Canberra Grammar School dropped 45 places in the 2016 Higher School Certificate rankings, just scraping into the top 100 in 98th place.

More than 77,000 students from across NSW and the ACT received their HSC results on Thursday.

Principal of Canberra Grammar Dr Justin Garrick said it was going to be hard to beat the school's results of 2015. Credit:Richard Briggs

Grammar school student Charles Hancock topped the state in German Extension and made the All Round Achievers' List for attaining more than 90 per cent in 10 or more of his units. Mark Glanville and Eddie Stewart also made the list.

Eric Gittleman (Business Studies), Mr Hancock (German Continuers, German Extension) Elliott Murphy (Mathematics), Nicholas McCabe (Music Extension) and Mr Glanville (Software Design and Development) all finished in the top 10 of the state for the named subject.