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.
| 401 | German Extension | Cohen, Meta Barbara | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 402 | German Extension | Lai, Sunny Xin | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 403 | German Extension | Hall, Eleanor | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 404 | German Extension | Wiebe, Vanessa | 4 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 405 | Hindi Continuers | Gohel, Nirali Atulchandra | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 406 | Hindi Continuers | Gumber, Aarushi | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 407 | Hindi Continuers | Prasad, Aakash Bhavik | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 408 | Hindi Continuers | Kamboj, Shriya | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 409 | Hindi Continuers | Malhotra, Richa | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 410 | History Extension | Rose, Georgia Hope | 1 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 411 | History Extension | McAlpin, Luke | 2 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 412 | History Extension | Chan, Ivan San | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 413 | History Extension | Lambert, Daniella | 4 | Trinity Catholic College Auburn Campus | Auburn |
| 414 | History Extension | Tan, Joanna | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 415 | History Extension | Su, Penina | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 416 | History Extension | Pesce, Katya | 7 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 417 | History Extension | Gordon-King, Caitlin | 8 | Alstonville High School | Alstonville |
| 418 | History Extension | Borton, Nicola Madeleine | 9 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 419 | History Extension | Blake, Matthew James Radford | 10 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 420 | Hospitality Examination | McGuinness, Jessica Anne | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 421 | Hospitality Examination | Hage, Stephanie | 2 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 422 | Hospitality Examination | McNally, Courtney | 3 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 423 | Hospitality Examination | Tuohy, Brianna Jade | 4 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 424 | Hospitality Examination | Evans, Sophie | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 425 | Hospitality Examination | Asanovski, Azize | 6 | Northern Sydney Institute Ryde College | Ryde |
| 426 | Hospitality Examination | Lieschke, Natasha Irene | 6 | Mulwaree High School | Goulburn |
| 427 | Hospitality Examination | Morton, Eliza-Jane | 8 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 428 | Hospitality Examination | Murray, Jordan | 9 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 429 | Hospitality Examination | Powell, Alexandra | 10 | Batemans Bay High School | Batehaven |
| 430 | Hungarian Continuers | Papdi, Gabor | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 431 | Hungarian Continuers | Orsos, Natalie Vivienne | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 432 | Indonesian Background Speakers | Andrianto, Herlin | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 433 | Indonesian Background Speakers | Saputra, Michelle Devonna | 2 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 434 | Indonesian Beginners | Vines, Jessica | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 435 | Indonesian Beginners | Susanto, Jessica Lawrence | 2 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 436 | Indonesian Beginners | Bahrum, Melissa Veronica | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 437 | Indonesian Beginners | Dupagunta, Sindhusha | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 438 | Indonesian Beginners | Ryan, Ruby Kathleen | 4 | Mullumbimby High School | Mullumbimby |
| 439 | Indonesian Continuers | Gaudion, Lauren | 1 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 440 | Indonesian Continuers | O'Sullivan, Emily Clare | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
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| 441 | Indonesian Continuers | Woo, Ah Hae | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 442 | Indonesian Continuers | Suryadi, Febyola | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 443 | Indonesian Continuers | Purvis, Christine Louise | 5 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 444 | Indonesian Extension | Gaudion, Lauren | 1 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 445 | Indonesian Extension | O'Sullivan, Emily Clare | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 446 | Indonesian Extension | Duck, Claudia Fredrika | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 447 | Indonesian Extension | Woo, Ah Hae | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 448 | Indonesian Extension | Mascarenhas, Julianne Jyoti | 5 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 449 | Industrial Technology | Osarek, Steven Mark | 1 | Karabar High School | Queanbeyan |
| 450 | Industrial Technology | McKenzie, Kyle | 2 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 451 | Industrial Technology | McLellan, Gregory George | 3 | Ambarvale High School | Rosemeadow |
| 452 | Industrial Technology | Tilbrook, Jayden | 4 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 453 | Industrial Technology | Townsend, Lincoln John | 5 | Canowindra High School | Canowindra |
| 454 | Industrial Technology | Moody, Bradley | 6 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 455 | Industrial Technology | Organ, Matthew | 7 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 456 | Industrial Technology | McInnis, Harry William | 8 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 457 | Industrial Technology | Vickers, Elise May | 9 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 458 | Industrial Technology | Clarke, Bryce Damien | 10 | Dubbo College Senior Campus | Dubbo |
| 459 | Industrial Technology | Suresh, Nikhil | 10 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 460 | Information Processes and Technology | Zheng, Jessica - Yuan | 1 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 461 | Information Processes and Technology | Crome, Samantha Irene Lassere | 2 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 462 | Information Processes and Technology | Jayanti, Sumedh | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 463 | Information Processes and Technology | Lips, Alexander | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 464 | Information Processes and Technology | Wilson, Poppy Ann | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 465 | Information Processes and Technology | Gilbert, Amelia Josephine | 6 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 466 | Information Processes and Technology | Huo, Jennifer | 7 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 467 | Information Processes and Technology | Huang, Haimin | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 468 | Information Processes and Technology | Ginty, Josephine Hope | 9 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 469 | Information Processes and Technology | Ung, Vanessa Amy | 10 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 470 | Information Technology Examination | Bennett, Jack Lindsay | 1 | South Western Sydney Institute Campbelltown Campus | Campbelltown |
| 471 | Information Technology Examination | Howitt, Jack Alexander | 2 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 472 | Information Technology Examination | Ngo, Thomson Thanh | 2 | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 473 | Information Technology Examination | Bourne, Steven John | 4 | Dubbo College Senior Campus | Dubbo |
| 474 | Information Technology Examination | Davey, Michael Joseph | 5 | Sydney Institute Petersham College | Petersham |
| 475 | Information Technology Examination | Potter, Benjamin | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 476 | Information Technology Examination | Warneke, Rick John | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 477 | Information Technology Examination | Caliaro, Stefan | 8 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 478 | Information Technology Examination | Gardiner, Brandon Raymond | 8 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
| 479 | Information Technology Examination | Robinson, Mathew Edward | 8 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 480 | Information Technology Examination | Xu, Andrew | 8 | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 481 | Italian Beginners | Lazar, Rowena Carolyn | 1 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 482 | Italian Beginners | Galet-Lalande, Isabelle | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 483 | Italian Beginners | Richards, Tayce Demeter | 2 | Maclean High School | Maclean |
| 484 | Italian Beginners | Webster, Victoria Louise | 4 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 485 | Italian Beginners | Reed, Alina Charlotte | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 486 | Italian Continuers | Presutti, Emma | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 487 | Italian Continuers | Wallace, Hamish | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 488 | Italian Continuers | Pallotta, Hermes | 3 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 489 | Italian Continuers | Rosenberg, Matthew | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 490 | Italian Continuers | Andreini, Simone | 5 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 491 | Italian Extension | Scalas, Maria | 1 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 492 | Italian Extension | Angeloni, Chiara Alessia | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 493 | Italian Extension | Molyneux, Ella Feyi Heaton | 3 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 494 | Italian Extension | Satterthwaite, Rhiannon Alice | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 495 | Italian Extension | Marsh, Genevieve | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 496 | Japanese Background Speakers | Koizumi, Ami | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 497 | Japanese Background Speakers | Hemmi, Komei | 2 | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest |
| 498 | Japanese Beginners | Barry, Callum | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 499 | Japanese Beginners | Yap, Chelxi | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 500 | Japanese Beginners | Lee, Hankyung | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 501 | Japanese Beginners | Woo, Ah Hae | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 502 | Japanese Beginners | Jang, Eun Jeong | 5 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 503 | Japanese Continuers | Lo, Vicky Wei-Chi | 1 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 504 | Japanese Continuers | Lim, Ha Eun | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 505 | Japanese Continuers | Yun, Caroline | 3 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 506 | Japanese Continuers | Guo, Christina | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 507 | Japanese Continuers | Lee, Monica | 4 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 508 | Japanese Extension | Lam, Shana | 1 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 509 | Japanese Extension | Byrnes, Christopher Jun | 2 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 510 | Japanese Extension | Guo, Christina | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 511 | Japanese Extension | Chen, Ada | 4 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 512 | Japanese Extension | Lo, Fiona | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 513 | Khmer Continuers | Chhoun, Po Kim | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 514 | Khmer Continuers | Pov, Vorthey | 2 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 515 | Khmer Continuers | Ly, Theng Hout | 3 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 516 | Korean Background Speakers | Cho, Sara | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 517 | Korean Background Speakers | Kim, Suji | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 518 | Korean Background Speakers | Kim, Bit Na | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 519 | Korean Background Speakers | Jeon, Hye-Lin | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 520 | Korean Background Speakers | Bahk, Dong Hyun (Victor) | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 521 | Korean Continuers | Chen, Jing (Jacqueline) | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 522 | Korean Continuers | Luo, Dian | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 523 | Korean Continuers | Truong, Jennifer | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 524 | Latin Continuers | Stratton, Harry | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 525 | Latin Continuers | Curtotti, Rohan Lucio | 2 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 526 | Latin Continuers | Lin, Amelia Alice | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 527 | Latin Continuers | Large, Timothy | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 528 | Latin Continuers | Ng, Yu | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 529 | Latin Extension | Curtotti, Rohan Lucio | 1 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 530 | Latin Extension | Stratton, Harry | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 531 | Latin Extension | Large, Timothy | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 532 | Latin Extension | Teng, Nathaniel Zhuwen | 4 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 533 | Latin Extension | Lin, Amelia Alice | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 534 | Legal Studies | Krynda, Jacqueline Jane | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 535 | Legal Studies | Karam, Nicholas | 2 | Holy Spirit College | ? |
| 536 | Legal Studies | Pilatos, Danielle | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 537 | Legal Studies | Ding, Kendy | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 538 | Legal Studies | Punjabi, Jaya | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 539 | Legal Studies | Rienstra, Anna Lillian | 6 | Wauchope High School | Wauchope |
| 540 | Legal Studies | Shakespear, Benjamin James | 7 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 541 | Legal Studies | Coles, Lucy Imogen | 8 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 542 | Legal Studies | Lawler, Madison | 8 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 543 | Legal Studies | Economidis, George | 10 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 544 | Macedonian Continuers | Trifunovska, Ana | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 545 | Macedonian Continuers | Radev, Vangel | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 546 | Macedonian Continuers | Stosic, Eva | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 547 | Malay Background Speakers | Abdul Rahiman, Nur Diyanah | 1 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia |
| 548 | Mathematics | Cheng, Edmond | 1 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 549 | Mathematics | Wang, Zhongyi | 2 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 550 | Mathematics | Altman, Daniel | 3 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 551 | Mathematics | Dong, Matthew | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 552 | Mathematics | Kim, Wondong | 3 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 553 | Mathematics | Liang, Gary | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 554 | Mathematics | Ozdemir, Tayfun | 3 | Sule College Prestons | Prestons |
| 555 | Mathematics | Im, Jenny Jeong Yeon | 8 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 556 | Mathematics | Tang, Sean | 9 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 557 | Mathematics | Nguyen, Alysha | 10 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 558 | Mathematics | Tsihlis, George | 10 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 559 | Mathematics | Lay, Mey Ly | 12 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 560 | Mathematics | Qian, Lynette Li Heng | 12 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 561 | Mathematics | Azer, Mark | 14 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 562 | Mathematics | Ching, Karin | 14 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 563 | Mathematics | Girgis, Mary | 14 | St Marks Coptic Orthodox College | Wattle Grove |
| 564 | Mathematics | Hewett, Nicholas | 14 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy |
| 565 | Mathematics | Kwok, Leonie Chi-Ying | 14 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 566 | Mathematics | Li, Audi | 14 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 567 | Mathematics | Matthews, Thomas | 14 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 568 | Mathematics | Phipps, Samuel | 14 | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 569 | Mathematics | Walsh, Ellen | 14 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 570 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Altman, Daniel | 1 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 571 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zhao, David Boren | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 572 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Kim, Dennis Daehwan | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 573 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Chen, Yingli | 4 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 574 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wilkinson, Ian James | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 575 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Azer, Mark | 6 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 576 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ho, Tung Hei Logan | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 577 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lee, Jeffrey | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 578 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Yiu, James Kawai | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 579 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Crawford, Michael Patrick | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 580 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Large, Timothy | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 581 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lee, Jeffrey | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 582 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Ghali, Mark | 3 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 583 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Yiu, James Kawai | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 584 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Kong, Vincent | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 585 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Peng, Alexander Zi Ying | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 586 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Kim, Dennis Daehwan | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 587 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Chen, Yingli | 8 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 588 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Luo, Jinghang | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 589 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Lam, Dennis Patrick | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 590 | Metal and Engineering Examination | White, Benjamin John | 1 | South Western Sydney Institute Granville Campus | Granville |
| 591 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Michel, Harry Glen | 2 | The Armidale School | Armidale |
| 592 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Turner, Benjamin Phillip | 3 | Dubbo Christian School | Dubbo |
| 593 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Walsh, Luke | 4 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 594 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Hanley, James Roland | 5 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 595 | Modern Greek Beginners | Haralabopoulos, Evangelia | 1 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 596 | Modern Greek Beginners | Vivliotis, Yianni | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 597 | Modern Greek Beginners | Frangos Young, Annamaria | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 598 | Modern Greek Beginners | Hampouris, Maria | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 599 | Modern Greek Beginners | Panopoulos, Andrew | 5 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 600 | Modern Greek Continuers | Boyages, Olivia Maddison | 1 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |