This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2008.
| 1 | Arthur Phillip High School | Parramatta | French Extension | 1 |
| 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff | French Extension | 5 |
| 3 | Barker College | Hornsby | French Extension | 1 |
| 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick | French Extension | 1 |
| 5 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | French Extension | 1 |
| 6 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | French Extension | 1 |
| 7 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill | French Extension | 1 |
| 8 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | French Extension | 1 |
| 9 | Fort Street High School | Petersham | French Extension | 2 |
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| 10 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | French Extension | 2 |
| 11 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | French Extension | 1 |
| 12 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | French Extension | 5 |
| 13 | Kambala | Rose Bay | French Extension | 1 |
| 14 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights | French Extension | 1 |
| 15 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange | French Extension | 2 |
| 16 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | French Extension | 2 |
| 17 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli | French Extension | 3 |
| 18 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | French Extension | 3 |
| 19 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie | French Extension | 1 |
| 20 | Meriden School | Strathfield | French Extension | 1 |
| 21 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | French Extension | 1 |
| 22 | Newcastle High School | Hamilton | French Extension | 1 |
| 23 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown | French Extension | 1 |
| 24 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | French Extension | 5 |
| 25 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills | French Extension | 1 |
| 26 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater | French Extension | 1 |
| 27 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale | French Extension | 3 |
| 28 | Northern Sydney Institute Bradfield College | St Leonards | French Extension | 1 |
| 29 | Oxley College | Burradoo | French Extension | 1 |
| 30 | Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy | French Extension | 1 |
| 31 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | French Extension | 3 |
| 32 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | French Extension | 4 |
| 33 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman | French Extension | 1 |
| 34 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | French Extension | 3 |
| 35 | Roseville College | Roseville | French Extension | 3 |
| 36 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | French Extension | 2 |
| 37 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | French Extension | 5 |
| 38 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | French Extension | 2 |
| 39 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | French Extension | 2 |
| 40 | St Catherines School | Waverley | French Extension | 1 |
| 41 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | French Extension | 1 |
| 42 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | French Extension | 13 |
| 43 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | French Extension | 8 |
| 44 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe | French Extension | 1 |
| 45 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | French Extension | 1 |
| 46 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | French Extension | 2 |
| 47 | The Scots School Albury | Albury | French Extension | 1 |
| 48 | Wenona School | North Sydney | French Extension | 1 |
| 49 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head | French Extension | 1 |