This report shows the 2012 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.
| 201 | Design and Technology | Lara, Stephanie | 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Antoon, Natalie Louise | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 203 | Design and Technology | Marlan, Zaarkacha Hazel | 6 | All Saints College Bathurst | Bathurst |
| 204 | Design and Technology | Fletcher, Brittany | 8 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 205 | Design and Technology | Souris, Angelique | 9 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 206 | Design and Technology | Gaudry, Thomas | 10 | St Josephs Catholic High School | Albion Park |
| 207 | Drama | Burke, Amelia | 1 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 208 | Drama | Southwell, James | 2 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 209 | Drama | Goding, Curtis Alexander | 3 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 210 | Drama | Grisold, Michael | 4 | St Clares High School | Taree |
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| 211 | Drama | Cerone, Nicholas Roger | 5 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 212 | Drama | Hertog, Thorsten Jan-Robert | 6 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 213 | Drama | Zerbst, Victoria Liberty | 7 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 214 | Drama | Barnes, Nicole | 8 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 215 | Drama | Ho, Shon Yi | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 216 | Drama | Hannon, Oliver Richard | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 217 | Dutch Continuers | Bardoel, Jerome Alphonsus | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 218 | Dutch Continuers | Hazell, Thomas | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 219 | Dutch Continuers | Grevenitz, Carla | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Potter, Larissa Carmel | 1 | Colo High School | North Richmond |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Ibaceta, Marcus | 2 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Potter, Tamara Isabel | 3 | Colo High School | North Richmond |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Pockney, Jacob Patrick Gregory | 4 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Au, Naomi | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 225 | Earth and Environmental Science | Rhodes, Jake William | 6 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 226 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wilkes-Walburn, Jackson | 7 | Ulladulla High School | Ulladulla |
| 227 | Earth and Environmental Science | Byron, Thomas Lindsay | 8 | Albury High School | Albury |
| 228 | Earth and Environmental Science | Scott, Lauren Catherine | 8 | Deniliquin High School | Deniliquin |
| 229 | Earth and Environmental Science | Soares, Georgia | 8 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 230 | Economics | Fang, Edward | 1 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 231 | Economics | Qian, Sue | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 232 | Economics | Thong, Louisa | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 233 | Economics | McFarlane, Stephen | 4 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 234 | Economics | Tran, Gabrielle Tu | 5 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 235 | Economics | Mahapatra, Tara | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 236 | Economics | Liang, Gary | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 237 | Economics | Mahapatra, Mira | 8 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 238 | Economics | Yip, Erina | 9 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 239 | Economics | Dinale, Daniel | 10 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 240 | Electrotechnology Examination | Hall, Nicholas John | 1 | Hunter Institute Muswellbrook Campus | Muswellbrook |
| 241 | Electrotechnology Examination | Brown, Ben Vincent | 2 | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 242 | Engineering Studies | Meng, Fanrui Fred | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Andrew, William | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Halliday, Lyle | 3 | Nowra Anglican College | Bomaderry |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Ho, Chun Kit Jenkin | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Pearsall, Samuel John | 3 | Corowa High School | Corowa |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Teoh, Nathan Luk Keong | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Dargaville, William John | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Darmanin, Paul Francis | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Gowan, David Keith | 9 | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |