NAPLAN State Benchmarks Australian Capital Territory
How Australian Capital Territory compares to the national average across NAPLAN domains for 2023, 2024, 2025. K-6ACARA 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 3
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading+10 vs AUS
Writing+4 vs AUS
Numeracy+7 vs AUS
Spelling+0 vs AUS
Grammar+6 vs AUS
ACTNational (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (A
2025
Reading
ACT: 412AUS: 402
Exceeding 22.2%Strong 47.3%Developing 20.3%Needs support 8.6%
Writing
ACT: 418AUS: 414
Exceeding 6.6%Strong 72.2%Developing 16.0%Needs support 3.5%
Numeracy
ACT: 412AUS: 405
Exceeding 11.6%Strong 56.5%Developing 23.3%Needs support 7.0%
Spelling
ACT: 405AUS: 405
Exceeding 15.9%Strong 45.8%Developing 27.1%Needs support 9.5%
Grammar and Punctuation
ACT: 415AUS: 408
Exceeding 10.9%Strong 46.0%Developing 27.5%Needs support 13.9%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 5
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading+13 vs AUS
Writing-1 vs AUS
Numeracy+7 vs AUS
Spelling+4 vs AUS
Grammar+7 vs AUS
ACTNational (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (AUS) National (A
2025
Reading
ACT: 505AUS: 492
Exceeding 23.5%Strong 55.7%Developing 14.6%Needs support 4.9%
Writing
ACT: 478AUS: 480
Exceeding 7.0%Strong 58.3%Developing 25.4%Needs support 7.8%
Numeracy
ACT: 499AUS: 492
Exceeding 13.1%Strong 61.7%Developing 18.6%Needs support 5.2%
Spelling
ACT: 492AUS: 487
Exceeding 21.3%Strong 49.2%Developing 20.9%Needs support 7.2%
Grammar and Punctuation
ACT: 504AUS: 497
Exceeding 15.2%Strong 52.7%Developing 22.1%Needs support 8.5%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)