NAPLAN State Benchmarks Australian Capital Territory
How Australian Capital Territory compares to the national average across NAPLAN domains for 2023, 2024, 2025. 7-12ACARA does not publish individual school NAPLAN results in this dataset.The colored line shows Australian Capital Territory; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
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Year 7
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading+13 vs AUS
Writing-1 vs AUS
Numeracy+6 vs AUS
Spelling+3 vs AUS
Grammar+6 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
ACT: 551AUS: 538
Exceeding 25.5%Strong 49.4%Developing 16.7%Needs support 6.9%
Writing
ACT: 538AUS: 538
Exceeding 15.3%Strong 49.2%Developing 24.3%Needs support 9.7%
Numeracy
ACT: 550AUS: 545
Exceeding 15.7%Strong 57.0%Developing 18.3%Needs support 7.4%
Spelling
ACT: 545AUS: 542
Exceeding 25.2%Strong 49.1%Developing 17.7%Needs support 6.4%
Grammar and Punctuation
ACT: 545AUS: 539
Exceeding 18.0%Strong 47.9%Developing 21.2%Needs support 11.3%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 9
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading+12 vs AUS
Writing-0 vs AUS
Numeracy+4 vs AUS
Spelling+4 vs AUS
Grammar+8 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
ACT: 579AUS: 568
Exceeding 22.5%Strong 48.2%Developing 19.3%Needs support 8.3%
Writing
ACT: 575AUS: 575
Exceeding 19.0%Strong 42.8%Developing 26.7%Needs support 9.6%
Numeracy
ACT: 577AUS: 573
Exceeding 11.1%Strong 58.1%Developing 20.1%Needs support 8.8%
Spelling
ACT: 573AUS: 569
Exceeding 19.2%Strong 54.4%Developing 19.0%Needs support 5.6%
Grammar and Punctuation
ACT: 567AUS: 559
Exceeding 17.7%Strong 43.4%Developing 25.5%Needs support 11.5%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)