What is the VCE aggregate?

Your aggregate is the number VTAC calculates from your scaled study scores before converting it to an ATAR. It is the sum of your best four scaled scores, one of which must be an English subject, plus 10 percent of your fifth and sixth best scaled scores. The maximum possible aggregate is 230.

What aggregate do I need for a 99.95 ATAR?

In 2025 an aggregate of 211.42 or above produced an ATAR of 99.95. The threshold moves slightly each year because the ATAR is a rank against that year's cohort, not a fixed score.

What aggregate do I need for a 90 ATAR?

In 2025 an ATAR of 90.00 required an aggregate between 155.19 and 155.30. The threshold shifts slightly each year because the ATAR is a rank against that year's cohort rather than a fixed score.

Why does the aggregate needed change every year?

Because the ATAR is a percentile rank, not an absolute score. An ATAR of 90 always means you finished ahead of 90 percent of the Year 12 age group, so the aggregate required depends on how that particular cohort performed. VTAC publishes a new table each year once results are finalised.

VTAC Aggregate to ATAR Table 2025

Q: Is the ATAR reported below 30?

No. VTAC reports any ATAR below 30 as 'less than 30' rather than a precise figure. In 2025 the aggregate corresponding to the bottom of the reported range was about 65.92.

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Source: VTAC Aggregate to ATAR table, published at vtac.edu.au/reports. Estimate only — VTAC's released figures are the authority.

The basics

What the aggregate actually is

Your ATAR is not calculated from your study scores directly. VTAC first builds an aggregate, then converts that aggregate into a rank. The aggregate is where all the arithmetic happens.

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Your best four scaled scores, counted in full. One of these must be an English subject — that place is reserved whether English is among your best or not.
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10% each of your fifth and sixth best scaled scores. These are the increments. A sixth subject scaled to 40 adds just 4 points.
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Add them together. That total is your aggregate, out of a theoretical maximum of 230.

Note that these are scaled scores, not raw ones. If you want to know how your raw study scores become scaled scores first, that is on our subject scaling page.

The arithmetic above is why your top four matter so much more than your fifth and sixth, and why one weak subject hurts less than most students fear.

2025 table

Aggregate needed for each ATAR

Key milestones from VTAC's 2025 table. Use the converter above for any value in between.

VTAC Aggregate to ATAR conversion, 2025. Aggregate range required for each ATAR.
ATAR	Aggregate required (2025)
99.95	211.42 and above
99.90	208.08 – 211.41
99.75	202.98 – 204.32
99.50	198.20 – 199.04
99.00	192.10 – 192.54
98.50	187.53 – 188.01
98.00	183.81 – 184.19
97.00	178.10 – 178.33
96.00	173.56 – 173.81
95.00	169.85 – 170.01
94.00	166.49 – 166.62
93.00	163.30 – 163.45
92.00	160.53 – 160.68
91.00	157.79 – 157.91
90.00	155.19 – 155.30
88.00	150.51 – 150.63
85.00	144.45 – 144.52
82.00	139.00 – 139.06
80.00	135.65 – 135.77
75.00	127.68 – 127.75
70.00	120.42 – 120.47
65.00	113.64 – 113.70
60.00	107.03 – 107.08
55.00	100.64 – 100.70
50.00	94.06 – 94.12
45.00	87.44 – 87.49
40.00	80.53 – 80.59
35.00	73.09 – 73.15
30.00	65.93 – 65.98

VTAC's full 2025 table contains 1,400 rows in 0.05 ATAR steps. Anything below an ATAR of 30.00 is reported by VTAC as “less than 30” rather than a number — in 2025 that boundary sat at an aggregate of about 65.92.

Want to work out your aggregate from your study scores?

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Worth understanding

Why the number moves every year

The ATAR is a rank, not a score. An ATAR of 90.00 means you finished ahead of 90% of the Year 12 age group — it does not correspond to any fixed aggregate.

So the aggregate needed for a given ATAR depends entirely on how that year's cohort performed. If a strong year sits the exams, the aggregate required for 90 rises. VTAC publishes a fresh table once results are finalised, which is why we keep three years here rather than one.

In practice the movement is small — usually a point or two at most positions — so planning against last year's table is reasonable. Just do not treat it as a guarantee.

Common questions

Aggregate and ATAR FAQ

What is the maximum possible aggregate?

230. That is four scaled scores at 50 (200) plus 10% each of two more scaled 50s (10), which comes to 210 — the remaining headroom exists because scaling can push a score above 50 internally in high-scaling subjects, even though your reported study score is capped at 50.

Does my fifth and sixth subject really only count 10%?

Yes. Each contributes 10% of its scaled score. A sixth subject scaled to 40 adds 4 points to your aggregate. It is worth doing well in, but it will never rescue a weak top four.

Do I have to include English?

Yes. One English subject always occupies a place in your top four, whether or not it is among your four best results. This is why English is structurally the most important subject on any VCE timetable — we wrote more about that on our VCE English tutoring page.

Is the ATAR reported below 30?

No. VTAC reports anything under 30.00 as “less than 30” rather than a precise number.

Where does this table come from?

VTAC's official Aggregate to ATAR table, published at vtac.edu.au/reports after each year's results. We have not adjusted or interpolated any figures. The same dataset powers our ATAR calculator.

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