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.
| 651 | Music Extension | Neale, Jacob | 1 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 652 | Music Extension | Chung, Li Chloe | 2 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 653 | Music Extension | Xu, Jessica Kejun | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 654 | Music Extension | Handmer, Annie Grace | 4 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 655 | Music Extension | Lu, Jessie Jing | 5 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 656 | Music Extension | Ramsay, Jonathon Robert | 5 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 657 | Persian Background Speakers | Kord Abadi, Shadi | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 658 | Persian Background Speakers | Hamzavian, Seyed Mohammad Amin | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 659 | Persian Background Speakers | Ighani, Ghazal | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 660 | Persian Background Speakers | Sorkheh, Rozhin | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
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| 661 | Persian Background Speakers | Zarrin, Sepehr | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 662 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Fox, Jessica Esther | 1 | Blaxland High School | Blaxland |
| 663 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ko, Jason Waihay | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 664 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Perring, Shona Rae | 3 | South Grafton High School | South Grafton |
| 665 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Dalton, Chloe | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 666 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Tan, Amelia | 4 | Singleton High School | Singleton |
| 667 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Jones, Clare | 6 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 668 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Corbett, David | 7 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 669 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Cole, Siobhan Marie | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 670 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Cox, Harrison James | 9 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 671 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Noori, Zulaikha | 9 | Liverpool Girls High School | Liverpool |
| 672 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Bowyer, Hannah | 11 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 673 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Chappell, James | 11 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 674 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Kazanis, Dimitrios | 13 | La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown |
| 675 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Fenwick, Tanya Joanne | 14 | Covenant Christian School | Belrose |
| 676 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Lee, Rachelle | 15 | Glen Innes High School | Glen Innes |
| 677 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Samarasinghe, Sereena | 16 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 678 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Miyashita, Hannah | 17 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 679 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Carrigan, Allister | 18 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 680 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Mao, Lena | 19 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 681 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Evans, Sophie | 20 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 682 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Li, Si-Jia Jenny | 20 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 683 | Physics | Ly, Austin | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 684 | Physics | Hoang, Dang Minh | 2 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 685 | Physics | Lennon, Matthew | 3 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 686 | Physics | Lin, Xin Sandy | 3 | St Pauls International College | Moss Vale |
| 687 | Physics | Nguyen, Minh Huyen (Diana) | 3 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 688 | Physics | Barnett, Andrew | 6 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 689 | Physics | Kim, Dennis Daehwan | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 690 | Physics | Lee, Peter Joon | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 691 | Physics | Lee, Andrew | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 692 | Physics | Zhao, David Boren | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 693 | Polish Continuers | Samolej, Anna | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 694 | Polish Continuers | de Pree, Matthew Alexander | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 695 | Polish Continuers | Geba, Aleksandra | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 696 | Polish Continuers | Jarominek, Alexander | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 697 | Polish Continuers | Nadolski, Emilia | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 698 | Primary Industries Examination | Kopp, Kayla Jade | 1 | St Johns College | ? |
| 699 | Primary Industries Examination | Mitchell, Hayley | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 700 | Primary Industries Examination | Cohen, Jordan Ellis | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |