This report shows the 2018 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 Extension | Hobkirk, William | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 152 | Classical Greek Extension | Mok, Joshua | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 153 | Classical Greek Extension | Hervir, Oliver | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Hirschowitz, Rivka | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 155 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Brill, Liav | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 156 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Yehuda, Shiri | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 157 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Benstock, Adam | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 158 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Levy, Adam | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 159 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Rev, Ariella | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Hirschowitz, Rivka | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Oberstein, Jenna | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Levy, Adam | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Benstock, Adam | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Community and Family Studies | Agostini, Lauren | 1 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 165 | Community and Family Studies | Brown, Madison | 1 | Broughton Anglican College | Menangle Park |
| 166 | Community and Family Studies | Tejcek, Katherine | 1 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 167 | Community and Family Studies | McKeown, Margot Caitlin | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 168 | Community and Family Studies | Arthur, Emma Wyeela | 5 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 169 | Community and Family Studies | Kealy-Ashby, Cassidy | 6 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Katsiris, Isabella | 7 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | Rodwell, Jazmyn | 8 | Terrigal High School | Terrigal |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Friedrich, Estelle | 9 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Nassar, Alyssa | 9 | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park |
| 174 | Construction Examination | Brennan, Lucas Taylor | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 175 | Construction Examination | Stanford, Zac | 2 | Lithgow High School | Lithgow |
| 176 | Construction Examination | Hansford, Ethan | 3 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 177 | Construction Examination | Hill, Katharine | 4 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 178 | Construction Examination | Piromalli, Anthony | 4 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 179 | Construction Examination | Vigliante, Joshua Peter | 6 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Best, Dale | 7 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 181 | Construction Examination | Monk, Lincoln | 7 | James Sheahan Catholic High School | Orange |
| 182 | Construction Examination | Giuffrida, Cameron | 9 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 183 | Construction Examination | O'Bryan, Charles | 10 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 184 | Dance | Harrison, Zoe | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 185 | Dance | Neuhaus, Laurence | 1 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 186 | Dance | Hall, Annaliese | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 187 | Dance | De Santi, Alexandra | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 188 | Dance | Blendell, Erika Chloe | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 189 | Design and Technology | Malyon, Elliot | 1 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 190 | Design and Technology | Lackey, Zalia | 2 | Penrith Anglican College | Orchard Hills |
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| 191 | Design and Technology | Swain, Juliette | 3 | Oxley College | Burradoo |
| 192 | Design and Technology | Andrews, Sophie | 4 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 193 | Design and Technology | McDonald, Ethan | 5 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 194 | Design and Technology | Morrison, Anna Elise | 6 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 195 | Design and Technology | Humphries, Nicola Jean | 7 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 196 | Design and Technology | Luu, Elizabeth | 8 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 197 | Design and Technology | Deakin, Jessica | 9 | Oxley College | Burradoo |
| 198 | Design and Technology | Hunt, Hailley Catherine | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Worth, Emily Isabelle | 10 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 200 | Drama | Goldman, Genevieve | 1 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 201 | Drama | Ireland-Shead, Drew | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 202 | Drama | Stevenson, Jack Kenneth | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 203 | Drama | Davies, Haddie | 4 | Braidwood Central School | Braidwood |
| 204 | Drama | White, Maxwell William Charles | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 205 | Drama | Shanahan, Jack | 6 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 206 | Drama | Douglas, Sophie | 7 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 207 | Drama | Gibson, Elliot Carpenter | 8 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 208 | Drama | Page, Isabella | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 209 | Drama | Ewald, Niva | 10 | Emmanuel Anglican College | Ballina |
| 210 | Dutch Continuers | Hoogenhout, Isabella | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 211 | Dutch Continuers | Kessen, Laura | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 212 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wilson, Bella | 1 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 213 | Earth and Environmental Science | Stevenson, Lucy | 2 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 214 | Earth and Environmental Science | Mehta, Anish Atul | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 215 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hanrahan, Fraser Scott | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 216 | Earth and Environmental Science | Henley, Jessica | 5 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 217 | Earth and Environmental Science | Ricketts, Ruby Carmen | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Yuan, Yunyi (Winnie) | 5 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cremen, Jaselyn Daisy | 8 | Pittwater High School | Mona Vale |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Burns, Thomas William | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cowdery, Mitchell James | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 222 | Economics | Bivell, John | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 223 | Economics | Prince, Samuel James | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 224 | Economics | Fox, Eliza | 3 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 225 | Economics | Hope, Mitchell Ryan | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 226 | Economics | Gribben, Michael | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 227 | Economics | Aitchison, Cory | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 228 | Economics | Lin, Lucas Shen Jia | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 229 | Economics | Crowley, Xavier Isaac Aidan David | 8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 230 | Economics | MacAlister, Leon Thomas | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 231 | Economics | Gu, Andrew Mingliang | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 232 | Engineering Studies | Gong, William Lifan | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 233 | Engineering Studies | Montroy, Bradley Kenneth | 2 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 234 | Engineering Studies | Pathirana, Dylan Chandima | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 235 | Engineering Studies | Kraynov, Svyatoslav | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 236 | Engineering Studies | Haurissa-Oey, Nathan | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 237 | Engineering Studies | Kembrey, Zachary | 6 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 238 | Engineering Studies | Yu, Jonathan | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 239 | Engineering Studies | Wang, Frank Cheng | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 240 | Engineering Studies | Morton, Alexander James | 9 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 241 | Engineering Studies | Wong, Esther Yuet-Yee | 9 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 242 | English (Advanced) | Roodenrys, Grace | 1 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 243 | English (Advanced) | Wang, Coco | 2 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 244 | English (Advanced) | Marinelli, Caitlin Rose | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 245 | English (Advanced) | Johnson, Cole | 4 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 246 | English (Advanced) | Koit, Ericka | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 247 | English (Advanced) | Chang, Alicia | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 248 | English (Advanced) | McCartney, William | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 249 | English (Advanced) | Prince, Samuel James | 8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 250 | English (Advanced) | Han, Oscar | 9 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 251 | English (Advanced) | Woodbury, Kate | 9 | St Patricks College Campbelltown | Campbelltown |
| 252 | English (Advanced) | Shanahan, Jack | 11 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 253 | English (Advanced) | Temelkovski, Jack | 11 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 254 | English (Advanced) | Carbone, Monique | 13 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Guthleben, Clare | 14 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | Perry, Madison | 15 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Zhu, Chloe | 16 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Brentnall, Annabel | 17 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Beydoun, Chloe | 18 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Gailey, Christopher Richard Thoma | 19 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 261 | English (Advanced) | Ienco, Christina | 20 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 262 | English (Standard) | Wake, Ashleigh | 1 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 263 | English (Standard) | Codmani, Iman | 2 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 264 | English (Standard) | Sanson, Marcelo | 3 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 265 | English (Standard) | Smith, Heather | 4 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 266 | English (Standard) | Pleming, Antoinette | 5 | Kildare Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 267 | English (Standard) | Xu, Guangren (Kevin) | 6 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 268 | English (Standard) | Kassir, Zena | 7 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 269 | English (Standard) | Ferrier, Katherine | 8 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 270 | English (Standard) | Carroll, Jack | 9 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 271 | English (Standard) | Raber, Jayden | 10 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 272 | English (Standard) | Gianesi, Kerri | 11 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 273 | English (Standard) | Zhigunov, Dominika | 12 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 274 | English (Standard) | Diekman, Lily Ollivier | 13 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 275 | English (Standard) | McCrohon, Brayden | 14 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Zongas, Marcus | 15 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Crowe, Amanda | 16 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Youssef, Jonathan | 17 | Holy Spirit Catholic College Lakemba | Lakemba |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Pillai, Lara | 18 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Simon, Bianca Isabella | 19 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Cina, Benyad | 20 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 282 | English as a Second Language | Zhou, Anjia | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 283 | English as a Second Language | Tan, Carolyn Zhao Li | 2 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 284 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Yijia | 3 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 285 | English as a Second Language | Muk, Nicole | 4 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 286 | English as a Second Language | Jiang, Qishan (Alice) | 5 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 287 | English as a Second Language | Zheng, Yiran (Betty) | 6 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 288 | English as a Second Language | Bu, Fan | 7 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 289 | English as a Second Language | Suryawinata, Jovita | 8 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 290 | English as a Second Language | Izadi, Behbod | 9 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 291 | English as a Second Language | Zhao, Yirong (Andrea) | 10 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 292 | English Extension 1 | Rice, Nicholas | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 293 | English Extension 1 | Wei, Jessica | 2 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 294 | English Extension 1 | McKeown, Margot Caitlin | 3 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 295 | English Extension 1 | Mitchell, Zoe | 4 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 296 | English Extension 1 | Roodenrys, Grace | 5 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 297 | English Extension 1 | Marinelli, Caitlin Rose | 6 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 298 | English Extension 1 | Ahuja, Nikhil | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 299 | English Extension 1 | Woodbury, Kate | 8 | St Patricks College Campbelltown | Campbelltown |
| 300 | English Extension 1 | Blendell, Erika Chloe | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 301 | English Extension 1 | Kos, Catherine Isabella | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 302 | English Extension 2 | Lin, Rebecca | 1 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 303 | English Extension 2 | Zhu, Jiahui Vivian | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 304 | English Extension 2 | Smith, Harry | 3 | Trinity Anglican College Albury | Thurgoona |
| 305 | English Extension 2 | Cutmore, Hannah | 4 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 306 | English Extension 2 | Derkenne, Sophia Zoe | 5 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 307 | English Extension 2 | Imlay, Sarah | 6 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 308 | English Extension 2 | Warner, Chelsea | 7 | Kellyville High School | Kellyville |
| 309 | English Extension 2 | Marinelli, Caitlin Rose | 8 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 310 | English Extension 2 | Newman, James Lee | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 311 | English Extension 2 | Truong, Marialee | 10 | Elderslie High School | Narellan |
| 312 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Saric, Zachary Joel | 1 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 313 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Bardsley-Divina, Dan | 2 | Nowra Anglican College | Bomaderry |
| 314 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Watson, Lauren | 2 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 315 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Brown, Emily | 4 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 316 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Grace, Jamila San-An | 5 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
| 317 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Hughes, Rhys Patrick | 5 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 318 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Jaena Lorelie | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 319 | Filipino Continuers | Jimenez, Bianca | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 320 | Filipino Continuers | Salonga, Erica | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 321 | Filipino Continuers | Tagle, Dorothy Joy | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 322 | Food Technology | Pearce, Emmerson | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 323 | Food Technology | Jin, Renee Feng | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 324 | Food Technology | Harvey, Maddison May | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 325 | Food Technology | Turney, Emma | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 326 | Food Technology | Huang, Vicky | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 327 | Food Technology | Jolly, Savannah Genevieve | 6 | Lakes Grammar An Anglican School | Warnervale |
| 328 | Food Technology | Love, Hunter | 7 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 329 | Food Technology | Morris, Ashlea | 8 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 330 | Food Technology | Harrington, Rohan Alexandra | 9 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 331 | Food Technology | Pekic, Sofia | 10 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 332 | French Beginners | Jones, Toby | 1 | Covenant Christian School | Belrose |
| 333 | French Beginners | Melville, Lucy | 1 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 334 | French Beginners | Grunseit, Emily | 3 | Barrenjoey High School | Avalon |
| 335 | French Beginners | Henderson, Joshua James | 4 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 336 | French Beginners | Merhi, Jamison | 4 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 337 | French Continuers | Yao, Alexander Desmond | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 338 | French Continuers | Kowalenko, Madeleine | 2 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 339 | French Continuers | Dempsey, Ruby Kate | 3 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 340 | French Continuers | McHugh, Nell Hannah Morgan | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 341 | French Continuers | Briand, Sidney | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 342 | French Extension | Kowalenko, Madeleine | 1 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 343 | French Extension | Yao, Alexander Desmond | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 344 | French Extension | McHugh, Nell Hannah Morgan | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 345 | French Extension | Rice, Nicholas | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 346 | French Extension | Kang, Isabella | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 347 | Geography | Ruse, Rani Zyal | 1 | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 348 | Geography | Reid, Emma | 2 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 349 | Geography | Lawton-Wade, Eleanor | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 350 | Geography | Parker, Finn | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024