Table 2.3. Percentage distribution of public school students across NAEP science achievement levels, by grade level and locale: 2005

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Table 2.3.

Percentage distribution of public school students across NAEP science 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	34.0	39.0	27.0	24.7	2.3
City	46.2	34.8	19.1	17.5	1.6
Suburban	29.9	39.7	30.4	27.6	2.7
Town	31.5	41.0	27.4	25.3	2.1
Rural	25.9	42.3	31.7	29.2	2.6
Fringe	24.1	41.8	34.1	31.2	2.9
Distant	26.7	43.5	29.9	27.6	2.2
Remote	30.8	41.5	27.8	25.4	2.3 !

8th grade
Total	42.7	30.0	27.3	24.4	2.9
City	54.7	25.8	19.5	17.3	2.1
Suburban	38.2	30.6	31.2	27.5	3.7
Town	40.4	31.6	28.0	25.4	2.6
Rural	36.3	33.5	30.2	27.4	2.8
Fringe	36.2	32.2	31.6	28.2	3.4
Distant	37.1	34.7	28.2	26.0	2.2
Remote	34.3	35.5	30.2	28.5	1.7 !

12th grade
Total	48.2	34.5	17.3	15.6	1.8 !
City	56.5	30.0	13.5	12.0	1.5
Suburban	44.9	35.3	19.8	17.6	2.2 !
Town	44.1	37.8	18.1	16.5	1.7 !
Rural	45.6	36.7	17.7	16.3	1.5 !
Fringe	44.3	37.0	18.7	17.0	1.7 !
Distant	46.9	36.4	16.7	15.2	1.5 !
Remote	47.2	36.2	16.7	16.0	0.7 !
! 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 Science Assessment.