HSC results
Higher School Certificate success in 2025
James Ruse Agricultural High School achieved an impressive 70.4% Band 6 (90+ marks) success rate, securing 2nd place in NSW according to The Sydney Morning Herald Top Schools HSC Report.
Our students' stellar achievements include:
9 students achieving the highest ATAR of 99.95
- Nikil Andepalli
- Nina Chen
- Yiming (Terry) Chen
- Srihaas Komminni
- Alexander Lai
- Selina Ma
- Yiming Qu
- Qile (Peter) Shan
- Emily Xiao
3 First in Course in NSW by achieving the top HSC course result
| Mathematics Extension 1 | Selina Ma |
| Mathematics Extension 2 | Yiming (Terry) Chen |
| Music 2 | Flora Li |
23 Top Achievers - state rankings by achieving one of the top places in the HSC course
| Agriculture | Saanvi Kashyap (5), Jiahn Lee (6), Tegbir Jawanda (10) |
| Chemistry | Srihaas Komminni (4), Emily Xiao (4), Selina Ma (15), Qile (Peter) Shan (18) |
| Economics | Nikhil Shankar (7) |
| Mathematics Extension 1 | Selina Ma (1), Stanley Wu (8) |
| Mathematics Extension 2 | Yiming (Terry) Chen (1), Qile (Peter) Shan (2), Emily Xiao (5), Nikil Andepalli (6), Selina Ma (8) |
| Music 2 | Flora Li (1) |
| Physics | Selina Ma (5), Emily Xiao (7), Yiming Qu (8) |
| Software Engineering | Ethan He (3), Aiden Wen (4), Alesha Lin (9), Levi Zhang (10) |
77 Premier’s List for All-Round Achievers - with results in the top possible band for at least 10 HSC Course units
Iman Abdu, Akash Agrawal, Nikil Andepalli, Renee Chan, Eric Chen, George Chen, Gina Chen, Ian Chen, Joyce Chen, Nina Chen, Tanya Chen, Tony Chen, Yiming (Terry) Chen, Hogeun Cho, Leah Choi, Ryan Chung, Cindy Deng, Acelin Fan, James Fan, Rikesh Gnanakumaran, Dylan Guo, Linus Guo, William He, Zhexu He, Chesandu Hewapathiranage, Joshua Hong, Aryan Hussain, Maulee Jain, Hajun Jang, Akshara Jayalakshmi, Xinlei Joy Jia, Jason Jung, Srihaas Komminni, Hilari Hin Tung Kwok, Alexander Lai, Aerina Lee, Hannah Li, Bonnie Liao, Jiaxin Lin, Justin Liu, Sibo Liu, Sizhe Liu, Linyue Lu, Ziyuan Lu, Max Ma, Selina Ma, Tanvi Mulgundmath, Harim Na, Jason Ong, Leo Ouyang, Yiwen Pan, Joanne Park, Yiming Qu, Ria Saini, Qile (Peter) Shan, Nikhil Shankar, Siddharth Shasidharan, Jerome Shin, Rishit Avdhesh Singh, Jaydan Trinh, Inesh Upadhyay, Caden Wu, Mya Wu, Stanley Wu, Emily Xiao, Kaining Xu, Nathan Xu, Ella Yang, Hanna Yang, Sherwin Yaomin, Jay-Yun Yi, Daniel Yu, Victor Yuan, Adela Zhang, Cathy Zhang, Liyang Zhang, Shurui Zhang
21 HSC Showcase Nominations
| 1 ARTEXPRESS HSC Visual Arts Nomination | Adela Zhang |
| 4 ENCORE Composition HSC Music Nominations | Alfred Foonlok Fok, Flora Li, Joshua Yao, Richard Yu |
| 14 ENCORE Performance HSC Music Nominations |
Music 2: Yuanao Chang, Alfred Foonlok Fok, Grace Hill, Flora Li, Jieyu Li, Annabelle Ou, Stephanie Wang, Jiatian Wen, Yifan Zhang Music Extension: James Fan, William He, Ziyuan Lu, Aurelien Xu, Kaining Xu |
| 1 OnSTAGE HSC Drama Nomination | Adela Zhang |
| 1 Young Writers HSC English Extension 2 Nomination | Amy Yi |
48.7% of our Year 12 students recognised on the Premier’s List for All-Round Achievers.
223 Distinguished Achievers who achieved the highest band possible for one or more HSC courses.