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Digest of Education Statistics: 2011
Digest of Education Statistics: 2011

NCES 2012-001
May 2012


Table 147. Average mathematics scale score of 8th-grade public school students and percentage attaining mathematics achievement levels, by state: Selected years, 1990 through 2011
State Average scale score1 Percent attaining mathematics achievement levels, 2011
19902 19963 2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 Below Basic At or above Basic4 At or above Profi-cient5 At Advanced6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 262 (1.4) 271 (1.2) 272 (0.9) 276 (0.3) 278 (0.2) 280 (0.3) 282 (0.3) 283 (0.2) 28 (0.3) 72 (0.3) 34 (0.2) 8 (0.2)
                                                 
Alabama 253 (1.1) 257 (2.1) 264 (1.8) 262 (1.5) 262 (1.5) 266 (1.5) 269 (1.2) 269 (1.4) 40 (1.9) 60 (1.9) 20 (1.5) 3 (0.5)
Alaska (†) 278 (1.8) (†) 279 (0.9) 279 (0.8) 283 (1.1) 283 (1.0) 283 (0.8) 26 (0.8) 74 (0.8) 35 (1.1) 7 (0.8)
Arizona7  260 (1.3) 268 (1.6) 269 (1.8) 271 (1.2) 274 (1.1) 276 (1.2) 277 (1.4) 279 (1.2) 32 (1.2) 68 (1.2) 31 (1.5) 7 (0.7)
Arkansas 256 (0.9) 262 (1.5) 257 (1.5) 266 (1.2) 272 (1.2) 274 (1.1) 276 (1.1) 279 (1.0) 30 (1.4) 70 (1.4) 29 (1.2) 5 (0.7)
California7  256 (1.3) 263 (1.9) 260 (2.1) 267 (1.2) 269 (0.7) 270 (0.8) 270 (1.3) 273 (1.2) 39 (1.4) 61 (1.4) 25 (1.2) 6 (0.8)
                                                 
Colorado 267 (0.9) 276 (1.1) (†) 283 (1.1) 281 (1.2) 286 (0.9) 287 (1.4) 292 (1.1) 20 (1.1) 80 (1.1) 43 (1.3) 12 (0.9)
Connecticut 270 (1.0) 280 (1.1) 281 (1.3) 284 (1.2) 281 (1.4) 282 (1.5) 289 (1.0) 287 (1.1) 25 (1.3) 75 (1.3) 38 (1.5) 10 (1.0)
Delaware 261 (0.9) 267 (0.9) (†) 277 (0.7) 281 (0.6) 283 (0.6) 284 (0.5) 283 (0.7) 26 (0.8) 74 (0.8) 32 (1.1) 7 (0.8)
District of Columbia 231 (0.9) 233 (1.3) 235 (1.1) 243 (0.8) 245 (0.9) 248 (0.9) 254 (0.9) 260 (0.7) 52 (1.0) 48 (1.0) 17 (0.8) 3 (0.4)
Florida 255 (1.2) 264 (1.8) (†) 271 (1.5) 274 (1.1) 277 (1.3) 279 (1.1) 278 (0.8) 32 (0.9) 68 (0.9) 28 (1.0) 6 (0.5)
                                                 
Georgia 259 (1.3) 262 (1.6) 265 (1.2) 270 (1.2) 272 (1.1) 275 (1.0) 278 (0.9) 278 (1.0) 32 (1.1) 68 (1.1) 28 (1.5) 6 (0.7)
Hawaii 251 (0.8) 262 (1.0) 262 (1.4) 266 (0.8) 266 (0.7) 269 (0.8) 274 (0.7) 278 (0.7) 32 (0.9) 68 (0.9) 30 (0.9) 6 (0.4)
Idaho7  271 (0.8) (†) 277 (1.0) 280 (0.9) 281 (0.9) 284 (0.9) 287 (0.8) 287 (0.8) 23 (1.0) 77 (1.0) 37 (1.1) 9 (0.8)
Illinois7  261 (1.7) (†) 275 (1.7) 277 (1.2) 278 (1.1) 280 (1.1) 282 (1.2) 283 (1.1) 27 (1.2) 73 (1.2) 33 (1.3) 8 (0.7)
Indiana7 267 (1.2) 276 (1.4) 281 (1.4) 281 (1.1) 282 (1.0) 285 (1.1) 287 (0.9) 285 (1.0) 23 (1.2) 77 (1.2) 34 (1.2) 7 (0.8)
                                                 
Iowa 278 (1.1) 284 (1.3) (†) 284 (0.8) 284 (0.9) 285 (0.9) 284 (1.0) 285 (0.9) 23 (1.2) 77 (1.2) 34 (1.3) 8 (0.7)
Kansas7  (†) (†) 283 (1.7) 284 (1.3) 284 (1.0) 290 (1.1) 289 (1.0) 290 (0.9) 20 (0.9) 80 (0.9) 41 (1.4) 8 (0.8)
Kentucky 257 (1.2) 267 (1.1) 270 (1.3) 274 (1.2) 274 (1.2) 279 (1.1) 279 (1.1) 282 (0.9) 28 (1.2) 72 (1.2) 31 (1.2) 6 (0.6)
Louisiana 246 (1.2) 252 (1.6) 259 (1.5) 266 (1.5) 268 (1.4) 272 (1.1) 272 (1.6) 273 (1.2) 37 (1.4) 63 (1.4) 22 (1.2) 3 (0.4)
Maine7 (†) 284 (1.3) 281 (1.1) 282 (0.9) 281 (0.8) 286 (0.8) 286 (0.7) 289 (0.8) 22 (0.8) 78 (0.8) 39 (1.1) 10 (0.7)
                                                 
Maryland 261 (1.4) 270 (2.1) 272 (1.7) 278 (1.0) 278 (1.1) 286 (1.2) 288 (1.1) 288 (1.2) 26 (1.3) 74 (1.3) 40 (1.4) 12 (0.8)
Massachusetts (†) 278 (1.7) 279 (1.5) 287 (0.9) 292 (0.9) 298 (1.3) 299 (1.3) 299 (0.8) 14 (0.8) 86 (0.8) 51 (1.0) 15 (0.9)
Michigan7  264 (1.2) 277 (1.8) 277 (1.9) 276 (2.0) 277 (1.5) 277 (1.4) 278 (1.6) 280 (1.4) 29 (1.6) 71 (1.6) 31 (1.7) 6 (0.8)
Minnesota 275 (0.9) 284 (1.3) 287 (1.4) 291 (1.1) 290 (1.2) 292 (1.0) 294 (1.0) 295 (1.0) 17 (1.0) 83 (1.0) 48 (1.1) 13 (0.8)
Mississippi (†) 250 (1.2) 254 (1.1) 261 (1.1) 263 (1.2) 265 (0.8) 265 (1.2) 269 (1.4) 42 (2.0) 58 (2.0) 19 (1.2) 3 (0.6)
                                                 
Missouri (†) 273 (1.4) 271 (1.5) 279 (1.1) 276 (1.3) 281 (1.0) 286 (1.0) 282 (1.1) 27 (1.4) 73 (1.4) 32 (1.3) 7 (0.7)
Montana7 280 (0.9) 283 (1.3) 285 (1.4) 286 (0.8) 286 (0.7) 287 (0.7) 292 (0.9) 293 (0.6) 17 (0.9) 83 (0.9) 46 (0.9) 11 (0.7)
Nebraska 276 (1.0) 283 (1.0) 280 (1.2) 282 (0.9) 284 (1.0) 284 (1.0) 284 (1.1) 283 (0.8) 26 (1.3) 74 (1.3) 33 (1.2) 7 (0.7)
Nevada (†) (†) 265 (0.8) 268 (0.8) 270 (0.8) 271 (0.8) 274 (0.7) 278 (0.8) 33 (1.2) 67 (1.2) 29 (1.3) 6 (0.7)
New Hampshire 273 (0.9) (†) (†) 286 (0.8) 285 (0.8) 288 (0.7) 292 (0.9) 292 (0.7) 18 (1.0) 82 (1.0) 44 (0.9) 11 (0.6)
                                                 
New Jersey 270 (1.1) (†) (†) 281 (1.1) 284 (1.4) 289 (1.2) 293 (1.4) 294 (1.2) 18 (1.0) 82 (1.0) 47 (1.5) 14 (1.0)
New Mexico 256 (0.7) 262 (1.2) 259 (1.3) 263 (1.0) 263 (0.9) 268 (0.9) 270 (1.1) 274 (0.8) 36 (1.2) 64 (1.2) 24 (0.9) 4 (0.4)
New York7 261 (1.4) 270 (1.7) 271 (2.2) 280 (1.1) 280 (0.9) 280 (1.2) 283 (1.2) 280 (0.9) 30 (1.1) 70 (1.1) 30 (1.3) 7 (0.6)
North Carolina 250 (1.1) 268 (1.4) 276 (1.3) 281 (1.0) 282 (0.9) 284 (1.1) 284 (1.3) 286 (1.0) 25 (1.3) 75 (1.3) 37 (1.3) 10 (0.8)
North Dakota 281 (1.2) 284 (0.9) 282 (1.1) 287 (0.8) 287 (0.6) 292 (0.7) 293 (0.7) 292 (0.6) 15 (0.9) 85 (0.9) 43 (1.4) 8 (0.8)
                                                 
Ohio 264 (1.0) (†) 281 (1.6) 282 (1.3) 283 (1.1) 285 (1.2) 286 (1.0) 289 (1.0) 21 (1.2) 79 (1.2) 39 (1.4) 8 (0.9)
Oklahoma 263 (1.3) (†) 270 (1.3) 272 (1.1) 271 (1.0) 275 (0.9) 276 (1.0) 279 (1.0) 28 (1.3) 72 (1.3) 27 (1.2) 4 (0.6)
Oregon7 271 (1.0) 276 (1.5) 280 (1.5) 281 (1.3) 282 (1.0) 284 (1.1) 285 (1.0) 283 (1.0) 28 (1.2) 72 (1.2) 33 (1.2) 7 (0.8)
Pennsylvania 266 (1.6) (†) (†) 279 (1.1) 281 (1.5) 286 (1.1) 288 (1.3) 286 (1.2) 26 (1.4) 74 (1.4) 39 (1.1) 9 (0.8)
Rhode Island 260 (0.6) 269 (0.9) 269 (1.3) 272 (0.7) 272 (0.8) 275 (0.7) 278 (0.8) 283 (0.5) 27 (0.9) 73 (0.9) 34 (0.9) 7 (0.6)
                                                 
South Carolina (†) 261 (1.5) 265 (1.5) 277 (1.3) 281 (0.9) 282 (1.0) 280 (1.3) 281 (1.1) 30 (1.3) 70 (1.3) 32 (1.2) 7 (0.7)
South Dakota (†) (†) (†) 285 (0.8) 287 (0.6) 288 (0.8) 291 (0.5) 291 (0.5) 18 (0.7) 82 (0.7) 42 (1.0) 8 (0.6)
Tennessee (†) 263 (1.4) 262 (1.5) 268 (1.8) 271 (1.1) 274 (1.1) 275 (1.4) 274 (1.2) 36 (1.5) 64 (1.5) 24 (1.3) 5 (0.7)
Texas 258 (1.4) 270 (1.4) 273 (1.6) 277 (1.1) 281 (0.6) 286 (1.0) 287 (1.3) 290 (0.9) 19 (1.1) 81 (1.1) 40 (1.5) 9 (0.8)
Utah (†) 277 (1.0) 274 (1.2) 281 (1.0) 279 (0.7) 281 (0.9) 284 (0.9) 283 (0.8) 27 (1.0) 73 (1.0) 35 (1.0) 7 (0.7)
                                                 
Vermont7 (†) 279 (1.0) 281 (1.5) 286 (0.8) 287 (0.8) 291 (0.7) 293 (0.6) 294 (0.7) 18 (1.1) 82 (1.1) 46 (1.1) 13 (0.8)
Virginia 264 (1.5) 270 (1.6) 275 (1.3) 282 (1.3) 284 (1.1) 288 (1.1) 286 (1.1) 289 (1.1) 22 (1.3) 78 (1.3) 40 (1.5) 11 (1.0)
Washington (†) 276 (1.3) (†) 281 (0.9) 285 (1.0) 285 (1.0) 289 (1.0) 288 (1.0) 23 (0.9) 77 (0.9) 40 (1.3) 11 (0.8)
West Virginia 256 (1.0) 265 (1.0) 266 (1.2) 271 (1.2) 269 (1.0) 270 (1.0) 270 (1.0) 273 (0.7) 35 (1.1) 65 (1.1) 21 (0.8) 3 (0.4)
Wisconsin 274 (1.3) 283 (1.5) (†) 284 (1.3) 285 (1.2) 286 (1.1) 288 (0.9) 289 (1.0) 21 (0.9) 79 (0.9) 41 (1.3) 9 (0.8)
Wyoming 272 (0.7) 275 (0.9) 276 (1.0) 284 (0.7) 282 (0.8) 287 (0.7) 286 (0.6) 288 (0.6) 20 (1.0) 80 (1.0) 37 (1.2) 7 (0.7)
                                                 
Department of Defense
   dependents
   schools8
(†) 274 (0.9) 277 (1.1) 285 (0.7) 284 (0.7) 285 (0.8) 287 (0.9) 288 (0.8) 20 (1.0) 80 (1.0) 37 (1.4) 7 (0.8)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
1 Scale ranges from 0 to 500.
2 Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment.
3 The 1996 data in this table do not include students who were tested with accommodations. Data for students tested with accommodations are not available at the state level for 1996.
4 Basic denotes partial mastery of the knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work at the 8th-grade level.
5 Proficient represents solid academic performance for 8th-graders. Students reaching this level have demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter.
6 Advanced signifies superior performance.
7 Did not meet one or more of the guidelines for school participation in 2000. Data are subject to appreciable nonresponse bias.
8 Prior to 2005, NAEP divided the Department of Defense (DoD) schools into two jurisdictions, domestic and overseas. In 2005, NAEP began combining the DoD domestic and overseas schools into a single jurisdiction. Data shown in this table for years prior to 2005 were recalculated for comparability.
NOTE: For 2000 and later years, includes public school students who were tested with accommodations; excludes only those students with disabilities (SD) and English language learners (ELL) who were unable to be tested even with accommodations. SD and ELL populations, accommodation rates, and exclusion rates vary from state to state. 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), 1990, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 Mathematics Assessments, retrieved November 2, 2011, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/). (This table was prepared November 2011.)