NAPLAN State Benchmarks — South Australia
How South Australia 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 South Australia; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
3
Year 3
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-9 vs AUS
Writing-6 vs AUS
Numeracy-8 vs AUS
Spelling-3 vs AUS
Grammar-11 vs AUS
SANational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
SA: 394AUS: 402
Exceeding 15.0%Strong 46.9%Developing 23.8%Needs support 11.4%
Writing
SA: 408AUS: 414
Exceeding 4.6%Strong 69.2%Developing 18.2%Needs support 5.0%
Numeracy
SA: 397AUS: 405
Exceeding 6.8%Strong 53.2%Developing 27.3%Needs support 9.8%
Spelling
SA: 402AUS: 405
Exceeding 13.9%Strong 46.5%Developing 26.8%Needs support 9.9%
Grammar and Punctuation
SA: 397AUS: 408
Exceeding 7.8%Strong 41.3%Developing 30.1%Needs support 17.9%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
5
Year 5
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-8 vs AUS
Writing-8 vs AUS
Numeracy-11 vs AUS
Spelling-3 vs AUS
Grammar-12 vs AUS
SANational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
SA: 484AUS: 492
Exceeding 15.1%Strong 54.4%Developing 20.1%Needs support 7.7%
Writing
SA: 471AUS: 480
Exceeding 7.9%Strong 51.5%Developing 27.6%Needs support 10.4%
Numeracy
SA: 480AUS: 492
Exceeding 8.4%Strong 56.3%Developing 24.0%Needs support 8.7%
Spelling
SA: 485AUS: 487
Exceeding 17.6%Strong 50.0%Developing 21.8%Needs support 8.0%
Grammar and Punctuation
SA: 485AUS: 497
Exceeding 10.9%Strong 47.1%Developing 26.4%Needs support 13.1%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 7
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-10 vs AUS
Writing-5 vs AUS
Numeracy-14 vs AUS
Spelling-5 vs AUS
Grammar-11 vs AUS
SANational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
SA: 528AUS: 538
Exceeding 15.5%Strong 49.1%Developing 23.3%Needs support 10.0%
Writing
SA: 533AUS: 538
Exceeding 16.5%Strong 43.7%Developing 25.3%Needs support 12.5%
Numeracy
SA: 531AUS: 545
Exceeding 10.4%Strong 53.5%Developing 23.5%Needs support 10.4%
Spelling
SA: 537AUS: 542
Exceeding 20.8%Strong 49.4%Developing 19.9%Needs support 7.7%
Grammar and Punctuation
SA: 528AUS: 539
Exceeding 12.6%Strong 45.0%Developing 25.1%Needs support 15.0%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 9
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-11 vs AUS
Writing-5 vs AUS
Numeracy-15 vs AUS
Spelling-8 vs AUS
Grammar-12 vs AUS
SANational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
SA: 556AUS: 568
Exceeding 13.3%Strong 46.0%Developing 26.7%Needs support 11.7%
Writing
SA: 570AUS: 575
Exceeding 20.7%Strong 38.2%Developing 25.7%Needs support 13.1%
Numeracy
SA: 558AUS: 573
Exceeding 7.0%Strong 52.7%Developing 26.4%Needs support 11.6%
Spelling
SA: 561AUS: 569
Exceeding 13.7%Strong 54.5%Developing 21.8%Needs support 7.7%
Grammar and Punctuation
SA: 547AUS: 559
Exceeding 12.1%Strong 38.9%Developing 30.9%Needs support 15.8%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)