NAPLAN State Benchmarks — Queensland
How Queensland 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 Queensland; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
3
Year 3
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-13 vs AUS
Writing-16 vs AUS
Numeracy-12 vs AUS
Spelling-16 vs AUS
Grammar-15 vs AUS
QLDNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
QLD: 389AUS: 402
Exceeding 15.4%Strong 45.2%Developing 24.2%Needs support 13.9%
Writing
QLD: 398AUS: 414
Exceeding 5.6%Strong 63.0%Developing 21.1%Needs support 9.0%
Numeracy
QLD: 393AUS: 405
Exceeding 6.9%Strong 51.8%Developing 28.2%Needs support 11.8%
Spelling
QLD: 389AUS: 405
Exceeding 12.5%Strong 43.3%Developing 28.5%Needs support 14.4%
Grammar and Punctuation
QLD: 394AUS: 408
Exceeding 8.8%Strong 40.3%Developing 28.7%Needs support 20.9%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
5
Year 5
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-10 vs AUS
Writing-16 vs AUS
Numeracy-13 vs AUS
Spelling-13 vs AUS
Grammar-12 vs AUS
QLDNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
QLD: 482AUS: 492
Exceeding 16.2%Strong 52.4%Developing 20.5%Needs support 9.7%
Writing
QLD: 463AUS: 480
Exceeding 8.1%Strong 47.4%Developing 28.5%Needs support 14.8%
Numeracy
QLD: 479AUS: 492
Exceeding 8.8%Strong 55.5%Developing 25.0%Needs support 9.5%
Spelling
QLD: 475AUS: 487
Exceeding 15.8%Strong 47.6%Developing 24.0%Needs support 11.4%
Grammar and Punctuation
QLD: 485AUS: 497
Exceeding 12.9%Strong 45.5%Developing 25.3%Needs support 15.1%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
7
Year 7
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-12 vs AUS
Writing-17 vs AUS
Numeracy-15 vs AUS
Spelling-11 vs AUS
Grammar-10 vs AUS
QLDNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
QLD: 526AUS: 538
Exceeding 16.1%Strong 47.5%Developing 23.8%Needs support 11.4%
Writing
QLD: 522AUS: 538
Exceeding 14.8%Strong 40.7%Developing 26.4%Needs support 16.8%
Numeracy
QLD: 530AUS: 545
Exceeding 11.4%Strong 51.8%Developing 23.4%Needs support 12.2%
Spelling
QLD: 531AUS: 542
Exceeding 19.3%Strong 48.7%Developing 21.4%Needs support 9.4%
Grammar and Punctuation
QLD: 529AUS: 539
Exceeding 14.6%Strong 43.6%Developing 24.5%Needs support 16.2%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
9
Year 9
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-13 vs AUS
Writing-15 vs AUS
Numeracy-16 vs AUS
Spelling-8 vs AUS
Grammar-11 vs AUS
QLDNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
QLD: 555AUS: 568
Exceeding 14.2%Strong 44.9%Developing 26.4%Needs support 13.2%
Writing
QLD: 560AUS: 575
Exceeding 20.3%Strong 33.9%Developing 27.2%Needs support 17.3%
Numeracy
QLD: 556AUS: 573
Exceeding 8.0%Strong 51.5%Developing 25.5%Needs support 13.8%
Spelling
QLD: 561AUS: 569
Exceeding 14.3%Strong 54.0%Developing 22.0%Needs support 8.4%
Grammar and Punctuation
QLD: 548AUS: 559
Exceeding 14.0%Strong 38.0%Developing 29.4%Needs support 17.3%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)