For a list, use "Student Names" or "Students' Names". Remember that nouns can function as adjectives in English. If you want to show group possession, you put an apostrophe after the "s". The second way is considered a fancier way of writing it since most native English speakers rarely use the plural-possessive apostrophe even though it's well-accepted. For a table-column heading, use "Student ...
"There were students on the bus" ~ "There were no students on the bus". The negator "no" (a negative determiner) is of course required with the latter, but with positive plural NPs, a determiner is optional. So you can say "there were twenty students on the bus" (quantified), or "there were students on the bus" (unquantified). You can also say "There was a student on the bus" and the negative ...
MSN: Staying safe in the heat: How student-athletes can avoid overheating and dehydration in the summer
Staying safe in the heat: How student-athletes can avoid overheating and dehydration in the summer
Are there other names for students according to their year - except of ...