2024
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 2024 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 2024
- Table 1.1 Number of schools with students who completed WACE courses by school sector, 2024
- Table 1.2 Number of students in Year 11 and Year 12 by school sector, 2024
- 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, 2024
- Table 1.4 Composition of Year 12 cohorts, 2023–2024
- Table 1.6 2024 Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) achievement of fulltime WACE-eligible students (FTE)
- Table 1.7 Number of students who received exhibitions and awards in 2024
- Table 1.8 Number of full fee paying students in Year 11 and Year 12 by school sector 2024
- Table 1.9 Number of full fee paying students achieving a Western Australia Certificate of Education (WACE) in 2024
- Table 1.10 Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieving a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE), 2023–2024
- Table 1.11 Participation of students born between 1/7/2006 and 30/6/2007 (17 years and 6 months in 2024) and with a date of birth between 1/7/2007 and 30/6/2008 (16 years and 6 months in 2024) in schooling and in non-school programs, 2024
Section 2 - Year 11 Course Statistics
Section 3 - Year 12 Course Statistics
- Table 3.1 Number of schools offering courses to Year 12 students by school type 2024
- Table 3.2 Number and percentage of Year 12 students awarded grades for WACE course units by gender 2024
- Table 3.3 Number and percentage of Year 12 students who completed Preliminary course units by gender 2024
- Table 3.4 Number and percentage of Year 12 students awarded grades for WACE course units by gender, 2024 – different total population from 2024
Section 4 - ATAR Course Examinations
- 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 who sat the ATAR course examination, 2022–2024
- Table 4.2 Candidates who sat the ATAR course examination, shown as a percentage of total candidature, 2022–2024
- Table 4.4 Age of enrolled students in ATAR course examinations by enrolment type and gender, 2024
- Table 4.5 Non-school candidature and absent non-school candidature in ATAR course examinations, 2023–2024
- Table 4.7 Number and percentage of candidates who sat a specific number of ATAR course examinations, 2022–2024
- Table 4.8 Enrolments and absentees in each ATAR course examination, 2024
- Table 4.9 Number of anomalous performers identified in each ATAR course examination, 2023–2024
- Table 4.10 Course absentees and anomalous performers rate in relation to the date of the ATAR course written examination, 2024
- Table 4.11 Summary statistics on ATAR course examination, 2024
- Table 4.12 Mean and standard deviation of moderated school marks, raw examination marks and correlation coefficients for ATAR course examinations, by gender, 2024
- Table 4.13 Mean and standard deviation of combined scores for ATAR course examinations, by gender, 2024
- Table 4.19 Age of full fee paying overseas students enrolled in 2024 ATAR course examinations by enrolment type and gender
- Table 4.20 Number and percentage of full fee paying overseas students who sat a specific number of ATAR course examinations, 2022–2024
- Table 4.21 Number of full fee paying overseas students who sat the ATAR course examination, 2022–2024
- Table 4.22 Enrolments and absentees of full fee paying overseas students in each ATAR course examination, 2024
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 2024
- Table 5.2 Number of schools with students who achieved at least one VET unit of competency, 2024
- 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, 2024
- 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, 2024
- Table 5.5.1 Number of Years 8 and 9 students who participated in units of competency, by gender, 2024
- Table 5.5.2 Number of Year 10 students who participated in units of competency, by gender, 2024
- Table 5.5.3 Number of Year 11 students who participated in units of competency, by gender 2024
- Table 5.5.4 Number of Year 12 students who participated in units of competency, by gender 2024
- Table 5.5.5 Number of Years 10 to 12 students who participated in units of competency, by gender 2024
- Table 5.5.6 Number of Years 8 to 12 students who participated in units of competency, by gender 2024
- Table 5.6 Number of students who completed at least one VET unit of competency at a Registered Training Organisation, 2024
- 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 2023
- Table 5.14 Registered Training Organisation VET Offering Summary, 2024
- Table 5.22 Number of endorsed program unit equivalents achieved by students, by gender, 2024
- Table 5.23 Number of schools and number of Year 10 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider, program and school type, 2024
- Table 5.24 Number of schools and number of Year 11 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider, program and school type, 2024
- Table 5.25 Number of schools and number of Year 12 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider, program and school type, 2024
- Table 5.26 Number of students who achieved an endorsed program, by gender 2024
- Table 5.27 Number of students enrolled in at least one VET Skill Set enrolled in at least one UoC who completed at least one VET Skill Set
- Table 5.28 VET Achievements Full and Partial VET Skill Sets for all students of all schools in 2024
- Table 5.29 Number of schools with students who achieved at least one VET Skill Set, 2024
- Table 5.30 Number of students who achieved at least one VET Skill Set by gender, 2024
Section 6 - Secondary Student Progression and Retention Rates - Selected Years
- Table 6.1 Full-time secondary student years 7 to 12 by gender (government and non-government schools) - 2001 to 2024
- Table 6.2 Full-time secondary student progression rates Years 8 to 12 by gender (government and non-government schools) - July, 2001 to 2024
- Table 6.3 Full-time secondary student apparent retention rates Years 8 to 12 by gender (government and non-government schools) - July, 2001 to 2024
Section 7 - Year 10 Student Statistics
Section 8 - Schools with highest performing students in Year 12 ATAR courses