NAPLAN State Benchmarks — New South Wales
How New South Wales compares to the national average across NAPLAN domains for 2023, 2024, 2025. Showing year levels relevant to this school's range (5-10).Note: These are state-level aggregates — ACARA does not publish individual school NAPLAN results in this dataset. The coloured line shows New South Wales; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
5
Year 5
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+5 vs AUS
Writing+7 vs AUS
Numeracy+7 vs AUS
Spelling+9 vs AUS
Grammar+9 vs AUS
NSWNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
NSW: 497AUS: 492
Exceeding 21.7%Strong 53.0%Developing 17.0%Needs support 6.8%
Writing
NSW: 487AUS: 480
Exceeding 11.3%Strong 57.0%Developing 22.4%Needs support 7.7%
Numeracy
NSW: 499AUS: 492
Exceeding 16.5%Strong 54.5%Developing 20.3%Needs support 7.2%
Spelling
NSW: 496AUS: 487
Exceeding 23.8%Strong 48.6%Developing 18.5%Needs support 7.5%
Grammar and Punctuation
NSW: 507AUS: 497
Exceeding 19.4%Strong 47.2%Developing 21.1%Needs support 10.8%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
7
Year 7
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+7 vs AUS
Writing+6 vs AUS
Numeracy+10 vs AUS
Spelling+10 vs AUS
Grammar+9 vs AUS
NSWNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
NSW: 545AUS: 538
Exceeding 23.1%Strong 48.1%Developing 19.5%Needs support 7.8%
Writing
NSW: 545AUS: 538
Exceeding 18.7%Strong 48.3%Developing 22.3%Needs support 9.2%
Numeracy
NSW: 555AUS: 545
Exceeding 19.5%Strong 52.0%Developing 18.9%Needs support 8.2%
Spelling
NSW: 551AUS: 542
Exceeding 28.3%Strong 47.9%Developing 16.2%Needs support 6.1%
Grammar and Punctuation
NSW: 548AUS: 539
Exceeding 20.5%Strong 45.1%Developing 21.1%Needs support 11.8%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
9
Year 9
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+4 vs AUS
Writing+3 vs AUS
Numeracy+8 vs AUS
Spelling+7 vs AUS
Grammar+7 vs AUS
NSWNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
NSW: 571AUS: 568
Exceeding 19.4%Strong 47.0%Developing 22.8%Needs support 9.2%
Writing
NSW: 578AUS: 575
Exceeding 21.4%Strong 41.0%Developing 26.0%Needs support 9.9%
Numeracy
NSW: 581AUS: 573
Exceeding 14.7%Strong 53.2%Developing 21.5%Needs support 9.0%
Spelling
NSW: 576AUS: 569
Exceeding 21.1%Strong 53.9%Developing 17.5%Needs support 5.7%
Grammar and Punctuation
NSW: 566AUS: 559
Exceeding 18.3%Strong 40.6%Developing 27.1%Needs support 12.4%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)