This report shows the 2008 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
| 251 | Economics | Chan, Derek | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 252 | Economics | Dean, Michelle Lillian | 10 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Umenberger, Jack | 1 | Winmalee High School | Winmalee |
| 254 | Engineering Studies | Forster, Kyle James | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 255 | Engineering Studies | Marwick, Jonathan Hugh | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 256 | Engineering Studies | Pepperell, Edward | 3 | Oxley High School | North Tamworth |
| 257 | Engineering Studies | Lobocki, Tadeusz | 5 | Moorebank High School | Moorebank |
| 258 | Engineering Studies | Nayyar, Varun | 5 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 259 | Engineering Studies | Corr, Timothy Michael | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 260 | Engineering Studies | Boey, Nicholas | 8 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
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| 261 | Engineering Studies | Islam, Asiful | 8 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 262 | Engineering Studies | Kalanj, Milan | 8 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 263 | Engineering Studies | Walker, Alexander Douglas | 8 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
| 264 | Engineering Studies | Wong, Roy Kok Fung | 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Tong, Jessica | 1 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Jarman, Carina | 2 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Wong, Nathan Kum Pang | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Yeap, Isobel Mei-Ying | 4 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Zhang, Christine Shaoning | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Mahajan, Aditi | 6 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Chen, Kerry Karwai | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 272 | English (Advanced) | Barry, Matthew Paul | 8 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 273 | English (Advanced) | Liu, Simon Dellen | 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 274 | English (Advanced) | Haywood, Rose Deakin | 10 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 275 | English (Advanced) | Gluckman, Steven | 11 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 276 | English (Advanced) | Clarke, Matthew John | 12 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 277 | English (Advanced) | Swain, Daniel Stephen | 13 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 278 | English (Advanced) | Chhabra, Nicholas | 14 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 279 | English (Advanced) | Lambooy, Loesje Rose | 15 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 280 | English (Advanced) | Lai, Daniela Elise | 16 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 281 | English (Advanced) | Bones, Katherine Elsa Wallis | 17 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 282 | English (Advanced) | Mathew, Karen | 17 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 283 | English (Advanced) | Salem, Lina | 17 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 284 | English (Advanced) | Alexander, Ella | 20 | Northern Sydney Institute Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Gardner, Simon | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 286 | English (Standard) | MacHutchison, Stephanie | 2 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Hackett, Stella Renae | 3 | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Truong, James Arn | 4 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Ryan, Megan Ashleigh | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Gubbay-Nemes, Leeora | 6 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Gan, Gillian | 7 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 292 | English (Standard) | Thiyavutikan, Jittika | 8 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 293 | English (Standard) | Bloomfield, Kobie | 9 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 294 | English (Standard) | Dartnall, Abby Rose | 10 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 295 | English (Standard) | Guy, Matthew Anthony | 11 | Sydney Institute Sutherland College Gymea Campus | Gymea |
| 296 | English (Standard) | Ng, Leon | 12 | Sylvania High School | Sylvania |
| 297 | English (Standard) | Kim, Yoon Ji (Michelle) | 13 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 298 | English (Standard) | Gogoski, Micaella | 14 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 299 | English (Standard) | Buksh, Apani | 15 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 300 | English (Standard) | Thai, Michele | 16 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |