This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2021.
| 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Mathematics Extension 1 | 147 |
| 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Mathematics Extension 2 | 105 |
| 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English Advanced | 94 |
| 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Chemistry | 93 |
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| 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Physics | 67 |
| 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Mathematics Advanced | 33 |
| 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English Extension 1 | 31 |
| 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Biology | 26 |
| 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Agriculture | 21 |
| 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Software Design and Development | 18 |
| 11 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 15 |
| 12 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Music 2 | 12 |
| 13 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Modern History | 11 |
| 14 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Economics | 8 |
| 15 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Music Extension | 7 |
| 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Drama | 5 |
| 17 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Latin Extension | 5 |
| 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Latin Continuers | 4 |
| 19 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | English Extension 2 | 3 |
| 20 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | History Extension | 1 |
| 21 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Japanese Continuers | 1 |
| 22 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Korean in Context | 1 |
| 23 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Science Extension | 1 |
| 24 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Visual Arts | 1 |