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Gladstone’s best NAPLAN schools for 2025 named in new data analysis

The top spots for primary and secondary performance in the Gladstone region’s 2025 NAPLAN can be revealed, with two primary schools tying for first place.

The Gladstone area’s top NAPLAN performing schools for 2025 can be revealed. Picture: davidf/iStock
The Gladstone area’s top NAPLAN performing schools for 2025 can be revealed. Picture: davidf/iStock

The Gladstone area’s top NAPLAN performing schools for 2025 can be revealed.

Independent analysis of the newly-released 2025 NAPLAN data reveals that both public and private sector schools dominated the top three places in the Year 5 bracket.

The top average scores for the Year 5 bracket was shared between John the Baptist Primary School and Trinity College with both scoring 487.2.

Tannum Sands State School came second with 476.2 while Star of the Seas Catholic Primary School rounded out the top three with 475.4.

Meanwhile in the Year 9 bracket, the top three scoring schools belonged to the private sector.

Faith Baptist Christian School led the way with an average score of 598.2, followed by Discovery Christian College with 569.

The third highest scoring school was Trinity College which scored a 566.2 average.

NAPLAN tests students in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy.

The analysis combined scores from these five areas to find the highest averaging school.

Gladstone’s top 10 performing NAPLAN Year 5 schools

Trinity College: 487.2

St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School: 487.2

Tannum Sands State School: 476.2

Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School : 475.4

Discovery Christian College: 473.4

Agnes Water State School: 472.8

St Francis Catholic Primary School: 472.6

Faith Baptist Christian School: 469.8

Gladstone Central State School: 461.6

Boyne Island State School: 461.2

Gladstone’s top 10 performing NAPLAN Year 9 schools

Faith Baptist Christian School: 598.2

Discovery Christian College: 569

Trinity College: 566.2

Toolooa State High School: 552

Chanel College: 548.2

Miriam Vale State School: 542.2

Tannum Sands State High School: 516.2

Gladstone State High School: 515.2

Calliope State High School: 497

Mount Larcom State School: 477

Originally published as Gladstone’s best NAPLAN schools for 2025 named in new data analysis

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