This report shows the total number of VCE High Achiever awards won by students in each subject across all Victorian schools in 2012.
| 1 | Accounting | 447 |
| 2 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies | 22 |
| 3 | Art | 165 |
| 4 | Australian History | 97 |
| 5 | Australian Politics | 28 |
| 6 | Biology | 962 |
| 7 | Business (VCE VET) | 35 |
| 8 | Business Management | 983 |
| 9 | Chemistry | 762 |
| 10 | Classical Studies | 38 |
| 11 | Community Services (VCE VET) | 30 |
| 12 | Dance | 40 |
| 13 | Dance (VCE VET) | 15 |
| 14 | Drama | 115 |
| 15 | Economics | 175 |
| 16 | Engineering Studies (VCE VET) | 23 |
| 17 | English | 3307 |
| 18 | English as an Additional Language | 270 |
| 19 | English Language | 238 |
| 20 | Environmental Science | 56 |
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| 21 | Equine Industry (VCE VET) | 15 |
| 22 | Food and Technology | 293 |
| 23 | Furnishing (VCE VET) | 8 |
| 24 | Further Mathematics | 2385 |
| 25 | Geography | 188 |
| 26 | Global Politics | 150 |
| 27 | Health and Human Development | 1015 |
| 28 | History: Renaissance Italy | 21 |
| 29 | History: Revolutions | 450 |
| 30 | Hospitality (VCE VET) | 31 |
| 31 | Hospitality: Kitchen Operations (VCE VET) | 49 |
| 32 | Industry and Enterprise | 15 |
| 33 | Information Technology (VCE VET) | 20 |
| 34 | Integrated Technologies (VCE VET) | 11 |
| 35 | Interactive Digital Media (VCE VET) | 69 |
| 36 | IT Applications | 207 |
| 37 | Laboratory Skills (VCE VET) | 2 |
| 38 | Languages: Arabic | 10 |
| 39 | Languages: Auslan | 5 |
| 40 | Languages: Bosnian | 1 |
| 41 | Languages: Chinese First Language | 134 |
| 42 | Languages: Chinese Second Language | 70 |
| 43 | Languages: Chinese Second Language Advanced | 33 |
| 44 | Languages: Classical Greek | 1 |
| 45 | Languages: Croatian | 2 |
| 46 | Languages: Dutch | 1 |
| 47 | Languages: Filipino | 2 |
| 48 | Languages: French | 146 |
| 49 | Languages: German | 52 |
| 50 | Languages: Greek | 20 |
| 51 | Languages: Hebrew | 4 |
| 52 | Languages: Hindi | 5 |
| 53 | Languages: Hungarian | 3 |
| 54 | Languages: Indonesian First Language | 3 |
| 55 | Languages: Indonesian Second Language | 41 |
| 56 | Languages: Italian | 66 |
| 57 | Languages: Japanese First Language | 3 |
| 58 | Languages: Japanese Second Language | 90 |
| 59 | Languages: Khmer | 2 |
| 60 | Languages: Korean First Language | 2 |
| 61 | Languages: Korean Second Language | 5 |
| 62 | Languages: Latin | 17 |
| 63 | Languages: Macedonian | 8 |
| 64 | Languages: Persian | 6 |
| 65 | Languages: Polish | 3 |
| 66 | Languages: Punjabi | 2 |
| 67 | Languages: Romanian | 1 |
| 68 | Languages: Russian | 5 |
| 69 | Languages: Serbian | 2 |
| 70 | Languages: Sinhala | 1 |
| 71 | Languages: Spanish | 7 |
| 72 | Languages: Swedish | 1 |
| 73 | Languages: Tamil | 2 |
| 74 | Languages: Turkish | 20 |
| 75 | Languages: Ukranian | 1 |
| 76 | Languages: Vietnamese | 36 |
| 77 | Legal Studies | 694 |
| 78 | Literature | 464 |
| 79 | Mathematical Methods (CAS) | 1256 |
| 80 | Media | 352 |
| 81 | Music (VCE VET) | 24 |
| 82 | Music Investigation | 29 |
| 83 | Music Performance | 144 |
| 84 | Music Style and Composition | 10 |
| 85 | Music Technical Production (VCE VET) | 29 |
| 86 | Outdoor and Environmental Studies | 223 |
| 87 | Philosophy | 73 |
| 88 | Physical Education | 753 |
| 89 | Physics | 589 |
| 90 | Product Design and Technology | 281 |
| 91 | Psychology | 1265 |
| 92 | Religion and Society | 128 |
| 93 | Sociology | 51 |
| 94 | Software Development | 77 |
| 95 | Specialist Mathematics | 309 |
| 96 | Sport and Recreation (VCE VET) | 87 |
| 97 | Studio Arts | 450 |
| 98 | Systems Engineering | 65 |
| 99 | Texts and Traditions | 35 |
| 100 | Theatre Studies | 83 |
| 101 | Visual Communication Design | 452 |