NAPLAN State Benchmarks Western Australia
How Western Australia 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 Western Australia; the dashed grey line shows the national average (AUS).
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Year 7
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading-6 vs AUS
Writing-3 vs AUS
Numeracy-4 vs AUS
Spelling+1 vs AUS
Grammar-6 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
WA: 532AUS: 538
Exceeding 18.1%Strong 49.2%Developing 21.4%Needs support 10.1%
Writing
WA: 535AUS: 538
Exceeding 15.7%Strong 47.3%Developing 25.2%Needs support 10.7%
Numeracy
WA: 540AUS: 545
Exceeding 14.4%Strong 53.4%Developing 20.7%Needs support 10.4%
Spelling
WA: 542AUS: 542
Exceeding 24.5%Strong 48.8%Developing 18.0%Needs support 7.5%
Grammar and Punctuation
WA: 533AUS: 539
Exceeding 15.5%Strong 45.3%Developing 23.3%Needs support 14.7%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Year 9
2025 · 5 domains 2023Reading+8 vs AUS
Writing+7 vs AUS
Numeracy+8 vs AUS
Spelling+3 vs AUS
Grammar+5 vs AUS
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2025
Reading
WA: 576AUS: 568
Exceeding 19.0%Strong 51.7%Developing 21.2%Needs support 6.9%
Writing
WA: 582AUS: 575
Exceeding 22.9%Strong 41.5%Developing 25.2%Needs support 9.1%
Numeracy
WA: 581AUS: 573
Exceeding 12.5%Strong 58.3%Developing 20.0%Needs support 7.9%
Spelling
WA: 572AUS: 569
Exceeding 19.2%Strong 54.8%Developing 18.4%Needs support 6.3%
Grammar and Punctuation
WA: 564AUS: 559
Exceeding 16.8%Strong 43.0%Developing 27.3%Needs support 11.7%
Source: ACARA NAPLAN National Results (2023, 2024, 2025)