This report shows the 2020 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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| 125 | Chinese Beginners | Tran, Xuan Ai | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus | Cromer |
| 126 | Chinese Beginners | Ly, Yen Vi | 5 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 127 | Chinese Continuers | O'Dea, Matthew Barry | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 128 | Chinese Continuers | Leonard, Nicholas William Rattigan | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 129 | Chinese Continuers | Hoffman, Alexander Heeg | 3 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 130 | Chinese Continuers | Rinas, Nahanni | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 131 | Chinese Continuers | Gilhotra, Kyra | 5 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 132 | Chinese Extension | Leonard, Nicholas William Rattigan | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 133 | Chinese Extension | Hoffman, Alexander Heeg | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 134 | Chinese Extension | Gralton, Yanna | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 135 | Chinese Extension | Rinas, Nahanni | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 136 | Chinese Extension | O'Dea, Matthew Barry | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 137 | Chinese in Context | He, Yuanqiu | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 138 | Chinese in Context | Zhang, Zhixi | 2 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 139 | Chinese in Context | Huang, Jessica Ziyie | 3 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 140 | Chinese in Context | Fu, Jiarui | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 141 | Chinese in Context | Liu, Xi | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 142 | Classical Greek Continuers | Eichmann, Oscar | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 143 | Classical Greek Continuers | Zammit, Declan | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 144 | Classical Greek Continuers | Peters, Alexander Phillip | 3 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 145 | Classical Greek Continuers | Lloyd, Angus Miles | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 146 | Classical Greek Continuers | Maley, Harry | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 147 | Classical Greek Extension | Eichmann, Oscar | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 148 | Classical Greek Extension | Zammit, Declan | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 149 | Classical Greek Extension | Peters, Alexander Phillip | 3 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 150 | Classical Greek Extension | Cimen, Ela Lisa | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 151 | Classical Greek Extension | Lloyd, Angus Miles | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 152 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Eisenberg, Yehuda | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 153 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Taub, Eytan | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 154 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Israel, Esther | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 155 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Schapiro, Rivka | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 156 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Berkovits, Koby | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 157 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Schapiro, Rivka | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 158 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Israel, Esther | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 159 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Eisenberg, Yehuda | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Taub, Eytan | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Goldberg, Yonatan | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 162 | Community and Family Studies | Ji, Belinda | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 163 | Community and Family Studies | Sanchez, Jessica | 1 | Kincumber High School | Kincumber |
| 164 | Community and Family Studies | Funes, Neola | 3 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
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| 165 | Community and Family Studies | Tickle, Becky Laurie | 3 | Dungog High School | Dungog |
| 166 | Community and Family Studies | Makdessi, Breanne | 5 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 167 | Community and Family Studies | Balle, Astrid | 6 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 168 | Community and Family Studies | Kerslake, Holly Elise | 7 | The Ponds High School | The Ponds |
| 169 | Community and Family Studies | McDonald, Imogen | 7 | Inverell High School | Inverell |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Pittavino, Robert | 7 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | Seymour, Kaitlyn | 7 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 172 | Construction Examination | O'Mahony, Zara | 1 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 173 | Construction Examination | Bartlett, Aidan | 2 | Shire Christian School | Barden Ridge |
| 174 | Construction Examination | Wilson, Mitchell | 2 | Moss Vale High School | Moss Vale |
| 175 | Construction Examination | Farache, Jihhad | 4 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 176 | Construction Examination | Raghu, Aditya | 4 | All Saints Catholic College Casula Campus | Casula |
| 177 | Construction Examination | Barry, Connor Anthony | 6 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 178 | Construction Examination | Fredericks, Lili | 7 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 179 | Construction Examination | Marigliano, Salvatore | 7 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Nunn, James | 7 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 181 | Construction Examination | Payne, Callum | 7 | Cronulla High School | Cronulla |
| 182 | Dance | Davis, Avalon | 1 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 183 | Dance | Bakerman, Zoe | 2 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 184 | Dance | Hamilton, Georgia | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 185 | Dance | Huynh, Grace | 3 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 186 | Dance | Acevski, Shae | 5 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 187 | Dance | du Preez-Parks, Ruby | 5 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | Lismore |
| 188 | Dance | Jepson, Shantani | 5 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy |
| 189 | Dance | Manuele, Helena | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 190 | Dance | Shaw, Carlie | 5 | East Hills Girls Technology High School | Panania |
| 191 | Dance | Smith, Zoe | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 192 | Dance | Wei, Iris Wu | 5 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 193 | Design and Technology | Davidson, Holly | 1 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 194 | Design and Technology | Atas, Paolo | 2 | Mount Annan Christian College | Mount Annan |
| 195 | Design and Technology | Marshall, Sienna | 2 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 196 | Design and Technology | Angus, Sophie | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 197 | Design and Technology | Hannell, Olivia | 5 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 198 | Design and Technology | Cheng, Jessica | 6 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Fenning, Madeleine | 6 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 200 | Design and Technology | Misoyannis, Theodore | 6 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 201 | Design and Technology | Zhou, Yijia | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Adler, Emily Grace | 10 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 203 | Drama | Kahwajy, Paula | 1 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 204 | Drama | Sherwood, Faith | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 205 | Drama | Loofs, Oskar Anthony Felix | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 206 | Drama | Lamble, Jack Edward | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 207 | Drama | Thompson, Courtney | 5 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 208 | Drama | Richens, Annabelle | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 209 | Drama | Brown, Sacha | 7 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 210 | Drama | Kenney, Amelie | 8 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 211 | Drama | Bradford, Ella May | 9 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 212 | Drama | Godwin, Benjamin | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 213 | Dutch Continuers | den Hollander, Tooske | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 214 | Dutch Continuers | Raaijmakers, Izaak | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 215 | Earth and Environmental Science | Sharp, Sarah | 1 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 216 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wentworth-Ping, Anxia | 1 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 217 | Earth and Environmental Science | Stark, James Anthony | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Blackall, Gina | 4 | Newcastle High School | Hamilton |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Burch, Matthew | 4 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Csillag, Jessica | 4 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Eckstein, Isla | 4 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Harrison, Alexander | 4 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Bland, Sebastian | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Busselmann, Thomas | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 225 | Economics | Lim, Julina | 1 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 226 | Economics | Kam, Zhan Yue | 2 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia |
| 227 | Economics | Carrozzi, Olivia | 3 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 228 | Economics | Singh, Himanshu | 3 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 229 | Economics | De Rosa, Jasmine | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 230 | Economics | McCredie, Finlay Donald Press | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 231 | Economics | Ong, Natasha June-Ann | 5 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 232 | Economics | Yoffe, Lior | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 233 | Economics | Wang, Catherine Liyuan | 9 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 234 | Economics | Chindilas, Chrisovalanti | 10 | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest |
| 235 | Economics | Lam, Grace | 10 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 236 | Economics | Zappia, Megan | 10 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 237 | Electrotechnology Examination | Kinkade, Andy | 1 | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 238 | Electrotechnology Examination | Willis, Robert | 2 | Riverina Institute Wagga Wagga Campus | Wagga Wagga |
| 239 | Electrotechnology Examination | Howell, Christopher | 3 | La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown |
| 240 | Electrotechnology Examination | Stankovic, Nicolas | 3 | Illawarra Institute Wollongong Campus | Wollongong |
| 241 | Electrotechnology Examination | Curtin, Harry | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 242 | Electrotechnology Examination | Dewberry-Fitzgerald, Lachlan | 5 | La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Vos, Lachlan | 1 | Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Kemp, Thomas | 2 | Trinity Anglican College Albury | Thurgoona |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Ho, Lachlan James | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Masia, Cas Joseph | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Whelan, Oliver | 3 | Heathcote High School | Heathcote |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Jiang, Daniel | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Petrovic, Conrad | 6 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Nguyen, Elvis | 8 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Lin, Eric | 9 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Sotomayor, Joshua | 9 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 253 | English Advanced | Gibb, Alexandra | 1 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 254 | English Advanced | Stevens, Marie-Claire | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 255 | English Advanced | Arabit, Joseph | 3 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 256 | English Advanced | Nason, Lily | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 257 | English Advanced | Thom, Mia | 3 | Byron Bay High School | Byron Bay |
| 258 | English Advanced | Bourke, Olivia | 6 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 259 | English Advanced | Lam, Grace | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 260 | English Advanced | Lim, Julina | 8 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 261 | English Advanced | Bradford, Ella May | 9 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 262 | English Advanced | Ong-Le, Taylor | 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 263 | English Advanced | Ye, Sariena | 11 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 264 | English Advanced | Rice, Oliver | 12 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 265 | English Advanced | Service, Hugh | 12 | Hunters Hill High School | Hunters Hill |
| 266 | English Advanced | Lam, Kristy | 14 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 267 | English Advanced | Khor, Jessica | 15 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 268 | English Advanced | O'Leary, Darcie | 16 | St Philips Christian College Port Stephens | Salamander Bay |
| 269 | English Advanced | Ong, Natasha June-Ann | 16 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 270 | English Advanced | Georgakopoulou, Angeliki | 18 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 271 | English Advanced | Hawkins, Nash | 18 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 272 | English Advanced | Xu, Yige | 18 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 273 | English EAL/D | Lai, Wing Yan | 1 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 274 | English EAL/D | Tran, Thu Ngoc Hoang | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 275 | English EAL/D | Pham, Duy Long | 3 | Chester Hill High School | Chester Hill |
| 276 | English EAL/D | Xiao, Zhenzi Zoe | 4 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 277 | English EAL/D | Zhao, Yingyi | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 278 | English EAL/D | Chen, Yantong | 6 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 279 | English EAL/D | Wang, Juehan | 6 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 280 | English EAL/D | Huang, Jiashu | 8 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 281 | English EAL/D | To, Hong Nhat Phuong | 9 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 282 | English EAL/D | Lin, Stephanie | 10 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 283 | English Extension 1 | Li, Akina | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 284 | English Extension 1 | Ruddick, Joseph Richard | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 285 | English Extension 1 | Murphy, Eamonn | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 286 | English Extension 1 | Coombs, Eszter Violet | 4 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 287 | English Extension 1 | O, Narah | 5 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 288 | English Extension 1 | Arabit, Joseph | 6 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 289 | English Extension 1 | Ong, Natasha June-Ann | 7 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 290 | English Extension 1 | Sullivan, Sophie | 8 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 291 | English Extension 1 | Shiel-Dick, Jonathon | 9 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 292 | English Extension 1 | Chang, Kay | 10 | Concord High School | Concord |
| 293 | English Extension 2 | Coombs, Eszter Violet | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 294 | English Extension 2 | Buchen, Ava | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 295 | English Extension 2 | O'Neill, Mary-Rose | 3 | Montgrove College | Orchard Hills |
| 296 | English Extension 2 | Bentley, Harrison | 4 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 297 | English Extension 2 | Gabay, Jasper | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 298 | English Extension 2 | Dabaja, Gwendalyn | 6 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 299 | English Extension 2 | Evans, Fynn | 7 | Marist College North Shore | North Sydney |
| 300 | English Extension 2 | Apollonov, Leo | 8 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 301 | English Extension 2 | Hodge, Sebastian | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 302 | English Extension 2 | Stewart, Sophia | 10 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 303 | English Standard | Lamack, Rayna | 1 | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 304 | English Standard | Simoes, Kiara | 2 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 305 | English Standard | Smith, Holli | 3 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 306 | English Standard | Court, Lucy Sophia | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 307 | English Standard | Richardson, Heidi | 4 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 308 | English Standard | Champion, Holly | 6 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 309 | English Standard | Joma, Merym | 7 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 310 | English Standard | Baxter, Catherine | 8 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 311 | English Standard | Masters, Sophia | 8 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 312 | English Standard | Morehouse, Zachary | 8 | Mater Dei Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 313 | English Standard | Webb, Jessie | 8 | Cardiff High School | Cardiff |
| 314 | English Standard | Gosai, Sital | 12 | Mitchell High School | Blacktown |
| 315 | English Standard | Brener, Jonathan | 13 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 316 | English Standard | Tanna, Christian | 13 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 317 | English Standard | Diab, Yasser | 15 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 318 | English Standard | Zreika, Jana | 16 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 319 | English Standard | Lees, Mia | 17 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 320 | English Standard | Singer, Ella | 17 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 321 | English Standard | Raza, Shahan | 19 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 322 | English Standard | Bensaidi, Selma | 20 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 323 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Moynan, Sarah | 1 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 324 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Plant, Luke | 2 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024