This report shows the 2011 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | Dean, Naomi Rose | 1 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 2 | Aboriginal Studies | Cook, Rebecca Clare | 2 | Inverell High School | Inverell |
| 3 | Aboriginal Studies | Mohamed, Sharfah | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 4 | Aboriginal Studies | Angel-Auld, Indi | 4 | Inverell High School | Inverell |
| 5 | Aboriginal Studies | Ardzejewska, Manni | 5 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 6 | Accounting | Bainton, Kelly Lauren | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 7 | Accounting | Yang, Deris | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 8 | Accounting | Halbich, Sonja | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 9 | Accounting | Wan, Anthony Dominic Chun-Kiu | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 10 | Accounting | Jouw, Adeline | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
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| 11 | Accounting | Luo, Hai Ling Helena | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 12 | Agriculture | Wallis, Eleanor | 1 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 13 | Agriculture | Johnstone, Kirby | 2 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 14 | Agriculture | Cornell, Alexandra Jane | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 15 | Agriculture | Tran, Kelvin | 4 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 16 | Agriculture | Tao, Annie | 5 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 17 | Agriculture | Ooi, Li Ching | 6 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 18 | Agriculture | Coles, Harriet | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 19 | Agriculture | Duggan, Evangeline Rebecca | 8 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 20 | Agriculture | Hawkins, Paige Marie Erenora | 9 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 21 | Agriculture | Fletcher, Georgia Emily | 10 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 22 | Ancient History | Grainger, Thomas | 1 | St Pauls Catholic College | ? |
| 23 | Ancient History | Williams, Hope | 2 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 24 | Ancient History | Davison, Matthew John | 3 | Morisset High School | Morisset |
| 25 | Ancient History | McDonald, Finlay Wilding | 4 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 26 | Ancient History | Feather, Claire | 5 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 27 | Ancient History | Harb, Matthew | 6 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 28 | Ancient History | Chaudhuri, Umeya | 7 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 29 | Ancient History | Rienstra, Anna Lillian | 8 | Wauchope High School | Wauchope |
| 30 | Ancient History | Ryan, Jennifer | 8 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 31 | Ancient History | Slack, Belinda Kate | 10 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 32 | Ancient History | Ratkovic, Daniela | 11 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 33 | Ancient History | Trowell, Adrian Malcolm | 11 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 34 | Ancient History | Gooch, Declan | 13 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 35 | Ancient History | Burns, Campbell Hume | 14 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 36 | Ancient History | Miller, Georgie Rae | 15 | Woolgoolga High School | Woolgoolga |
| 37 | Ancient History | Tomevska, Sara | 16 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 38 | Ancient History | Innes, Taylor Paige | 17 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 39 | Ancient History | Reily, Natalie Marie | 17 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 40 | Ancient History | Hampel, Thomas | 19 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 41 | Ancient History | Freedman, Allara Lily Hallett | 20 | Bega High School | Bega |
| 42 | Ancient History | Zhang, Xuchao | 20 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 43 | Arabic Beginners | Boulad, Mira | 1 | Bankstown Senior College | Bankstown |
| 44 | Arabic Continuers | Abu Sardaneh, Arwa | 1 | Australian International Academy Sydney Strathfield Campus | Strathfield |
| 45 | Arabic Continuers | Ghaleb, Raghed | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 46 | Arabic Continuers | Sami, Binan | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 47 | Arabic Continuers | Sadaddin, Maya | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 48 | Arabic Continuers | Khamas, Karam | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 49 | Arabic Extension | Mghames, Mabelle | 1 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 50 | Arabic Extension | El Azzi, Roland | 2 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |