This report counts for each subject the total number of merit results awarded to students in 2003. Where subjects have equal merit counts, entries are listed alphabetically.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 3 |
| 2 | Accounting Studies | 22 |
| 3 | Agricultural and Horticultural Principles | 1 |
| 4 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies | 1 |
| 5 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies I | 2 |
| 6 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies II | 3 |
| 7 | Analytical Studies | 2 |
| 8 | Art Practical | 13 |
| 9 | Australian History | 7 |
| 10 | Biology | 68 |
| 11 | Broadcasting and Multimedia B | 1 |
| 12 | Business and the Community | 4 |
| 13 | Business Documents | 8 |
| 14 | Business Studies | 18 |
| 15 | Chemistry | 60 |
| 16 | Child Studies | 36 |
| 17 | Chinese (Background Speakers) | 5 |
| 18 | Chinese (Continuers) | 5 |
| 19 | Classical Studies | 9 |
| 20 | Community Work II | 3 |
| 21 | Composing and Arranging | 4 |
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| 22 | Computing Applications | 4 |
| 23 | Construction Technology | 2 |
| 24 | Craft Practical | 3 |
| 25 | Dance Studies | 2 |
| 26 | Design Practical | 13 |
| 27 | Design, Construction and the Community | 11 |
| 28 | Desktop Publishing | 15 |
| 29 | Drama Studies | 11 |
| 30 | Economics | 26 |
| 31 | Electronic Publishing | 3 |
| 32 | Energy | 1 |
| 33 | English as a Second Language | 1 |
| 34 | English as Second Language Studies | 23 |
| 35 | English Communications | 47 |
| 36 | English Studies | 73 |
| 37 | Ensemble Performance | 11 |
| 38 | Food and Hospitality | 22 |
| 39 | Foods and the Community | 8 |
| 40 | French (Accelerated) | 1 |
| 41 | French (Continuers) | 6 |
| 42 | Furniture Construction | 10 |
| 43 | Geography | 2 |
| 44 | Geography Studies | 30 |
| 45 | Geology | 3 |
| 46 | German (Continuers) | 9 |
| 47 | Graphics | 2 |
| 48 | Health Education | 6 |
| 49 | Health, Recreation and the Community | 9 |
| 50 | Historical Studies - Ancient | 1 |
| 51 | Historical Studies - Contemporary World | 1 |
| 52 | Indonesian (Accelerated) | 1 |
| 53 | Indonesian (Continuers) | 1 |
| 54 | Information Technology | 15 |
| 55 | Information Technology Studies | 11 |
| 56 | Italian (Continuers) | 4 |
| 57 | Japanese (Accelerated) | 1 |
| 58 | Japanese (Continuers) | 14 |
| 59 | Korean (Background Speakers) | 1 |
| 60 | Language and the Community | 6 |
| 61 | Legal Studies | 23 |
| 62 | Lifestyles and the Community | 5 |
| 63 | Mathematical Applications | 37 |
| 64 | Mathematical Methods | 6 |
| 65 | Mathematical Studies | 105 |
| 66 | Mathematics and the Community | 1 |
| 67 | Media Production and Analysis | 4 |
| 68 | Metals Engineering - Welding | 1 |
| 69 | Modern Greek (Continuers) | 2 |
| 70 | Modern History | 21 |
| 71 | Music in Society | 5 |
| 72 | Music Individual Study | 20 |
| 73 | Musicianship | 11 |
| 74 | Natural Resources Management | 1 |
| 75 | Nutrition | 7 |
| 76 | Nutrition and Lifestyle | 2 |
| 77 | Outdoor Education | 8 |
| 78 | People and Textiles | 2 |
| 79 | Performance Special Study | 17 |
| 80 | Persian (Background Speakers) | 1 |
| 81 | Personal Documents | 3 |
| 82 | Philosophy | 3 |
| 83 | Photography | 1 |
| 84 | Physical Education | 54 |
| 85 | Physics | 66 |
| 86 | Politics | 3 |
| 87 | Religions in Australia | 9 |
| 88 | Science | 4 |
| 89 | Science and the Community | 4 |
| 90 | Small Business Enterprise | 9 |
| 91 | Solo Performance | 28 |
| 92 | Spanish (Continuers) | 3 |
| 93 | Specialist Mathematics | 33 |
| 94 | Studies of Religion | 3 |
| 95 | Studies of Societies | 16 |
| 96 | Technical Graphics | 5 |
| 97 | Technical Photography | 1 |
| 98 | Technology and the Community | 2 |
| 99 | The Arts and the Community | 20 |
| 100 | The Australian Legal System | 3 |
| 101 | The Community and the Environment | 4 |
| 102 | Tourism | 21 |
| 103 | Vietnamese (Background Speakers) | 1 |
| 104 | Vietnamese (Continuers) | 1 |
| 105 | Visual Arts Studies | 21 |
| 106 | Vocational Studies A | 8 |
| 107 | Vocational Studies B | 5 |
| 108 | Women's Studies | 4 |
| 109 | Work and the Community | 7 |