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North-west Tasmania’s most improved NAPLAN schools

These are the North-west Tasmanian schools that have improved their NAPLAN results the most in the last five years. SEARCH AND COMPARE THOSE SCHOOLS IN OUR INTERACTIVE.

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These are the North West Tasmania schools that have improved their NAPLAN results the most in the last five years.

An analysis of five years’ worth of NAPLAN results has revealed the schools that have improved their Year 5 and Year 9 student scores the most.

The North West Tasmania school that improved their Year 5 results the most between 2014 and 2018 was Forth Primary School, in Forth, where the average results across all subjects improved by 12.0 per cent.

Average Year 9 results at Devonport High School, in Devonport, increased by 2.4 per cent, the biggest improvement in North West Tasmania.

The analysis compared each school’s combined results for each NAPLAN subject in 2014 and compared to the same results in 2018.

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North West Tasmania’s second biggest improvement in Year 5 results over those five years was Cooee Primary School, in Cooee, where scores increased 8.5 per cent.

The third biggest Year 5 improver was Montello Primary School, in Montello, where results increased 7.4 per cent over the five-year period.

The North West Tasmania school with the second biggest Year 9 improvement between 2014 and 2018 was Reece High School, in Devonport, where results improved 2.0 per cent.

Average results at Burnie High School, in Cooee, increased 1.3 per cent, the third highest increase in North West Tasmania.

NORTH WEST TASMANIA’S 10 YEAR 5 NAPLAN IMPROVERS OVER FIVE YEARS

Forth Primary School: 12.0 per cent

Cooee Primary School: 8.5 per cent

Montello Primary School: 7.4 per cent

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School: 7.0 per cent

Devonport Christian School: 3.8 per cent

Romaine Park Primary School: 1.4 per cent

Hillcrest Primary School: -0.1 per cent

Miandetta Primary School: -0.3 per cent

East Devonport Primary School: -0.3 per cent

Spreyton Primary School: -0.3 per cent

NORTH WEST TASMANIA’S 10 YEAR 9 NAPLAN IMPROVERS OVER FIVE YEARS

Devonport High School: 2.4 per cent

Reece High School: 2.0 per cent

Burnie High School: 1.3 per cent

Marist Regional College: 1.0 per cent

St Brendan-Shaw College: -3.8 per cent

Parklands High School: -4.4 per cent

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School: nan per cent

Stella Maris Catholic School: nan per cent

Devonport Primary School: nan per cent

East Devonport Primary School: nan per cent

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