This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won by students in each subject at each school during 2008.
| 1 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | Japanese Extension | 5 |
| 2 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | Japanese Extension | 5 |
| 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | Japanese Extension | 5 |
| 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Extension | 3 |
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| 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Japanese Extension | 3 |
| 7 | Birrong Girls High School | Birrong | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 8 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 9 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | Japanese Extension | 2 |
| 11 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 12 | Chester Hill High School | Chester Hill | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 13 | Concord High School | Concord | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 14 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 15 | Girraween High School | Girraween | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 17 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 18 | Northholm Grammar School | Arcadia | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 19 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 20 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 21 | St Ives High School | St Ives | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 22 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 23 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo | Japanese Extension | 1 |
| 24 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | Japanese Extension | 1 |