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.
| 351 | Geography | Wilson, Bella | 5 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 352 | Geography | Andrews, Lachlan | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 353 | Geography | Lindsay, Julia | 7 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 354 | Geography | Slade, Sydney Chase | 8 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 355 | Geography | Jayawardena, Nikhila | 9 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 356 | Geography | Heathcote, Cameron | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 357 | German Beginners | Evans, Davis | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 358 | German Beginners | Swart, Ansonette | 2 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 359 | German Beginners | Hodges, Athelia Jade | 3 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 360 | German Beginners | Devitt, Henry Stephen | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 361 | German Beginners | Woodward, Luke Peter | 5 | Wade High School | Griffith |
| 362 | German Continuers | Yao, Alexander Desmond | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 363 | German Continuers | Tan, Maija | 2 | Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School | Middle Cove |
| 364 | German Continuers | Fox, Eliza | 3 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 365 | German Continuers | Achhorner, Lucy | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 366 | German Continuers | Albrecht, Tessa-Ann | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 367 | German Extension | Fox, Eliza | 1 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 368 | German Extension | Yao, Alexander Desmond | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 369 | German Extension | Tan, Maija | 3 | Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School | Middle Cove |
| 370 | German Extension | Haid, Ella Charlotte | 4 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 371 | German Extension | Goldsmith, Joshua | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 372 | Hindi Continuers | Soni, Riya | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 373 | Hindi Continuers | Bhatti, Damanjot | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 374 | Hindi Continuers | Shrivastava, Anisha | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 375 | Hindi Continuers | Jatyan, Aryan | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 376 | Hindi Continuers | Nauriyal, Jayesh | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 377 | History Extension | Choi, Jasper Yin-Fung | 1 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 378 | History Extension | Toole, Makensie | 2 | Belmont Christian College | Belmont North |
| 379 | History Extension | Mason, Rosa | 3 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 380 | History Extension | Baker, Caitlin Elizabeth | 4 | Karabar High School | Queanbeyan |
| 381 | History Extension | Shim, Zoe | 5 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 382 | History Extension | Lee, Jasmine | 6 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 383 | History Extension | Khoury, Elena | 7 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 384 | History Extension | Wong, Yijing | 8 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 385 | History Extension | Elvish, Emily | 9 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 386 | History Extension | Johnston, Moss Theo Bell | 9 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 387 | Hospitality Examination | Subramaniam, Annamarie Mary | 1 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 388 | Hospitality Examination | Hussain, Fazilah Mas'Oodah | 2 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 389 | Hospitality Examination | Robson, Liam | 3 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 390 | Hospitality Examination | Harvey, Lily Grace | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
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| 391 | Hospitality Examination | Horan, Meg | 4 | Gilgandra High School | Gilgandra |
| 392 | Hospitality Examination | Bardwell, Mikayla | 6 | Charlton Christian College | Fassifern |
| 393 | Hospitality Examination | Pritchard, Abigail Jane | 7 | Dungog High School | Dungog |
| 394 | Hospitality Examination | Cafe, Sarah Louise | 8 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 395 | Hospitality Examination | Murdoch, Riley Loftus | 8 | Bega High School | Bega |
| 396 | Hospitality Examination | George, Gabrielle | 10 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 397 | Hospitality Examination | Pearce, Emmerson | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 398 | Hospitality Examination | Yu, Isabelle Wing Yan | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 399 | Human Services Examination | Westman, Trinity Jane | 1 | New England Institute Armidale Campus | Armidale |
| 400 | Human Services Examination | El Chamtieh, Ranya | 2 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 401 | Human Services Examination | Allen, Lucy | 3 | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 402 | Human Services Examination | Carlon, Remy | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute North Sydney College | St Leonards |
| 403 | Human Services Examination | Kenna, Charlotte Grace | 5 | Sydney Institute St George College | Kogarah |
| 404 | Hungarian Continuers | Fazekas, Attila | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 405 | Hungarian Continuers | Kovacs, Viktoria | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 406 | Hungarian Continuers | Kis, Anett | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 407 | Indonesian Beginners | Astawa, Mirani | 1 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 408 | Indonesian Beginners | Low, Jasmine | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 409 | Indonesian Beginners | Hendra, Keziah Ariella | 3 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 410 | Indonesian Beginners | Mulhearn, Jessica | 4 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 411 | Indonesian Beginners | Kershaw, Joshua William | 5 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 412 | Indonesian Continuers | Newton, Angelina | 1 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 413 | Indonesian Continuers | House, Kate Marie | 2 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 414 | Indonesian Continuers | Petrin, Claudia Sophia | 3 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 415 | Indonesian Continuers | Teoh, Robert Ying Huang | 4 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 416 | Indonesian Continuers | Frankum, Sophie Louise | 5 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 417 | Indonesian Extension | Petrin, Claudia Sophia | 1 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 418 | Indonesian Extension | House, Kate Marie | 2 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 419 | Indonesian Extension | Parsons, Rebekah | 3 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 420 | Indonesian Extension | Pepper, Charlotte (Charlie) | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 421 | Indonesian Extension | Frankum, Sophie Louise | 5 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 422 | Indonesian in Context | Abdul Azis, Alifa Imanina | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 423 | Industrial Technology | Carlon, Clayton John | 1 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 424 | Industrial Technology | Shadwell, Charlie | 2 | Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School | Calala |
| 425 | Industrial Technology | Taylor, Jacob Thomas Gregory | 2 | St Johns College Dubbo | Dubbo East |
| 426 | Industrial Technology | Pathirana, Dylan Chandima | 4 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 427 | Industrial Technology | Emamooden, Timothy | 5 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 428 | Industrial Technology | Sindler, Patrick | 5 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 429 | Industrial Technology | Vaughan, Alex Dylan | 5 | St Catherines Catholic College | Singleton |
| 430 | Industrial Technology | Scullard, Greta Jean | 8 | St Johns College Dubbo | Dubbo East |
| 431 | Industrial Technology | Anstee, Joshua | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 432 | Industrial Technology | Collard, Corben Joshua Garrick | 9 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 433 | Industrial Technology | Parvin, Matthew | 9 | St Clares High School | Taree |
| 434 | Industrial Technology | Worth, Hudson | 9 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 435 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Teoh, Robert Ying Huang | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 436 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Hoppitt, Matthew | 2 | Georges River Grammar | Georges Hall |
| 437 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Mayo, Erica Louise | 3 | Lindisfarne Anglican School | Terranora |
| 438 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Mills, Liam | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 439 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Lee, James | 5 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 440 | Information Processes and Technology | Wibisono, Sean | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 441 | Information Processes and Technology | Lee, Anson | 2 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 442 | Information Processes and Technology | Lam, Edwin | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 443 | Information Processes and Technology | Challis, Noa | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 444 | Information Processes and Technology | Silcock, Rowan | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 445 | Information Processes and Technology | Xie, Junhou | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 446 | Information Processes and Technology | Narisetty, Jasmin | 7 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 447 | Information Processes and Technology | Harrington, Jacquelyn Donna | 8 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 448 | Information Processes and Technology | Ahmed, Aamna | 9 | Auburn Girls High School | Auburn |
| 449 | Information Processes and Technology | Vu, Benjamin | 10 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 450 | Italian Beginners | Good, Bella | 1 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head |
| 451 | Italian Beginners | Holthouse, Isabelle Emily | 2 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 452 | Italian Beginners | Zhong, Esther Jia Hui | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 453 | Italian Beginners | Holthouse, Madeleine Elizabeth | 4 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 454 | Italian Beginners | Fera, Jackalyn | 5 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 455 | Italian Beginners | Oyston, Jesse | 5 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 456 | Italian Continuers | Zimmerman, Jack | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 457 | Italian Continuers | Masterman, Isaac | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 458 | Italian Continuers | Witting, Alexandra | 3 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 459 | Italian Continuers | Michalopoulos, Jacqueline | 4 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 460 | Italian Continuers | Palumbo, Richard | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 461 | Italian Extension | Palumbo, Richard | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 462 | Italian Extension | Carozza, Claudia Trevisan | 2 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 463 | Italian Extension | Zimmerman, Jack | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 464 | Italian Extension | Masterman, Isaac | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 465 | Italian Extension | Abel, Charles | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 466 | Japanese and Literature | Yamakawa, Shiori | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 467 | Japanese and Literature | Ota, Sara | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 468 | Japanese Beginners | Choi, Hyomin | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 469 | Japanese Beginners | Balaji, Bhavesh | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 470 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Seohyun | 3 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 471 | Japanese Beginners | Wang, Jiayin (Natalie) | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 472 | Japanese Beginners | Hong, Hannah Jovyna | 5 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 473 | Japanese Continuers | Yu, Michelle | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 474 | Japanese Continuers | Xu, Rosanna | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 475 | Japanese Continuers | Lu, Jia Lin | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 476 | Japanese Continuers | Patterson Rajak, Sasha Bindu | 3 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 477 | Japanese Continuers | Hu, Faustina | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 478 | Japanese Extension | Patterson Rajak, Sasha Bindu | 1 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 479 | Japanese Extension | Cao, Janet | 2 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 480 | Japanese Extension | Suoh, Ashleigh Si Min | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 481 | Japanese Extension | Li, Martin | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 482 | Japanese Extension | Xu, Rosanna | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 483 | Japanese in Context | Yaku, Manami | 1 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 484 | Japanese in Context | Yumoto, Kanon | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 485 | Japanese in Context | Horimoto, Kazune | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 486 | Japanese in Context | Myatt, Riona | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 487 | Japanese in Context | Tanabe, Kaito | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 488 | Khmer Continuers | Chea, Bunthai | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 489 | Korean and Literature | Kim, Seohyun | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 490 | Korean and Literature | Kang, Ji Yoon | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 491 | Korean and Literature | Choe, Jiwon | 3 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 492 | Korean and Literature | Joung, Sohyun | 4 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 493 | Korean and Literature | Bae, Yubin | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 494 | Korean Beginners | Yee, Anneliese Yasmine | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 495 | Korean Beginners | Li, Huixian | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 496 | Korean Beginners | McTackett, Zoe Midori | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 497 | Korean Beginners | Cao, Christina | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 498 | Korean Beginners | Hui, Pui Ling - Yoyie | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 499 | Korean Continuers | Ojha, Anusha | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 500 | Korean Continuers | Tomson, Natasha Jade | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 501 | Korean Continuers | Lam, Ying Tung | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 502 | Korean Continuers | Yamakawa, Shiori | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 503 | Korean Continuers | Xian, Elle | 5 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 504 | Korean in Context | Seo, Juhui (Julie) | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 505 | Korean in Context | Jo, Yeonsu | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 506 | Korean in Context | Lee, Jihye (Hannah) | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 507 | Korean in Context | Wu, Soo-Hee | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 508 | Korean in Context | Lee, Jin | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 509 | Latin Continuers | Crawford, Alexander | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 510 | Latin Continuers | Tsou, Michael | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 511 | Latin Continuers | Connor, Kieran | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 512 | Latin Continuers | Lin, Jacinta | 4 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 513 | Latin Continuers | Mok, Joshua | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 514 | Latin Extension | Lin, Jacinta | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 515 | Latin Extension | Wei, Jessica | 2 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 516 | Latin Extension | Dolin, Luke | 3 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 517 | Latin Extension | Zhang, Helen Jingting | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 518 | Latin Extension | McPhee, Jemima | 5 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 519 | Legal Studies | Chiaverini, Christina | 1 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 520 | Legal Studies | Hosmann, Tea | 2 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 521 | Legal Studies | Underhill, Grace | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 522 | Legal Studies | Wang, Jenny | 4 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 523 | Legal Studies | Batzakis-Tsimboukis, Rhea | 5 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 524 | Legal Studies | Park, Joshua | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 525 | Legal Studies | Campbell, Aidan | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 526 | Legal Studies | Zeng, Jenny | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 527 | Legal Studies | Liang, June | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 528 | Legal Studies | Manaktala, Keshav Jai Kumar | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 529 | Legal Studies | Wang, An Zhu (Angela) | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 530 | Legal Studies | Laszok, Giselle | 12 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 531 | Legal Studies | Sawyer, Joel | 12 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 532 | Legal Studies | Johnson, Cole | 14 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 533 | Legal Studies | Pan, Cherie | 15 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 534 | Legal Studies | Crosweller, Indigo Ann Lynette | 16 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 535 | Legal Studies | Balasubramanian, Janani | 17 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 536 | Legal Studies | Ienco, Christina | 18 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 537 | Legal Studies | Carfi, Jack | 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 538 | Legal Studies | Guo, Elizabeth | 20 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 539 | Macedonian Continuers | Kasovska, Emily | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 540 | Macedonian Continuers | Stevans, Ana-Maria | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 541 | Mathematics | Ta, Christopher | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 542 | Mathematics | Zhou, Ze Hong | 1 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 543 | Mathematics | Qiao, Jessica Wenjie | 3 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 544 | Mathematics | Davies, William | 4 | Nowra Anglican College | Bomaderry |
| 545 | Mathematics | Fernando, Eve | 4 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 546 | Mathematics | Li, Christina Yiting | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 547 | Mathematics | Ozturk, Acacia | 4 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 548 | Mathematics | Pham, Duong | 4 | Mary MacKillop College | Wakeley |
| 549 | Mathematics | Xie, Jenson Chen Xi | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 550 | Mathematics | Yang, Jadon Ryan | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |