This report counts for each subject the total number of merit results awarded to students in 2010. Where subjects have equal merit counts, entries are listed alphabetically.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 1 |
| 2 | Accounting Studies | 20 |
| 3 | Agricultural and Horticultural Management | 1 |
| 4 | Agricultural and Horticultural Principles | 2 |
| 5 | Agricultural and Horticultural Science | 1 |
| 6 | Art Practical | 4 |
| 7 | Arts and the Community | 5 |
| 8 | Arts and the Community I | 2 |
| 9 | Arts and the Community II | 1 |
| 10 | Australian and International Politics | 3 |
| 11 | Australian History | 1 |
| 12 | Biology | 57 |
| 13 | Bosnian (Continuers) | 1 |
| 14 | Business and the Community | 1 |
| 15 | Business Documents | 9 |
| 16 | Business Studies | 30 |
| 17 | Chemistry | 51 |
| 18 | Chinese (Background Speakers) | 5 |
| 19 | Chinese (Beginners) | 1 |
| 20 | Chinese (Continuers) | 3 |
| 21 | Classical Studies | 5 |
| 22 | Communication and the Community | 9 |
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| 23 | Communication Products A | 15 |
| 24 | Communication Products B | 5 |
| 25 | Community Services and Health B | 2 |
| 26 | Composing and Arranging | 5 |
| 27 | Dance | 3 |
| 28 | Dance Studies | 1 |
| 29 | Design and Technology Studies | 1 |
| 30 | Design Practical | 4 |
| 31 | Design, Construction and the Community | 3 |
| 32 | Design, Construction and the Community I | 5 |
| 33 | Desktop Publishing | 6 |
| 34 | Drama Studies | 10 |
| 35 | Early Childhood Studies | 8 |
| 36 | Economics | 11 |
| 37 | Electronic Publishing | 8 |
| 38 | English as a Second Language | 5 |
| 39 | English as Second Language Studies | 11 |
| 40 | English Communications | 64 |
| 41 | English Studies | 34 |
| 42 | Ensemble Performance | 16 |
| 43 | Environment and the Community | 4 |
| 44 | Environment and the Community I | 1 |
| 45 | Extension Studies B | 1 |
| 46 | Food and Hospitality Studies | 16 |
| 47 | Food and the Community | 1 |
| 48 | Food and the Community II | 1 |
| 49 | French (Continuers) | 2 |
| 50 | Geography | 15 |
| 51 | Geology | 1 |
| 52 | German (Continuers) | 3 |
| 53 | Health Studies | 2 |
| 54 | Health, Recreation and the Community | 7 |
| 55 | Health, Recreation and the Community I | 2 |
| 56 | Indonesian (Continuers) | 1 |
| 57 | Information Technology Studies | 6 |
| 58 | Integrated Learning I | 4 |
| 59 | Integrated Learning II | 2 |
| 60 | Italian (Beginners) | 1 |
| 61 | Italian (Continuers) | 3 |
| 62 | Japanese (Beginners) | 1 |
| 63 | Japanese (Continuers) | 3 |
| 64 | Legal Studies | 15 |
| 65 | Lifestyle and the Community | 7 |
| 66 | Lifestyle and the Community II | 1 |
| 67 | Material Products A | 6 |
| 68 | Material Products B | 1 |
| 69 | Mathematical Applications | 28 |
| 70 | Mathematical Methods | 19 |
| 71 | Mathematical Studies | 73 |
| 72 | Mathematics and the Community | 2 |
| 73 | Mathematics and the Community II | 1 |
| 74 | Modern Greek (Continuers) | 1 |
| 75 | Modern History | 24 |
| 76 | Music in Context | 3 |
| 77 | Music Individual Study | 9 |
| 78 | Music Technology | 1 |
| 79 | Musicianship | 5 |
| 80 | Nutrition | 12 |
| 81 | Nutrition Studies | 1 |
| 82 | Outdoor and Environmental Education | 3 |
| 83 | Outdoor Education I | 1 |
| 84 | Outdoor Education II | 1 |
| 85 | Performance Special Study | 9 |
| 86 | Persian (Background Speakers) | 1 |
| 87 | Personal Documents | 4 |
| 88 | Philosophy | 6 |
| 89 | Physical Education | 37 |
| 90 | Physics | 49 |
| 91 | Polish (Continuers) | 2 |
| 92 | Psychology | 41 |
| 93 | Religions in Australia | 4 |
| 94 | Science and the Community | 4 |
| 95 | Science and the Community I | 2 |
| 96 | Small Business Enterprise | 2 |
| 97 | Solo Performance | 22 |
| 98 | Spanish (Beginners) | 1 |
| 99 | Spanish (Continuers) | 1 |
| 100 | Specialist Mathematics | 21 |
| 101 | Sport and Recreation B | 3 |
| 102 | Studies of Societies | 21 |
| 103 | Technology and the Community | 1 |
| 104 | Tourism | 17 |
| 105 | Vietnamese (Background Speakers) | 2 |
| 106 | Vietnamese (Continuers) | 1 |
| 107 | Visual Arts Studies | 14 |
| 108 | Vocational Studies A | 19 |
| 109 | Vocational Studies B | 19 |
| 110 | Women's Studies | 2 |
| 111 | Work and the Community | 4 |
| 112 | Work and the Community II | 1 |
| 113 | Work Studies A | 3 |