HSC facts and figures

Each year NESA takes snapshots of HSC students' enrolments, participation, provisions and malpractice statistics. Learn about the most recent HSC student cohort, or view cohorts from previous years.

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HSC participation and performance statistics

Learn the key participation and performance statistics for the previous year's HSC cohort, including course completions, performance bands and HSC Merit Lists and showcases.
 

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HSC fairness and integrity statistics

NESA publishes fairness and integrity data for the previous year’s HSC. Learn about the statistics for disability provisions, illness and misadventure, and breaking HSC rules.

 

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2023 enrolment statistics

There were 76,839 students studying one or more HSC courses in 2023. Learn about the key statistics for HSC students.

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Previous years' statistics

View previous HSC statistics on student participation, enrolments, provisions and malpractice data from 2022 to 2019.

2022 facts and figures

This data reports on the 2022 HSC cohort. View a student overview, course and region enrolments, and malpractice data.

2021 facts and figures

This data reports on the 2021 HSC cohort. View a student overview, course and region enrolments, malpractice data, and statistics on special considerations applications.

2020 facts and figures

This data reports on the 2020 HSC cohort. View a student overview, course and region enrolments, and malpractice data.

2019 facts and figures

This data reports on the 2019 HSC cohort. View a student overview, course and region enrolments, and malpractice data.

Previous years' disability provisions

This data reports on disability provisions applications between 2019 to 2021. View application overviews by sector, provision and school.

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