NAPLAN State Benchmarks — Victoria
How Victoria 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 Victoria; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
3
Year 3
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+15 vs AUS
Writing+10 vs AUS
Numeracy+13 vs AUS
Spelling+10 vs AUS
Grammar+14 vs AUS
VICNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
VIC: 417AUS: 402
Exceeding 22.4%Strong 49.0%Developing 19.1%Needs support 6.9%
Writing
VIC: 424AUS: 414
Exceeding 8.2%Strong 72.9%Developing 13.4%Needs support 3.3%
Numeracy
VIC: 418AUS: 405
Exceeding 14.0%Strong 55.8%Developing 21.4%Needs support 6.3%
Spelling
VIC: 415AUS: 405
Exceeding 18.5%Strong 46.8%Developing 24.3%Needs support 7.7%
Grammar and Punctuation
VIC: 423AUS: 408
Exceeding 13.5%Strong 45.3%Developing 26.2%Needs support 12.5%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
5
Year 5
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+11 vs AUS
Writing+14 vs AUS
Numeracy+11 vs AUS
Spelling+6 vs AUS
Grammar+10 vs AUS
VICNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
VIC: 503AUS: 492
Exceeding 22.4%Strong 55.2%Developing 15.5%Needs support 4.6%
Writing
VIC: 494AUS: 480
Exceeding 12.2%Strong 60.6%Developing 19.7%Needs support 5.3%
Numeracy
VIC: 503AUS: 492
Exceeding 15.9%Strong 57.6%Developing 19.0%Needs support 5.3%
Spelling
VIC: 494AUS: 487
Exceeding 21.5%Strong 49.4%Developing 19.9%Needs support 6.9%
Grammar and Punctuation
VIC: 507AUS: 497
Exceeding 17.5%Strong 49.4%Developing 21.9%Needs support 8.9%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
7
Year 7
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+11 vs AUS
Writing+14 vs AUS
Numeracy+10 vs AUS
Spelling+3 vs AUS
Grammar+7 vs AUS
VICNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
VIC: 549AUS: 538
Exceeding 23.4%Strong 50.6%Developing 18.0%Needs support 6.2%
Writing
VIC: 552AUS: 538
Exceeding 20.8%Strong 49.3%Developing 21.1%Needs support 6.9%
Numeracy
VIC: 555AUS: 545
Exceeding 18.0%Strong 54.7%Developing 18.5%Needs support 7.0%
Spelling
VIC: 544AUS: 542
Exceeding 24.8%Strong 48.4%Developing 18.2%Needs support 6.7%
Grammar and Punctuation
VIC: 546AUS: 539
Exceeding 18.5%Strong 47.0%Developing 21.9%Needs support 10.8%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
9
Year 9
2023–2025 · 5 domainsReading+9 vs AUS
Writing+12 vs AUS
Numeracy+9 vs AUS
Spelling+3 vs AUS
Grammar+7 vs AUS
VICNational (AUS)
Proficiency Bands — 2025
Reading
VIC: 577AUS: 568
Exceeding 20.1%Strong 49.0%Developing 21.7%Needs support 7.2%
Writing
VIC: 587AUS: 575
Exceeding 24.0%Strong 42.7%Developing 23.4%Needs support 7.9%
Numeracy
VIC: 582AUS: 573
Exceeding 13.8%Strong 55.1%Developing 21.1%Needs support 7.9%
Spelling
VIC: 572AUS: 569
Exceeding 19.0%Strong 53.8%Developing 19.0%Needs support 6.1%
Grammar and Punctuation
VIC: 566AUS: 559
Exceeding 17.3%Strong 41.4%Developing 27.9%Needs support 11.3%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)