This report shows the 2017 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.
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Stoddard, Timothy Andrew | 8 | Bega High School | Bega |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Lee, Benjamin | 10 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 253 | English (Advanced) | Muthukuda, Hansika Enakshi | 1 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 254 | English (Advanced) | Wang, Chuyi | 1 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Lin, Jade | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | McLenaghan, Sarah | 4 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Sathiyamoorthy, Shathurnia | 5 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Thatcher, Angus William Lincoln | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Woodcock, Thomas Christopher | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Taylor, India | 8 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
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| 261 | English (Advanced) | Khanna, Sachleen | 9 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Altman, Amy | 10 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Duffy, Lana | 11 | Mater Dei Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Brown, Jacqueline | 12 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Sutton, Noah Richard | 12 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Muir, Lachlan William | 14 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | McGarry, Nicholas Richard John | 15 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Park, Lauren Dongyoung | 16 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Lee, Andy | 17 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Muston, Xanthe | 18 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Champion, Tadgh | 19 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 272 | English (Advanced) | Chua, William | 20 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 273 | English (Standard) | Wray, Bailey | 1 | Magdalene Catholic College | Narellan |
| 274 | English (Standard) | Van Aken, Ashleigh | 2 | Henry Kendall High School | Gosford |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Forrest, Molly Delaney | 3 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Mahdi, Ali | 4 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Alyassin, Ali | 5 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Steedman, Ashley | 6 | Green Point Christian College | Green Point |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Freier, Georgia | 7 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Blair, Sunita | 8 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Malouf, Bridget | 9 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Le, James Ky Quang | 10 | Fairvale High School | Fairfield West |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Cruz, Adelaida Marie | 11 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Davies, Leyton | 12 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Hamdami, Romina | 13 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Anderson, Jessica Lulu | 14 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Miller, Isabella | 15 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Quinto, Jared | 16 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Douglas, Adam | 17 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Marrazza, Alexander | 18 | Marist College North Shore | North Sydney |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Searant, Lily Ruth Theresa | 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 292 | English (Standard) | Shojai, Tamena | 20 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 293 | English as a Second Language | Choi, Wooyeon (Elise) | 1 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 294 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Sherry Shirui | 2 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Jin, Yantong | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Ling, Zixin | 4 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Alzubaidi, Kais Sultan Abdul Kareem | 5 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Cindy | 6 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Song, Haoran (Caroline) | 7 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Hui, Pui Yan - Rachel | 8 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |