ATAR Calculator:Estimate Your ATAR Score
Want to know where your Year 12 results could take you? Enter your marks and watch scaling get applied in real time, with a full breakdown of exactly how your estimated ATAR was built.
Choose Your State to Use the ATAR Calculator
Every state and territory works out the ATAR from its own senior results, so you need the version that matches your certificate. Select yours to open the right calculator:
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SACE
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Not sure which one to pick? Use the state or territory where you are completing Year 12.
What Is the ATAR?
The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, or ATAR, is a number from 0.00 to 99.95 that shows how you performed compared with other students in your age group. Universities use it, together with any adjustments they offer, to rank applicants for their courses.
Your ATAR Is a Rank, Not a Mark
An ATAR of 80.00 does not mean you scored 80 per cent. It means you placed ahead of roughly 80 per cent of your peers. ATARs move in steps of 0.05, and 99.95 is the highest rank possible. In most states, anything below 30.00 is reported as "30 or less".
Who Calculates Your ATAR?
Your ATAR is worked out by an authority in your state or territory: UAC in NSW, VTAC in Victoria, QTAC in Queensland, TISC in Western Australia and SATAC in South Australia and the Northern Territory. In the ACT it is calculated by the Board of Senior Secondary Studies. An ATAR is comparable across the country, so an 85.00 in one state is equivalent to an 85.00 in another.
How Does an ATAR Calculator Work?
An ATAR score calculator follows the same broad steps the authorities use, then hands you an estimate rather than an official result.
Step 1:
Enter Your Subject Results
You add the results the tool asks for, such as HSC marks in NSW or study scores and SAC results in Victoria, for each subject that counts towards your ATAR.
Step 2:
The Calculator Applies Scaling
Results in different subjects cannot be compared directly, so they are scaled to a common standard. This is why a raw mark and an ATAR can look so different. Our ATAR calculator with scaling adjusts each subject before combining them, using the scaling information for your state.
Step 3:
Your Scaled Results Become an ATAR Estimate
The scaled results are added into an aggregate using your state's rules, and that aggregate is converted into a rank. The figure you see at the end is your estimated ATAR.
Who Should Use an ATAR Calculator?
You do not need to be about to sit exams to find an estimate useful. Different people use the same tool for different reasons.
Year 12 Students
Once your assessment results start to arrive, an estimate shows how close you are to the courses on your list. It also shows how much difference a few extra marks in one subject could make.
Year 11 Students Choosing Subjects
If you are still deciding what to study next year, you can enter realistic results for different subject combinations and compare the outcomes before you commit.
Parents and Teachers
A calculator gives families and teachers a shared, concrete number to talk about, which is often more useful than a general "aim high" conversation.
What You Need Before You Start
- Your state or territory: this decides which rules and scaling information apply.
- Your subjects: including which ones count towards your ATAR.
- Your results: final results if you have them, or honest predicted results if you do not.
Being realistic matters more than being optimistic. Inflated inputs give you a comfortable number today and an unpleasant surprise on results day.
How Accurate Is an ATAR Calculator?
A good calculator uses the correct rules for your state and up-to-date scaling information. Even the most accurate ATAR calculator can only estimate, because your official ATAR depends on how every other student performs.
What Affects the Accuracy of Your ATAR Estimate
- State rules: each state counts and combines subjects differently.
- Scaling information: the more recent the scaling data, the closer the estimate.
- Your results: predicted results are less reliable than final ones.
- Subject choices: unusual combinations can change how results are scaled.
Why Your Official ATAR May Be Different
Scaling is recalculated each year, and your rank depends on the whole cohort. Treat your estimated ATAR as a planning range, not a guarantee.
This Is an Unofficial Estimate
This tool is independent and not affiliated with UAC, VTAC, QTAC, TISC, SATAC or any other authority.
What "official scaling data" means
Each year, your state's admissions authority (UAC, VTAC, QTAC, SATAC or TISC) publishes a Scaling Report — a table showing how every subject's raw marks were converted to scaled marks that year, based on how that year's actual students performed. It genuinely changes every year, which is why the factors this calculator uses are indicative averages, not a permanent formula, and why every serious ATAR calculator — including this one — calls its number an estimate.
How to Get the Most From Your ATAR Estimate
Try More Than One Scenario
Run the calculator with your current results, then again with slightly higher and lower results, for a realistic range rather than a single point to worry about.
Compare It With Your Course Targets
Check your estimate against the ATAR and selection rank for the courses you want — see our ATAR requirements by course guide.
Update It as Results Arrive
Return to the tool whenever a new result comes in — the closer your inputs are to your real results, the closer the estimate.
Guides for Each State and Territory
Each state page explains its own rules and lets you enter results in the format your school uses.
NSW (HSC)
In NSW your ATAR is calculated from your HSC results. The NSW page lets you enter your HSC marks and see a scaled estimate. If you searched for a UAC ATAR calculator, note that ours is an independent estimator and not UAC's official calculation.
Victoria (VCE)
VCE students can use study scores and SAC results to build an estimate. The Victoria page works as an ATAR study score calculator and also explains how university adjustment factors can change your selection rank.
Queensland (QCE)
Queensland moved to the ATAR as its main university entry rank in 2020, replacing the OP. The Queensland page is built around QCE results.
South Australia and Northern Territory (SACE)
The SACE page is for students completing the South Australian Certificate of Education, including many students in the Northern Territory.
Western Australia (WACE)
The WACE page helps Western Australian students estimate an ATAR from their WACE course results.
ACT
In the ACT, the ATAR is calculated by the Board of Senior Secondary Studies, so the process is separate from NSW. The ACT guide will be added here once it is ready.
Tasmania
Tasmanian students will find their state guide here once it is published.
How Scaling Affects Your ATAR Estimate
Scaling is the reason two students with the same raw mark in different subjects can end up with different ATARs. It aligns subjects so the same scaled score reflects the same level of achievement. Read more in our guide on how the ATAR is calculated.
What Is a Good ATAR?
A good ATAR is one that gets you into the course you want — course cut-offs vary yearly, so check our what is a good ATAR score guide.