English as an Additional Language or Dialect WACE Scaling 2026 (WA)
Under TISC’s 2025 scaling, English as an Additional Language or Dialect scales modestly: its mean scaled score was about 53.6 out of 100, higher than 9% of WA ATAR courses. At the median, students had a scaled score of 53.7 out of 100. Your best four scaled scores make up your TEA, which TISC converts to your ATAR.
English as an Additional Language or Dialect scaled-score distribution (2025 TISC)
Scaled scores at each percentile, out of 100, as published by TISC. These are scaled-score distributions — not a raw-mark conversion.
| Percentile | Scaled score /100 |
|---|---|
| Top 10% (90th) | 70.7 |
| Top 25% (75th) | 62.4 |
| Median (50th) | 53.7 |
| Bottom 25% (25th) | 45.1 |
What this means for your ATAR
WA scales every course so results can be compared fairly, fixing the average scaled score across all courses at 60. Your best four scaled scores (plus any LOTE and Mathematics bonuses) form your TEA. English as an Additional Language or Dialect scales modestly: its mean scaled score of 53.6 is higher than 9% of WA ATAR courses.
See how the WACE ATAR is calculated for how scaled scores become your TEA and ATAR.
English as an Additional Language or Dialect scaling FAQ
Scaled scores are out of 100 from the TISC 2025 Course/Subject Statistics Summary — Scaled Scores for Specified Percentiles (TR320C). Scaled-score distributions from TISC’s 2025 course statistics (report TR320C). TISC and SCSA standardise combined marks before scaling, so WA publishes no raw-mark-to-scaled-score conversion — for any raw mark there is a range of scaled scores. These figures are indicative of how a course scaled, not a per-mark lookup. Re-stamped when TISC releases the new statistics each year.