | Petersham |
| 341 | Food Technology | Baita, Emily Patricia | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 342 | Food Technology | Abrahamian, Julia | 2 | Picton High School | Picton |
| 343 | Food Technology | Coupe, Samantha | 2 | Magdalene Catholic College | Narellan |
| 344 | Food Technology | Xu, Jan Zhi | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 345 | Food Technology | Basheer, Amelia | 5 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 346 | Food Technology | Chung, Bernice Choi Lam | 5 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 347 | Food Technology | Unger, Abbey | 5 | Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls |
| 348 | Food Technology | Glanville, Brittany Louise | 8 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 349 | Food Technology | McCormick, Hannah Jane | 8 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 350 | Food Technology | Van Lieshout, Georgia Kate | 8 | Deniliquin High School | Deniliquin |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024