Isha Chouhan of Minerva Academy in Ghumarwin in Bilaspur District topped the exam with 694/700 marks (99.14 per cent), while Riya Chouhan of IVN Public School in Nahan got the second spot with 693/700 marks (99 per cent).
Nikhil Rana stood at the third position with 692/700 marks (98.86 per cent).
Chairman, HPOBSE, Balbir Tegta said the top 10 positions were held by 33 students with the last one securing 97.71 per cent marks.
A total of 1,15,317 students had appeared for the exam conducted by the board in March this year, he said, adding 76,855 students cleared it while 16,564 were placed under compartment.
It was 66.88 per cent last year.