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Table 222.55. Average National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scale score of 4th-grade public school students, by race/ethnicity, school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, and state or jurisdiction: 2022
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State or jurisdiction 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 245 (0.3) 216 (0.5) 224 (0.4) 259 (1.3) 222 (1.9) 220 (1.8) 238 (0.9) 253 (1.1) 242 (1.0) 234 (1.8) 230 (1.5)
Alabama 240 (1.5) 213 (2.2) 222 (1.9) (†) (†) (†) 230 (4.1) (†) (†) 233 (3.1) (†)
Alaska 242 (1.5) (†) 228 (3.1) 227 (4.6) 214 (3.8) 197 (3.1) 230 (2.0) 243 (4.0) 235 (3.4) (†) 228 (4.0)
Arizona 247 (2.0) 215 (3.5) 221 (1.5) 255 (4.5) (†) 203 (3.8) 246 (3.9) (†) 235 (3.6) (†) 234 (8.3)
Arkansas 236 (1.3) 207 (2.1) 219 (3.4) (†) (†) (†) 222 (4.6) (†) (†) 226 (2.5) (†)
California 245 (2.7) 215 (3.8) 219 (1.4) 261 (3.9) (†) (†) 239 (4.8) 233 (7.0) 248 (6.6) 231 (5.4) (†)

Colorado
247 (1.3) 224 (2.8) 219 (1.4) 257 (4.3) (†) (†) 238 (3.2) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Connecticut 248 (0.9) 211 (2.9) 219 (2.0) 262 (4.4) (†) (†) 251 (4.3) 256 (2.7) 240 (1.8) (†) (†)
Delaware 236 (1.5) 212 (1.7) 218 (2.2) 258 (3.9) (†) (†) 231 (4.2) 257 (3.6) 229 (3.4) (†) (†)
District of Columbia 267 (1.8) 210 (1.1) 223 (1.9) (†) (†) (†) 254 (4.7) 262 (2.9) (†) (†) (†)
Florida 253 (1.5) 225 (1.7) 236 (1.2) 264 (2.5) (†) (†) 244 (4.0) 263 (4.8) 249 (3.3) 245 (6.9) 230 (2.6)

Georgia
246 (1.2) 222 (2.1) 229 (2.5) 263 (3.4) (†) (†) 240 (4.1) (†) (†) (†) 223 (3.8)
Hawaii 244 (2.8) (†) 230 (2.0) 247 (1.6) 221 (2.1) (†) 244 (1.6) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Idaho 241 (1.1) (†) 219 (1.9) (†) (†) (†) 235 (4.1) (†) 237 (2.8) (†) (†)
Illinois 248 (1.6) 214 (1.8) 222 (1.9) 265 (3.4) (†) (†) 250 (4.4) 252 (3.9) 237 (3.5) (†) 226 (4.1)
Indiana 246 (1.3) 220 (2.5) 224 (2.8) (†) (†) (†) 234 (5.7) (†) 245 (3.3) 236 (3.9) 233 (8.3)

Iowa
245 (1.2) 211 (3.0) 223 (3.6) (†) (†) (†) 234 (3.5) 255 (2.4) 239 (2.2) (†) (†)
Kansas 243 (1.3) 209 (4.0) 219 (1.9) (†) (†) (†) 233 (3.6) 257 (2.9) 241 (2.6) 222 (4.4) (†)
Kentucky 237 (1.6) 210 (2.0) 227 (3.0) 258 (4.5) (†) (†) 235 (3.9) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Louisiana 243 (1.7) 216 (1.3) 222 (3.6) (†) (†) (†) 227 (3.7) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Maine 234 (1.2) 211 (3.6) (†) (†) (†) (†) 232 (4.3) (†) 247 (3.6) (†) (†)

Maryland
248 (1.7) 213 (2.0) 211 (1.6) 264 (4.2) (†) (†) 244 (3.2) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Massachusetts 248 (1.3) 223 (2.5) 222 (1.6) 269 (3.7) (†) (†) 247 (4.8) 256 (2.2) (†) (†) (†)
Michigan 241 (1.6) 206 (1.7) 229 (3.1) 261 (7.3) (†) (†) 230 (3.9) 257 (9.7) (†) (†) 240 (2.1)
Minnesota 250 (1.2) 214 (2.4) 217 (2.5) 234 (5.9) (†) (†) 234 (4.6) 253 (2.8) 240 (2.5) (†) 211 (10.0)
Mississippi 245 (1.2) 220 (1.3) 239 (3.6) (†) (†) (†) 242 (3.9) 239 (11.1) 246 (3.4) 226 (3.3) (†)

Missouri
239 (1.3) 204 (2.6) 228 (2.9) (†) (†) (†) 232 (2.8) 249 (3.3) 234 (3.0) 231 (3.4) (†)
Montana 243 (1.0) (†) 231 (3.2) (†) (†) 205 (4.3) 228 (2.5) 243 (4.0) 239 (2.2) (†) (†)
Nebraska 249 (1.1) 219 (3.8) 224 (2.0) 250 (6.1) (†) (†) 243 (3.2) 260 (3.9) 245 (2.7) 238 (3.0) 231 (8.2)
Nevada 242 (2.1) 211 (2.2) 221 (1.2) 250 (2.8) (†) (†) 240 (2.6) (†) (†) (†) (†)
New Hampshire 240 (1.2) (†) 219 (3.4) (†) (†) (†) (†) 247 (2.1) 226 (3.7) (†) (†)

New Jersey
249 (1.7) 217 (3.6) 225 (1.8) 271 (3.0) (†) (†) 241 (4.9) 251 (3.7) (†) (†) 231 (5.7)
New Mexico 234 (1.8) (†) 218 (1.0) (†) (†) 211 (3.4) (†) 231 (6.8) (†) (†) (†)
New York 237 (1.9) 212 (3.4) 214 (2.0) 252 (3.3) (†) (†) 220 (6.0) (†) (†) (†) (†)
North Carolina 246 (1.3) 219 (1.7) 225 (1.7) 270 (7.3) (†) (†) 240 (3.2) 250 (3.6) 242 (2.7) (†) (†)
North Dakota 245 (1.0) 216 (3.5) 225 (3.8) (†) (†) 217 (2.6) 236 (3.1) 247 (1.9) 237 (2.9) (†) (†)

Ohio
245 (1.1) 208 (3.3) 211 (4.6) 255 (5.3) (†) (†) 235 (4.1) 254 (4.8) (†) (†) (†)
Oklahoma 237 (1.2) 202 (2.8) 222 (2.0) (†) (†) 227 (3.4) 233 (2.6) (†) (†) 229 (4.0) 223 (2.8)
Oregon 233 (1.6) (†) 213 (2.0) 243 (7.4) (†) (†) 228 (2.4) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Pennsylvania 246 (1.4) 208 (2.0) 221 (2.8) 258 (2.3) (†) (†) 235 (3.3) 256 (3.8) 245 (3.2) (†) 231 (13.9)
Rhode Island 244 (1.2) 219 (2.9) 219 (1.8) 250 (4.3) (†) (†) 232 (3.5) 243 (3.4) (†) 233 (3.7) (†)

South Carolina
247 (1.4) 217 (1.5) 227 (2.5) (†) (†) (†) 228 (3.1) (†) (†) (†) (†)
South Dakota 246 (0.9) 222 (3.1) 229 (3.2) (†) (†) 211 (3.0) 232 (2.7) 251 (2.3) 242 (2.4) (†) (†)
Tennessee 245 (1.5) 215 (1.5) 227 (3.3) (†) (†) (†) 243 (4.3) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Texas 252 (1.6) 226 (2.0) 231 (1.2) 265 (3.9) (†) (†) 256 (4.3) 258 (2.4) 243 (2.5) (†) 229 (4.2)
Utah 247 (1.3) (†) 218 (2.1) (†) (†) (†) 244 (5.6) 252 (2.7) (†) (†) (†)

Vermont
235 (0.9) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 232 (4.4) (†) 231 (4.1) (†) (†)
Virginia 247 (1.8) 213 (2.6) 221 (1.7) 260 (3.3) (†) (†) 238 (2.8) 250 (3.0) 241 (4.3) (†) (†)
Washington 242 (1.7) 220 (3.8) 221 (2.1) 252 (4.4) (†) (†) 238 (3.1) (†) 233 (4.1) 225 (4.4) 247 (7.8)
West Virginia 227 (1.0) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 214 (3.3) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Wisconsin 248 (1.3) 201 (2.2) 225 (2.8) 244 (4.1) (†) (†) 241 (3.7) 252 (3.7) 242 (1.6) (†) (†)
Wyoming 245 (0.9) (†) 236 (2.4) (†) (†) (†) 243 (4.7) 249 (2.1) 248 (3.0) (†) (†)

Department of Defense
   Education Activity
   (DoDEA)2
254 (0.8) 237 (1.9) 246 (1.4) 255 (1.9) (†) (†) 250 (1.5) 253 (1.2) (†) (†) 243 (2.1)
Puerto Rico (†) (†) 178 (1.0) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 179 (3.2)
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
1The nonresponse rate for free or reduced-price lunch was greater than 15 percent but not greater than 50 percent.
2Includes 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 penultimate row) DoDEA schools. Includes public school students who were tested with accommodations; excludes only those students with disabilities (SDs) and English learners (ELs) who were unable to be tested even with accommodations. SD and EL 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), 2022 Mathematics Assessment; most recent year’s data retrieved November 29, 2022, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE). (This table was prepared November 2022.)

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