2021
The Authority provides information each year on the participation and achievement of students in Years 10, 11 and 12 who are studying School Curriculum and Standards Authority courses, Vocational Education and Training units of competency or endorsed programs.
The 2021 statistics below are based on information provided by both government and non-government schools. They are also inclusive of students who:
- have completed course units
- have completed endorsed programs, and
- successfully completed units of competency.
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- Certification of senior secondary schooling achievement in 2021
- Table 1.1 Number of schools with students who completed WACE courses by school sector 2021
- Table 1.2 Number of students in Year 11 and Year 12 by school sector 2021
- Table 1.3 Number of Year 12 students who completed Year 12 General and Foundation courses only 1-3 Year 12 ATAR course examinations and 4 or more Year 12 ATAR course examinations by school sector by gender 2021
- Table 1.4 Composition of Year 12 cohorts 2018 - 2021
- Table 1.6 Typical school students achieving a Western Australia Certificate of Education (WACE) in 2021
- Table 1.7 Number of students who received exhibitions and awards in 2021
- Table 1.8 Number of full fee paying students in Year 11 and Year 12 by school sector 2021
- Table 1.9 Number of full fee paying students achieving a Western Australia Certificate of Education (WACE) in 2021
- Table 1.10 Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieving a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) 2018 - 2021
- Table 1.11 Participation of students born between 1 July 2001 and 30 June 2002 (17 years and 6 months in 2021) and with a date of birth between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2003 (16 and 6 months in 2021) - school program
Section 2 - Year 11 Course Statistics
Section 3 - Year 12 Course Statistics
- Explanation of how school marks and ATAR course examination marks are used in the calculation of the combined scores
- Table 4.1 Number of candidates sitting the ATAR examination in each course, 2019–2021
- Table 4.2 Candidates in each ATAR course examination, shown as percentage of total candidature*, 2019–2021
- Table 4.4 Age of enrolled students in ATAR course examinations by enrolment type and gender 2021
- Table 4.5 Non-school candidature and absent _ school candidature in ATAR course examinations 2018 2021
- Table 4.7 Number and percentage of candidates sitting for a specific number of WACE ATAR course examinations 2016 2021
- Table 4.8 Enrolments and absentees in each ATAR course examination 2021
- Table 4.9 Number of anomalous performers identified in each ATAR course examination 2018 2021
- Table 4.10 Course absentee and anomalous performer rate in relation to the date of the written component of the ATAR course examination 2021
- Table 4.11 Summary statistics on ATAR course examination 2021
- Table 4.12 Mean and standard deviation of moderated school assessments raw examination marks and correlation coefficients for ATAR course examinations by gender 2021
- Table 4.13 Mean and standard deviation of combined scores for ATAR course examinations by gender 2021
- Table 4.19 Age of full fee paying overseas students enrolled in 2021 ATAR course examinations by enrolment type and gender
- Table 4.20 Number and percentage of full fee paying overseas students sitting for a specific number of WACE ATAR course examinations 2016 2021
- Table 4.21 Number of full fee paying overseas students sitting the ATAR examination in each course 2017 2021
- Table 4.22 Enrolments and absentees of full fee paying overseas students in each ATAR course examination 2021
Section 5 - Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Endorsed Programs
- Table 5.1 Year 12 students using unit equivalents to achieve a Western Australian Certificate of Education WACE 2021
- Table 5.2 Number of schools with students who achieved at least one VET unit of competency, 2021
- Table 5.3 Number of schools with students who achieved at least one VET unit of competency and at least one workplace learning endorsed program, 2021
- Table 5.4 Number of students who achieved at least one VET unit of competency and at least one workplace learning endorsed program, by gender, 2021
- Table 5.5.1 Number of Years 8 and 9 students who participated in units of competency, by gender, 2021
- Table 5.5.2 Number of Year 10 students who participated in units of competency, by gender, 2021
- Table 5.5.3 Number of Year 11 students who participated in units of competency, by gender 2021
- Table 5.5.4 Number of Year 12 students who participated in units of competency, by gender 2021
- Table 5.5.5 Number of Years 10 to 12 students who participated in units of competency, by gender 2021
- Table 5.5.6 Number of Years 8 to 12 students who participated in units of competency, by gender 2021
- Table 5.6 Number of students who completed at least one VET unit of competency at a Registered Training Organisation, 2021
- Table 5.7 Number of students enrolled in at least one VET qualification (enrolled in at least one UoC) who completed at least one VET qualification
- Table 5.8 Number of students enrolled in VET qualification who completed the qualification (RSQUAL) by qualification level
- Table 5.12 VET Achievements Full and Partial Qualifications for all students of all schools in 2021
- Table 5.14 Registered Training Organisation VET Offering Summary 2021
- Table 5.22 Number of endorsed program unit equivalents achieved by students by gender 2021
- Table 5.23 Number of schools and number of Year 10 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider
- Table 5.24 Number of schools and number of Year 11 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider, program and school type, 2021
- Table 5.25 Number of schools and number of Year 12 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider, program and school type, 2021
- Table 5.26 Number of students who achieved an endorsed program, by gender 2021
Section 6 - Secondary Student Progression and Retention Rates - Selected Years
Section 7 - Year 10 Student Statistics
Section 8 - Schools with highest performing students in Year 12 ATAR courses