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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 501 | Khmer Continuers | Sokha, Kanikar | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 502 | Khmer Continuers | Nget, Noungviphou | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 503 | Khmer Continuers | Chan, Sokanha | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 504 | Khmer Continuers | Rith, Reachborey | 5 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 505 | Korean and Literature | Hwang, Eunseo | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 506 | Korean and Literature | Oh, Yul | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 507 | Korean and Literature | Yook, Seungheon | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 508 | Korean and Literature | Sung, Chaerin | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 509 | Korean and Literature | Kim, Seongeun | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 510 | Korean Beginners | Yoshino, Kayuri | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 511 | Korean Beginners | Noor, Omaima | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 512 | Korean Beginners | Jiang, Careena | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 513 | Korean Beginners | Yang, Emily Yuxin | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 514 | Korean Beginners | Santoro, Vanessa | 5 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 515 | Korean Continuers | Choi, Seoyeon | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 516 | Korean Continuers | Huh, Yerin | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 517 | Korean Continuers | Lee, Esther | 3 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 518 | Korean Continuers | Noh, Yunah | 4 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 519 | Korean Continuers | Yoo, Seoyeon | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 520 | Korean in Context | Kim, Cahyun | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 521 | Korean in Context | Kye, Eunsung | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 522 | Korean in Context | Kim, Esther | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 523 | Korean in Context | Nam, Youn Woo | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 524 | Korean in Context | Song, Yuna | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 525 | Latin Continuers | Gu, Matthew | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 526 | Latin Continuers | Gargya, Jaden | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 527 | Latin Continuers | Zhou, Olivia | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 528 | Latin Continuers | Lu, David | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 529 | Latin Continuers | Chung, William | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 530 | Latin Extension | Zhou, Olivia | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 531 | Latin Extension | Xu, Olivia | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 532 | Latin Extension | Zhu, Joshua | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 533 | Latin Extension | Gu, Matthew | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 534 | Latin Extension | Lieu, Tyson | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 535 | Legal Studies | Firek, Sophie | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 536 | Legal Studies | Novy, Oliver | 2 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 537 | Legal Studies | McDonell, Saxon Stephen | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 538 | Legal Studies | Tsui, Ralph Hei-Yuet | 4 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 539 | Legal Studies | Robinson, Molly | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 540 | Legal Studies | Diakou, Kristy | 6 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 541 | Legal Studies | Chocron, Benjamin | 7 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 542 | Legal Studies | Denley, Isabella | 8 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 543 | Legal Studies | Joseph, Alyssa Siby | 9 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 544 | Legal Studies | Waldner, Liberty | 10 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 545 | Legal Studies | Goel, Yash Rajh | 11 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 546 | Legal Studies | Subbaraman, Naomi | 12 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Ramesh, Tanishkaa | 13 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Schafer, Patrick Simon | 14 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Sandhu, Errol Joseph | 15 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Kidavintavida, Aahil | 16 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 551 | Legal Studies | Paranchi, Portia | 17 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 552 | Legal Studies | Kim, April | 18 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 553 | Legal Studies | Cooper, Bridey | 19 | Trinity Catholic College Auburn Campus | Auburn |
| 554 | Legal Studies | Huckel, Sophia Grace | 19 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |
| 555 | Legal Studies | Khan, Adaya Anas | 19 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 556 | Macedonian Continuers | Herrman, Harrison | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 557 | Macedonian Continuers | Lazova, Irina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 558 | Macedonian Continuers | Radeska, Ana | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 559 | Macedonian Continuers | Strezovski, Daniel | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 560 | Mathematics Advanced | Luo, Chuyu | 1 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 561 | Mathematics Advanced | Chan, Jackson | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 562 | Mathematics Advanced | Liangas, Theodora | 3 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 563 | Mathematics Advanced | Zhu, Chenge | 4 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 564 | Mathematics Advanced | Yi, Tiffany | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 565 | Mathematics Advanced | Agrawal, Arnav | 6 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 566 | Mathematics Advanced | Au Yeung, Kyros | 7 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 567 | Mathematics Advanced | Christou, Nicholas | 7 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 568 | Mathematics Advanced | Cui, Charles Jiaquan | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 569 | Mathematics Advanced | Lin, Anky | 7 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 570 | Mathematics Advanced | Park, Philip | 7 | St Andrews College Senior Campus | Marayong |
| 571 | Mathematics Advanced | Quddusi, Syed Mihsan Ferdaws | 7 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 572 | Mathematics Advanced | Salameh, Charlotte | 7 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 573 | Mathematics Advanced | Wang, Selina | 14 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 574 | Mathematics Advanced | Wang, Yejia | 14 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 575 | Mathematics Advanced | Kan, Marcus | 16 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 576 | Mathematics Advanced | Pan, Sophie | 17 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 577 | Mathematics Advanced | Chan, Lucas | 18 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 578 | Mathematics Advanced | Sharp, Mark | 18 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 579 | Mathematics Advanced | McDonald, Finn Nathan | 20 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 580 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Desai, Rahul | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 581 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ma, Selina | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 582 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wong, Jamen | 3 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 583 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lu, David | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 584 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zhang, Ethan | 5 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 585 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Thomas, Julian Rhys | 6 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 586 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Smark, Jeremy | 7 | Illawarra Christian School Cordeaux Campus | Cordeaux Heights |
| 587 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wu, Stanley | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 588 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Jiang, Jonathan | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 589 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Huang, Ethan | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 590 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Chen, Yiming (Terry) | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 591 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Shan, Qile | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 592 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Tran, Justin | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 593 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Perry, Xavier | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 594 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Xiao, Emily | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 595 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Andepalli, Nikil | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 596 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lieu, Tyson | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 597 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Ma, Selina | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 598 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Singh, Mohijit | 9 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Hipolito, Maximo | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 600 | Mathematics Standard 1 Examination | Alkatiri, Rania | 1 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |