WACE Courses Used in ATAR for 2025 School Leavers - TR307C - 18/12/2025

Sep 5, 2026

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WACE courses used for ATAR by 2025 school leavers are presented as a course-by-course table, including the total number of students, how many used each course in ATAR, the percentage using the course, and the median ATAR among those who used it. The report covers both main-course and TISC-listed entries, with notes that median ATAR is not reported when fewer than five students apply, and that results exclude mature age and international students.

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WACE Courses Used in ATAR for 2025 School Leavers

Course-by-course usage statistics

TISC entries and reporting notes

WACE COURSES USED IN ATAR FOR 2025 SCHOOL LEAVERS TR307C 18/12/2025 | WACE Course | Number
of
Students* | Number
used in ATAR | % using
course in
ATAR | Median ATAR of those using course+ | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies | 4 | 4 | 100.00 | - | | Accounting and Finance | 745 | 669 | 89.80 | 83.65 | | Agribusiness | 36 | 36 | 100.00 | 65.25 | | Agricultural Science and Technology | 23 | 23 | 100.00 | 46.35 | | Ancient History | 62 | 49 | 79.03 | 90.90 | | Applied Information Technology | 218 | 194 | 88.99 | 76.25 | | Arabic | 29 | 18 | 62.07 | 83.15 | | Auslan | 11 | 8 | 72.73 | 91.05 | | Aviation | 15 | 12 | 80.00 | 75.90 | | Bengali | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | - | | Biology | 1520 | 1363 | 89.67 | 81.35 | | Bosnian | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | - | | Business Management and Enterprise | 747 | 652 | 87.28 | 80.10 | | Career and Enterprise | 80 | 67 | 83.75 | 80.30 | | Chemistry | 4093 | 3439 | 84.02 | 90.80 | | Children; Family and the Community | 59 | 51 | 86.44 | 81.00 | | Chinese: Background Language | 15 | 4 | 26.67 | - | | Chinese: First Language | 21 | 9 | 42.86 | 85.45 | | Chinese: Second Language | 78 | 58 | 74.36 | 97.00 | | Computer Science | 255 | 217 | 85.10 | 85.45 | | Croatian | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | - | | Dance | 84 | 66 | 78.57 | 81.20 | | Design | 239 | 207 | 86.61 | 78.80 | | Drama | 313 | 257 | 82.11 | 85.10 | | Dutch | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | - | | Earth and Environmental Science | 77 | 70 | 90.91 | 74.75 | | Economics | 1505 | 1336 | 88.77 | 84.30 | | Engineering Studies | 218 | 187 | 85.78 | 80.80 | | English | 8445 | 6555 | 77.62 | 79.50 | | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | 198 | 155 | 78.28 | 79.85 | | Filipino | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | - | | Food Science and Technology | 96 | 78 | 81.25 | 75.65 | | French: Background Language | 7 | 5 | 71.43 | 83.75 | | French: Second Language | 319 | 230 | 72.10 | 94.05 | | Geography | 1095 | 1008 | 92.05 | 77.90 | | German: Background Language | 13 | 10 | 76.92 | 90.75 | | German: Second Language | 18 | 12 | 66.67 | 96.80 | | Health Studies | 545 | 480 | 88.07 | 72.20 | | Hebrew | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | - | | Hindi: Background Language | 30 | 17 | 56.67 | 91.85 | | Human Biology | 3566 | 3203 | 89.82 | 82.60 | | Hungarian | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | - | | Indonesian: Background Language | 8 | 7 | 87.50 | 87.80 | | Indonesian: Second Language | 27 | 20 | 74.07 | 78.80 | | Integrated Science | 45 | 38 | 84.44 | 71.35 | Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) 1 | WACE Course | Number
of
Students* | Number
used in ATAR | % using
course in
ATAR | Median ATAR of those using course+ | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Italian: Background Language | 6 | 4 | 66.67 | - | | Italian: Second Language | 160 | 126 | 78.75 | 91.10 | | Japanese: Background Language | 16 | 9 | 56.25 | 90.30 | | Japanese: Second Language | 240 | 179 | 74.58 | 93.45 | | Korean: Background Language | 7 | 4 | 57.14 | - | | Korean: Second Language | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | - | | Literature | 1553 | 1193 | 76.82 | 88.95 | | Marine and Maritime Studies | 103 | 92 | 89.32 | 78.30 | | Materials Design and Technology | 101 | 86 | 85.15 | 78.30 | | Mathematics Applications | 6455 | 5534 | 85.73 | 79.20 | | Mathematics Methods | 3724 | 2936 | 78.84 | 92.55 | | Mathematics Specialist | 1179 | 851 | 72.18 | 97.00 | | Media Production and Analysis | 300 | 265 | 88.33 | 76.65 | | Modern Greek | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | - | | Modern History | 1378 | 1216 | 88.24 | 80.30 | | Music | 268 | 211 | 78.73 | 86.50 | | Outdoor Education | 113 | 97 | 85.84 | 78.75 | | Persian | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | - | | Philosophy and Ethics | 154 | 129 | 83.77 | 88.85 | | Physical Education Studies | 1340 | 1175 | 87.69 | 78.60 | | Physics | 2393 | 2021 | 84.45 | 90.60 | | Polish | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | - | | Politics and Law | 652 | 570 | 87.42 | 85.05 | | Portuguese | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | - | | Psychology | 1632 | 1485 | 90.99 | 80.10 | | Punjabi: Background Language | 8 | 7 | 87.50 | 76.95 | | Religion and Life | 862 | 747 | 86.66

FAQs

What data fields are provided for each WACE course in the report?

For each course, the report lists the total number of students, the number used in ATAR, the percentage using the course in ATAR, and the median ATAR for those who used the course.

When is the median ATAR value not reported?

Median ATAR is not reported if fewer than five students are present for that course.

What student groups are excluded from the report results?

The report excludes mature age and international students.

Sep 5, 2026

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