Food and Nutrition — QLD QCE scaling 2024

QTAC's verbatim 2024 scaling for Food and Nutrition (QCAA code 0069). Raw median 67/100 mapped to scaled 58.24; top-decile raw 88 mapped to scaled 79.18.

Raw → scaled distribution (2024)

Percentile	Raw mark (/ 100)	Scaled mark (/ 100)	Adjustment
P99	97	85.4	-11.6
P90	88	79.18	-8.8
P75	79	71.22	-7.8
P50 (median)	67	58.24	-8.8
P25	55	44.02	-11.0

How Food and Nutrition scaled in 2024

This subject scales close to neutral. The candidature performs around the senior-secondary cohort median, so raw marks and scaled marks track each other closely. Scaling is not a major factor either way for this subject.

For Food and Nutrition specifically: a median student in the cohort had a raw mark of 67/100 and ended up with a scaled mark of 58.24/100 — an adjustment of -8.8 from raw to scaled. A top-decile student (P90) had a raw mark of 88 mapping to scaled 79.18 — adjustment of -8.8.

QCE General subjects are scored 0–100 raw. QTAC's inter-subject scaling runs a 40-iteration calibration algorithm that maps each subject's raw distribution to a scaled distribution based on how that subject's students performed across all their other subjects. The scaled mark is what counts for the ATAR aggregate; the raw mark is what your QCE certificate reports.

3-year scaling trend for Food and Nutrition ↓

Year	Scaled mean (/ 100)
2022	59.4
2023	57.66
2024	58.24

Scaling has fallen by 1.2 points over 2 years (2022: 59.4 → 2024: 58.24). This typically reflects a weakening candidature — the average student in this subject is performing relatively less well in their other courses than they used to.

3-year trend data sourced from the QTAC annual scaling reports 2022–2024. See all scaling trends.

Tutor rate context for Food and Nutrition

Subject complexity classification: low — broad tutor supply. Based on our subject-complexity model, this subject typically carries a -4% adjustment to the base AU tutor rate band — partly because of the qualified-tutor pool size, partly because of subject-specific marking and exam complexity.

Tutor tier	Typical rate for Food and Nutrition
University-student tutor	$60/hr
Experienced graduate	$75/hr
Registered teacher	$105/hr
Subject specialist	$135/hr

Estimates from the AU rate synthesis at /rates/. Use the rate estimator to add city and delivery format.

What this means for ATAR planning

Three reads of this scaling distribution matter for QCE students:

1. The median (P50) shows the typical adjustment for an average performance in Food and Nutrition. Negative — average performances are scaled down because the candidature underperforms in other subjects on average.
2. The P90 row shows where strong students land. Even in subjects with a low median scaled position, strong individual students typically score well in scaled terms — look at the P90 column before deciding a subject is "bad".
3. The spread P25→P90 (44.02 → 79.18, a 35.2-point spread) shows the room for movement within this subject. Bigger spreads mean tutoring leverage is higher.

Caveats

• This is 2024 data. QTAC recomputes scaling each year.
• QTAC publishes only subjects with 50+ students. Small-candidature subjects are excluded from the percentile tables.
• Applied subjects (e.g., Essential English, Sport & Recreation) use a different scaling scheme (3-band C/B/A) — see the QLD QCE overview for the Applied subject scaling table.
• To be ATAR-eligible in QLD, students need at least a C in English, EAL, Literature, English & Literature Extension, or Essential English. Only 50.1% of the 2024 cohort (28,845 of 57,594) was ATAR-eligible.

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