State-wide school results for the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) were released on Saturday, allowing for comparison of schools in the Peel region based on their ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank), which is used to determine admission into university.
Notably, Frederick Irwin Anglican College and Austin Cove Baptist College were two of the few schools in Western Australia whose entire year 12 cohort attained a WACE, and the only two schools in the Peel region to do so.
Frederick Irwin’s biology and engineering studies students’ combined scores were also in the top 15 per cent for each course in Western Australia.
No Peel region schools made the top 50 list for median WACE results, but rankings within the region can be seen below, including four public schools: Comet Bay, Halls Head, Pinjarra and John Tonkin.
Austin Cove Baptist College and Coodanup College did not make the School Curriculum and Standards list due to an insufficient number of ATAR students.
However, Austin Cove Baptist College’s nine ATAR students achieved a combined median score of 85.15, technically ranking them number one.
Peel region schools ranked by ATAR results
- Austin Cove Baptist College – 85.15
- Frederick Irwin Anglican College – 76.30
- Mandurah Catholic College – 74.95
- Mandurah Baptist College – 74.60
- Comet Bay College – 73.60
- Halls Head College – 62.30
- Pinjarra Senior High School – 60.60
- John Tonkin College – 59.65
- Foundation Christian College – 50.65
VET results
Of all students eligible for Vocational Education Training (i.e. those who were not enrolled in four or more ATAR courses), the following percentages at each school completed a were enrolled in a Cert II or higher, with 100 per cent completion by all students enrolled:
- Coodanup College – 100 per cent
- Comet Bay College – 74 per cent
- John Tonkin College – 71.8 per cent
- Foundation Christian College – 20.6 per cent
- Frederick Irwin Anglican College – 12.3 per cent
See the complete WACE data set released by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority here.
