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Table 222.70. Average National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scale score of 8th-grade public school students, by race/ethnicity, parents' highest level of education, and state: 2019
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State Race/ethnicity Highest level of education attained by
either parent1
White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific
Islander
American
Indian/
Alaska
Native
Two or
more races
Did not
finish
high
school
Graduated
high
school
Some
education
after high
school
Graduated
college
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
United States 291 (0.3) 259 (0.4) 268 (0.4) 313 (1.1) 263 (2.2) 263 (1.4) 285 (0.9) 264 (0.7) 265 (0.5) 279 (0.5) 293 (0.4)
Alabama 279 (1.4) 249 (2.0) 262 (2.9) (†) (†) (†) (†) 258 (2.6) 254 (2.4) 271 (2.3) 278 (1.5)
Alaska 289 (1.0) 254 (4.2) 274 (3.0) 277 (3.5) 250 (6.0) 248 (2.8) 281 (2.4) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Arizona 295 (1.5) 267 (3.4) 269 (1.4) 314 (6.6) (†) 259 (4.0) (†) 266 (3.1) 268 (2.0) 281 (2.1) 292 (1.7)
Arkansas 284 (1.6) 249 (2.0) 269 (2.7) (†) (†) (†) (†) 258 (3.9) 262 (2.4) 275 (2.0) 284 (1.8)
California 294 (2.5) 252 (3.6) 262 (1.2) 311 (3.2) (†) (†) 291 (4.8) 263 (2.2) 263 (2.3) 274 (2.3) 293 (2.2)

Colorado
295 (1.5) 261 (2.9) 268 (1.5) 314 (4.3) (†) (†) 286 (3.8) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Connecticut 299 (1.2) 256 (3.0) 263 (2.2) 329 (3.8) (†) (†) 284 (4.8) 265 (4.7) 265 (2.4) 279 (2.8) 299 (1.3)
Delaware 289 (1.3) 260 (1.5) 266 (2.0) 312 (4.0) (†) (†) 282 (5.4) 264 (3.2) 263 (2.5) 277 (2.0) 288 (1.4)
District of Columbia 323 (2.6) 260 (1.1) 267 (2.0) (†) (†) (†) (†) 255 (4.1) 255 (2.0) 267 (2.0) 282 (1.4)
Florida 289 (1.8) 259 (1.9) 276 (1.4) 313 (4.3) (†) (†) 279 (4.8) 262 (3.5) 263 (1.5) 276 (2.7) 288 (1.6)

Georgia
292 (1.4) 262 (1.2) 275 (1.9) 324 (4.2) (†) (†) 283 (4.0) 263 (2.8) 263 (2.4) 281 (2.0) 290 (1.1)
Hawaii 288 (2.3) (†) 275 (2.5) 287 (1.3) 257 (2.0) (†) 282 (2.8) 256 (3.8) 260 (2.2) 279 (1.8) 285 (1.4)
Idaho 292 (1.2) (†) 266 (1.7) (†) (†) (†) 287 (4.9) 268 (2.8) 270 (2.0) 283 (2.1) 297 (1.4)
Illinois 291 (1.7) 262 (2.3) 273 (1.6) 320 (5.0) (†) (†) 286 (4.7) 268 (3.4) 269 (2.4) 276 (2.0) 294 (1.7)
Indiana 292 (1.2) 262 (3.7) 274 (2.9) (†) (†) (†) 278 (4.6) 271 (3.7) 272 (2.1) 284 (2.0) 296 (1.6)

Iowa
286 (1.0) 249 (3.3) 269 (2.4) (†) (†) (†) 273 (4.5) 257 (2.6) 267 (2.1) 279 (2.4) 292 (1.0)
Kansas 288 (1.2) 257 (3.4) 268 (1.7) (†) (†) (†) 289 (4.0) 264 (2.5) 270 (2.4) 284 (2.2) 292 (1.2)
Kentucky 282 (1.2) 256 (2.0) 270 (2.9) 299 (10.7) (†) (†) 267 (4.7) 260 (3.1) 265 (1.9) 279 (2.0) 289 (1.2)
Louisiana 285 (1.6) 255 (1.5) 268 (4.5) (†) (†) (†) (†) 262 (3.1) 259 (2.0) 279 (1.6) 278 (2.0)
Maine 284 (1.0) 255 (5.2) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 259 (4.9) 265 (2.2) 284 (1.9) 291 (1.2)

Maryland
300 (1.7) 261 (1.5) 261 (2.3) 315 (3.2) (†) (†) 288 (5.1) 260 (4.2) 261 (2.2) 272 (2.0) 293 (1.4)
Massachusetts 302 (1.2) 267 (3.3) 269 (3.1) 331 (4.5) (†) (†) 299 (3.8) 262 (6.3) 273 (2.5) 287 (2.4) 306 (1.3)
Michigan 287 (1.2) 253 (2.7) 268 (2.6) 302 (7.1) (†) (†) 273 (3.8) 256 (4.5) 265 (2.2) 276 (2.1) 290 (1.4)
Minnesota 300 (1.2) 255 (3.4) 268 (3.1) 298 (5.4) (†) 268 (4.4) 288 (4.8) 262 (5.1) 270 (3.1) 287 (2.4) 302 (1.5)
Mississippi 288 (1.2) 258 (1.1) 277 (4.7) (†) (†) (†) (†) 271 (2.5) 261 (1.9) 279 (1.7) 279 (1.3)

Missouri
286 (1.1) 258 (2.1) 268 (3.3) (†) (†) (†) 281 (4.3) 264 (3.1) 264 (2.0) 279 (1.9) 291 (1.3)
Montana 288 (0.8) (†) 281 (3.0) (†) (†) 254 (2.6) 281 (4.5) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Nebraska 294 (1.0) 252 (2.9) 268 (1.7) 290 (6.5) (†) (†) 279 (4.6) 265 (3.7) 270 (2.5) 285 (2.2) 294 (1.1)
Nevada 286 (1.5) 254 (2.4) 266 (1.1) 300 (3.6) (†) (†) 279 (3.2) 264 (2.5) 261 (1.8) 277 (2.0) 286 (1.4)
New Hampshire 288 (1.0) 267 (5.0) 267 (3.9) 307 (4.6) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)

New Jersey
304 (1.4) 266 (3.3) 269 (2.7) 329 (3.2) (†) (†) (†) 268 (4.4) 274 (2.8) 282 (2.9) 305 (1.5)
New Mexico 285 (2.2) (†) 264 (1.1) (†) (†) 254 (2.8) (†) 253 (2.8) 260 (1.8) 270 (1.9) 282 (1.2)
New York 292 (2.0) 258 (2.9) 263 (1.7) 309 (2.9) (†) (†) (†) 265 (3.1) 264 (2.3) 277 (3.0) 292 (1.4)
North Carolina 295 (1.6) 264 (2.0) 273 (2.1) 322 (5.5) (†) 262 (5.1) 286 (3.3) 269 (3.1) 266 (2.4) 287 (2.2) 293 (1.5)
North Dakota 292 (0.8) 254 (3.4) 276 (4.4) (†) (†) 264 (2.0) (†) 259 (4.1) 268 (2.6) 286 (2.1) 294 (1.0)

Ohio
293 (1.2) 259 (2.7) 274 (4.2) 308 (5.6) (†) (†) 275 (3.7) 258 (4.7) 266 (2.6) 284 (2.1) 297 (1.3)
Oklahoma 282 (1.3) 253 (2.7) 271 (2.0) (†) (†) 270 (2.7) 280 (2.9) 263 (2.8) 266 (1.9) 279 (1.9) 287 (1.3)
Oregon 287 (1.4) (†) 258 (1.8) 307 (6.7) (†) 264 (6.4) 289 (4.0) 258 (3.1) 265 (2.7) 279 (2.2) 293 (1.5)
Pennsylvania 295 (1.3) 255 (2.3) 258 (3.2) 313 (3.9) (†) (†) 284 (5.2) 259 (3.9) 261 (2.9) 280 (2.5) 297 (1.3)
Rhode Island 287 (1.1) 258 (3.4) 255 (1.7) (†) (†) (†) 273 (3.8) 258 (3.4) 261 (2.3) 270 (2.6) 290 (1.2)

South Carolina
289 (1.3) 256 (1.6) 270 (2.7) (†) (†) (†) 278 (4.1) 266 (3.5) 258 (2.7) 278 (2.8) 286 (1.3)
South Dakota 294 (0.9) (†) 270 (3.1) (†) (†) 257 (2.5) 286 (3.7) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Tennessee 287 (1.4) 260 (1.8) 267 (2.8) 321 (6.4) (†) (†) 279 (5.2) 264 (2.8) 265 (1.6) 281 (2.0) 291 (1.7)
Texas 293 (1.9) 265 (2.1) 272 (1.1) 318 (2.9) (†) (†) 287 (5.9) 265 (2.3) 268 (1.5) 280 (2.2) 291 (1.4)
Utah 291 (1.2) (†) 263 (2.2) (†) (†) 257 (4.6) 294 (4.8) (†) (†) (†) (†)

Vermont
288 (0.8) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 282 (4.4) 261 (4.2) 267 (1.9) 284 (2.2) 297 (0.9)
Virginia 294 (1.4) 268 (2.0) 278 (2.3) 315 (4.4) (†) (†) 293 (3.8) 271 (3.7) 271 (2.3) 284 (2.3) 297 (1.6)
Washington 292 (1.6) 259 (5.4) 267 (1.5) 315 (4.4) (†) 259 (6.6) 292 (3.5) 266 (2.7) 273 (2.4) 285 (2.4) 300 (1.8)
West Virginia 273 (1.0) 261 (3.5) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 252 (3.8) 259 (1.8) 276 (1.8) 282 (1.2)
Wisconsin 297 (1.2) 250 (3.2) 273 (2.6) 294 (4.6) (†) 267 (6.8) 276 (4.9) 270 (3.3) 267 (2.5) 290 (2.4) 299 (1.2)
Wyoming 291 (1.0) (†) 274 (2.5) (†) (†) 258 (3.7) 274 (4.2) 266 (3.5) 276 (1.9) 285 (2.3) 295 (1.1)

Department of Defense
    Education Activity
    (DoDEA)2
298 (1.0) 276 (2.1) 285 (1.5) 305 (3.6) (†) (†) 294 (2.1) (†) 280 (3.2) 294 (2.0) 295 (0.9)
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or item response rates fell below the required standards for reporting.
1 Excludes students who responded "I don't know" to the question about educational level of parents.
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 Mathematics Assessment, retrieved November 12, 2019, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/). (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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