NAPLAN State Benchmarks — Australian Capital Territory
How Australian Capital Territory compares to the national average across NAPLAN domains for 2023, 2024, 2025.Note: These are state-level aggregates — ACARA does not publish individual school NAPLAN results in this dataset. The coloured line shows Australian Capital Territory; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
3
Year 3
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+10 vs AUS
Writing+4 vs AUS
Numeracy+7 vs AUS
Spelling+0 vs AUS
Grammar+6 vs AUS
ACTNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
ACT: 412AUS: 402
Exceeding 22.2%Strong 47.3%Developing 20.3%Needs support 8.6%
Writing
ACT: 418AUS: 414
Exceeding 6.6%Strong 72.2%Developing 16.0%Needs support 3.5%
Numeracy
ACT: 412AUS: 405
Exceeding 11.6%Strong 56.5%Developing 23.3%Needs support 7.0%
Spelling
ACT: 405AUS: 405
Exceeding 15.9%Strong 45.8%Developing 27.1%Needs support 9.5%
Grammar and Punctuation
ACT: 415AUS: 408
Exceeding 10.9%Strong 46.0%Developing 27.5%Needs support 13.9%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
5
Year 5
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+13 vs AUS
Writing-1 vs AUS
Numeracy+7 vs AUS
Spelling+4 vs AUS
Grammar+7 vs AUS
ACTNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
ACT: 505AUS: 492
Exceeding 23.5%Strong 55.7%Developing 14.6%Needs support 4.9%
Writing
ACT: 478AUS: 480
Exceeding 7.0%Strong 58.3%Developing 25.4%Needs support 7.8%
Numeracy
ACT: 499AUS: 492
Exceeding 13.1%Strong 61.7%Developing 18.6%Needs support 5.2%
Spelling
ACT: 492AUS: 487
Exceeding 21.3%Strong 49.2%Developing 20.9%Needs support 7.2%
Grammar and Punctuation
ACT: 504AUS: 497
Exceeding 15.2%Strong 52.7%Developing 22.1%Needs support 8.5%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 7
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+13 vs AUS
Writing-1 vs AUS
Numeracy+6 vs AUS
Spelling+3 vs AUS
Grammar+6 vs AUS
ACTNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
ACT: 551AUS: 538
Exceeding 25.5%Strong 49.4%Developing 16.7%Needs support 6.9%
Writing
ACT: 538AUS: 538
Exceeding 15.3%Strong 49.2%Developing 24.3%Needs support 9.7%
Numeracy
ACT: 550AUS: 545
Exceeding 15.7%Strong 57.0%Developing 18.3%Needs support 7.4%
Spelling
ACT: 545AUS: 542
Exceeding 25.2%Strong 49.1%Developing 17.7%Needs support 6.4%
Grammar and Punctuation
ACT: 545AUS: 539
Exceeding 18.0%Strong 47.9%Developing 21.2%Needs support 11.3%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
9
Year 9
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+12 vs AUS
Writing-0 vs AUS
Numeracy+4 vs AUS
Spelling+4 vs AUS
Grammar+8 vs AUS
ACTNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
ACT: 579AUS: 568
Exceeding 22.5%Strong 48.2%Developing 19.3%Needs support 8.3%
Writing
ACT: 575AUS: 575
Exceeding 19.0%Strong 42.8%Developing 26.7%Needs support 9.6%
Numeracy
ACT: 577AUS: 573
Exceeding 11.1%Strong 58.1%Developing 20.1%Needs support 8.8%
Spelling
ACT: 573AUS: 569
Exceeding 19.2%Strong 54.4%Developing 19.0%Needs support 5.6%
Grammar and Punctuation
ACT: 567AUS: 559
Exceeding 17.7%Strong 43.4%Developing 25.5%Needs support 11.5%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)