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Table 222.80. Average National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scale scores of 4th- and 8th-grade public school students and percentage attaining selected mathematics achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and jurisdiction or specific urban district: Selected years, 2009 through 2019
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Grade level and jurisdiction
or specific urban district
Average mathematics scale score1 Percent of students
2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2019
All
students
All
students
All
students
All
students
All
students
White Black Hispanic Asian All
students
White Black Hispanic Asian At or
above
NAEP
Basic2
At or
above
NAEP
Profi-
cient
3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
4th grade                                                                

United States
239 (0.2) 240 (0.2) 241 (0.2) 240 (0.3) 239 (0.2) 248 (0.2) 223 (0.5) 229 (0.4) 260 (1.1) 240 (0.2) 249 (0.3) 224 (0.4) 231 (0.4) 263 (1.0) 80 (0.2) 40 (0.3)
All large cities4 231 (0.5) 233 (0.6) 235 (0.7) 234 (0.6) 232 (0.5) 250 (1.3) 220 (0.7) 227 (0.6) 249 (1.8) 235 (0.6) 252 (0.9) 221 (0.7) 230 (0.6) 259 (3.3) 74 (0.6) 34 (0.8)

Selected urban districts
                                                               
Albuquerque (NM) --- (†) 235 (1.3) 235 (1.0) 231 (1.1) 230 (1.3) 250 (2.3) (†) 224 (1.5) (†) 230 (1.4) 248 (2.6) (†) 224 (1.3) (†) 69 (1.8) 30 (1.7)
Atlanta (GA) 225 (0.8) 228 (0.7) 233 (0.7) 228 (1.2) 231 (1.0) 271 (1.4) 219 (1.1) 224 (2.6) (†) 232 (1.1) 266 (2.0) 222 (1.3) 227 (3.9) (†) 69 (1.5) 31 (1.6)
Austin (TX) 240 (1.0) 245 (1.1) 245 (0.9) 246 (1.4) 243 (1.1) 264 (1.7) 229 (3.6) 234 (1.4) (†) 243 (1.0) 263 (1.7) 229 (3.4) 231 (1.5) (†) 81 (1.3) 45 (1.7)
Baltimore City (MD) 222 (1.0) 226 (1.1) 223 (1.2) 215 (1.5) 215 (1.2) 232 (4.2) 212 (1.2) 221 (2.7) (†) 216 (1.3) 244 (4.1) 213 (1.3) 222 (2.9) (†) 53 (2.0) 15 (1.7)
Boston (MA) 236 (0.7) 237 (0.6) 237 (0.8) 236 (1.3) 233 (0.9) 253 (2.4) 226 (1.5) 228 (1.4) 258 (2.9) 234 (0.9) 258 (2.2) 224 (1.8) 228 (1.1) 257 (2.5) 73 (1.5) 32 (1.2)

Charlotte (NC)
245 (1.3) 247 (1.1) 247 (1.6) 248 (1.3) 244 (1.1) 263 (2.1) 232 (1.6) 237 (1.5) 262 (4.3) 246 (1.0) 264 (2.1) 234 (1.6) 238 (2.4) 266 (3.7) 86 (1.2) 49 (1.8)
Chicago (IL) 222 (1.2) 224 (0.9) 231 (1.3) 232 (1.2) 232 (1.1) 253 (2.0) 222 (2.0) 231 (1.3) 258 (5.2) 232 (1.2) 258 (2.8) 221 (2.0) 232 (1.2) 266 (4.7) 72 (1.7) 31 (1.7)
Clark County (NV) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 230 (1.0) 243 (1.6) 214 (2.3) 225 (1.2) 252 (3.7) 235 (1.1) 247 (1.6) 219 (1.9) 231 (1.4) 251 (4.1) 76 (1.5) 33 (1.7)
Cleveland (OH) 213 (1.0) 216 (0.7) 216 (0.9) 219 (1.3) 214 (1.3) 230 (2.7) 210 (1.5) 214 (3.8) (†) 218 (1.0) 229 (2.4) 214 (1.1) 221 (3.1) (†) 55 (1.6) 13 (1.0)
Dallas (TX) --- (†) 233 (1.3) 234 (1.0) 238 (1.3) 234 (1.1) (†) 223 (2.6) 236 (1.3) (†) 235 (1.3) (†) 222 (2.6) 236 (1.3) (†) 76 (1.8) 32 (2.0)

Denver (CO)
--- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 229 (1.5) 257 (2.6) 214 (3.2) 218 (1.4) (†) 235 (1.3) 265 (2.4) 220 (2.6) 221 (1.7) (†) 71 (1.6) 35 (1.6)
Detroit (MI) 200 (1.7) 203 (1.4) 204 (1.6) 205 (1.6) 200 (1.7) (†) 198 (1.7) 204 (3.0) (†) 205 (1.2) (†) 203 (1.2) 216 (2.8) (†) 38 (2.1) 6 (0.8)
District of Columbia (DC) 220 (0.8) 222 (1.0) 229 (0.8) 232 (0.9) 231 (0.9) 274 (2.0) 218 (1.2) 231 (1.9) (†) 235 (0.7) 274 (1.6) 222 (1.0) 235 (1.9) (†) 73 (1.4) 36 (1.2)
Duval County (FL) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 243 (1.3) 248 (1.2) 259 (1.5) 238 (1.9) 242 (2.8) (†) 244 (1.5) 254 (2.0) 234 (1.8) 244 (3.3) (†) 86 (1.7) 45 (2.3)
Fort Worth (TX) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 230 (1.1) 254 (3.5) 218 (2.1) 230 (1.4) (†) 233 (1.0) 253 (2.9) 221 (2.5) 233 (1.2) (†) 75 (1.6) 29 (1.8)

Fresno (CA)
219 (1.4) 218 (0.9) 220 (1.2) 218 (1.3) 221 (1.2) 238 (3.0) 215 (3.5) 219 (1.4) 225 (2.6) 224 (1.2) 235 (4.2) 213 (3.4) 223 (1.3) 229 (2.9) 65 (1.9) 18 (1.4)
Guilford County (NC) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 240 (1.0) 257 (1.7) 227 (1.4) 231 (2.7) 255 (3.9) 236 (1.2) 251 (2.4) 227 (1.6) 227 (2.5) 252 (4.0) 77 (1.6) 35 (2.0)
Hillsborough County (FL) --- (†) 243 (1.1) 243 (0.9) 244 (1.4) 245 (1.3) 256 (1.4) 227 (2.6) 240 (1.9) (†) 242 (1.1) 253 (1.6) 229 (2.2) 238 (1.7) (†) 85 (1.2) 41 (2.2)
Houston (TX) 236 (1.2) 237 (0.8) 236 (1.1) 239 (1.4) 235 (1.1) 263 (2.6) 227 (2.3) 234 (1.2) (†) 235 (1.1) 264 (3.1) 225 (1.9) 233 (1.1) 266 (6.7) 77 (1.5) 31 (1.7)
Jefferson County (KY) 233 (1.6) 235 (0.9) 234 (1.0) 236 (1.5) 233 (1.2) 247 (1.6) 216 (1.5) 230 (3.2) (†) 232 (1.4) 243 (1.6) 218 (1.7) 224 (3.3) (†) 71 (1.7) 33 (1.7)

Los Angeles (CA)
222 (1.2) 223 (0.8) 228 (1.3) 224 (1.4) 223 (1.2) 247 (3.3) 218 (3.7) 217 (1.1) 257 (2.9) 224 (1.2) 242 (2.9) 206 (3.7) 220 (1.2) (†) 63 (1.8) 20 (1.5)
Miami-Dade (FL) 236 (1.3) 236 (1.0) 237 (1.1) 242 (1.1) 245 (0.7) 259 (2.2) 237 (1.9) 245 (0.9) (†) 246 (0.8) 258 (2.9) 237 (1.7) 246 (0.9) (†) 87 (1.0) 47 (1.6)
Milwaukee (WI) 220 (1.5) 220 (1.0) 221 (1.6) --- (†) 216 (1.0) 240 (2.5) 206 (1.5) 219 (2.1) 229 (3.4) 215 (1.3) 239 (3.1) 206 (1.9) 217 (2.3) 231 (4.0) 52 (2.0) 17 (1.5)
New York City (NY) 237 (1.0) 234 (1.2) 236 (1.1) 231 (1.0) 229 (1.0) 246 (2.3) 220 (2.0) 221 (1.3) 247 (2.2) 231 (1.3) 248 (3.0) 216 (1.9) 220 (1.8) 257 (2.6) 69 (1.4) 32 (1.5)
Philadelphia (PA) 222 (1.4) 225 (1.2) 223 (1.5) 217 (1.9) 214 (1.2) 244 (3.8) 207 (1.6) 207 (2.0) (†) 217 (1.7) 242 (6.9) 209 (1.9) 209 (2.2) 246 (4.7) 52 (2.4) 18 (2.0)

San Diego (CA)
236 (1.6) 239 (1.3) 241 (1.2) 233 (1.5) 237 (1.3) 254 (2.7) 223 (3.1) 225 (1.6) 254 (3.2) 240 (1.3) 258 (1.8) 218 (4.2) 228 (1.9) 256 (3.2) 79 (1.5) 42 (2.0)
Shelby County (TN) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 225 (1.2) 247 (6.9) 221 (1.1) 228 (2.6) (†) 228 (1.5) 248 (4.2) 225 (1.4) 228 (2.3) (†) 69 (2.0) 25 (2.1)

8th grade
                                                               

United States
282 (0.3) 283 (0.2) 284 (0.2) 281 (0.3) 282 (0.3) 292 (0.3) 260 (0.5) 268 (0.5) 312 (1.5) 281 (0.3) 291 (0.3) 259 (0.4) 268 (0.4) 313 (1.1) 68 (0.3) 33 (0.3)
All large cities4 271 (0.7) 274 (0.7) 276 (0.8) 274 (1.0) 274 (0.6) 296 (0.9) 257 (0.8) 267 (0.8) 302 (2.1) 274 (0.8) 296 (1.0) 258 (0.9) 266 (0.9) 310 (3.5) 61 (0.8) 27 (0.7)

Selected urban districts
                                                               
Albuquerque (NM) --- (†) 275 (1.0) 274 (1.2) 271 (1.4) 270 (1.2) 295 (2.8) (†) 262 (1.4) (†) 267 (1.1) 288 (2.4) (†) 260 (1.5) (†) 54 (1.8) 20 (1.3)
Atlanta (GA) 259 (1.6) 266 (1.3) 267 (1.2) 266 (1.2) 265 (1.4) 314 (2.9) 256 (1.5) 265 (4.2) (†) 268 (1.2) 312 (2.3) 257 (1.4) 272 (3.9) (†) 53 (1.6) 21 (1.1)
Austin (TX) 287 (0.9) 287 (1.2) 285 (1.0) 284 (1.3) 283 (1.3) 312 (2.2) 257 (3.9) 269 (1.7) (†) 282 (1.4) 310 (2.1) 250 (4.1) 266 (1.8) (†) 66 (1.8) 36 (1.6)
Baltimore City (MD) 257 (1.9) 261 (1.3) 260 (2.0) 255 (1.8) 255 (1.2) 286 (4.8) 251 (1.3) 260 (4.6) (†) 254 (1.5) 281 (4.3) 250 (1.7) 254 (6.1) (†) 39 (1.9) 10 (1.1)
Boston (MA) 279 (1.3) 282 (0.9) 283 (1.2) 281 (1.2) 280 (1.3) 314 (3.8) 261 (2.6) 268 (1.8) 323 (3.8) 279 (1.3) 315 (2.6) 263 (2.2) 264 (1.8) 324 (3.5) 61 (1.3) 35 (1.3)

Charlotte (NC)
283 (0.9) 285 (0.8) 289 (1.2) 286 (1.5) 287 (1.6) 316 (1.7) 271 (2.5) 272 (2.7) 318 (6.6) 288 (1.4) 314 (2.0) 273 (2.2) 274 (2.5) (†) 72 (1.6) 41 (1.5)
Chicago (IL) 264 (1.4) 270 (1.0) 269 (1.0) 275 (2.4) 276 (1.6) 306 (4.4) 259 (1.8) 276 (1.5) (†) 275 (1.6) 303 (3.0) 264 (2.5) 275 (1.7) 317 (7.7) 62 (1.7) 27 (1.7)
Clark County (NV) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 272 (0.9) 289 (2.1) 251 (2.2) 264 (1.3) 299 (3.2) 272 (1.0) 286 (2.3) 252 (2.6) 266 (1.2) 299 (4.2) 59 (1.5) 24 (1.2)
Cleveland (OH) 256 (1.0) 256 (2.1) 253 (1.3) 254 (1.5) 257 (1.5) 269 (3.3) 255 (1.9) 250 (4.4) (†) 253 (1.4) 272 (3.1) 249 (1.9) 248 (3.9) (†) 38 (1.9) 8 (1.0)
Dallas (TX) --- (†) 274 (0.9) 275 (1.0) 271 (1.3) 268 (1.3) (†) 259 (2.9) 268 (1.4) (†) 264 (1.3) (†) 252 (3.1) 265 (1.5) (†) 52 (2.3) 15 (1.1)

Denver (CO)
--- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 272 (1.4) 304 (3.0) 260 (3.4) 262 (1.7) (†) 275 (1.2) 308 (3.2) 254 (4.0) 263 (1.5) (†) 62 (1.5) 29 (1.6)
Detroit (MI) 238 (2.7) 246 (1.2) 240 (1.7) 244 (1.7) 246 (1.8) (†) 245 (1.9) 248 (3.8) (†) 244 (1.4) (†) 241 (1.6) 256 (2.8) (†) 27 (1.8) 5 (0.8)
District of Columbia (DC) 251 (1.3) 255 (0.9) 260 (1.3) 258 (1.3) 262 (1.3) 318 (3.3) 250 (1.6) 262 (4.1) (†) 269 (1.2) 322 (3.4) 254 (1.7) 268 (2.6) (†) 53 (1.7) 24 (1.2)
Duval County (FL) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 275 (1.0) 275 (1.2) 289 (2.6) 263 (1.6) 272 (3.2) 301 (4.6) 274 (1.3) 287 (2.0) 263 (2.0) 271 (3.2) (†) 62 (1.7) 25 (1.6)
Fort Worth (TX) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 269 (1.2) 294 (3.7) 255 (2.7) 269 (1.3) (†) 265 (1.3) 296 (3.7) 247 (2.3) 266 (1.6) (†) 51 (1.9) 18 (1.3)

Fresno (CA)
258 (1.2) 256 (0.9) 260 (1.4) 257 (1.5) 255 (1.6) 278 (4.1) 242 (3.2) 251 (1.9) 268 (3.2) 254 (1.4) 276 (4.0) 243 (4.3) 249 (1.5) 267 (3.3) 39 (1.9) 11 (1.1)
Guilford County (NC) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 276 (1.3) 296 (1.9) 262 (2.3) 259 (3.2) 298 (4.9) 280 (1.3) 301 (2.0) 262 (1.9) 276 (3.1) 305 (6.2) 67 (1.6) 33 (1.7)
Hillsborough County (FL) --- (†) 282 (1.5) 284 (1.1) 276 (1.7) 277 (1.6) 292 (2.1) 257 (3.1) 268 (2.3) (†) 276 (1.6) 292 (2.2) 257 (3.3) 268 (2.0) (†) 63 (1.8) 29 (1.8)
Houston (TX) 277 (1.2) 279 (1.0) 280 (1.1) 276 (1.4) 273 (1.0) 315 (3.4) 263 (2.1) 270 (1.2) (†) 274 (1.1) 315 (3.3) 261 (2.2) 271 (1.1) (†) 61 (1.7) 25 (1.2)
Jefferson County (KY) 271 (0.9) 274 (1.0) 273 (1.0) 272 (1.7) 271 (1.1) 285 (1.8) 253 (1.6) 269 (3.7) (†) 273 (1.2) 286 (1.8) 257 (2.0) 268 (3.5) (†) 61 (1.8) 26 (1.5)

Los Angeles (CA)
258 (1.0) 261 (1.3) 264 (1.5) 263 (1.6) 267 (1.0) 298 (3.0) 254 (3.5) 260 (1.2) 302 (3.7) 261 (1.1) 287 (3.8) 248 (4.5) 255 (1.1) 297 (4.1) 47 (1.4) 16 (1.0)
Miami-Dade (FL) 273 (1.1) 272 (1.1) 274 (1.5) 274 (1.8) 274 (1.3) 294 (4.6) 257 (2.6) 275 (1.2) (†) 276 (1.2) 295 (2.9) 261 (2.2) 277 (1.3) (†) 64 (1.6) 27 (1.3)
Milwaukee (WI) 251 (1.5) 254 (1.7) 257 (1.4) --- (†) 254 (1.4) 277 (3.6) 242 (1.8) 260 (2.6) 272 (5.1) 252 (1.6) 280 (3.7) 242 (2.5) 259 (2.0) 261 (6.6) 40 (2.0) 11 (1.3)
New York City (NY) 273 (1.5) 272 (1.6) 274 (1.1) 275 (2.1) 275 (1.9) 291 (3.8) 256 (2.3) 264 (2.0) 306 (3.5) 273 (1.6) 295 (4.3) 255 (3.0) 260 (1.8) 308 (3.2) 58 (1.7) 27 (1.5)
Philadelphia (PA) 265 (2.0) 265 (2.0) 266 (1.7) 267 (1.9) 260 (1.9) 279 (3.8) 250 (2.3) 253 (3.6) 295 (5.2) 256 (1.7) 282 (4.9) 247 (2.2) 243 (3.2) 292 (4.6) 41 (2.3) 16 (1.5)

San Diego (CA)
280 (2.0) 278 (1.7) 277 (1.4) 280 (1.6) 283 (1.4) 304 (2.5) 258 (5.5) 266 (1.9) 302 (2.8) 283 (1.3) 305 (2.3) 267 (5.0) 262 (2.0) 303 (3.8) 67 (1.5) 35 (1.6)
Shelby County (TN) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 257 (1.4) 295 (4.3) 251 (1.6) 260 (4.3) (†) 265 (1.2) (†) 261 (1.4) 270 (2.5) (†) 54 (1.6) 16 (1.4)
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
1 Scale ranges from 0 to 500.
2 NAEP Basic denotes partial mastery of the knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work at a given grade.
3 NAEP Proficient represents solid academic performance. Students reaching this level have demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter.
4 Includes public school students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more, including the participating districts.
NOTE: Table does not include private schools, Bureau of Indian Education schools, or Department of Defense Education Activity 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 by grade and from district to district. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019 Mathematics Assessments, retrieved November 10, 2019, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/). (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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