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.
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| 201 | Drama | Wang, Joy | 1 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 202 | Drama | Freeman, Isla | 3 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 203 | Drama | McCosker, Madison | 3 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 204 | Drama | Aravinthan, Ashwini | 5 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 205 | Drama | Wallace, Mia | 6 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 206 | Drama | Chaleunthong, Niran | 7 | Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design | Dulwich Hill |
| 207 | Drama | Carson, Olivia | 8 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 208 | Drama | Cuda, Caroline | 8 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 209 | Drama | Griffiths, Christopher Andrew | 10 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 210 | Dutch Continuers | De Groot, Melline | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
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| 211 | Dutch Continuers | Lassing, Aimee | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 212 | Dutch Continuers | Van den Biezenbos, Fiene Marie Jeanne | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 213 | Dutch Continuers | Roelands, Amy | 4 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 214 | Dutch Continuers | Lassing, Fleur Henrike | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 215 | Earth and Environmental Science | Sonter, Emily | 1 | Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus | Shelly Beach |
| 216 | Earth and Environmental Science | Nunan, Ashley | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 217 | Earth and Environmental Science | Morson, Abigail Clare | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Taylor, Poppy | 3 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Woods, Thomas Kyle | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Beks, Zoe | 6 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Grindon-Ekins, Madeleine | 6 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Kesby, Myles | 6 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Penney, Luka | 6 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Shah, Nirja | 10 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 225 | Economics | Coughlin, Liam Robert | 1 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 226 | Economics | Li, Eddie | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 227 | Economics | Tian, Eric | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 228 | Economics | Narayan Gupta, Yash | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 229 | Economics | Onikul, Gregory William | 5 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 230 | Economics | Qiao, Eric Yunfeng | 6 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 231 | Economics | Shankar, Nikhil | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 232 | Economics | Tsui, Ralph Hei-Yuet | 8 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 233 | Economics | Barraket, Ariel | 9 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 234 | Economics | Leung, Cyrus | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 235 | Electrotechnology Examination | Carson, Finn | 1 | St Josephs Catholic High School | Albion Park |
| 236 | Electrotechnology Examination | Aleman, Noah | 2 | St Josephs College Banora Point | Banora Point |
| 237 | Electrotechnology Examination | Hoffmann, Ruby | 2 | Holy Spirit College Bellambi | Bellambi |
| 238 | Electrotechnology Examination | Rutter, Zachary | 2 | Holy Spirit College Bellambi | Bellambi |
| 239 | Electrotechnology Examination | Masutti, Maverick | 5 | La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown |
| 240 | Engineering Studies | Smart, Seamus | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 241 | Engineering Studies | Mercier, Hayden | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 242 | Engineering Studies | Stepham, Douglas | 2 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Voigt, Samuel | 4 | Warners Bay High School | Warners Bay |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Thomas, Evangelos | 5 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Lee, Jack | 6 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Chung, Mitchell David | 7 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Gajus, Hannah | 7 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Lee, Wang Lok Brian | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Malliaros, Theofilos | 7 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Simpson, Arabella | 7 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 1 May 2026