This is the SACE Honour Roll, listing every award, merit or prize won by South Australian SACE students in 2016, along with their school and subject details.
The report also includes significant Australian national awards and prizes such as the Australian Student Prize.
| 1024 | Roach, Aidan | SA | Merit | English Communications | |
| 1025 | Roach, Aidan | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1026 | Robinson, Cameron James | SA | Merit | Mathematical Methods | |
| 1027 | Robinson, Cameron James | SA | Merit | Workplace Practices | |
| 1028 | Robinson, Rosie Annabel | SA | Merit | Chemistry | |
| 1029 | Robinson, Rosie Annabel | SA | Merit | Psychology | |
| 1030 | Rocca, Sarah Rosa | SA | Merit | Drama | |
| 1031 | Rocca, Sarah Rosa | SA | Merit | English Communications | |
| 1032 | Rodda, Jay | SA | Merit | Information Processing and Publishing | |
| 1033 | Roe, Casey | SA | Merit | Mathematical Applications | |
| 1034 | Rogers, Claudia Anne | SA | Merit | Tourism | |
| 1035 | Romano, Adam | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1036 | Romeo, Mirella | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1037 | Rosmini, Giorgia | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1038 | Ross-Smith, Eliza Rose | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1039 | Rossi, Peter | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1040 | Rowe, Emma | SA | Merit | Food and Hospitality | |
| 1041 | Rudd, William Macdermid | SA | Merit | Geography | |
| 1042 | Rundle, Brittany | SA | Merit | Information Processing and Publishing | |
| 1043 | Runnegar-Mullins, Jessica Joy | SA | Merit | Mathematical Applications | |
| 1044 | Russell, Millicent | SA | Merit | Chemistry | |
| 1045 | Russell, Millicent | SA | Merit | Mathematical Studies | |
| 1046 | Russell, Millicent | SA | Merit | Physics | |
| 1047 | Russell, Millicent | SA | Merit | Specialist Mathematics | |
| 1048 | Russo, Thomas | SA | Merit | Integrated Learning | |
| 1049 | Rustecka, Emilka | SA | Merit | Polish (Continuers) | |
| 1050 | Sachdeva, Ragav | SA | Merit | Mathematical Studies | |
| 1051 | Samie, Emma | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1052 | Sanders, Blake | SA | Merit | Mathematical Applications | |
| 1053 | Santillo, James Gabrielle | SA | Merit | Mathematical Methods | |
| 1054 | Santillo, James Gabrielle | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1055 | Santin, Claudia May Honey | SA | Merit | Drama | |
| 1056 | Santin, Claudia May Honey | SA | Merit | Legal Studies | |
| 1057 | Santin, Claudia May Honey | SA | Merit | Mathematical Applications | |
| 1058 | Sapio, Karina Enza | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1059 | Sarstedt, Adrian Erik | SA | Merit | Mathematical Studies | |
| 1060 | Sarstedt, Adrian Erik | SA | Merit | Physics | |
| 1061 | Sarstedt, Adrian Erik | SA | Merit | Specialist Mathematics | |
| 1062 | Saunders, Amalee Margaret | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1063 | Saunders, Karly Renee | SA | Merit | Integrated Learning | |
| 1064 | Savvoudis, Anastasios | SA | Merit | English Communications | |
| 1065 | Savvoudis, Anastasios | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1066 | Sawley, Hayley Brooke | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1067 | Saxon, Henry Samuel | SA | Merit | Modern History | |
| 1068 | Saxon, Henry Samuel | SA | Prize: Annie Montgomerie Martin Prize and Medal for Modern History | Modern History | |
| 1069 | Schaefer, Thomas Curtis | SA | Merit | Visual Arts - Design | |
| 1070 | Schamschurin, Leah | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1071 | Schilling, Oliver | SA | Merit | Research Project B | |
| 1072 | Schultz, Sophie Madeleine | SA | Merit | Drama | |
| 1073 | Schultz, Sophie Madeleine | SA | Merit | English Studies | |