Percentile scores for grade 8 mathematics, by gender and jurisdiction: 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2000, 1996, 1992, and 1990
YearJurisdictionMaleFemale
10th percentileStandard Error25th percentileStandard Error50th percentileStandard Error75th percentileStandard Error90th percentileStandard Error10th percentileStandard Error25th percentileStandard Error50th percentileStandard Error75th percentileStandard Error90th percentileStandard Error
NOTE: The NAEP Mathematics 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), 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 Mathematics Assessments.
2009National236(0.6)260(0.4)285(0.4)310(0.4)331(0.5)236(0.6)259(0.4)283(0.4)306(0.4)327(0.5)
2007National233(0.7)258(0.4)284(0.4)308(0.4)329(0.4)236(0.5)258(0.4)281(0.3)304(0.4)324(0.5)
2005National231(0.4)256(0.3)281(0.2)305(0.3)326(0.3)232(0.4)255(0.3)279(0.3)303(0.3)323(0.3)
2003National229(0.7)255(0.5)281(0.4)305(0.4)325(0.5)231(0.5)254(0.5)278(0.4)301(0.3)321(0.4)
2000National221(1.2)248(1.3)276(1.2)302(0.8)323(1.4)225(1.4)249(0.9)274(1.0)298(1.0)318(1.4)
1996National221(2.8)246(3.2)274(1.3)299(1.4)319(1.4)221(1.9)245(1.6)272(1.6)296(1.2)314(1.7)
1996¹National221(4.1)247(1.4)274(1.1)299(2.2)319(2.4)227(2.2)250(1.3)273(1.3)296(1.6)316(2.2)
1992¹National219(2.6)243(1.1)269(1.4)295(1.3)315(1.5)222(1.8)244(1.9)270(1.4)294(1.5)315(1.0)
1990¹National214(3.0)239(3.0)264(1.6)290(1.6)310(2.0)216(1.4)239(3.6)264(1.8)286(0.8)304(1.1)