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jurisdiction
significant
difference
Number of Jurisdictions
Significantly
Black
average scale score
highernot
different
lower2009
Sort by Black average scale score
1
Boston
Boston>0412133
2
Charlotte
Charlotte>079131
3
Jefferson County (KY)
Jefferson County (KY)x088129
4
Austin
Austinx088129
5
Houston
Houstonx088128
 
National public
National public 279127
6
Atlanta
Atlantax268126
7
Miami-Dade
Miami-Dadex178125
8
New York City
New York Cityx187125
9
San Diego
San Diegox196124
 
Large city
Large city<657122
10
Los Angeles
Los Angeles<772117
11
Milwaukee
Milwaukee<880115
12
Philadelphia
Philadelphia<970115
13
Baltimore City
Baltimore City<970115
14
Chicago
Chicago<970113
15
Fresno
Fresno<970110
16
Detroit
Detroit<1060109
17
Cleveland
Cleveland<1060109
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.