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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |