Percentile scores for grade 4 vocabulary, by public or nonpublic school, 5 categories and jurisdiction: 2011 and 2009
YearPublic or nonpublic school, 5 categoriesNational
10th percentileStandard Error25th percentileStandard Error50th percentileStandard Error75th percentileStandard Error90th percentileStandard Error
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: The NAEP Vocabulary scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 and 2011 Vocabulary Assessments.
2011Public165(0.4)192(0.3)219(0.3)244(0.3)265(0.4)
2011 Other private(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
2011 Catholic189(2.0)212(1.3)235(1.9)257(1.3)276(1.2)
2011 Bureau of Indian Education138(3.4)159(2.8)185(3.0)208(2.6)228(2.2)
2011 Department of Defense187(3.8)208(2.9)230(2.9)251(2.8)270(3.6)
2009Public164(0.7)191(0.6)219(0.4)245(0.4)267(0.5)
2009 Other private(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
2009 Catholic188(2.9)211(3.6)235(1.5)258(2.5)278(3.2)
2009 Bureau of Indian Education141(3.7)162(2.9)187(2.0)211(4.8)232(4.3)
2009 Department of Defense183(4.7)206(4.6)230(4.6)253(4.3)274(5.5)