OrderSort by jurisdictionCross-
jurisdiction
significant
difference
Number of Jurisdictions
Significantly
White
percent at or above Basic
highernot
different
lower2009
Sort by White percent at or above Basic
1
Atlanta
Atlanta>051096
2
Austin
Austin>051096
3
Charlotte
Charlotte>051094
4
Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade>08792
5
Houston
Houstonx09691
6
San Diego
San Diegox011489
 
National public
National publicx310486
7
Boston
Bostonx38485
 
Large city
Large city 49485
8
Jefferson County (KY)
Jefferson County (KY)x47485
9
New York City
New York Cityx38483
10
Milwaukee
Milwaukeex39381
11
Chicago
Chicagox58278
12
Los Angeles
Los Angelesx510076
13
Fresno
Fresno<96066
14
Cleveland
Cleveland<114061
15
Philadelphia
Philadelphia<114061
16
Baltimore City
Baltimore City<105060
N/A
Detroit
Detroit
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Prior to 2011, students in the “two or more races” category were categorized as “unclassified”. 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), 2009 Science Assessment.