NAPLAN State Benchmarks South Australia
How South Australia compares to the national average across NAPLAN domains for 2023, 2024, 2025. R-6ACARA does not publish individual school NAPLAN results in this dataset.The colored line shows South Australia; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
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Year 3
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading-9 vs AUS
Writing-6 vs AUS
Numeracy-8 vs AUS
Spelling-3 vs AUS
Grammar-11 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
SA: 394AUS: 402
Exceeding 15.0%Strong 46.9%Developing 23.8%Needs support 11.4%
Writing
SA: 408AUS: 414
Exceeding 4.6%Strong 69.2%Developing 18.2%Needs support 5.0%
Numeracy
SA: 397AUS: 405
Exceeding 6.8%Strong 53.2%Developing 27.3%Needs support 9.8%
Spelling
SA: 402AUS: 405
Exceeding 13.9%Strong 46.5%Developing 26.8%Needs support 9.9%
Grammar and Punctuation
SA: 397AUS: 408
Exceeding 7.8%Strong 41.3%Developing 30.1%Needs support 17.9%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 5
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading-8 vs AUS
Writing-8 vs AUS
Numeracy-11 vs AUS
Spelling-3 vs AUS
Grammar-12 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
SA: 484AUS: 492
Exceeding 15.1%Strong 54.4%Developing 20.1%Needs support 7.7%
Writing
SA: 471AUS: 480
Exceeding 7.9%Strong 51.5%Developing 27.6%Needs support 10.4%
Numeracy
SA: 480AUS: 492
Exceeding 8.4%Strong 56.3%Developing 24.0%Needs support 8.7%
Spelling
SA: 485AUS: 487
Exceeding 17.6%Strong 50.0%Developing 21.8%Needs support 8.0%
Grammar and Punctuation
SA: 485AUS: 497
Exceeding 10.9%Strong 47.1%Developing 26.4%Needs support 13.1%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)