
| Control | Central city | Urban fringe | Rural | |||
| Performance scale scores | ||||||
| Total, 2000 | 266 | (1.9) | 277 | (1.3) | 275 | (1.6) |
| Total, 2003 | 271 | (0.6) | 281 | (0.5) | 279 | (0.4) |
| Total, 2005 | 273 | (0.4) | 283 | (0.3) | 279 | (0.4) |
| Control | ||||||
| Public | ||||||
| 2000 | 262 | (2.2) | 276 | (1.4) | 275 | (1.6) |
| 2003 | 267 | (0.5) | 280 | (0.5) | 279 | (0.4) |
| 2005 | 270 | (0.4) | 282 | (0.3) | 279 | (0.4) |
| Private | ||||||
| 2000 | 287 | (1.5) | 288 | (1.7) | ‡ | ( ‡) |
| 2003 | 291 | (1.7) | 293 | (1.2) | 288 | (3.2) |
| 2005 | ‡ | ( ‡) | ‡ | ( ‡) | ‡ | ( ‡) |
| Percentage distribution | ||||||
| Total, 2000 | 31 | (1.3) | 44 | (1.8) | 25 | (1.8) |
| Total, 2003 | 29 | (0.3) | 42 | (0.4) | 29 | (0.4) |
| Total, 2005 | 31 | (0.3) | 43 | (0.4) | 26 | (0.3) |
| Control | ||||||
| Public | ||||||
| 2000 | 30 | (1.3) | 45 | (2.0) | 26 | (2.0) |
| 2003 | 27 | (0.3) | 42 | (0.4) | 31 | (0.4) |
| 2005 | 30 | (0.3) | 43 | (0.4) | 27 | (0.3) |
| Private | ||||||
| 2000 | 45 | (4.2) | 43 | (4.1) | 12 | (2.3) |
| 2003 | 50 | (1.9) | 40 | (1.9) | 11 | (1.2) |
| 2005 | ‡ | ( ‡) | ‡ | ( ‡) | ‡ | ( ‡) |
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||
| NOTE: The NAEP Mathematics scale ranges from 0 to 500. Observed differences are not necessarily statistically significant. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000, 2003, and 2005 Mathematics Assessment, NAEP Data Explorer. | ||||||