7 : Table 7 : HKALE Entries and results statistics over the years
() ( )
The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority started to conduct the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) in 1980. In the earlier years, the examination statistics were generally published in terms of school candidates and all candidates (including both school and private candidates). With effect from 1996, all analyses of results of school candidates include only candidates from day schools offering a normal HKALE curriculum (day school candidates). Statistics of day school first attempters have been provided since 2001.
7a 1980-2007 ( )
Table 7a shows the number of participating schools and candidate entries (school candidates, private candidates and all candidates) in the HKALE from 1980 to 2007.
7b 1996-2007
Table 7b shows the number of day schools and the candidate entries from these schools in the HKALE from 1996 to 2007.
7c 1996-2007 ()
Table 7c shows a bar chart distribution of candidate entries in the HKALE from 1996 to 2007 (male and female statistics are also provided). Separate charts are shown for day school first attempters and day school candidates.
7d-7f 1996-2007 AC E
Tables 7d-7f show respectively the performance of day school first attempters, day school candidates and all candidates in the HKALE from 1996 to 2007. The statistics include the number of candidates who sat each subject and the percentages awarded grade A, grade C or above and grade E or above.
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7a : 1980 - 2007 Table 7a : 1980 - 2007 HKALE Number of participating schools and candidate entries
Year
( ) No. of Schools
(day and evening)
( ) School Candidates
(day and evening schools)
Private Candidates
All Candidates
1980 135 8 084 4 080 12 164
1981 147 9 969 3 466 13 435
1982 149 10 768 3 892 14 660
1983 157 11 368 4 220 15 588
1984 174 12 596 3 892 16 488
1985 233 15 212 3 632 18 844
1986 263 16 433 4 767 21 200
1987 274 16 503 4 929 21 432
1988 285 16 096 5 219 21 315
1989 295 15 471 4 031 19 502
1990 292 13 977 3 874 17 851
1991 290 12 873 3 672 16 545
1992 287 13 568 3 311 16 879
1993 301 18 684 3 391 22 075
1994 372 22 999 3 089 26 088
1995 385 24 167 4 620 28 787
1996 389 24 814 5 280 30 094
1997 391 25 319 5 544 30 863
1998 403 25 794 6 373 32 167
1999 412 27 148 6 937 34 085
2000 422 28 217 7 332 35 549
2001 435 28 897 7 202 36 099
2002 451 29 862 7 137 36 999
2003 466 29 317 7 343 36 660
2004 468 29 105 6 899 36 004
2005 472 28 261 5 568 33 829
2006 475 28 671 6 306 34 977
2007 475 29 808 6 800 36 608
Candidate Entries Graph 40 000
35 000
30 000
25 000
20 000
15 000
10 000
5 000
All Candidates
School Candidates
Private Candidates
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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7b : 1996 - 2007 Table 7b : 1996 - 2007 HKALE Number of day schools and candidate entries
Year
No. of Day Schools
Day School Candidates
Day School First Attempters
Number of candidates
Percentage of day school
candidates
1996 375 24 104 23 351 96.9%
1997 378 24 497 23 672 96.6%
1998 384 24 958 24 161 96.8%
1999 389 25 996 25 139 96.7%
2000 393 26 748 25 848 96.6%
2001 399 27 166 26 255 96.6%
2002 405 27 414 26 579 97.0%
2003 418 27 347 26 434 96.7%
2004 423 27 442 26 536 96.7%
2005 437 27 347 26 714 97.7%
2006 448 27 976 27 406 98.0%
2007 452 29 103 28 501 97.9%
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7c : 1996 - 2007 Table 7c : 1996 - 2007 HKALE Number of male and female candidate entries
Day School First Attempters
10 3
12
10 4
82
10 7
83
10 9
81
11 5
28
11 4
29
11 6
90
11 5
79
11 5
85
11 8
54
11 9
55
12 7
04
13 0
39
13 1
90
13 3
78
14 1
58
14 3
20
14 8
26
14 8
89
14 8
55
14 9
51
14 8
60
15 4
51
15 7
97
23 3
51
23 6
72
24 1
61
25 1
39
25 8
48
26 2
55
26 5
79
26 4
34
26 5
36
26 7
14
27 4
06
28 5
01
30 000
25 000
20 000
15 000
10 000
5 000
0 M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
M = Male F = Female T = Total
Day School Candidates
29 1
03
10 7
47
10 9
11
11 2
41
11 5
03
12 0
38
11 9
77
12 1
44
12 0
68
12 0
88
12 2
22
12 2
96
13 0
52
13 3
57
13 5
86
13 7
17
14 4
93
14 7
10
15 1
89
15 2
70
15 2
79
15 3
54
15 1
25
15 6
80
16 0
51
24 1
04
24 4
97
24 9
58
25 9
96
26 7
48
27 1
66
27 4
14
27 3
47
27 4
42
27 3
47
27 9
76
30 000
25 000
20 000
15 000
10 000
5 000
0 M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
M = Male F = Female T = Total
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7d : 1996 - 2007 Table 7d : 1996 - 2007 HKALE Statistics of candidates' results in
individual subjects Day School First Attempters
Examination Year Subject
Level 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
No. sat
1 260 1 214 1 057 1 043 1 070 1 021 1 005 868 894 878 968 892
A% 7.8 8.4 8.7 8.8 9.0 8.3 8.1 7.6 7.0 6.9 6.7 7.4
C+% 31.6 33.8 33.2 35.9 40.6 39.5 38.5 35.1 36.2 33.3 30.9 31.8 A
E+% 76.1 81.5 78.1 83.7 88.7 86.6 85.2 86.2 87.5 81.2 85.1 85.7
No. sat
1 218 1 111 1 246 1 202 1 291 1 174 1 084 1 020 962 920 925 870
A% 2.7 5.0 3.0 3.6 4.1 3.3 4.3 3.3 2.8 2.1 1.4 2.1
C+% 24.1 31.6 21.3 13.8 31.5 25.2 26.6 21.6 16.8 19.6 15.5 17.0
Applied Mathematics
AS
E+% 72.6 79.7 79.1 71.6 81.3 83.1 73.8 73.2 70.7 73.6 73.9 77.0
No. sat
4 618 4 909 5 091 5 269 5 387 5 451 5 384 5 787 6 029 6 088 6 114 6 315
A% 2.8 2.9 3.7 3.2 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.1 2.6 2.3 2.8 2.7
C+% 18.4 18.3 20.2 19.0 19.9 19.9 21.7 20.3 18.9 17.7 19.0 19.3
Biology
A
E+% 71.2 71.3 73.0 72.3 74.1 77.9 77.9 78.0 75.6 70.6 69.2 70.9
No. sat
1 636 1 675 1 590 1 796 1 870 2 058 2 180 2 183 2 245 2 298 2 519 2 777
A% 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.4 2.1 2.4 3.0 4.7 3.6 4.1
C+% 16.2 15.7 15.8 17.5 17.3 15.5 14.7 13.6 15.7 24.4 19.7 20.9
Business Studies
A
E+% 58.3 60.2 59.2 63.5 67.2 63.8 63.4 65.2 64.1 74.0 73.3 73.7
No. sat
8 190 8 508 8 774 9 179 9 399 9 627 9 491 9 701 9 848 9 644 9 758 10 330
A% 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3
C+% 23.1 24.1 25.2 25.2 25.9 26.1 25.1 25.3 24.5 24.4 24.1 24.1 A
E+% 72.4 77.0 77.2 76.7 77.2 81.5 80.8 80.1 78.2 78.6 75.9 75.0
No. sat
506 420 437 476 449 431 396 377 308 277 315 292
A% 6.1 6.9 5.9 4.6 4.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.7
C+% 27.7 26.9 24.0 24.6 22.7 23.4 22.7 21.2 21.4 19.5 19.0 18.2
Chemistry
AS
E+% 77.1 76.0 73.2 75.4 74.8 72.6 70.2 73.7 73.1 73.3 72.4 71.2
No. sat
3 137 3 235 3 318 3 324 3 354 3 453 3 642 3 627 3 851 4 011 4 032 4 204
A% 2.2 2.2 2.9 2.4 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.4 3.1
C+% 15.8 18.1 18.8 17.4 17.7 17.6 17.2 19.0 19.2 17.4 18.9 21.4 A
E+% 65.8 71.3 69.4 66.7 66.4 65.8 66.1 70.5 70.1 66.2 73.0 75.1
No. sat
1 559 1 252 1 228 1 057 965 722 681 611 500 521 513 482
A% 4.2 4.7 3.3 2.3 1.7 3.3 5.1 2.3 4.0 4.2 2.7 4.4
C+% 25.0 26.1 20.4 14.3 13.3 17.7 20.1 17.2 23.2 21.3 21.1 27.4
Chinese History
AS
E+% 80.8 79.0 71.0 64.3 57.3 57.3 74.6 68.4 81.0 70.4 74.7 79.9
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7d : 1996 - 2007 Table 7d : 1996 - 2007 HKALE Statistics of candidates' results in
individual subjects Day School First Attempters
Examination Year Subject
Level 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
No. sat
23 230 23 558 24 062 25 056 25 778 26 168 26 476 26 352 26 463 26 644 27 347 28 439
A% 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.0 2.8 2.6 2.7
C+% 18.9 18.6 19.2 18.7 18.6 19.2 20.0 21.7 21.9 23.3 24.8 25.6
Chinese Language and Culture
AS
E+% 85.5 87.1 88.6 87.7 87.9 89.4 91.2 92.2 93.7 93.4 94.2 94.1
No. sat
3 575 3 338 3 365 3 261 3 262 3 221 3 047 2 986 2 850 2 943 3 060 3 097
A% 3.6 3.4 3.8 4.3 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.4 4.2 5.0 4.7 5.2
C+% 20.8 20.7 21.7 23.3 21.6 22.9 24.7 23.9 23.9 28.5 26.4 28.7
Chinese Literature
A
E+% 70.3 71.2 73.8 73.3 69.8 74.2 75.0 74.8 73.9 80.6 81.8 80.6
