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Table 221.50. Average National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading scale score of 4th-grade public school students, by race/ethnicity, school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, and state: 2019
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State Race/ethnicity Percent of students in school eligible
for free or reduced-price lunch1
White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific
Islander
American
Indian/
Alaska
Native
Two or
more
races
0-25
percent eligible
(low
poverty)
26-50
percent
eligible
51-75
percent
eligible
76-100
percent
eligible
(high
poverty)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
United States 229 (0.2) 203 (0.5) 208 (0.5) 239 (1.0) 209 (2.2) 204 (1.2) 225 (0.8) 240 (0.5) 227 (0.5) 217 (0.5) 206 (1.0)
Alabama 223 (1.4) 195 (1.6) 198 (4.0) (†) (†) (†) (†) 236 (2.6) 223 (2.7) 215 (2.5) 202 (3.0)
Alaska 221 (1.4) (†) 206 (3.7) 211 (5.0) 184 (6.9) 173 (2.5) 210 (2.6) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Arizona 228 (1.9) 206 (4.5) 205 (1.7) (†) (†) 196 (3.6) 227 (4.8) 236 (2.4) 223 (3.3) 215 (3.4) 200 (2.2)
Arkansas 222 (1.3) 197 (1.9) 211 (2.7) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 227 (1.9) 217 (1.3) 206 (3.0)
California 234 (2.0) 197 (4.1) 207 (1.3) 238 (3.3) (†) (†) 233 (3.7) 246 (2.3) 230 (2.5) 218 (2.2) 204 (4.0)

Colorado
235 (1.2) 212 (3.0) 208 (1.6) 231 (5.8) (†) (†) 232 (3.8) 238 (1.8) 227 (1.9) 214 (3.0) 203 (2.1)
Connecticut 237 (1.3) 204 (2.2) 204 (2.5) 248 (3.1) (†) (†) 231 (4.4) 240 (2.1) 227 (2.0) 218 (2.6) (†)
Delaware 230 (1.2) 203 (1.5) 209 (1.9) 251 (4.4) (†) (†) 215 (3.6) 239 (1.9) 223 (2.3) 213 (2.6) (†)
District of Columbia 258 (2.0) 204 (1.0) 213 (1.9) (†) (†) (†) 250 (4.8) 245 (1.7) 237 (3.3) 218 (3.5) 195 (3.9)
Florida 233 (1.5) 211 (1.9) 221 (1.4) 249 (3.8) (†) (†) 222 (3.4) 247 (3.1) 232 (1.8) 226 (2.0) 215 (2.2)

Georgia
232 (1.5) 205 (1.5) 209 (1.9) 246 (5.6) (†) (†) 225 (3.8) 244 (3.3) 230 (2.3) 217 (2.4) 207 (3.4)
Hawaii 237 (2.6) (†) 213 (2.0) 226 (2.0) 199 (2.1) (†) 223 (2.2) 236 (2.7) 224 (2.0) 212 (1.8) (†)
Idaho 227 (1.2) (†) 205 (1.7) (†) (†) (†) 224 (4.7) 236 (1.7) 224 (2.0) 215 (2.1) (†)
Illinois 228 (1.6) 200 (2.2) 208 (1.9) 238 (4.7) (†) (†) 229 (4.0) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Indiana 228 (1.3) 200 (3.3) 211 (3.0) 232 (3.9) (†) (†) 219 (4.1) 243 (2.9) 231 (1.9) 219 (1.5) 212 (4.4)

Iowa
226 (1.2) 192 (3.3) 206 (3.2) 224 (6.1) (†) (†) 221 (4.0) 233 (1.8) 225 (1.7) 211 (2.8) (†)
Kansas 225 (1.4) 199 (4.2) 208 (2.1) (†) (†) (†) 220 (4.0) 236 (2.1) 221 (2.0) 217 (1.9) 201 (3.5)
Kentucky 225 (1.2) 199 (2.5) 206 (3.5) 236 (6.8) (†) (†) 220 (3.0) 237 (5.6) 232 (3.5) 225 (4.2) (†)
Louisiana 223 (1.5) 195 (1.8) 206 (4.8) (†) (†) (†) 221 (5.3) 240 (6.9) 223 (3.2) 222 (5.0) 198 (8.0)
Maine 222 (1.0) 203 (4.3) (†) (†) (†) (†) 219 (5.4) 238 (2.3) 221 (1.8) 216 (2.0) (†)

Maryland
234 (2.1) 206 (1.9) 207 (2.1) 247 (3.2) (†) (†) 233 (3.5) 237 (2.9) 226 (2.4) 217 (2.6) 201 (3.3)
Massachusetts 239 (1.3) 213 (2.3) 212 (2.0) 245 (3.8) (†) (†) 253 (5.7) 246 (2.3) 237 (1.9) 219 (4.3) (†)
Michigan 224 (1.5) 199 (3.1) 207 (2.3) 233 (4.2) (†) (†) 220 (4.3) 236 (2.2) 227 (2.1) 218 (2.7) 208 (7.1)
Minnesota 231 (1.2) 201 (3.6) 202 (2.9) 224 (4.2) (†) 194 (7.1) 221 (5.2) 236 (1.5) 225 (1.7) 212 (2.2) 207 (3.7)
Mississippi 230 (1.4) 209 (1.7) 221 (4.1) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 231 (3.3) 225 (1.6) 217 (2.1)

Missouri
221 (1.3) 200 (2.9) 213 (3.2) (†) (†) (†) 222 (3.3) 241 (2.7) 221 (2.1) 216 (1.5) 205 (3.3)
Montana 226 (1.0) (†) 214 (3.5) (†) (†) 194 (3.5) 221 (4.3) 236 (2.1) 226 (1.2) 216 (1.8) (†)
Nebraska 230 (1.1) 199 (3.4) 210 (2.0) (†) (†) 186 (6.7) 213 (4.7) 238 (1.9) 226 (1.9) 218 (2.2) 203 (1.8)
Nevada 229 (1.6) 200 (2.7) 212 (1.4) 234 (3.6) (†) (†) 224 (2.8) 237 (3.4) 229 (2.0) 215 (2.5) 210 (3.1)
New Hampshire 226 (1.2) (†) 208 (3.8) 232 (4.9) (†) (†) (†) 232 (1.7) 221 (1.9) 208 (2.8) 197 (5.3)

New Jersey
238 (1.2) 211 (2.9) 213 (2.6) 248 (2.3) (†) (†) (†) 238 (1.5) 227 (1.8) 221 (4.9) 209 (4.4)
New Mexico 224 (2.5) (†) 203 (1.1) (†) (†) 193 (3.0) (†) 238 (3.9) 223 (3.0) 212 (2.7) 200 (5.2)
New York 229 (1.8) 203 (1.8) 209 (1.9) 235 (2.6) (†) (†) 232 (7.6) 244 (2.9) 227 (2.8) (†) 199 (5.8)
North Carolina 232 (1.7) 208 (1.6) 211 (1.9) 242 (4.1) (†) 200 (4.5) 227 (3.5) 244 (3.1) 230 (3.6) 222 (1.8) 205 (6.5)
North Dakota 226 (0.9) 209 (4.0) 209 (4.1) (†) (†) 202 (2.7) (†) 227 (1.2) 221 (1.4) 212 (3.0) (†)

Ohio
228 (1.0) 200 (2.9) 211 (3.5) 245 (4.4) (†) (†) 214 (5.4) 238 (1.7) 226 (1.8) 219 (2.8) (†)
Oklahoma 223 (1.3) 199 (3.0) 206 (2.6) (†) (†) 216 (2.5) 220 (2.3) 233 (3.5) 226 (1.7) 217 (2.0) 210 (3.3)
Oregon 224 (1.2) (†) 199 (2.4) 226 (5.6) (†) 199 (7.9) 228 (3.5) 236 (2.6) 222 (2.4) 216 (3.8) (†)
Pennsylvania 232 (1.4) 199 (3.1) 201 (3.2) 246 (3.7) (†) (†) 218 (4.2) 241 (2.3) 229 (1.7) 221 (3.0) (†)
Rhode Island 230 (1.1) 202 (3.0) 205 (1.8) 224 (4.1) (†) (†) 220 (3.1) 239 (1.6) 224 (2.4) 216 (1.9) 199 (3.4)

South Carolina
229 (1.5) 199 (2.0) 211 (3.1) (†) (†) (†) 213 (4.5) 241 (2.8) 225 (2.7) 215 (2.0) 203 (4.4)
South Dakota 228 (1.1) 205 (5.5) 202 (4.1) (†) (†) 198 (3.7) 219 (3.7) 230 (1.6) 226 (1.5) 217 (2.7) 206 (6.3)
Tennessee 227 (1.1) 204 (1.9) 202 (2.2) (†) (†) (†) 226 (4.0) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Texas 232 (1.5) 205 (2.2) 208 (1.3) 247 (3.1) (†) (†) 225 (4.8) 239 (3.1) 229 (3.2) 215 (2.2) 203 (2.6)
Utah 230 (1.2) (†) 207 (1.8) (†) (†) 191 (6.2) 226 (5.7) 233 (1.5) 224 (2.1) 215 (3.1) (†)

Vermont
222 (0.8) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 229 (4.1) 237 (1.5) 224 (1.2) 216 (2.4) (†)
Virginia 231 (1.4) 207 (2.1) 211 (2.2) 244 (3.9) (†) (†) 228 (3.8) 240 (2.3) 226 (1.9) 218 (2.0) 207 (8.5)
Washington 228 (1.8) 209 (4.6) 202 (1.7) 234 (4.2) (†) 204 (6.6) 227 (3.1) 241 (3.1) 220 (2.3) 214 (2.4) 205 (6.9)
West Virginia 214 (1.2) 200 (4.2) (†) (†) (†) (†) 203 (4.9) (†) 221 (3.8) (†) (†)
Wisconsin 227 (1.2) 188 (2.7) 208 (2.0) 223 (3.9) (†) 198 (7.3) 219 (3.5) 237 (1.8) 219 (1.8) 217 (2.3) (†)
Wyoming 230 (0.9) (†) 218 (2.5) (†) (†) 202 (4.2) (†) 232 (2.0) 228 (1.2) 223 (2.1) (†)

Department of Defense
     Education Activity
     (DoDEA)2
239 (1.0) 228 (2.1) 230 (1.7) 237 (2.8) (†) (†) 236 (1.8) 236 (1.1) 230 (1.6) (†) (†)
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
1 For the United States, the majority of the individual states, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), the nonresponse rate for free or reduced-price lunch was greater than 15 percent but not greater than 50 percent. The response rate was greater than 85 percent for the following eight states: Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
2 Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
NOTE: Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Table does not include private schools, Bureau of Indian Education schools, or (except in the final row) DoDEA schools. 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. Race/ethnicity based on school records. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment, retrieved November 8, 2019, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/). (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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