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.
| 701 | Physics | Chu, Yian | 2 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 702 | Physics | Chan, Andrew Chi Hang | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 703 | Physics | Yiu, Adrian Chun Ho | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 704 | Physics | Lin, Beryl | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 705 | Physics | She, Shelley | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 706 | Physics | Mason, Timothy Declan | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 707 | Physics | Lasic Latimer, Tomas | 8 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 708 | Physics | Tran, Anna | 9 | Fairfield High School | Fairfield |
| 709 | Physics | Yip, Alexander | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 710 | Polish Continuers | Krzanowski, Marta | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
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| 711 | Polish Continuers | Mrowka, Victor | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 712 | Polish Continuers | Urbaniak, Evelyn | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 713 | Polish Continuers | Nocon, Anthony | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 714 | Polish Continuers | Chudowolski, Emily | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 715 | Primary Industries Examination | Myors, Caitlin | 1 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 716 | Primary Industries Examination | Croucher, Tenille Paula | 2 | Elizabeth Macarthur High School | Narellan |
| 717 | Primary Industries Examination | Sutton, Teresa Joy | 2 | Yanco Agricultural High School | Yanco |
| 718 | Primary Industries Examination | Bowkett, Samuel David | 4 | Kingscliff High School | Kingscliff |
| 719 | Primary Industries Examination | Cheers, Courtney Rae | 5 | Yanco Agricultural High School | Yanco |
| 720 | Retail Services Examination | Lauv, Ian | 1 | St Johns Park High School | St Johns Park |
| 721 | Retail Services Examination | Pearce, Kahlie | 2 | Kellyville High School | Kellyville |
| 722 | Retail Services Examination | Dyer, Sarah | 3 | Georges River Grammar | Georges Hall |
| 723 | Retail Services Examination | Nixon, Stephanie Anne | 4 | Casino High School | Casino |
| 724 | Retail Services Examination | Smith, Tyiana Jayne | 5 | Narara Valley High School | Narara |
| 725 | Russian Background Speakers | Churilov, Artem | 1 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 726 | Russian Background Speakers | Malniece, Sabine | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 727 | Russian Background Speakers | Matveev, Nicholas | 3 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 728 | Russian Background Speakers | Sidorova, Oxana | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 729 | Russian Background Speakers | Yurlova, Angelina | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 730 | Senior Science | Richardson, Jessica | 1 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 731 | Senior Science | Cole, Lachlan | 2 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 732 | Senior Science | Huynh, Thanaporn | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 733 | Senior Science | Wang, Simon | 4 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 734 | Senior Science | Loo, Huai Gen | 5 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 735 | Senior Science | Liang, Jenny | 6 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 736 | Senior Science | Nguyen, Maryanne Thuy An | 7 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 737 | Senior Science | Nguyen, Diem | 8 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 738 | Senior Science | Sternbeck-Rutter, Delayne Eve | 9 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 739 | Senior Science | Loosmore, Anna | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 740 | Serbian Continuers | Maksimovic, Mirjana | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 741 | Serbian Continuers | Dimic, Ivana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 742 | Serbian Continuers | Pilja, Maria | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 743 | Serbian Continuers | Zjalic, Tamara | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 744 | Serbian Continuers | Barisic, Dusanka | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 745 | Society and Culture | Freedman, Emily Anne | 1 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 746 | Society and Culture | Leung, Natalie Hei Man | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 747 | Society and Culture | Moebes, Ray | 3 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 748 | Society and Culture | Bambridge, Anita | 4 | Barrenjoey High School | Avalon |
| 749 | Society and Culture | Elmasri, Sarah | 5 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 750 | Society and Culture | Campbell, Olivia | 6 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |