Order
Cross-
jurisdiction
significant
difference
Number of Jurisdictions
Significantly
Not eligible
average scale score
Eligible
average scale score
Not eligible - Eligible Gap
average scale score
higher
not
different
lower
2009
1
Austin
Austin
>
0
2
13
176
130
46
2
Atlanta
Atlanta
>
0
2
13
166
123
43
3
San Diego
San Diego
>
0
6
9
167
128
39
4
Jefferson County (KY)
Jefferson County (KY)
x
2
7
6
171
136
35
5
Charlotte
Charlotte
x
2
8
5
166
132
34
6
Fresno
Fresno
x
2
9
4
151
118
33
7
Chicago
Chicago
x
2
9
4
154
120
33
Large city
Large city
3
11
3
157
126
30
National public
National public
x
4
10
3
163
134
29
8
Houston
Houston
x
3
11
1
159
130
29
9
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
x
3
11
1
148
120
29
10
Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade
x
5
9
1
161
135
26
11
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
x
3
11
1
146
120
26
12
New York City
New York City
x
4
11
0
158
132
25
13
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
<
7
8
0
136
114
22
14
Boston
Boston
<
7
8
0
156
134
21
15
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
x
7
8
0
137
119
18
16
Detroit
Detroit
<
11
4
0
122
108
13
N/A
Cleveland
Cleveland
‡
‡
‡
‡
‡
114
‡
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: 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.