SACE Stage 2 — per-subject grade distributions 2024
79 SACE Stage 2 20-credit subjects from the 2024 cohort, grouped by learning area. Letter-grade distribution + percentage of students achieving A range and A+B range per subject. SACE Board's officially published data.
How SA differs from NSW/VIC/QLD/WA
SACE Board publishes graded results (A+ down to E-, plus N for not graded). The conversion to a scaled score for the SATAC aggregate-to-ATAR table is done via logistic scaling internally by SATAC and is not published per-subject. The grade distributions below are the most useful per-subject public data SACE provides — useful for understanding the achievement profile of each subject, but not directly comparable to the scaled-score percentiles published by UAC (NSW), VTAC (VIC), QTAC (QLD), and TISC (WA).
Arts
| Subject | Students | % A range | % A+B range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Arts | 945 | 32.2% | 74.0% |
| Dance | 238 | 58.4% | 89.5% |
| Drama | 569 | 45.2% | 80.0% |
| Music Explorations | 257 | 37.0% | 81.7% |
| Music Performance - Ensemble | 486 | 64.8% | 90.3% |
| Music Performance - Solo | 423 | 60.3% | 90.1% |
| Music Studies | 81 | 59.3% | 93.8% |
| Visual Arts - Art | 915 | 37.7% | 73.6% |
| Visual Arts - Design | 428 | 47.9% | 81.3% |
Business, Enterprise And Technology
| Subject | Students | % A range | % A+B range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 423 | 36.2% | 74.0% |
| Business Innovation | 1,753 | 38.3% | 81.5% |
| Design, Technology and Engineering Digital Communication Solutions | 679 | 37.7% | 76.6% |
| Digital Technologies | 309 | 39.5% | 73.5% |
| Industry and Entrepreneurial Solutions | 743 | 36.2% | 77.7% |
| Information Processing and Publishing | 323 | 47.1% | 84.5% |
| Material Solutions | 1,387 | 26.0% | 71.9% |
| Robotic and Electronic Systems | 137 | 32.8% | 73.0% |
| Workplace Practices | 1,522 | 29.2% | 76.1% |
| Workplace Practices A | 135 | 15.6% | 72.6% |
Cross-Disciplinary
| Subject | Students | % A range | % A+B range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activating Identities and Futures | 7,522 | 28.4% | 67.4% |
| Communication and the Community | 49 | 8.2% | 34.7% |
| Community Connections Humanities and Social Sciences Connections | 311 | 8.4% | 51.8% |
| Community Studies Arts and the Community | 76 | 13.2% | 50.0% |
| Cross-disciplinary Studies | 184 | 41.3% | 84.2% |
| Foods and the Community | 34 | 11.8% | 20.6% |
| Health, Recreation, and the Community | 76 | 7.9% | 32.9% |
| Industry Connections A | 236 | 6.8% | 46.6% |
| Industry Connections B | 121 | 2.5% | 51.2% |
| Integrated Learning A | 1,650 | 26.2% | 71.2% |
| Integrated Learning B | 882 | 33.3% | 74.6% |
| Interdisciplinary Connections | 419 | 5.7% | 49.9% |
| Practical Connections | 593 | 5.9% | 44.4% |
| Research Project A | 3,755 | 12.1% | 49.7% |
| Research Project B | 7,066 | 41.3% | 82.5% |
| STEM Connections | 350 | 7.1% | 49.7% |
| Work and the Community | 144 | 6.2% | 35.4% |
English
| Subject | Students | % A range | % A+B range |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 6,770 | 41.3% | 89.0% |
| English Literary Studies | 1,494 | 49.0% | 94.2% |
| English as an Additional Language | 393 | 37.2% | 83.7% |
Health And Physical Education
| Subject | Students | % A range | % A+B range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child Studies | 1,213 | 47.0% | 86.7% |
| Food and Hospitality | 1,666 | 35.8% | 79.1% |
| Health and Wellbeing | 1,554 | 41.4% | 82.9% |
| Outdoor Education | 1,038 | 31.3% | 72.1% |
| Physical Education | 1,475 | 32.3% | 72.3% |
Humanities And Social Sciences
| Subject | Students | % A range | % A+B range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal Studies | 66 | 25.8% | 72.7% |
| Ancient Studies | 353 | 33.7% | 76.8% |
| Economics | 355 | 21.7% | 73.5% |
| Geography | 236 | 39.0% | 81.4% |
| Legal Studies | 809 | 25.6% | 76.1% |
| Media Studies | 312 | 36.9% | 81.1% |
| Modern History | 1,060 | 38.5% | 84.6% |
| Philosophy | 91 | 49.5% | 84.6% |
| Politics, Power and People | 53 | 62.3% | 96.2% |
| Society and Culture | 799 | 41.2% | 82.4% |
| Spiritualities, Religion, and Meaning | 442 | 55.7% | 89.6% |
| Tourism | 112 | 37.5% | 81.2% |
| Women's Studies | 179 | 49.2% | 88.8% |
Languages
| Subject | Students | % A range | % A+B range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic (continuers) | 40 | 47.5% | 82.5% |
| Chinese (background speakers) | 33 | 51.5% | 90.9% |
| Chinese (continuers) | 72 | 70.8% | 98.6% |
| French (continuers) | 105 | 49.5% | 90.5% |
| German (continuers) | 61 | 67.2% | 96.7% |
| Italian (continuers) | 169 | 55.0% | 94.1% |
| Japanese (continuers) | 164 | 37.2% | 89.0% |
| Modern Greek (continuers) | 34 | 47.1% | 97.1% |
| Spanish (continuers) | 38 | 52.6% | 71.1% |
| Vietnamese (background speakers) | 68 | 48.5% | 91.2% |
Mathematics
| Subject | Students | % A range | % A+B range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Mathematics | 1,086 | 19.9% | 64.5% |
| General Mathematics | 4,097 | 31.5% | 75.6% |
| Mathematical Methods | 2,855 | 39.8% | 79.1% |
Sciences
| Subject | Students | % A range | % A+B range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Production | 215 | 27.9% | 72.6% |
| Agricultural Systems | 76 | 35.5% | 88.2% |
| Biology | 3,047 | 25.5% | 70.4% |
| Chemistry | 1,794 | 38.9% | 79.8% |
| Earth and Environmental Science | 126 | 24.6% | 73.0% |
| Nutrition | 742 | 30.3% | 79.8% |
| Physics | 1,622 | 38.0% | 78.7% |
| Psychology | 2,511 | 35.6% | 79.3% |
| Scientific Studies | 361 | 31.0% | 73.1% |
Source
- SACE Board — SACE Data — Subject Results — Stage 2 (2024). Specific report: 22-24 Stage 2 subjects (20 credits) — Graded results distribution, all students 2024 (PDF).
- SATAC — aggregate-to-ATAR scaling (does the actual logistic scaling, not published per-subject).