HSC Subject Scaling 2026 — All Subjects (NSW)

Scaled marks — not raw HSC marks — are what UAC adds up to build your ATAR. Here’s how every NSW HSC course scaled in 2025, ranked from the highest average scaled mark to the lowest.

105 subjects, ranked by how well they scaled in 2025. Tap a subject for its full scaling table. How the HSC ATAR works →

Subject	Avg scaled mark /50
Mathematics Extension 2	43.4
Latin Extension	42.3
Latin Continuers	40.5
Mathematics Extension 1	39.7
Italian Extension	39.5
French Extension	38.9
German Extension	38.4
Japanese Extension	38
Chinese Extension	37.3
English Extension 1	36.1
Music Extension	35.9
English Extension 2	35.8
Indonesian Extension	35.5
French Continuers	34.4
Music 2	34.1
Modern Greek Extension	33.9
German Continuers	33.7
Classical Hebrew Extension	33.3
Chinese Continuers	32.8
English Advanced	32.8
History Extension	32.7
Spanish Extension	32.4
Italian Continuers	32.2
Chemistry	32
Science Extension	32
Mathematics Advanced	31.9
Chinese in Context	31.5
Economics	31.4
Physics	31
Indonesian Continuers	30.9
Japanese Continuers	30.8
Modern Hebrew Continuers	30.7
Korean in Context	30.5
Classical Hebrew Continuers	30
German Beginners	29.2
Korean & Literature	28.6
Polish Continuers	28.5
Italian Beginners	28.3
Korean Beginners	27.7
Studies of Religion I	27.7
Japanese in Context	27.6
Studies of Religion II	27.3
Korean Continuers	27.2
Software Engineering	26.7
Portuguese Continuers	26.6
Spanish Continuers	26.6
Biology	26.2
Engineering Studies	26.2
Modern Greek Beginners	26
Punjabi Continuers	26
Arabic Extension	25.7
Spanish Beginners	25.7
Legal Studies	25.3
Geography	25.2
Modern Greek Continuers	25.2
Indonesian Beginners	25.1
Modern History	25
Russian Continuers	24.8
French Beginners	24.7
Financial Services Exam	24.6
Macedonian Continuers	24.3
Japanese Beginners	24.1
Chinese & Literature	24
Drama	24
Business Studies	23.9
Croatian Continuers	23.9
Dance	23.9
Chinese Beginners	23.8
Enterprise Computing	23.8
Mathematics Standard 2	23.3
Design & Technology	23.1
Society & Culture	23.1
Earth & Environmental Science	22.8
Textiles & Design	22.8
Ancient History	22.4
Visual Arts	21.7
Persian Continuers	21.6
English EALD	21.3
Serbian Continuers	20.9
Turkish Continuers	20.9
Entertainment Industry Exam	20.8
Music 1	20.8
Hindi Continuers	20.5
Information & Digital Technology Exam	20.5
Investigating Science	20.5
English Standard	20.4
Tourism, Travel & Events Exam	20.4
Agriculture	19.1
Food Technology	18.9
Business Services Exam	18.7
Hospitality Exam	18.7
Human Services Exam	18.7
Community & Family Studies	18.5
Vietnamese Continuers	17.9
Khmer Continuers	17.8
Industrial Technology	17.7
Electrotechnology Exam	17.6
Arabic Continuers	17.5
Construction Exam	16.5
Primary Industries Exam	16.2
Retail Services Exam	16.1
Aboriginal Studies	14.8
Automotive Exam	14.1
Mathematics Standard 1 Exam	13.9
English Studies Exam	9

Average scaled marks are per unit (out of 50), from the UAC Report on the Scaling of the 2025 NSW HSC. This is not a mark-to-scaled conversion — open a subject for its percentile table.