HSC Analysis
Band Summaries in 2017
The following table is an analysis of the PLC Sydney HSC results according to the Performance Bands achieved as compared with the State averages. HSC marks are awarded according to the standard demonstrated by students. Each decile of marks over 50 is designated as a Band between 2-6 (Band 6 is the highest Band and represents marks between 90-100 etc) Extension Courses are marked out of 50. Band 4 (E4) is the highest.
Courses where there is only one student are not listed in the table for reasons of privacy.
Subject
|
PLC Candidate Mark
|
% PLC Band 5
|
% State Band 5
|
% PLC Band 6
|
% State Band 6
|
PLC % Av above State Av
|
State Number of Candidates
|
| English (Adv.) |
111 |
46 |
48 |
41 |
15 |
5.36 |
26,818 |
| English ESL* |
19 |
68 |
20 |
5 |
5 |
12 |
2,356 |
| Ancient History |
14 |
21 |
27 |
36 |
9 |
9.67 |
8,959 |
| Modern History |
10 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
9 |
6 |
11,252 |
| Mathematics |
60 |
21 |
39 |
50 |
23 |
8.31 |
17,118 |
| Mathematics Gen. |
41 |
39 |
19 |
22 |
7 |
12 |
31,865 |
| Biology |
27 |
30 |
27 |
26 |
12 |
7.43 |
18,277 |
| Chemistry |
35 |
57 |
33 |
20 |
9 |
8 |
11,020 |
| Earth and Environmental Studies |
8 |
25 |
29 |
75 |
6 |
16.75 |
1,736 |
| Physics |
24 |
37 |
23 |
12 |
11 |
6 |
9,624 |
| Business Studies |
44 |
59 |
28 |
18 |
8 |
10 |
17,733 |
| Economics |
20 |
40 |
34 |
35 |
14 |
7.56 |
5,389 |
| Geography |
9 |
55 |
34 |
22 |
8 |
7 |
4,636 |
| Legal Studies |
25 |
32 |
31 |
44 |
13 |
9.29 |
10,948 |
| Chinese and Literature |
16 |
44 |
51 |
56 |
15 |
7 |
725 |
| Chinese Cont* |
4 |
0 |
35 |
75 |
45 |
5 |
128 |
| Chinese in Context |
3 |
33 |
48 |
33 |
40 |
-1.84 |
98 |
| French (Cont)* |
7 |
43 |
40 |
28 |
25 |
2.36 |
698 |
| Italian Cont. |
2 |
50 |
35 |
50 |
22 |
3.8 |
282 |
| Japanese (Beg) |
8 |
50 |
23 |
25 |
16 |
9.5 |
714 |
| Japanese*(Cont) |
4 |
0 |
33 |
100 |
28 |
15 |
680 |
| Latin *(Cont.) |
2 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
52 |
-16 |
159 |
| Music 1 |
5 |
40 |
45 |
60 |
20 |
7 |
4,791 |
| Music 2* |
9 |
44 |
52 |
44 |
37 |
1 |
748 |
| Tex & Design |
9 |
67 |
37 |
22 |
14 |
8 |
1,476 |
| Food Technology |
6 |
0 |
21 |
67 |
8 |
14.51 |
3,365 |
| Des. And Tech. |
13 |
46 |
32 |
46 |
11 |
11 |
3,175 |
| Visual Arts |
12 |
16 |
42 |
75 |
13 |
11 |
9,096 |
| Drama |
16 |
44 |
29 |
37 |
13 |
8 |
4,697 |
| PDHPE |
19 |
47 |
22 |
26 |
9 |
13 |
15,836 |
| Community and Family Studies |
12 |
83 |
25 |
8 |
4 |
11 |
8,533 |
| Studies of Rel II |
20 |
80 |
40 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
5,988 |
EXTENSION COURSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| English Ext1 |
18 |
28 |
63 |
72 |
30 |
4 |
4,344 |
| English Ext2 |
6 |
17 |
57 |
83 |
21 |
7 |
1,676 |
| Mathematics Ext1 |
52 |
33 |
43 |
52 |
38 |
3.61 |
8,801 |
| Mathematics Ext2 |
19 |
53 |
50 |
32 |
33 |
1.2 |
3,227 |
| History Ext* |
3 |
67 |
58 |
0 |
21 |
-1.87 |
2,008 |
| Chinese Ext* |
3 |
33 |
27 |
66 |
72 |
0.45 |
29 |
| French Ext* |
4 |
50 |
53 |
50 |
40 |
0.82 |
164 |
| Japanese Ext* |
2 |
0 |
52 |
100 |
37 |
6 |
163 |
| Latin Ext |
2 |
50 |
25 |
0 |
71 |
-9 |
90 |
| Music Ext |
6 |
0 |
31 |
67 |
63 |
-3 |
409 |