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.
| 1 | Engineering Studies | Wong, Matthew | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 2 | Engineering Studies | Fraser, Benjamin John | 2 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
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| 3 | Engineering Studies | Koong, Jason Pak-Wei | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 4 | Engineering Studies | Wei, Derek Yangtao | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 5 | Engineering Studies | Ho, Bryan Cheuk-Hin | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 6 | Engineering Studies | Churton, Paul Alexander | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 7 | Engineering Studies | Drury, Ryan | 6 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 8 | Engineering Studies | Moody, Bradley | 6 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 9 | Engineering Studies | Moser, Phillip | 6 | St Josephs College | ? |
| 10 | Engineering Studies | Braico, Hugh Anthony | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |