NAPLAN State Benchmarks Western Australia
How Western Australia 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 Western Australia; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
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Year 3
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading-13 vs AUS
Writing-8 vs AUS
Numeracy-10 vs AUS
Spelling-11 vs AUS
Grammar-14 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
WA: 389AUS: 402
Exceeding 14.9%Strong 45.8%Developing 23.7%Needs support 13.9%
Writing
WA: 406AUS: 414
Exceeding 4.7%Strong 69.6%Developing 16.9%Needs support 7.1%
Numeracy
WA: 396AUS: 405
Exceeding 8.0%Strong 51.7%Developing 26.9%Needs support 11.6%
Spelling
WA: 394AUS: 405
Exceeding 14.0%Strong 43.4%Developing 27.8%Needs support 13.1%
Grammar and Punctuation
WA: 395AUS: 408
Exceeding 9.4%Strong 39.8%Developing 28.3%Needs support 20.7%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 5
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading-8 vs AUS
Writing-6 vs AUS
Numeracy-5 vs AUS
Spelling-2 vs AUS
Grammar-8 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
WA: 484AUS: 492
Exceeding 16.8%Strong 53.2%Developing 19.2%Needs support 9.2%
Writing
WA: 473AUS: 480
Exceeding 7.4%Strong 56.3%Developing 24.8%Needs support 10.1%
Numeracy
WA: 486AUS: 492
Exceeding 11.3%Strong 56.3%Developing 21.9%Needs support 9.0%
Spelling
WA: 485AUS: 487
Exceeding 19.4%Strong 49.0%Developing 20.8%Needs support 9.3%
Grammar and Punctuation
WA: 490AUS: 497
Exceeding 14.0%Strong 46.9%Developing 23.6%Needs support 14.0%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)