NAPLAN State Benchmarks New South Wales
How New South Wales 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 New South Wales; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
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Year 7
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading+7 vs AUS
Writing+6 vs AUS
Numeracy+10 vs AUS
Spelling+10 vs AUS
Grammar+9 vs AUS
NSWNational (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
NSW: 545AUS: 538
Exceeding 23.1%Strong 48.1%Developing 19.5%Needs support 7.8%
Writing
NSW: 545AUS: 538
Exceeding 18.7%Strong 48.3%Developing 22.3%Needs support 9.2%
Numeracy
NSW: 555AUS: 545
Exceeding 19.5%Strong 52.0%Developing 18.9%Needs support 8.2%
Spelling
NSW: 551AUS: 542
Exceeding 28.3%Strong 47.9%Developing 16.2%Needs support 6.1%
Grammar and Punctuation
NSW: 548AUS: 539
Exceeding 20.5%Strong 45.1%Developing 21.1%Needs support 11.8%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 9
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading+4 vs AUS
Writing+3 vs AUS
Numeracy+8 vs AUS
Spelling+7 vs AUS
Grammar+7 vs AUS
NSWNational (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
NSW: 571AUS: 568
Exceeding 19.4%Strong 47.0%Developing 22.8%Needs support 9.2%
Writing
NSW: 578AUS: 575
Exceeding 21.4%Strong 41.0%Developing 26.0%Needs support 9.9%
Numeracy
NSW: 581AUS: 573
Exceeding 14.7%Strong 53.2%Developing 21.5%Needs support 9.0%
Spelling
NSW: 576AUS: 569
Exceeding 21.1%Strong 53.9%Developing 17.5%Needs support 5.7%
Grammar and Punctuation
NSW: 566AUS: 559
Exceeding 18.3%Strong 40.6%Developing 27.1%Needs support 12.4%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)