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.
| 701 | Primary Industries Examination | Ludington, Emma Susan | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 702 | Primary Industries Examination | Moore, Liam | 5 | Tomaree High School | Salamander Bay |
| 703 | Retail Services Examination | Prompromis, Alanna | 1 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 704 | Retail Services Examination | Dang, Fiona | 2 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 705 | Retail Services Examination | Mouldey, Kate | 3 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 706 | Retail Services Examination | Patterson, Michelle Emma | 4 | South Grafton High School | South Grafton |
| 707 | Russian Background Speakers | Maltseva, Valeria Valeria | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 708 | Russian Background Speakers | Kostashchuk, Yekateryna (Katie) | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 709 | Russian Background Speakers | Risman, Alina | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 710 | Russian Background Speakers | Klimanskaya, Victoria | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
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| 711 | Russian Background Speakers | Lukasheva, Maria | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 712 | Senior Science | Hawkins, Paige Marie Erenora | 1 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 713 | Senior Science | Rees, Brigitte | 2 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 714 | Senior Science | Fletcher, Georgia Emily | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 715 | Senior Science | Down, Julia | 4 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 716 | Senior Science | O'Neill, Jayden | 5 | James Sheahan Catholic High School | Orange |
| 717 | Senior Science | Lim, Sarah | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 718 | Senior Science | Larrea, Ebony Rae | 7 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 719 | Senior Science | Leung, Simon | 8 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 720 | Senior Science | Hurrell, Breanna Rose | 9 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 721 | Senior Science | Thaler, Heidi | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 722 | Serbian Continuers | Krvavac, Maya | 1 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 723 | Serbian Continuers | Milosavljevic, Aleksandra | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 724 | Serbian Continuers | Jankovic, Marija | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 725 | Society and Culture | Lee, Adeline Yuan Wing | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 726 | Society and Culture | Rahman, Taseen | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 727 | Society and Culture | Lennard, Natasha | 3 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 728 | Society and Culture | Grimes, Eden Johanna | 4 | Caroline Chisholm College | Glenmore Park |
| 729 | Society and Culture | McDonald, Stephanie Ann | 5 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 730 | Society and Culture | Richardson, Rebecca Mae | 6 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 731 | Society and Culture | Bosch, Andre Mark | 7 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 732 | Society and Culture | Ho, Leanne | 8 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 733 | Society and Culture | Scott, Nicola Catriona | 9 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 734 | Society and Culture | Saito, Leo | 10 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 735 | Software Design and Development | Guyandi, Edwin | 1 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 736 | Software Design and Development | Nobis, Harrison | 2 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 737 | Software Design and Development | Baker, Matthew Henry | 3 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 738 | Software Design and Development | Thompson, Daniel Robert | 4 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 739 | Software Design and Development | Hough, Nicholas Alexander | 5 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 740 | Software Design and Development | Waite, Cameron John | 5 | Maitland High School | East Maitland |
| 741 | Software Design and Development | Reichman, Shaun | 7 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 742 | Software Design and Development | Bennett, Jack Lindsay | 8 | Camden High School | Camden |
| 743 | Software Design and Development | Godbout, Jacob Nicholas | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 744 | Software Design and Development | Hibbert, Aydin Daniel | 9 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 745 | Software Design and Development | Lau, Joshua | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 746 | Spanish Beginners | Zhang, Manny | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 747 | Spanish Beginners | Young, Katrina Louise | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 748 | Spanish Beginners | Shivathaya, Neha | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 749 | Spanish Beginners | Barbeau-Scurla, Sophie-Anaïs | 4 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 750 | Spanish Beginners | Vaughan, Arabella Charlotte | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |