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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |