Average scale scores and percentages for grade 4 reading, by read for fun on your own time and jurisdiction: 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, and 2002
Year	Jurisdiction	Never or hardly ever		Once or twice a month		Once or twice a week		Almost every day
Year	Jurisdiction	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
— Not available. NOTE: DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. The NAEP Reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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), 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 Reading Assessments.
2011	Large city	201	13	203	14	212	27	216	46
2011	Albuquerque	200	15	203	17	209	25	215	43
2011	Atlanta	203	12	207	12	208	25	217	51
2011	Austin	209	9	214	14	222	26	230	51
2011	Baltimore City	193	16	196	16	203	25	204	43
2011	Boston	204	13	210	15	215	27	224	46
2011	Charlotte	209	12	218	14	226	27	230	46
2011	Chicago	191	12	195	14	205	25	208	49
2011	Cleveland	188	16	186	16	192	25	197	43
2011	Dallas	199	10	200	13	206	28	204	48
2011	Detroit	188	12	185	13	190	27	195	47
2011	District of Columbia (DCPS)	177	11	190	14	199	23	211	52
2011	Fresno	192	16	185	17	194	28	200	40
2011	Hillsborough County (FL)	225	13	222	14	232	27	235	46
2011	Houston	205	11	203	15	214	27	218	47
2011	Jefferson County (KY)	213	16	216	15	221	27	231	42
2011	Los Angeles	194	12	189	16	201	29	206	43
2011	Miami-Dade	213	14	218	17	223	30	224	39
2011	Milwaukee	190	13	187	17	197	27	201	43
2011	New York City	208	11	206	14	217	27	222	48
2011	Philadelphia	194	16	195	16	201	27	202	41
2011	San Diego	205	16	204	16	216	26	224	41
2009	Large city	201	14	202	15	211	28	216	42
2009	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Atlanta	195	11	201	14	209	28	216	46
2009	Austin	210	10	212	12	218	26	227	52
2009	Baltimore City	195	17	198	15	203	28	208	39
2009	Boston	207	15	208	18	217	26	220	41
2009	Charlotte	211	16	221	12	224	26	231	46
2009	Chicago	192	12	192	14	203	27	208	47
2009	Cleveland	187	15	188	17	195	29	199	39
2009	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Detroit	179	15	181	16	191	26	191	43
2009	District of Columbia (DCPS)	188	13	194	13	202	27	212	47
2009	Fresno	193	15	190	17	196	29	204	39
2009	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Houston	205	14	208	16	212	30	215	40
2009	Jefferson County (KY)	207	16	213	17	219	28	228	39
2009	Los Angeles	192	14	191	18	199	28	203	39
2009	Miami-Dade	213	12	218	16	221	29	225	42
2009	Milwaukee	188	16	191	18	197	24	202	43
2009	New York City	209	13	209	15	220	27	221	45
2009	Philadelphia	188	15	187	18	198	27	201	39
2009	San Diego	205	16	204	17	214	26	219	42
2007	Large city	199	15	202	15	210	28	213	42
2007	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Atlanta	195	12	203	15	208	26	212	47
2007	Austin	211	14	210	13	219	27	222	46
2007	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Boston	202	16	202	13	212	31	215	41
2007	Charlotte	214	18	219	16	224	24	227	42
2007	Chicago	190	13	193	15	204	30	205	42
2007	Cleveland	188	17	195	18	201	28	203	37
2007	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	District of Columbia (DCPS)	186	13	192	15	200	28	201	44
2007	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Houston	200	14	200	16	207	32	210	38
2007	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Los Angeles	190	15	186	17	201	28	199	41
2007	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	New York City	205	13	205	13	217	27	216	47
2007	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	San Diego	203	18	204	17	218	26	212	38
2005	Large city	198	14	200	14	206	27	210	45
2005	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Atlanta	191	12	197	13	198	28	206	47
2005	Austin	204	11	213	13	217	27	221	49
2005	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Boston	202	13	199	12	209	25	211	50
2005	Charlotte	213	15	213	12	225	25	226	48
2005	Chicago	190	10	189	14	200	31	203	45
2005	Cleveland	189	16	192	17	200	29	202	38
2005	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	District of Columbia (DCPS)	182	12	182	15	195	27	194	46
2005	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Houston	204	12	205	15	210	28	215	45
2005	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Los Angeles	187	13	190	14	197	28	200	45
2005	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	New York City	205	12	206	12	214	27	216	49
2005	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	San Diego	200	14	200	16	213	24	211	47
2003	Large city	196	13	196	16	204	26	210	46
2003	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Atlanta	184	10	189	13	196	24	202	52
2003	Austin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Boston	196	12	202	15	208	26	210	47
2003	Charlotte	211	15	211	13	222	27	223	46
2003	Chicago	187	10	187	16	201	30	203	44
2003	Cleveland	189	12	189	16	198	28	198	44
2003	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	District of Columbia (DCPS)	180	12	176	18	191	26	195	44
2003	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Houston	202	15	203	16	206	27	210	42
2003	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Los Angeles	188	11	184	15	194	24	198	49
2003	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	New York City	197	10	205	13	209	25	215	51
2003	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	San Diego	207	13	199	14	207	27	211	46
2002	Large city	193	14	194	14	204	26	207	46
2002	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Atlanta	190	10	187	15	195	26	200	49
2002	Austin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Boston	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Charlotte	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Chicago	187	11	182	14	195	29	198	45
2002	Cleveland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	District of Columbia (DCPS)	185	13	183	13	192	27	194	46
2002	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Houston	199	17	200	15	208	25	211	43
2002	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Los Angeles	182	11	178	14	193	23	196	52
2002	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	New York City	192	11	205	15	210	26	213	48
2002	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	San Diego	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—