This report shows the 2025 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.
| 301 | English Standard | Kaur, Mankirat | 1 | Santa Sophia Catholic College | Gables |
| 302 | English Standard | Malak, Joy | 2 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 303 | English Standard | Carter, Charli | 3 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 304 | English Standard | Francis, Kristian | 4 | Casimir Catholic College | Marrickville |
| 305 | English Standard | Nasser, Ieesha | 5 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 306 | English Standard | Chauhan, Hayley | 6 | The Ponds High School | The Ponds |
| 307 | English Standard | Super, Daniel | 6 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 308 | English Standard | Atherton-Earle, Shayla | 8 | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest |
| 309 | English Standard | Farrell, Flynn David | 9 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 310 | English Standard | McQuillan, Sutter Paul | 10 | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest |
| 311 | English Standard | Baghdadi, Nourudeen | 11 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 312 | English Standard | Saleem, Nawal | 12 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 313 | English Standard | Jackson, Rosa | 13 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood |
| 314 | English Standard | Shynkarenko, Oleksandra | 13 | Oran Park High School | Oran Park |
| 315 | English Standard | Hearn, Annika | 15 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 316 | English Standard | McWilliam, Juliet Belle | 15 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 317 | English Standard | Cohen, Indiana Carrie | 17 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 318 | English Standard | Mahfuz, Tahsin | 18 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 319 | English Standard | Ingevics, Alex Phan | 19 | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest |
| 320 | English Standard | Harris, Sarah | 20 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 321 | English Studies Examination | Bromley, Heidi | 1 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 322 | Enterprise Computing | Mao, Xujing | 1 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 323 | Enterprise Computing | Yu, Hai Tao | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 324 | Enterprise Computing | Nguy, Matthew | 3 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 325 | Enterprise Computing | Willett, Matthew John | 4 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 326 | Enterprise Computing | Sheth, Neer Pranav | 5 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 327 | Enterprise Computing | Liu, Yining | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 328 | Enterprise Computing | Sufianto, Jake | 7 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 329 | Enterprise Computing | Naveen, Aryan | 8 | Norwest Christian College | Riverstone |
| 330 | Enterprise Computing | Pawson, Aidan | 8 | Finigan School of Distance Education | Queanbeyan |
| 331 | Enterprise Computing | Su, Suki | 8 | Christadelphian Heritage College Sydney | Kemps Creek |
| 332 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Hardy, Grace | 1 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 333 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Naschenweng, Claire | 1 | Southern Cross Catholic College | Burwood |
| 334 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Buckley, Stacey | 3 | Kingswood High School | Kingswood |
| 335 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Felice, Archie Joe | 3 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 336 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Smith, Mila | 5 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 337 | Filipino Continuers | Balamban, Julliana Danieka Maula | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 338 | Financial Services Examination | Earl, Bonnita | 1 | OneSchool Global NSW Maitland | East Maitland |
| 339 | Financial Services Examination | Proctor, Haigh | 1 | OneSchool Global NSW Maitland | East Maitland |
| 340 | Financial Services Examination | Farrar, Heidi | 3 | St John XXIII Catholic College Secondary | Stanhope Gardens |
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| 341 | Food Technology | Dumpleton, Kara | 1 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 342 | Food Technology | Sinclair, Ella | 1 | Blayney High School | Blayney |
| 343 | Food Technology | Arbidans, Emma | 3 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
| 344 | Food Technology | Appleyard, Alyssa | 4 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 345 | Food Technology | Wang, Cecilia Zixi | 5 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 346 | Food Technology | Lauff, Jessica | 6 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 347 | Food Technology | Muscat, Mikayla | 7 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 348 | Food Technology | de Mar, Beatrix | 8 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 349 | Food Technology | Odisho, Angelina | 9 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 350 | Food Technology | Playle, Poppy Charlie | 9 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy |
| 351 | French Beginners | Bhogal, Sharan | 1 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 352 | French Beginners | Elsey, Kelly | 2 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 353 | French Beginners | Rooney, Monty | 2 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 354 | French Beginners | Wright, Tabitha Lindsay | 4 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 355 | French Beginners | Cicurel, Emily | 5 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 356 | French Continuers | Barry, Sophia | 1 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 357 | French Continuers | Abeywickrema, Eliza | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 358 | French Continuers | Bannister, Arianne | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 359 | French Continuers | Walton, Samuel James | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 360 | French Continuers | Chan, Jackson | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 361 | French Extension | Chan, Jackson | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 362 | French Extension | Rimbo, Valerie | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 363 | French Extension | Bannan, Isabelle Ciara | 3 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 364 | French Extension | Jahani, Callan | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 365 | French Extension | Conaglen, Katharine | 5 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 366 | Geography | Herbert, Alastair | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 367 | Geography | Mishra, Savya | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 368 | Geography | Grant, Melissa | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 369 | Geography | Cook, Indiana Erica | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 370 | Geography | Gaiter, Madeleine | 4 | Kildare Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 371 | Geography | Leslie, Angus Euan | 6 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 372 | Geography | Reardon, Toby Jethro Stewart | 6 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 373 | Geography | Zhou, Zi Ao | 8 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 374 | Geography | Deng, Liwen | 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 375 | Geography | Teng, Emily | 10 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 376 | German Beginners | Al-Soufi, Maya | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 377 | German Beginners | Kloos, Amelie | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 378 | German Beginners | Martin, Lena | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 379 | German Beginners | Lai, Kayley | 4 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 380 | German Beginners | Young, Ruby | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 381 | German Continuers | Gu, Matthew | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 382 | German Continuers | Liu, Justin | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 383 | German Continuers | Eibl, Felix | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 384 | German Continuers | Chan, Jackson | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 385 | German Continuers | Pan, Summer | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 386 | German Extension | Liu, Justin | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 387 | German Extension | Hurley-Stone, Emil | 2 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 388 | German Extension | Linzer, Anne-Catherine | 3 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 389 | German Extension | Neame, Gemma | 4 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 390 | German Extension | Ball, Sebastian | 5 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 391 | Hindi Continuers | Gupta, Dhaani | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 392 | Hindi Continuers | Parashar, Sanvi | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 393 | Hindi Continuers | Deshwal, Liana | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 394 | Hindi Continuers | Garg, Garvika | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 395 | Hindi Continuers | Shukla, Aadvika | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 396 | History Extension | Hynes, Alice | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 397 | History Extension | Marks, Isabella | 2 | St John Paul II Catholic College Nirimba | Nirimba Fields |
| 398 | History Extension | Huang, Mia | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 399 | History Extension | Upadrasta, Sahithi | 4 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 400 | History Extension | Foo, Wilson | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 401 | History Extension | Kneale, Alice | 6 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 402 | History Extension | Jani, Prisha | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 403 | History Extension | Grey, Ruby | 8 | Inner Sydney High School | Surry Hills |
| 404 | History Extension | Clement, Katia | 9 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 405 | History Extension | Vassallo, Lucy | 10 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 406 | Hospitality Examination | Roberts, Hannah Victoria | 1 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 407 | Hospitality Examination | Baker, Kiama | 2 | Kempsey Adventist School | Kempsey |
| 408 | Hospitality Examination | Faeeh, Haidar | 3 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 409 | Hospitality Examination | Tan, Rhianna Mei Yi | 4 | Pacific Coast Christian School | Tweed Heads South |
| 410 | Hospitality Examination | Almosawi, Maryam | 5 | Al-Faisal College Liverpool Campus | Austral |
| 411 | Hospitality Examination | King, Louisa | 6 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 412 | Hospitality Examination | Shmueli, Noga | 6 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 413 | Hospitality Examination | Cocks, Chelsea Charlotte | 8 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 414 | Hospitality Examination | Marles, Scarlett | 8 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 415 | Hospitality Examination | Dennis, Oscar | 10 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 416 | Hospitality Examination | Jabar, Sarah Ali Radi | 10 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 417 | Human Services Examination | Zaragosa, Charlize Mariana | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 418 | Human Services Examination | Elms, Jessica | 2 | Oxley High School | North Tamworth |
| 419 | Human Services Examination | Hardy, Grace | 2 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 420 | Human Services Examination | Keown, Emma | 2 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 421 | Human Services Examination | Lovely, Bonnie | 5 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 422 | Human Services Examination | Roberts, Cameron | 5 | Kingswood High School | Kingswood |
| 423 | Hungarian Continuers | Varjan, Amina | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 424 | Indonesian Beginners | Lim, Arnold Sidney | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 425 | Indonesian Beginners | Andersen, Lily Paige | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 426 | Indonesian Beginners | Siman, Vanessa | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 427 | Indonesian Beginners | Rorich, Bella | 4 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 428 | Indonesian Beginners | Arnold, Kyla | 5 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 429 | Indonesian Continuers | Azizah, Hanun Shabrina | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 430 | Indonesian Continuers | Gunawan, Fellisa | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 431 | Indonesian Continuers | Kaur, Pearllyn | 3 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 432 | Indonesian Continuers | Sakinah, Misykah | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 433 | Indonesian Continuers | Ong, Jason | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 434 | Indonesian Extension | Azizah, Hanun Shabrina | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 435 | Indonesian Extension | Sakinah, Misykah | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 436 | Indonesian Extension | Gunawan, Fellisa | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 437 | Indonesian Extension | Kaur, Pearllyn | 4 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 438 | Indonesian Extension | Gonesco, Luna | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 439 | Industrial Technology | Smith, Catherine | 1 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 440 | Industrial Technology | Platt, Thomas | 2 | Denison College of Secondary Education Kelso | Kelso |
| 441 | Industrial Technology | Rudas, Marcel | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 442 | Industrial Technology | Yardley, Noah | 3 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 443 | Industrial Technology | Manwaring, Charles | 5 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 444 | Industrial Technology | Forsyth, Torin | 6 | Mullumbimby High School | Mullumbimby |
| 445 | Industrial Technology | Macher, Nicholas James | 6 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 446 | Industrial Technology | Mackey, Jackson | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 447 | Industrial Technology | D'Arcy, Charlotte | 9 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 448 | Industrial Technology | San Juan, Francesca | 10 | Mercy Catholic College | Chatswood |
| 449 | Industrial Technology | Wu, Jaiden | 10 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 450 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Voudouris, Emmanouel | 1 | Redeemer Baptist School | North Parramatta |
| 451 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Gilberd, Erik | 2 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 452 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Aflak, Ethan Michael | 3 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 453 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Tarce, Maira | 4 | Hennessy Catholic College | Young |
| 454 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Zhang, William | 5 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 455 | Investigating Science | Pondala, Amrutha | 1 | The Ponds High School | The Ponds |
| 456 | Investigating Science | Jutla, Jaskirat | 2 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 457 | Investigating Science | Ni, Jessica | 3 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 458 | Investigating Science | Heng, Jessica | 4 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 459 | Investigating Science | Norimura, Kiyoka | 5 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 460 | Investigating Science | Moresi, Olivia | 6 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 461 | Investigating Science | Lu, Zenda | 7 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 462 | Investigating Science | Thomas, Catherine | 7 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 463 | Investigating Science | Hall, Nasya Anne | 9 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 464 | Investigating Science | Tan, Kian Ee | 9 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 465 | Italian Beginners | Mogan, Andrew | 1 | All Saints Catholic College Casula Campus | Casula |
| 466 | Italian Beginners | Ma, Cynthia | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 467 | Italian Beginners | Zhang Fan, Joee | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 468 | Italian Beginners | Xu, Michelle | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 469 | Italian Beginners | Robinson, Benjamin | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 470 | Italian Continuers | Savi, Alessia | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 471 | Italian Continuers | Chan, Jackson | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 472 | Italian Continuers | Criola, Julian Joseph | 3 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 473 | Italian Continuers | Hopper, Miles | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 474 | Italian Continuers | Fichera, Jessica | 5 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 475 | Italian Extension | Savi, Alessia | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 476 | Italian Extension | Chan, Jackson | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 477 | Italian Extension | Kusumo, Emma | 3 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 478 | Italian Extension | Vyas, Sania | 4 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 479 | Italian Extension | Zannier, Leonardo | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 480 | Japanese Beginners | Zhang, Hezhen | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 481 | Japanese Beginners | Simonsen, Ariel | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 482 | Japanese Beginners | Clarke, Cairistiona | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 483 | Japanese Beginners | Jee, Yoona | 4 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 484 | Japanese Beginners | Ngo, Xuan Phu Hung | 5 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 485 | Japanese Continuers | Yoshino, Kayuri | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 486 | Japanese Continuers | Ma, Liang | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 487 | Japanese Continuers | Hiwatashi, Yuuki | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 488 | Japanese Continuers | Hirahara, Karen Victoria | 4 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 489 | Japanese Continuers | Kim, Jason | 4 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 490 | Japanese Extension | Tang, Zhouwunie | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 491 | Japanese Extension | Nakamura, Hugh | 2 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 492 | Japanese Extension | Ganivet, Azuki | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 493 | Japanese Extension | Kuo, Lily | 4 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 494 | Japanese Extension | Watson, Elizabeth | 5 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 495 | Japanese in Context | Ike, Natsumo | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 496 | Japanese in Context | Shikagishi, Sara | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 497 | Japanese in Context | Hayashi, Lina | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 498 | Japanese in Context | Ikegawa-Hilgendorf, Seina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 499 | Japanese in Context | Endo, Rio | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 500 | Khmer Continuers | Sary, Natreya | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |