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The following table shows the unweighted counts and percentages of NAEP 2017 state assessment fourth- and eighth-grade schools that were eligible and ineligible, by reason for ineligibility.
| Eligibility status | Grade 4 | Grade 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted count of schools | Unweighted percentage | Unweighted count of schools | Unweighted percentage | |
| All sampled public schools | 8,230 | 100.00 | 6,880 | 100.00 |
| Eligible | 7,930 | 96.33 | 6,530 | 94.98 |
| Ineligible | 302 | 3.67 | 345 | 5.02 |
| Has sampled grade, but no eligible students | 41 | 0.50 | 48 | 0.70 |
| Does not have sampled grade | 46 | 0.56 | 87 | 1.26 |
| School closed | 138 | 1.68 | 77 | 1.12 |
| Not a regular school | 56 | 0.68 | 96 | 1.40 |
| Other ineligible school | 18 | 0.22 | 35 | 0.51 |
| Duplicate on sampling frame | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.03 |
| NOTE: Numbers of schools are rounded to nearest ten, except those pertaining to ineligible schools. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Percentages are based on unrounded counts. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2017 State Assessment. | ||||