This report shows the 2021 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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| 675 | Modern History | Koder, Lucy | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 676 | Modern History | Tay, Ashleigh | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 677 | Modern History | Sidney, Mia Jane | 5 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 678 | Modern History | Mesimeris, Isander | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 679 | Modern History | Levison, Luke | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 680 | Modern History | Ashworth, Phoenix Barbara | 8 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 681 | Modern History | Mackay, Keats | 9 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 682 | Modern History | Ta, Brendan | 10 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 683 | Modern History | Bathgate, Charlotte | 11 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 684 | Modern History | Carungay, Abigail Bennett | 12 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 685 | Modern History | Deakin-Bell, Olivia Catherine | 13 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 686 | Modern History | McALLISTER, Hudson | 14 | The Armidale School | Armidale |
| 687 | Modern History | Ghosh, Hritika | 15 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 688 | Modern History | Williams, Zoe Lara | 16 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 689 | Modern History | Widdowson, Darcy | 17 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 690 | Modern History | Kang, JooEun | 18 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 691 | Modern History | Philippou, Layla | 18 | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |
| 692 | Modern History | Ma, Max | 20 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 693 | Music 1 | Coffey, Katherine | 1 | Shire Christian School | Barden Ridge |
| 694 | Music 1 | Diamond, Mary | 1 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 695 | Music 1 | Quantrill, Miranda | 1 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 696 | Music 1 | Knox, Lilian | 4 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 697 | Music 1 | Sta Barbara, Keisha | 4 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 698 | Music 1 | Geagea, Jimmy | 6 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 699 | Music 1 | Kulish, Emma | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 700 | Music 1 | Carolan, Finn Hardy | 8 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 701 | Music 1 | Goddard, Thomas Newman | 8 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 702 | Music 1 | Kapitanow, Emily | 8 | Oran Park Anglican College | Oran Park |
| 703 | Music 1 | Zhou, Kaiyang | 8 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 704 | Music 2 | Chen, Annabella | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 705 | Music 2 | Clemmit, Joseph | 1 | Northholm Grammar School | Arcadia |
| 706 | Music 2 | Tang, Rena Lin | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 707 | Music 2 | Chen, Justin | 4 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 708 | Music 2 | Fu, Yue Yang | 4 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 709 | Music 2 | Lin, Daniel | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 710 | Music 2 | Teasdell, George | 4 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 711 | Music Extension | Chen, Annabella | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 712 | Music Extension | Chen, Justin | 2 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 713 | Music Extension | Fu, Yue Yang | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 714 | Music Extension | Lin, Daniel | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
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| 715 | Music Extension | Joyce, Ellery Maree Townsend | 5 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 716 | Persian Continuers | Karimi, Faeza | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 717 | Persian Continuers | Ghamoush Ramandi, Melika | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 718 | Persian Continuers | Ashraf, Farzana | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 719 | Persian Continuers | Pakniyat, Armina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 720 | Persian Continuers | Jafari, Masooma | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 721 | Persian Continuers | Tafi, Amirali | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 722 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Safi, Leila | 1 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 723 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | O'Malley, Jamai | 2 | Xavier Catholic College | Skennars Head |
| 724 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Neill, Maddison | 3 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 725 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Davis, Mia | 4 | MacKillop College Bathurst | Bathurst |
| 726 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Apostolovski, Emily | 5 | East Hills Girls Technology High School | Panania |
| 727 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Robinson, Lauren | 6 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 728 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Fleming, Madison Tayla | 7 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 729 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Khan, Manal | 8 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 730 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Jenkins, Saskia Jade | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 731 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Kan, Frances | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 732 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Varga, Julian | 11 | Marist College Eastwood | Eastwood |
| 733 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Hainsworth, Owen | 12 | The Ponds High School | The Ponds |
| 734 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Williams, Sienna | 12 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 735 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Forrester, Alana | 14 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 736 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Newman, Ingrid | 15 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 737 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Prater, Holly Madeline | 15 | Green Point Christian College | Green Point |
| 738 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Donovan, Ashley | 17 | Dapto High School | Dapto |
| 739 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Simos, Lily | 18 | St Clares College | Waverley |
| 740 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Le, Catherine My-Phu | 19 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 741 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Hogg, Nicola Sophie | 20 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 742 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Simos, Hannah | 21 | St Clares College | Waverley |
| 743 | Physics | Kum, Brian | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute St Leonards Campus | St Leonards |
| 744 | Physics | Mitchell, Andre Stefan | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 745 | Physics | Cheng, Ziyao | 3 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 746 | Physics | Huang, Jordan Hao Cheng | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 747 | Physics | Sreenath, Ashray | 3 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 748 | Physics | Zheng, Hanyang | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 749 | Physics | Adra, Salam Aaliyah | 7 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 750 | Physics | Hassey, Xavier | 7 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 751 | Physics | Ryoo, Ethan Jaemin | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 752 | Physics | Xu, Derek | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 753 | Physics | Yan, Yijun | 11 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 754 | Polish Continuers | Konczyk, Marcin | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 755 | Polish Continuers | Mrowka, Zofia | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 756 | Polish Continuers | Zwolak, Amelia | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 757 | Polish Continuers | Gandera, Natalia | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 758 | Polish Continuers | Jasinska, Nelly | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 759 | Portuguese Continuers | Brambilla Vieira, Isabella | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Petersham Campus | Petersham |
| 760 | Portuguese Continuers | Vicente, Mariana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Petersham Campus | Petersham |
| 761 | Portuguese Continuers | Bernardo Costa Silva, Corcino | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Petersham Campus | Petersham |
| 762 | Portuguese Continuers | Sampaio Little, Paula | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 763 | Portuguese Continuers | Kulikovsky, Daniel | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 764 | Portuguese Continuers | Vander Heiden, Anamieka | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 765 | Primary Industries Examination | Watson, Emma | 1 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 766 | Primary Industries Examination | Buttress, Daisy Lily | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 767 | Primary Industries Examination | Burke, Isabelle | 3 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 768 | Primary Industries Examination | Bradfield, Sarah | 4 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 769 | Primary Industries Examination | Allen, Bryony | 5 | Wee Waa High School | Wee Waa |
| 770 | Primary Industries Examination | Bangert, Elliot | 5 | Orange Christian School | Orange |
| 771 | Primary Industries Examination | Jones, Abbey | 5 | Tenterfield High School | Tenterfield |
| 772 | Primary Industries Examination | Terblanche - Braack, Michelle | 5 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 773 | Punjabi Continuers | Gangwani, Lovisha | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 774 | Punjabi Continuers | Singh, Harkirat | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 775 | Punjabi Continuers | Singh, Iccha | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 776 | Punjabi Continuers | Kaur, Komalpreet | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 777 | Punjabi Continuers | Bhangu, Jaismine Kaur | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 778 | Punjabi Continuers | Dhillon, Iman Singh | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 779 | Punjabi Continuers | Thind, Ravjot Singh | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 780 | Retail Services Examination | Baker, Caleb | 1 | St Pauls Catholic College Booragul | Booragul |
| 781 | Retail Services Examination | Chandrashekhar, Shraddha | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 782 | Retail Services Examination | Crimston, Indiana | 2 | Francis Greenway High School | Woodberry |
| 783 | Retail Services Examination | Marquet, Hannah Kate | 2 | Dungog High School | Dungog |
| 784 | Retail Services Examination | Huynh, Jason | 5 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 785 | Retail Services Examination | Leung, Ka Wing Christy | 5 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 786 | Russian Continuers | Strakhova, Yana | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 787 | Russian Continuers | Maximova, Eva | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 788 | Russian Continuers | Skripnikova, Mariya | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 789 | Russian Continuers | Kytikova, Elza | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 790 | Russian Continuers | Strelnikova, Iuliia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 791 | Science Extension | Burton, Ian | 1 | Xavier High School | North Albury |
| 792 | Science Extension | Sullivan, Zoe | 2 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 793 | Science Extension | Kluck, Bridget | 3 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 794 | Science Extension | Tobin, Lachlan Enja | 3 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 795 | Science Extension | Abbott, Thomas | 5 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 796 | Serbian Continuers | Popovic, Anika | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 797 | Serbian Continuers | Trazivuk, Andjela | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 798 | Serbian Continuers | Vujanic, Sonja | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 799 | Serbian Continuers | Kozul, Sava | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 800 | Serbian Continuers | Milivojcevic, Tara | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 801 | Society and Culture | Loiselle, Sophie | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 802 | Society and Culture | Warrier, Radhika | 2 | Elizabeth Macarthur High School | Narellan |
| 803 | Society and Culture | Chung, Yu Na | 3 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 804 | Society and Culture | Johnston, Lucinda | 4 | Lindfield Learning Village | Lindfield |
| 805 | Society and Culture | Blaser, Lalika Joya | 5 | Byron Bay High School | Byron Bay |
| 806 | Society and Culture | Kelly, Olivia | 6 | All Saints Catholic College Casula Campus | Casula |
| 807 | Society and Culture | Fleming, Madison Tayla | 7 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 808 | Society and Culture | Rao, Riya | 8 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 809 | Society and Culture | Giovannoni, Mia | 9 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 810 | Society and Culture | Dehsabzi, Tabasum | 10 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 811 | Software Design and Development | Crundwell, Thomas | 1 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 812 | Software Design and Development | Yan, Yijun | 1 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 813 | Software Design and Development | Topper, Lara Jean | 3 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 814 | Software Design and Development | Reilly, Jonathon | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 815 | Software Design and Development | Young, Joshua | 4 | Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural |
| 816 | Software Design and Development | Subramanian, Cyril Vivek | 6 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 817 | Software Design and Development | Zi, Yurui | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 818 | Software Design and Development | Saravanan, Tarun | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 819 | Software Design and Development | Conlon, Daniel | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 820 | Software Design and Development | Zhang, Kyle Yiming | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 821 | Spanish Beginners | Palacio, Leon | 1 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 822 | Spanish Beginners | Amoia, Catherine | 2 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 823 | Spanish Beginners | Adams, Elizabeth | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 824 | Spanish Beginners | Allen, Heidi | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 825 | Spanish Beginners | Paterson, Skye | 3 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 826 | Spanish Continuers | Power, Jamison | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 827 | Spanish Continuers | Quijada Parra, Luis Alonso | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 828 | Spanish Continuers | Edwards, Ava | 3 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 829 | Spanish Continuers | Pacheco, Barbara | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 830 | Spanish Continuers | Sanchez Sanz, Marco | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 831 | Spanish Extension | Brisson, Carmen | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 832 | Spanish Extension | Sanchez Garcia, Angelica | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 833 | Spanish Extension | Molina Spalletti, Milagros | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 834 | Spanish Extension | Montekio Brunet, Pablo | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 835 | Spanish Extension | Rodrigues, Hannah | 5 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 836 | Studies of Religion I | McGrath, Kashia | 1 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 837 | Studies of Religion I | Nakhoul, Sebastien | 2 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 838 | Studies of Religion I | Chaudry, Zain | 3 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 839 | Studies of Religion I | Earle, Sophie | 3 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 840 | Studies of Religion I | Parekh, Zeal Jitesh | 5 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 841 | Studies of Religion I | Dumapit, Georgiana | 6 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 842 | Studies of Religion I | Khov, Sophie | 6 | St Clares College | Waverley |
| 843 | Studies of Religion I | Knapman, Amy May | 6 | Hennessy Catholic College | Young |
| 844 | Studies of Religion I | Thomas, Lydia | 9 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 845 | Studies of Religion I | Tomizzi, Kaitlyn | 10 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 846 | Studies of Religion II | Cook, Hannah | 1 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 847 | Studies of Religion II | Chehade, Brandon | 2 | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield |
| 848 | Studies of Religion II | Maximous, Verdi | 3 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 849 | Studies of Religion II | Cook, Harriet Rose | 4 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 850 | Studies of Religion II | Marx, Jessica | 5 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 851 | Studies of Religion II | Varga, Julian | 6 | Marist College Eastwood | Eastwood |
| 852 | Studies of Religion II | Hurley, Elijah | 7 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 853 | Studies of Religion II | Geraghty, Sean | 8 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 854 | Studies of Religion II | Crain, Eden Ella | 9 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 855 | Studies of Religion II | Fletcher, Emmeline Marie | 9 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 856 | Swedish Continuers | Johansson, Ella | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 857 | Swedish Continuers | Nilsson, Olivia Astrid | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 858 | Swedish Continuers | Orrenius, Josefine Cecilia | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 859 | Swedish Continuers | Enlund, Giselle | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 860 | Swedish Continuers | Christiansson, Mia | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 861 | Tamil Continuers | Sriskantharajan, Akalavan | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 862 | Tamil Continuers | Kanagasabesan, Banuka | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 863 | Tamil Continuers | Satheesan, Prathikshaah | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 864 | Tamil Continuers | Surendran, Subisttikaa | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 865 | Tamil Continuers | Nadarajaiyer, Maanasa | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 866 | Tamil Continuers | Navaratnam, Naveena | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 867 | Tamil Continuers | Sivasaththy, Siththarth | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 868 | Textiles and Design | Drage, Gabrielle | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 869 | Textiles and Design | Guiffre, Rose Paloma | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 870 | Textiles and Design | Brisson, Carmen | 3 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 871 | Textiles and Design | Snodgrass, Olivia | 3 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 872 | Textiles and Design | Scott, Charlotte | 5 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 873 | Textiles and Design | Casey-Brown, Nina | 6 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 874 | Textiles and Design | Kassel, Caroline | 7 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 6 Sep 2023