❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding ATAR subject bonus percentages and enrolment numbers for Chemistry, Physics, Maths Methods, and Maths Specialist. The Department of Education provided enrolment data but deferred questions about bonus percentages to TISC.
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(1) Which ATAR subjects attracted a bonus percentage in 2017? (2) Which of those ATAR subjects have already had their bonus status removed and when did this occur - by subject? (3) Which ATAR subjects still attract a bonus percentage? (4) Will the ATAR bonus percentage be removed from any of the remaining subjects, and if so, when? (5) By year since 2017, by number of students and percentage of total ATAR subject students, how many students are/were enrolled in Chemistry, Physics, Maths Methods and Maths Specialist?
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Answered
10 September 2024
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
6 days
(1) This is publicly available information provided by the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC), not Department of Education data. TISC is a private company.
(2)-(4) This information is held by TISC.
(5) See the following tables:
Table 1: number as at 9 August 2024
Year 12 ATAR course
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Chemistry
5,055
5,008
4,593
4,526
4,662
4,232
4,208
4,672
Physics
3,331
3,196
2,800
2,893
2,807
2,659
2,574
2,821
Mathematics Methods
4,361
4,452
4,079
4,144
4,207
3,772
3,864
4,245
Mathematics Specialist
1,472
1,563
1,445
1,546
1,519
1,375
1,331
1,327
Table 2: Percentage as at 9 August 2024
Year 12 ATAR course
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Chemistry (%)
32.36
32.64
31.77
31.82
32.49
31.63
31.32
33.71
Physics (%)
21.32
20.83
19.37
20.34
19.56
19.87
19.16
20.36
Mathematics Methods (%)
27.92
29.02
28.21
29.14
29.32
28.19
28.76
30.63
Mathematics Specialist (%)
9.42
10.19
10.00
10.87
10.58
10.28
9.91
9.58
(2)-(4) This information is held by TISC.
(5) See the following tables:
Table 1: number as at 9 August 2024
Year 12 ATAR course
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Chemistry
5,055
5,008
4,593
4,526
4,662
4,232
4,208
4,672
Physics
3,331
3,196
2,800
2,893
2,807
2,659
2,574
2,821
Mathematics Methods
4,361
4,452
4,079
4,144
4,207
3,772
3,864
4,245
Mathematics Specialist
1,472
1,563
1,445
1,546
1,519
1,375
1,331
1,327
Table 2: Percentage as at 9 August 2024
Year 12 ATAR course
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Chemistry (%)
32.36
32.64
31.77
31.82
32.49
31.63
31.32
33.71
Physics (%)
21.32
20.83
19.37
20.34
19.56
19.87
19.16
20.36
Mathematics Methods (%)
27.92
29.02
28.21
29.14
29.32
28.19
28.76
30.63
Mathematics Specialist (%)
9.42
10.19
10.00
10.87
10.58
10.28
9.91
9.58
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