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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |