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.
| 251 | English (Advanced) | Teng, Joyce Zhuhui | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 252 | English (Advanced) | Lush, Oscar | 3 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 253 | English (Advanced) | Kerr, Alexandra Ella | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 254 | English (Advanced) | McAlpin, Luke | 5 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Pacheco, Diya | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | Hariharan, Tara | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Borton, Nicola Madeleine | 8 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Mayer, Arielle Madison | 9 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Ronan, Olivia | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Levy, Gabi | 11 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
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| 261 | English (Advanced) | Squires, Emma | 12 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Hoque, Shakira | 13 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Dean-Johnson, Liam | 14 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Kyanian, Khosrow | 15 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Chakravorty, Ananya | 16 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Corraya, Ruth | 17 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Azzam, Nadin | 18 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Gao, Ada | 19 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Williams, Hope | 19 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Wong, Rebecca Emily | 19 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 271 | English (Standard) | Stellios, Georgia Giannoula | 1 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 272 | English (Standard) | Mifsud, Tracy Grace | 2 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 273 | English (Standard) | Dartnall, Alfred Jonas | 3 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 274 | English (Standard) | Jeffrey, Bronwyn Estelle | 4 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Asmaro, Anne | 5 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Lloyd, Anastasia Mary | 6 | St Josephs Catholic College | East Gosford |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Bhradmeung, Prisadee | 7 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Morgan-Collins, Caroline Dowse | 7 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Blight, Corinne | 9 | Mount Carmel Catholic High School | Varroville |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Priem, Nathan Eric | 10 | Doonside High School | Doonside |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Tyler, Perinne | 10 | McAuley Catholic College Grafton | Clarenza |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Dona, Joshua | 12 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Gilead, Tal | 13 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Semaan, Clemance | 14 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Blefari, Sebastian Eduard | 15 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Ventura, Ashleigh | 16 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Requejo, Iryse Nicole | 17 | Doonside High School | Doonside |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Walters, Sarah | 18 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 289 | English (Standard) | MacInnes, Anna | 19 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Seidman, Zachariah | 20 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 291 | English as a Second Language | Mai, Tran Anh Thu | 1 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 292 | English as a Second Language | Thai, Minh Thuy | 1 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 293 | English as a Second Language | Shafaie, Fatima | 3 | Arthur Phillip High School | Parramatta |
| 294 | English as a Second Language | Modi, Fenil | 4 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Yue, Stephanie | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Siu, Yeuk Lam Janice | 6 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Yoo, Solah | 7 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Chan, Vivien | 8 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Luo, Bote | 9 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Ghimire, Ireena | 10 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |