NAPLAN State Benchmarks — Tasmania
How Tasmania 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 Tasmania; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
3
Year 3
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-9 vs AUS
Writing-15 vs AUS
Numeracy-9 vs AUS
Spelling-19 vs AUS
Grammar-24 vs AUS
TASNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
TAS: 393AUS: 402
Exceeding 17.7%Strong 42.8%Developing 22.3%Needs support 14.2%
Writing
TAS: 399AUS: 414
Exceeding 4.4%Strong 64.8%Developing 19.2%Needs support 8.6%
Numeracy
TAS: 396AUS: 405
Exceeding 7.2%Strong 52.3%Developing 27.0%Needs support 10.7%
Spelling
TAS: 386AUS: 405
Exceeding 11.3%Strong 41.3%Developing 29.6%Needs support 14.8%
Grammar and Punctuation
TAS: 384AUS: 408
Exceeding 6.9%Strong 37.7%Developing 29.5%Needs support 22.9%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
5
Year 5
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-10 vs AUS
Writing-14 vs AUS
Numeracy-19 vs AUS
Spelling-17 vs AUS
Grammar-20 vs AUS
TASNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
TAS: 482AUS: 492
Exceeding 16.9%Strong 50.6%Developing 19.5%Needs support 10.4%
Writing
TAS: 465AUS: 480
Exceeding 5.9%Strong 52.4%Developing 27.4%Needs support 11.7%
Numeracy
TAS: 473AUS: 492
Exceeding 6.9%Strong 53.8%Developing 26.5%Needs support 10.4%
Spelling
TAS: 470AUS: 487
Exceeding 13.5%Strong 47.2%Developing 25.1%Needs support 11.6%
Grammar and Punctuation
TAS: 477AUS: 497
Exceeding 9.2%Strong 45.8%Developing 26.4%Needs support 16.0%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
7
Year 7
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-16 vs AUS
Writing-18 vs AUS
Numeracy-26 vs AUS
Spelling-19 vs AUS
Grammar-22 vs AUS
TASNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
TAS: 522AUS: 538
Exceeding 15.4%Strong 45.4%Developing 23.4%Needs support 13.1%
Writing
TAS: 521AUS: 538
Exceeding 12.3%Strong 42.9%Developing 27.9%Needs support 14.3%
Numeracy
TAS: 519AUS: 545
Exceeding 7.7%Strong 50.2%Developing 25.6%Needs support 13.9%
Spelling
TAS: 522AUS: 542
Exceeding 16.6%Strong 46.2%Developing 23.0%Needs support 11.5%
Grammar and Punctuation
TAS: 517AUS: 539
Exceeding 10.8%Strong 42.1%Developing 25.6%Needs support 18.7%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
9
Year 9
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading-14 vs AUS
Writing-21 vs AUS
Numeracy-23 vs AUS
Spelling-17 vs AUS
Grammar-22 vs AUS
TASNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
TAS: 553AUS: 568
Exceeding 14.1%Strong 43.8%Developing 25.2%Needs support 14.4%
Writing
TAS: 554AUS: 575
Exceeding 16.2%Strong 37.4%Developing 27.7%Needs support 16.3%
Numeracy
TAS: 550AUS: 573
Exceeding 6.1%Strong 50.2%Developing 26.8%Needs support 14.5%
Spelling
TAS: 551AUS: 569
Exceeding 12.0%Strong 50.4%Developing 24.1%Needs support 11.1%
Grammar and Punctuation
TAS: 537AUS: 559
Exceeding 9.6%Strong 37.3%Developing 31.7%Needs support 18.9%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)