Order
Cross-
jurisdiction
significant
difference
Number of Jurisdictions
Significantly
All students
average scale score
higher
not
different
lower
2011
1
Hillsborough County (FL)
Hillsborough County (FL)
>
0
0
20
231
2
Charlotte
Charlotte
>
1
3
16
224
3
Austin
Austin
>
1
3
16
224
4
Jefferson County (KY)
Jefferson County (KY)
>
1
3
16
223
5
Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade
>
1
3
16
221
National public
National public
>
3
2
17
220
6
Boston
Boston
>
5
2
13
217
7
New York City
New York City
>
5
3
12
216
8
San Diego
San Diego
>
5
4
11
215
9
Houston
Houston
x
6
4
10
213
10
Atlanta
Atlanta
x
7
3
10
212
Large city
Large city
9
3
10
211
11
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
x
8
2
10
209
12
Dallas
Dallas
<
11
5
4
204
13
Chicago
Chicago
<
11
5
4
203
14
District of Columbia (DCPS)
District of Columbia (DCPS)
<
11
5
4
201
15
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
<
11
5
4
201
16
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
<
11
6
3
200
17
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
<
11
7
2
199
18
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
<
15
5
0
195
19
Fresno
Fresno
<
16
4
0
194
20
Cleveland
Cleveland
<
17
3
0
193
21
Detroit
Detroit
<
17
3
0
191
NOTE: DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. National public and Large city are not included in sorting the jurisdictions. Score differences are calculated based on differences between unrounded scores.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.