This report shows the 2011 top achievers in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list. 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.
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 |
| 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 |