NAPLAN State Benchmarks — Northern Territory
How Northern 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 Northern Territory; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
3
Year 3
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-80 vs AUS
Writing-86 vs AUS
Numeracy-69 vs AUS
Spelling-96 vs AUS
Grammar-102 vs AUS
NTNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
NT: 323AUS: 402
Exceeding 7.5%Strong 29.5%Developing 21.5%Needs support 38.2%
Writing
NT: 328AUS: 414
Exceeding 3.4%Strong 41.7%Developing 18.2%Needs support 33.4%
Numeracy
NT: 337AUS: 405
Exceeding 3.1%Strong 32.2%Developing 25.2%Needs support 36.3%
Spelling
NT: 309AUS: 405
Exceeding 7.4%Strong 26.3%Developing 22.8%Needs support 40.2%
Grammar and Punctuation
NT: 306AUS: 408
Exceeding 4.3%Strong 23.3%Developing 22.7%Needs support 46.4%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
5
Year 5
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-74 vs AUS
Writing-84 vs AUS
Numeracy-74 vs AUS
Spelling-86 vs AUS
Grammar-95 vs AUS
NTNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
NT: 418AUS: 492
Exceeding 7.4%Strong 36.4%Developing 19.7%Needs support 33.7%
Writing
NT: 396AUS: 480
Exceeding 4.0%Strong 34.9%Developing 21.6%Needs support 36.7%
Numeracy
NT: 418AUS: 492
Exceeding 3.4%Strong 36.2%Developing 23.0%Needs support 34.7%
Spelling
NT: 402AUS: 487
Exceeding 10.1%Strong 31.4%Developing 19.6%Needs support 36.1%
Grammar and Punctuation
NT: 403AUS: 497
Exceeding 5.7%Strong 29.7%Developing 21.2%Needs support 40.6%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
7
Year 7
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-72 vs AUS
Writing-83 vs AUS
Numeracy-79 vs AUS
Spelling-72 vs AUS
Grammar-89 vs AUS
NTNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
NT: 467AUS: 538
Exceeding 9.2%Strong 33.1%Developing 20.2%Needs support 34.7%
Writing
NT: 456AUS: 538
Exceeding 8.6%Strong 31.4%Developing 21.4%Needs support 35.6%
Numeracy
NT: 466AUS: 545
Exceeding 5.7%Strong 34.2%Developing 21.3%Needs support 35.9%
Spelling
NT: 470AUS: 542
Exceeding 12.9%Strong 33.6%Developing 18.7%Needs support 31.9%
Grammar and Punctuation
NT: 450AUS: 539
Exceeding 7.4%Strong 28.4%Developing 20.3%Needs support 40.9%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
9
Year 9
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-69 vs AUS
Writing-93 vs AUS
Numeracy-82 vs AUS
Spelling-65 vs AUS
Grammar-98 vs AUS
NTNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
NT: 499AUS: 568
Exceeding 8.6%Strong 30.0%Developing 22.2%Needs support 36.0%
Writing
NT: 482AUS: 575
Exceeding 11.3%Strong 26.5%Developing 21.1%Needs support 37.9%
Numeracy
NT: 491AUS: 573
Exceeding 3.6%Strong 32.5%Developing 22.5%Needs support 38.2%
Spelling
NT: 504AUS: 569
Exceeding 9.9%Strong 34.8%Developing 19.2%Needs support 32.8%
Grammar and Punctuation
NT: 461AUS: 559
Exceeding 6.8%Strong 23.3%Developing 23.0%Needs support 43.7%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)