Annabelle Perkins topped the grade with a score of 94.25, Reilly Palmer scored 93.40, Matt Young scored 93.05, Brooklyn Daniels scored 90.75, and Hunter Leach scored 90.20.

Senior campus relieving principal, Brad Germon, said it was a great achievement.

"As always, our results at the top end are fantastic," he said.

"These students will go off and do wonderful things. They're society's next high flyers."

A break from the classroom will be short-lived for most of the group, with the majority of them opting to continue their studies at university next year.

Annabelle plans to begin a Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Newcastle before taking a University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) and transitioning into a Bachelor of Medicine, with the hope of one day becoming an anesthetist.

Reilly has his eye on a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) and a Bachelor of Law double degree at the University of Sydney, with a career path mapped out between the two.

"I want to explore media and communications first and then I want to end up being a barrister," he said.

Like Annabelle, Matt is considering studying a Bachelor of Medicine, while Brooklyn is looking to pursue a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Science double degree at the University of Melbourne.

"I want to be a lawyer in the environmental sector," she said.

"I've always loved to argue and at the same time I'm also very interested in chemistry and climate change and what we can do about it."

Hunter, on the other hand, is taking a gap year and looking to pursue a career as an actor.

"I've always wanted to be able to express myself," he said.

He's registered with an agency and is hoping to land some roles and gain experience in the new year.

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But while the future might be full of possibilities for these young achievers, they all acknowledged that they couldn't have done as well as they did without the support of the school's staff.

"I've had some of the best teachers of my whole life," Annabelle said.

"They put in so much effort and so much extra time and you can tell they genuinely care," Brooklyn added.

And while being from a regional area was often considered a disadvantage in terms of education, the group believed it allowed them to be more ambitious and not feel pressured by the expectations of others.

Career advisor Pauline Webber said the school worked hard to make sure the students knew what they could achieve in the outside world.

"We make a big effort to take them and expose them to as much as we can," she said.

"It's important they know what all those options are and the pathways available to them."

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