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.
| 301 | English (Standard) | Bertram, Annalise | 17 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |
| 302 | English (Standard) | Meney, Brigid | 18 | Tangara School for Girls | Cherrybrook |
| 303 | English (Standard) | Scott- Bell, Amy | 19 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 304 | English (Standard) | McNeill, Eloise | 20 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 305 | English as a Second Language | Kaur, Preetinder | 1 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 306 | English as a Second Language | Banerji, Indrajit | 2 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 307 | English as a Second Language | Amgalan, Bolor | 3 | Arthur Phillip High School | Parramatta |
| 308 | English as a Second Language | Khonasti, Steffi | 4 | Macarthur Girls High School | Parramatta |
| 309 | English as a Second Language | Song, Amy Jee Eun | 5 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 310 | English as a Second Language | Nguyen, Huy Long | 6 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
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| 311 | English as a Second Language | Nguyen, Dinh Trung Truc Brian | 7 | St Johns Park High School | St Johns Park |
| 312 | English as a Second Language | Ma, Jing Shun | 8 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 313 | English as a Second Language | Tang, Khar Mun | 9 | Randwick Boys High School | Randwick |
| 314 | English as a Second Language | Upadhyay, Parth | 10 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 315 | English Extension 1 | Tong, Jessica | 1 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 316 | English Extension 1 | Marr, Thomas Lyle | 2 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 317 | English Extension 1 | Su, Lifei | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 318 | English Extension 1 | Odelli, Andrea Luisa | 4 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 319 | English Extension 1 | Zhang, Christine Shaoning | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 320 | English Extension 1 | Madden, Erin | 6 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 321 | English Extension 1 | Dokos, Vasilia | 7 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 322 | English Extension 1 | Nolan, Imogen McGee | 8 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 323 | English Extension 1 | Wentworth, Isabelle Garnett | 9 | Eden Marine High School | Eden |
| 324 | English Extension 1 | Gluckman, Steven | 10 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 325 | English Extension 2 | Sacca, Adam | 1 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 326 | English Extension 2 | Tat, Michelle | 1 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 327 | English Extension 2 | Voigt, Holly Carleen | 3 | Singleton High School | Singleton |
| 328 | English Extension 2 | Dyer, Hayden | 4 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 329 | English Extension 2 | Lemke-Berry, Taylor | 5 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 330 | English Extension 2 | Hagenfelds, Koby | 6 | Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School | Byron Bay |
| 331 | English Extension 2 | Houghton, Shelby | 7 | Whitebridge High School | Whitebridge |
| 332 | English Extension 2 | McGee, Sorcha | 8 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 333 | English Extension 2 | Hedemann, Nicole | 9 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 334 | English Extension 2 | Yeow, Mark | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 335 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Wells, Samantha | 1 | Picnic Point High School | Picnic Point |
| 336 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Miller, Rebecca | 2 | Picnic Point High School | Picnic Point |
| 337 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Spillane, Alix | 3 | St John Paul II Catholic College Nirimba | Nirimba Fields |
| 338 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Kelly, James Christopher | 4 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 339 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Sproule, David | 4 | Hunter Institute Ourimbah Campus | Ourimbah |
| 340 | Food Technology | Keating, Erin | 1 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 341 | Food Technology | Shaw, Emma Kate | 2 | Henry Kendall High School | Gosford |
| 342 | Food Technology | Gorrel, Stephanie Elyse | 3 | The Jannali High School | Jannali |
| 343 | Food Technology | Delaney, Greta Caitlin | 4 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 344 | Food Technology | Welfare, Natalie | 5 | Deniliquin High School | Deniliquin |
| 345 | Food Technology | Stephens, Jessica Elizabeth | 6 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 346 | Food Technology | Fischer, Shalini | 7 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 347 | Food Technology | Hall, Sarah Caitlin | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 348 | Food Technology | Thomas, Deborah | 9 | St George Christian School | Hurstville |
| 349 | Food Technology | Darby, Megan Sara | 10 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 350 | French Beginners | Waks, Shifra | 1 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |