This report counts for each subject the total number of merit results awarded to students in 2000. Where subjects have equal merit counts, entries are listed alphabetically.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 4 |
| 2 | Accounting | 1 |
| 3 | Accounting Studies | 16 |
| 4 | Agricultural and Horticultural Management I | 1 |
| 5 | Agricultural and Horticultural Practice II | 1 |
| 6 | Agricultural and Horticultural Principles | 1 |
| 7 | Agricultural and Horticultural Principles II | 1 |
| 8 | Agricultural and Horticultural Science | 1 |
| 9 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies | 2 |
| 10 | Ancient History | 2 |
| 11 | Applied Mathematics | 5 |
| 12 | Art Practical | 20 |
| 13 | Australian History | 8 |
| 14 | Automotive Technology | 2 |
| 15 | Biology | 70 |
| 16 | Building Construction | 1 |
| 17 | Business and the Community | 4 |
| 18 | Business Documents | 1 |
| 19 | Business Mathematics | 49 |
| 20 | Business Studies | 18 |
| 21 | Chemistry | 70 |
| 22 | Child Studies I | 15 |
| 23 | Child Studies II | 12 |
| 24 | Chinese (Extended) | 7 |
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| 25 | Chinese (Specialist) | 1 |
| 26 | Classical Studies | 11 |
| 27 | Composing and Arranging | 2 |
| 28 | Computer Control Systems | 1 |
| 29 | Computer-aided Design and Drafting | 2 |
| 30 | Computer-aided Drafting/Manufacturing | 1 |
| 31 | Computing Applications | 6 |
| 32 | Construction Technology | 3 |
| 33 | Craft Practical and Theory | 12 |
| 34 | Creative Photography | 2 |
| 35 | Dance | 1 |
| 36 | Dance Performance and Theory | 2 |
| 37 | Design Practical | 26 |
| 38 | Design, Construction and the Community | 11 |
| 39 | Desktop Publishing | 5 |
| 40 | Drama | 8 |
| 41 | Drama Studies | 15 |
| 42 | Economics | 32 |
| 43 | Electronic Systems | 2 |
| 44 | Energy | 3 |
| 45 | English | 64 |
| 46 | English as Second Language Studies | 17 |
| 47 | English Studies | 65 |
| 48 | Ensemble Performance | 12 |
| 49 | Family Studies I | 1 |
| 50 | Food and Hospitality I | 18 |
| 51 | Food and Hospitality II | 15 |
| 52 | Foods and the Community | 6 |
| 53 | French (Extended) | 10 |
| 54 | Furniture Construction | 2 |
| 55 | General Typing | 18 |
| 56 | Geography | 5 |
| 57 | Geography Studies | 32 |
| 58 | Geology | 4 |
| 59 | German (Extended) | 8 |
| 60 | Graphics | 4 |
| 61 | Health Education | 5 |
| 62 | Health, Recreation and the Community | 4 |
| 63 | Indonesian (Accelerated) | 1 |
| 64 | Indonesian (Extended) | 6 |
| 65 | Information Technology | 12 |
| 66 | Information Technology Studies | 16 |
| 67 | Italian (Extended) | 8 |
| 68 | Japanese (Extended) | 14 |
| 69 | Khmer (Extended) | 2 |
| 70 | Language and the Community | 3 |
| 71 | Legal Studies | 30 |
| 72 | Lifestyles and the Community | 3 |
| 73 | Lithuanian (Extended) | 1 |
| 74 | Mathematics 1 (Double) | 61 |
| 75 | Mathematics 1 (Single) | 43 |
| 76 | Mathematics 2 | 66 |
| 77 | Media Production and Analysis | 3 |
| 78 | Modern Greek (Extended) | 4 |
| 79 | Modern History - Europe | 15 |
| 80 | Modern History - USA | 1 |
| 81 | Music in Society | 4 |
| 82 | Music Individual Study | 7 |
| 83 | Musicianship | 8 |
| 84 | Natural Resources Management | 2 |
| 85 | Nutrition | 1 |
| 86 | Nutrition and Lifestyle I | 1 |
| 87 | Nutrition and Lifestyle II | 5 |
| 88 | Outdoor Education | 6 |
| 89 | People and Textiles II | 1 |
| 90 | Performance Special Study | 19 |
| 91 | Persian (Extended) | 1 |
| 92 | Personal Information Processing | 9 |
| 93 | Photography | 2 |
| 94 | Physical Education | 29 |
| 95 | Physics | 81 |
| 96 | Polish (Extended) | 2 |
| 97 | Politics | 4 |
| 98 | Quantitative Methods | 2 |
| 99 | Religion Studies | 8 |
| 100 | Russian (Accelerated) | 1 |
| 101 | Science | 7 |
| 102 | Serbian (Extended) | 1 |
| 103 | Small Business Management | 4 |
| 104 | Social Studies | 20 |
| 105 | Solo Performance | 21 |
| 106 | Spanish (Accelerated) | 4 |
| 107 | Studies of Religion | 5 |
| 108 | Technical Graphics | 6 |
| 109 | Technical Photography | 1 |
| 110 | Technology and the Community | 5 |
| 111 | The Arts and the Community | 3 |
| 112 | The Australian Legal System | 5 |
| 113 | The Community and the Environment | 4 |
| 114 | Tourism | 12 |
| 115 | Vietnamese (Extended) | 2 |
| 116 | Vietnamese (Specialist) | 1 |
| 117 | Visual Arts Studies | 24 |
| 118 | Vocational Studies A | 6 |
| 119 | Vocational Studies B | 1 |
| 120 | Women's Studies | 7 |
| 121 | Work and the Community | 5 |
| 122 | Work Studies B | 1 |