This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2011 as awarded 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.
This report is equivalent to the Subject Top Achievers report after applying the filter "Rank equals 1".
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | Dean, Naomi Rose | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 2 | Accounting | Bainton, Kelly Lauren | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 3 | Agriculture | Wallis, Eleanor | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 4 | Ancient History | Grainger, Thomas | St Pauls Catholic College | ? |
| 5 | Arabic Beginners | Boulad, Mira | Bankstown Senior College | Bankstown |
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| 6 | Arabic Continuers | Abu Sardaneh, Arwa | Australian International Academy Sydney Strathfield Campus | Strathfield |
| 7 | Arabic Extension | Mghames, Mabelle | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 8 | Armenian Continuers | Biberian, Roubina | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 9 | Automotive Examination | Wass, Lyndon Peter | Western Institute Bathurst Campus | Bathurst |
| 10 | Biology | Coorey, Craig Peter | Pal College | Cabramatta |
| 11 | Business Services Examination | Fletcher, Adrian | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 12 | Business Studies | Chhoeu, Kevin | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield |
| 13 | Business Studies | Grainger, Thomas | St Pauls Catholic College | ? |
| 14 | Chemistry | Li, Jessica Jia Yi | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 15 | Chemistry | Syed, Faisal | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 16 | Chinese Background Speakers | Jiang, Wenhui | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 17 | Chinese Beginners | Shin, Joanne Jin Young | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 18 | Chinese Continuers | Ly, Sharon | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 19 | Chinese Extension | Sim, Amanda | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 20 | Classical Greek Continuers | Large, Timothy | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 21 | Classical Greek Continuers | Stratton, Harry | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 22 | Classical Greek Extension | Stratton, Harry | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 23 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Naumburger, Ariella | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 24 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Naumburger, Ariella | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 25 | Community and Family Studies | McNamara, Catherine Anne | Finley High School | Finley |