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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |