Economics — SACE Stage 2 grade distribution 2024
SACE Board's verbatim 2024 grade distribution for Economics: 355 students, with 21.7% achieving an A-range result and 73.5% in A+B combined.
SACE Board publishes letter-grade distribution. The conversion to a scaled score for ATAR purposes is done by SATAC internally via logistic scaling, and is not published per-subject. We show the grade data here because it is the most detailed officially-published per-subject information SACE makes available for the 2024 cohort.
Grade distribution (2024)
| Grade | Students | % of cohort |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 7 | 2.0% |
| A | 24 | 6.8% |
| A- | 46 | 13.0% |
| B+ | 66 | 18.6% |
| B | 60 | 16.9% |
| B- | 58 | 16.3% |
| C+ | 46 | 13.0% |
| C | 30 | 8.5% |
| C- | 10 | 2.8% |
| D+ | 6 | 1.7% |
| D | 2 | 0.6% |
Total: 355 students. Learning area: Humanities And Social Sciences.
Achievement-band summary
| Band | % of cohort |
|---|---|
| A range (A+, A, A-) | 21.7% |
| A or B range | 73.5% |
| A, B, or C range | 97.7% |
| Not graded (N) | 0.0% |
How Economics performed in 2024
Economics had a typical 2024 cohort: 22% in the A range — comparable to many Stage 2 subjects. The candidature is mixed; strong students do well, weaker students get pushed toward the B and C bands.
For ATAR planning purposes, the key data is not the grade distribution but the scaled-score distribution produced by SATAC's logistic scaling. That is unfortunately not published per-subject — SATAC publishes only the aggregate-to-ATAR conversion table (see our SA ATAR page). The grade distribution above shows the subject's achievement profile, which is one input to but not the same thing as scaling pattern.
Tutor rate context for Economics
Subject complexity classification: high. Based on our subject-complexity model, this subject typically carries a +12% 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 Economics |
|---|---|
| University-student tutor | $65/hr |
| Experienced graduate | $90/hr |
| Registered teacher | $125/hr |
| Subject specialist | $155/hr |
Estimates from the AU rate synthesis at /rates/. Use the rate estimator to add city and delivery format.
What this means in practice
- SACE Stage 2 grades feed into SATAC's logistic scaling. A given A-range result in this subject may be worth a different scaled score than an A-range result in another subject — but SATAC does not publish the conversion table.
- Strong students should not pick subjects based on grade distribution alone. A student in the A range of Economics will get a strong scaled score; that's the consistent thing across all subjects.
- For cross-state comparisons, the closest analogue to this data is the NSW/VIC/QLD/WA per-subject scaling tables, but the units are different (grades vs scaled scores). Direct comparison is not meaningful without SATAC's internal conversion.
Caveats
- This is 2024 data only. SACE Board publishes annually after the end of each academic year.
- Subjects with fewer than 30 students per year are not included on this site (small-cohort distributions are unstable).
- The "N" (not graded) count includes students who did not complete the assessment requirements — it is not a failure mark in the academic sense; it is a procedural status.
Related resources
SACE / NTCET ATAR overview
SATAC's aggregate-to-ATAR conversion table + how SA scaling differs.
All SACE Stage 2 subjects
Browse SACE subjects grouped by learning area with A-range percentages.
ATAR scaling hub
Compare scaling across NSW, VIC, QLD, and WA with full per-subject data.
Tutor rate estimator
Plan tutoring budget for SACE subjects.
- SACE Board — Stage 2 subject results 2024 (PDF, all students by subject).