This report ranks the best NSW HSC schools in order according to the total number of All Rounder award winners at each school in 2008.
Please note that this ranking method ignores the relative sizes of each school's year 12 cohort, so larger schools will, on average, tend to be favoured by this ranking method.
Also note that this report is an excerpt. To see the complete set of award statistics for each school, please refer to the NSW School HSC Statistics report.
| 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford | 96 |
| 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | 57 |
| 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | 45 |
| 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest | 39 |
| 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills | 35 |
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| 6 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park | 31 |
| 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest | 28 |
| 8 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | 28 |
| 9 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah | 27 |
| 10 | Moriah College | Queens Park | 24 |
| 11 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | 21 |
| 12 | Barker College | Hornsby | 21 |
| 13 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby | 20 |
| 14 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | 20 |
| 15 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | 19 |
| 16 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield | 16 |
| 17 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook | 15 |
| 18 | The Kings School | North Parramatta | 15 |
| 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl | 14 |
| 20 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon | 14 |
| 21 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point | 14 |
| 22 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley | 14 |
| 23 | Girraween High School | Girraween | 13 |
| 24 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney | 13 |
| 25 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | 13 |