TIMSS - Science for Grades 4 and 8: Student Race/Ethnicity and School Poverty

Science for Grades 4 and 8: Student Race/Ethnicity and School Poverty

Table 42. Average science scores of U.S. 8th-grade students, by selected characteristics: 2015
Characteristics	Average score	s.e.
Average score is higher than U.S. average score at the .05 level of statistical significance. Average score is lower than U.S. average score at the .05 level of statistical significance. NOTE: Standard error is abbreviated as s.e. Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Racial categories exclude Hispanic origin. Data on free or reduced-price lunch are for public schools only. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2015.
U.S. total	530	2.8

Sex
Female	527	3.1
Male	533	3.0

Race/ethnicity
White	557	2.5
Black	469	4.7
Hispanic	502	3.5
Asian	573	7.4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	498	14.8
American Indian/Alaskan Native	497	9.6
Multiracial	536	4.9

Percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 10 percent	579	12.6
10 to 24.9 percent	563	6.2
25 to 49.9 percent	544	4.7
50 to 74.9 percent	519	5.4
75 percent or more	489	5.5