Order		Cross- jurisdiction significant difference	Number of Jurisdictions Significantly			Hispanic average scale score
			higher	not different	lower	2009
			higher	not different	lower
1 Miami-Dade	Miami-Dade	>	0	1	13	146
2 Jefferson County (KY)	Jefferson County (KY)	x	0	9	5	138
3 Charlotte	Charlotte	x	1	7	6	136
4 Boston	Boston	x	1	6	7	134
5 Austin	Austin	x	1	8	5	133
6 Houston	Houston	x	1	8	5	133
7 Milwaukee	Milwaukee	x	1	9	4	132
National public	National public		1	10	5	130
8 San Diego	San Diego	x	1	10	3	128
9 Chicago	Chicago	x	2	9	3	128
Large city	Large city	<	6	6	4	127
10 New York City	New York City	x	5	6	3	127
11 Detroit	Detroit	x	4	10	0	122
12 Philadelphia	Philadelphia	<	7	7	0	120
13 Los Angeles	Los Angeles	<	10	4	0	119
14 Fresno	Fresno	<	10	4	0	118
15 Cleveland	Cleveland	<	10	4	0	113
N/A Baltimore City	Baltimore City	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
N/A Atlanta	Atlanta	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
‡ 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.