This report shows the 2012 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.
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Low, Gabriel Yong Xian | 9 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 252 | English (Advanced) | Parker, Jonathon | 1 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 253 | English (Advanced) | Campbell, Jessica Frances | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 254 | English (Advanced) | Boxall, Madeleine | 3 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Yip, Alexander | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | Solomon, Adam | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Volk, Alexandra Grace | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Warda, Kiera Maree | 7 | Caroline Chisholm College | Glenmore Park |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Chen, Phoebe | 8 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Lowy, Stephanie | 9 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
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| 261 | English (Advanced) | Morgan, Timothy | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Nabarro, Brittany Jo | 11 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Jacobs, Talia Rebecca | 12 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Ibaceta, Marcus | 13 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Dinale, Daniel | 14 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Fan, Ting | 15 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Potts, Karly | 16 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Krahe, Kevin Charles | 17 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Altman, Daniel | 18 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Chong, Lauren | 19 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Durand, Jessica | 20 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 272 | English (Standard) | Elmasri, Sarah | 1 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 273 | English (Standard) | Laubscher, Jessica | 2 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 274 | English (Standard) | Goria, Linda | 3 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Alexandrou, Sarah | 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Wong, Alison | 5 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Xu, Vincent | 6 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Hadfield, Rebecca Dieuwertje | 7 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 279 | English (Standard) | D'Mello, Nicole Rene Maria | 8 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Atkins, Renee | 9 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Barber, Maddison Jane | 9 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Lim, Ann Yee | 9 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Petrovic, Nevena | 12 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Page, Ashlee | 13 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Lahood, Anita | 14 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Stamp, Sarah | 14 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Rahman, Shadman Sakib | 16 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Lin, Peter | 17 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Genders, Jessica | 18 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Wasylak, Stephanie | 19 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Hewish, Alana Rachel | 20 | St Johns College | ? |
| 292 | English as a Second Language | Ye, Anran (Cristal) | 1 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 293 | English as a Second Language | Shiu, Liska Tze-Yung | 2 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 294 | English as a Second Language | Kusworo, Kathleen | 3 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Saw, Learning Jay Lynn | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Phoon, Kar May | 5 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Lo, Kar Lam | 6 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Zhang, Tong | 7 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Ho, Anh | 8 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Chin, Isabella Yi-Lam | 9 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |