NAPLAN State Benchmarks Northern Territory
How Northern Territory compares to the national average across NAPLAN domains for 2023, 2024, 2025. 3-6ACARA does not publish individual school NAPLAN results in this dataset.The colored line shows Northern Territory; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
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Year 3
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading-80 vs AUS
Writing-86 vs AUS
Numeracy-69 vs AUS
Spelling-96 vs AUS
Grammar-102 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
NT: 323AUS: 402
Exceeding 7.5%Strong 29.5%Developing 21.5%Needs support 38.2%
Writing
NT: 328AUS: 414
Exceeding 3.4%Strong 41.7%Developing 18.2%Needs support 33.4%
Numeracy
NT: 337AUS: 405
Exceeding 3.1%Strong 32.2%Developing 25.2%Needs support 36.3%
Spelling
NT: 309AUS: 405
Exceeding 7.4%Strong 26.3%Developing 22.8%Needs support 40.2%
Grammar and Punctuation
NT: 306AUS: 408
Exceeding 4.3%Strong 23.3%Developing 22.7%Needs support 46.4%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 5
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading-74 vs AUS
Writing-84 vs AUS
Numeracy-74 vs AUS
Spelling-86 vs AUS
Grammar-95 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
NT: 418AUS: 492
Exceeding 7.4%Strong 36.4%Developing 19.7%Needs support 33.7%
Writing
NT: 396AUS: 480
Exceeding 4.0%Strong 34.9%Developing 21.6%Needs support 36.7%
Numeracy
NT: 418AUS: 492
Exceeding 3.4%Strong 36.2%Developing 23.0%Needs support 34.7%
Spelling
NT: 402AUS: 487
Exceeding 10.1%Strong 31.4%Developing 19.6%Needs support 36.1%
Grammar and Punctuation
NT: 403AUS: 497
Exceeding 5.7%Strong 29.7%Developing 21.2%Needs support 40.6%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)