Order		Cross- jurisdiction significant difference	Number of Jurisdictions Significantly			White average scale score
			higher	not different	lower	2009
			higher	not different	lower
1 Austin	Austin	>	0	2	13	183
2 Atlanta	Atlanta	>	0	2	13	181
3 Charlotte	Charlotte	>	2	3	10	174
4 Houston	Houston	>	0	5	10	174
5 Miami-Dade	Miami-Dade	>	2	4	9	169
6 San Diego	San Diego	>	2	4	9	169
7 Jefferson County (KY)	Jefferson County (KY)	x	4	6	5	163
Large city	Large city	x	5	7	5	163
National public	National public		6	6	5	162
8 Boston	Boston	x	6	5	4	161
9 New York City	New York City	x	6	5	4	159
10 Milwaukee	Milwaukee	x	6	5	4	158
11 Chicago	Chicago	x	6	8	1	154
12 Los Angeles	Los Angeles	<	7	7	1	152
13 Fresno	Fresno	<	10	5	0	144
14 Baltimore City	Baltimore City	<	10	5	0	143
15 Philadelphia	Philadelphia	<	10	5	0	141
16 Cleveland	Cleveland	<	12	3	0	136
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.