This report shows the 2016 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 | Mahapatra, Vaidehi | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 152 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wu, Henry | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | Taurian, Michael | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Continuers | Agapitos, Terry | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Extension | Rothery, Mark Henry | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 156 | Classical Greek Extension | Glanville, Maxwell | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 157 | Classical Greek Extension | Xu, Michael | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Maxwell, Anna | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 159 | Classical Greek Extension | Roux, Hannah | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Kastel, Nachman | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Charak, Hannah | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Niasoff, Faigy | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Fuzi, Talia | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Amzalak, Rachel | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Kastel, Nachman | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Fuzi, Talia | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Amzalak, Rachel | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Rev, Ayelet | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 169 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Friedgut, Ilan | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Cant, Georgina | 1 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | O'Toole, Hayley | 2 | Tomaree High School | Salamander Bay |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Steven, Tess | 2 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Landgren, Stina | 4 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Ryan, Bonnie | 5 | MacKillop Catholic College | Woongarrah |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Cutajar, Kathleen | 6 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Stanley, Fiona | 7 | Wollumbin High School | Murwillumbah |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | Wanigabaduge, Samantha | 7 | Tomaree High School | Salamander Bay |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Khan, Uroosa | 9 | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park |
| 179 | Community and Family Studies | Leonard, Maggie | 10 | Keira High School | Fairy Meadow |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Pfundstein, Grant | 1 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 181 | Construction Examination | May, Ryan | 2 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
| 182 | Construction Examination | Crowe, Elijah | 3 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Falzarano, Shaun | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 184 | Construction Examination | Le Messurier, Max | 3 | Taree High School | Taree |
| 185 | Construction Examination | Afshar, Ryan | 6 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Calavassy, Patrick John | 7 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 187 | Construction Examination | Taylor, Joshua | 7 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 188 | Construction Examination | Judd, Callum James | 9 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 189 | Construction Examination | Djurdjevic, Stefan | 10 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 190 | Construction Examination | Duignan, Lachlan | 10 | St Edwards Christian Brothers College | East Gosford |
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| 191 | Croatian Continuers | Jugovic, Nikolina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 192 | Croatian Continuers | Begonja, Tomislav | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 193 | Croatian Continuers | Zrnic, Katarina | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 194 | Dance | Button, Eryn Louise | 1 | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 195 | Dance | Carrall, Sky Ambah | 1 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 196 | Dance | Murray-Wallace, Deirdre | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 197 | Dance | Reisin, Jamie | 4 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 198 | Dance | Kelly, Brianna Neve | 5 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Pagano, Gabrielle | 1 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 200 | Design and Technology | Startari, Charlotte | 2 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 201 | Design and Technology | Carrett, Perrie | 3 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Lutton, Timothy | 3 | Albury High School | Albury |
| 203 | Design and Technology | Overmass, Morgan Kailin | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 204 | Design and Technology | Skinner, Lachlan | 6 | Orange Anglican Grammar School | Orange |
| 205 | Design and Technology | Michalakis, Polyxeni | 7 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 206 | Design and Technology | Ianni, Annalise | 8 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 207 | Design and Technology | Wylie, Mimi Moira | 8 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
| 208 | Design and Technology | O'Regan, Abbey Margaret Anne | 10 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
| 209 | Drama | McCrindle, Ella | 1 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 210 | Drama | Loveday, Alice Jervie | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 211 | Drama | Lawler, Kate Louise | 3 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 212 | Drama | Li, Susanna | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 213 | Drama | Jose, Sanjana | 5 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 214 | Drama | Zicat, Hugo Charles | 6 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 215 | Drama | Galea, Maeve | 7 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 216 | Drama | Pasialis, Georgia | 7 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 217 | Drama | Finlay-Jones, Jessica | 9 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 218 | Drama | Mitchell, Lachlan | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 219 | Dutch Continuers | Koolen, Dennis | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 220 | Dutch Continuers | Borghgraef, David | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cousins, Kate | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Barnott-Clement, David James | 2 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Lambert, Michelle | 3 | Penrith Anglican College | Orchard Hills |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Kawaura, Koko | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 225 | Earth and Environmental Science | North, Ryan Jack | 5 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 226 | Earth and Environmental Science | Booth, Victoria Isobel | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 227 | Earth and Environmental Science | Keating, Zac Joseph | 7 | Bulli High School | Bulli |
| 228 | Earth and Environmental Science | Tyrrell, Emily Jane | 7 | Bede Polding College | South Windsor |
| 229 | Earth and Environmental Science | Clarkson, Marnie Elise | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 230 | Earth and Environmental Science | Fahey, Hugo William | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 231 | Economics | Hu, Spencer | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 232 | Economics | Lin, George Yuhan | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 233 | Economics | Chen, Eric Shuang | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 234 | Economics | Bandodkar, Ashvin | 4 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 235 | Economics | Hu, Wendy | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 236 | Economics | Dai, Harrison | 6 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 237 | Economics | Yip, Jovita | 6 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 238 | Economics | Symonds, Samantha | 8 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 239 | Economics | Kas, Maryaan | 9 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 240 | Economics | Stone, Carina Jasmine | 10 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 241 | Electrotechnology Examination | Hackett, Reuben | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 242 | Electrotechnology Examination | Lane, Brandon | 2 | New England Institute Tamworth Campus | Tamworth |
| 243 | Electrotechnology Examination | Doherty, Thomas | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Cao, Chester Yixuan | 1 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | McGeorge, Harvey Edward | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Brereton, Michael John | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Borges, Neil | 4 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Betbeder-Matibet, Ryan Bodkin | 5 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Naylor, Jack | 5 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Ascone, Charles | 7 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Ibanez Cruz, Joshua Stefano | 8 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Kelly, Jay Daniel | 9 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Abel, James Matthew | 10 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 254 | English (Advanced) | Tyrrell, Emily Jane | 1 | Bede Polding College | South Windsor |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Lai, Gladys | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | Parmenter, Lara Olivia | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Lewis, Imogen Elise | 4 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Higgins, Henry | 5 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Robinson, Alexander | 6 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Loveday, Alice Jervie | 7 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 261 | English (Advanced) | Hu, Spencer | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Lee, Natalie Si-Yi | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Negru, Daniel | 10 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Jiang, Vivian | 11 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Sarvaas, Dominique | 11 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Topolski, Jessica | 11 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Speiser, Lily | 14 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Bandodkar, Ashvin | 15 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Loukaitis, Gregory | 15 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Narayan, Anuradha | 17 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Strbik, Dominik Antun | 18 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 272 | English (Advanced) | Goria, Sandra | 19 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 273 | English (Advanced) | Maxwell, Anna | 20 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 274 | English (Standard) | Wang, Zhitan Jack | 1 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Mathur, Kavya | 2 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Manaois, Malorie Anne | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Cheers, Natalie | 4 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Rathani, Ovais | 5 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Kendall, Lauren | 6 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Badgery, Darcy James Douglas | 7 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Guadana, Krisia | 8 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Aziz, Laurice | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Meleka, Patrichia | 10 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Gillespie, Daniel Robert Gray | 11 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Han, Simon | 12 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Stratford, Madeline | 13 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Peng, Ally | 14 | St Patricks College Campbelltown | Campbelltown |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Sheather, April | 14 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Balak, Rani | 16 | MacKillop College Bathurst | Bathurst |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Wilson, Charlotte Bridget | 17 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Jacobs, Maddison | 18 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head |
| 292 | English (Standard) | Cowdery, Emma Louise | 19 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 293 | English (Standard) | Quartermain, Krystelle Lyn | 20 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 294 | English as a Second Language | Li, Cindy Jiatong | 1 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Kim, Gain (Lina) | 2 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Chen, Jiayue (Suzie) | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Lee, Jung A | 4 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Cao, Dang Phuong Anh | 5 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Lo, Yuen Ting Rossana | 6 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Liran (Chloe) | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 301 | English as a Second Language | Zhang, Zixin (Starry) | 8 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 302 | English as a Second Language | Gao, Manxin | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 303 | English as a Second Language | Yim, Wai Ming Cecilia | 10 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 304 | English Extension 1 | Jones, Katie | 1 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 305 | English Extension 1 | Maxwell, Anna | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 306 | English Extension 1 | Paetzholdt, Ursula | 3 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 307 | English Extension 1 | Lai, Gladys | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 308 | English Extension 1 | Chan, Heidi Hoi Tung | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 309 | English Extension 1 | King, Emily Rose | 6 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 310 | English Extension 1 | Warren, Amy | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 311 | English Extension 1 | Wu, Edward | 8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 312 | English Extension 1 | Al-Kahili, Rose | 9 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 313 | English Extension 1 | Stewart-Yates, Anna Valerie | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 314 | English Extension 2 | Dormor, Thomas | 1 | St Clares High School | Taree |
| 315 | English Extension 2 | Lickley, Grace | 2 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 316 | English Extension 2 | Milne, Isobel Avril Alvarez | 3 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 317 | English Extension 2 | Strokirch, Torsten | 4 | Armidale High School | Armidale |
| 318 | English Extension 2 | Powell, Madeleine | 5 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 319 | English Extension 2 | Gibson, Miles | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 320 | English Extension 2 | Delaney, Grace Alexandra | 7 | Illawarra Christian School Cordeaux Campus | Cordeaux Heights |
| 321 | English Extension 2 | Pierce, Jasmine | 8 | Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School | Byron Bay |
| 322 | English Extension 2 | Rizk, Joshua | 9 | Marist College North Shore | North Sydney |
| 323 | English Extension 2 | Clark, Lewis Elmore | 10 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 324 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Cowie, Olivia Bree | 1 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 325 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Lipsham, Jamie Louise | 1 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 326 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Moliterno, Victoria Louise | 1 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Weeks, Kimberley | 1 | St Peters Catholic College | Tuggerah |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Brown, Luke | 5 | Cronulla High School | Cronulla |
| 329 | Filipino Continuers | Malabag, Angelika Mae | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 330 | Filipino Continuers | De Guzman, Patricia Jane | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 331 | Filipino Continuers | Arnade, Juan Andrei | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 332 | Financial Services Examination | Ng, Bianca Julietta | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 333 | Financial Services Examination | Tan, Pei Wen | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 334 | Financial Services Examination | Shakeri, Monica | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 335 | Financial Services Examination | Wong, Adam Ka Ho | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Dalziel, Rochelle Mary | 5 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 337 | Food Technology | Bolinowsky, Ilana | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 338 | Food Technology | Mai, Crystal | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 339 | Food Technology | Nguyen, Monica | 3 | Trinity Catholic College Auburn Campus | Auburn |
| 340 | Food Technology | Pasfield, Katie | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 341 | Food Technology | Buckner, Amy Rose | 5 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 342 | Food Technology | Smith, Jessica Grace | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 343 | Food Technology | Woodley, Melissa | 7 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 344 | Food Technology | Ghali, Laura | 8 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 345 | Food Technology | Harris, Bianca | 8 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 346 | Food Technology | Landgren, Stina | 10 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 347 | French Beginners | O'Shea, Kristina Lee | 1 | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 348 | French Beginners | Matarazzo, Erin | 2 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 349 | French Beginners | Lea, Bridey Clare Elysia | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 350 | French Beginners | Silvanian, Karina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024