This report counts for each subject the total number of merit results awarded to students in 2001. Where subjects have equal merit counts, entries are listed alphabetically.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 3 |
| 2 | Accounting Studies | 20 |
| 3 | Agricultural and Horticultural Science | 1 |
| 4 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies I | 1 |
| 5 | Analytical Studies | 1 |
| 6 | Ancient History | 2 |
| 7 | Applied Mathematics | 4 |
| 8 | Art Practical | 23 |
| 9 | Australian History | 9 |
| 10 | Automotive Technology | 1 |
| 11 | Biology | 72 |
| 12 | Business and the Community | 7 |
| 13 | Business Documents | 7 |
| 14 | Business Mathematics | 34 |
| 15 | Business Studies | 18 |
| 16 | Chemistry | 70 |
| 17 | Child Studies I | 10 |
| 18 | Child Studies II | 17 |
| 19 | Chinese (Background Speakers/Specialist) | 3 |
| 20 | Chinese (Beginners/Accelerated) | 1 |
| 21 | Chinese (Continuers/Extended) | 7 |
| 22 | Classical Studies | 11 |
| 23 | Composing and Arranging | 4 |
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| 24 | Computing Applications | 5 |
| 25 | Construction Technology | 1 |
| 26 | Craft Practical | 4 |
| 27 | Creative Photography | 2 |
| 28 | Dance | 1 |
| 29 | Dance Performance and Theory | 2 |
| 30 | Design Practical | 19 |
| 31 | Design, Construction and the Community | 6 |
| 32 | Desktop Publishing | 3 |
| 33 | Drama | 6 |
| 34 | Drama Studies | 15 |
| 35 | Economics | 34 |
| 36 | Electronic Publishing | 2 |
| 37 | English | 52 |
| 38 | English as a Second Language | 4 |
| 39 | English as Second Language Studies | 18 |
| 40 | English Studies | 82 |
| 41 | Ensemble Performance | 17 |
| 42 | Food and Hospitality I | 15 |
| 43 | Food and Hospitality II | 23 |
| 44 | Foods and the Community | 17 |
| 45 | French (Continuers/Extended) | 9 |
| 46 | Furniture Construction | 8 |
| 47 | Geography | 4 |
| 48 | Geography Studies | 31 |
| 49 | Geology | 4 |
| 50 | German (Continuers/Extended) | 9 |
| 51 | Graphics | 3 |
| 52 | Health Education | 4 |
| 53 | Health, Recreation and the Community | 11 |
| 54 | Hungarian (Continuers/Extended) | 2 |
| 55 | Indonesian (Continuers/Extended) | 2 |
| 56 | Information Technology | 7 |
| 57 | Information Technology Studies | 14 |
| 58 | Italian (Continuers/Extended) | 5 |
| 59 | Japanese (Beginners/Accelerated) | 1 |
| 60 | Japanese (Continuers/Extended) | 12 |
| 61 | Khmer (Continuers/Extended) | 1 |
| 62 | Language and the Community | 2 |
| 63 | Latin (Extended) | 1 |
| 64 | Latvian (Continuers/Extended) | 1 |
| 65 | Legal Studies | 31 |
| 66 | Lifestyles and the Community | 5 |
| 67 | Mathematics 1 (Double) | 57 |
| 68 | Mathematics 1 (Single) | 53 |
| 69 | Mathematics 2 | 52 |
| 70 | Mathematics and the Community | 1 |
| 71 | Media Production and Analysis | 2 |
| 72 | Metals Engineering - General | 3 |
| 73 | Metals Engineering - Welding | 1 |
| 74 | Modern Greek (Continuers/Extended) | 4 |
| 75 | Modern History - Europe | 18 |
| 76 | Modern History - World | 3 |
| 77 | Music in Society | 4 |
| 78 | Music Individual Study | 15 |
| 79 | Musicianship | 10 |
| 80 | Nutrition | 2 |
| 81 | Nutrition and Lifestyle I | 1 |
| 82 | Nutrition and Lifestyle II | 3 |
| 83 | Outdoor Education | 8 |
| 84 | Performance Special Study | 14 |
| 85 | Photography | 2 |
| 86 | Physical Education | 44 |
| 87 | Physics | 77 |
| 88 | Polish (Continuers/Extended) | 1 |
| 89 | Politics | 5 |
| 90 | Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| 91 | Religions in Australia | 3 |
| 92 | Science | 9 |
| 93 | Science and the Community | 2 |
| 94 | Small Business Enterprise | 4 |
| 95 | Social Studies | 8 |
| 96 | Solo Performance | 35 |
| 97 | Spanish (Beginners/Accelerated) | 3 |
| 98 | Spanish (Continuers/Extended) | 2 |
| 99 | Studies of Religion | 2 |
| 100 | Technical Graphics | 3 |
| 101 | Technical Photography | 4 |
| 102 | Technology and the Community | 6 |
| 103 | Technology Studies | 2 |
| 104 | The Arts and the Community | 6 |
| 105 | The Australian Legal System | 3 |
| 106 | The Community and the Environment | 4 |
| 107 | Tourism | 19 |
| 108 | Vietnamese (Continuers/Extended) | 1 |
| 109 | Vietnamese (Specialist/Background Speakers) | 1 |
| 110 | Visual Arts Studies | 19 |
| 111 | Vocational Studies A | 7 |
| 112 | Vocational Studies B | 1 |
| 113 | Women's Studies | 4 |
| 114 | Work and the Community | 6 |
| 115 | Work Studies A | 5 |
| 116 | Work Studies B | 4 |