Table 2.2. Percentage distribution of public school students across NAEP mathematics achievement levels, by grade level and locale: 2005

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Table 2.2.

Percentage distribution of public school students across NAEP mathematics achievement levels, by grade level and locale: 2005

Grade level and locale	Below basic	At basic	At or above proficient
Grade level and locale	Below basic	At basic	Total	At proficient	At advanced
4th grade
Total	20.5	44.1	35.3	30.5	4.8
City	28.0	43.3	28.7	24.6	4.1
Suburban	16.7	42.7	40.7	34.4	6.3
Town	19.7	46.3	34.0	30.5	3.5
Rural	17.3	46.7	36.0	31.9	4.1
Fringe	16.2	45.3	38.5	33.4	5.0
Distant	17.6	47.8	34.6	31.1	3.5
Remote	19.9	48.3	31.8	28.9	2.9

8th grade
Total	32.1	39.4	28.5	22.8	5.6
City	41.2	35.9	22.9	17.9	5.0
Suburban	27.6	38.9	33.4	26.1	7.3
Town	31.2	42.4	26.4	22.4	4.0
Rural	28.2	42.9	28.9	24.2	4.6
Fringe	27.7	41.6	30.7	24.9	5.8
Distant	28.3	44.4	27.3	23.8	3.5
Remote	29.9	44.5	25.7	22.6	3.0

12th grade
Total	41.1	37.4	21.5	19.5	2.0
City	47.3	35.1	17.6	15.3	2.3
Suburban	37.6	37.2	25.3	22.8	2.5
Town	38.9	40.5	20.6	19.7	1.0 !
Rural	40.4	39.0	20.6	19.0	1.6
Fringe	40.4	36.8	22.8	20.7	2.1 !
Distant	39.7	41.4	18.9	17.6	1.3 !
Remote	41.9	40.9	17.2	16.8	0.4 !
! Interpret data with caution. NOTE: For information on NAEP, including technical aspects of scoring and assessment validity and more specific information on achievement levels, see http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard. Rural areas are located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster. Urbanized areas are densely settled areas containing at least 50,000 people. Urban clusters are densely settled areas with a population of 2,500 to 49,999. Fringe rural areas are 5 miles or less from an urbanized area or 2.5 miles or less from an urban cluster. Distant rural areas are more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster. Remote rural areas are more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from an urban cluster. For more details on Census-defined areas, see http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/ua_2k.html. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Mathematics Assessment.