Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 reading, by highest academic degree and jurisdiction: 2011, 2009, 2007, and 2005
Year	Jurisdiction	High-school diploma		Associate degree or vocational certification		Bachelor's degree		Master's degree		Education specialist		Doctorate		Professional degree
Year	Jurisdiction	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
— Not available. # Rounds to zero. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 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), 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 Reading Assessments.
2011	Large city	‡	#	‡	#	255	39	255	52	256	7	249	1	254	1
2011	Albuquerque	‡	#	‡	#	250	43	255	47	‡	6	‡	3	‡	#
2011	Atlanta	‡	#	‡	#	254	32	253	47	250	14	245	7	‡	1
2011	Austin	‡	#	‡	#	262	66	262	31	‡	#	‡	3	‡	#
2011	Baltimore City	‡	#	‡	#	242	32	248	56	‡	12	‡	#	‡	#
2011	Boston	‡	#	‡	#	260	15	259	72	244	7	‡	4	‡	2
2011	Charlotte	‡	#	‡	#	267	48	266	50	‡	2	‡	#	‡	1
2011	Chicago	‡	#	‡	#	257	22	253	69	252	7	‡	#	‡	1
2011	Cleveland	‡	#	‡	#	239	21	245	72	‡	7	‡	#	‡	#
2011	Dallas	‡	#	‡	#	246	55	245	38	243	6	‡	#	‡	1
2011	Detroit	‡	#	‡	#	230	14	235	66	250	21	‡	#	‡	#
2011	District of Columbia (DCPS)	‡	#	‡	#	230	51	246	48	‡	1	‡	#	‡	#
2011	Fresno	‡	#	‡	#	242	59	240	40	‡	2	‡	#	‡	#
2011	Hillsborough County (FL)	‡	#	‡	#	260	47	267	50	‡	2	‡	#	‡	#
2011	Houston	‡	#	‡	#	253	56	254	41	‡	#	‡	2	‡	1
2011	Jefferson County (KY)	‡	#	‡	#	254	10	261	67	261	21	‡	2	‡	1
2011	Los Angeles	‡	#	‡	#	246	45	249	48	250	5	‡	1	‡	1
2011	Miami-Dade	‡	#	‡	#	260	49	259	37	268	12	‡	1	‡	1
2011	Milwaukee	‡	#	‡	#	240	37	237	57	‡	7	‡	#	‡	#
2011	New York City	‡	#	‡	#	256	9	257	78	251	12	‡	1	‡	#
2011	Philadelphia	‡	#	‡	#	242	24	246	65	268	10	‡	2	‡	#
2011	San Diego	‡	#	‡	#	253	34	259	52	254	14	‡	#	‡	#
2009	Large city	‡	#	‡	#	252	46	254	46	252	6	254	1	261	1
2009	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Atlanta	‡	#	‡	#	255	43	249	42	238	9	‡	5	‡	#
2009	Austin	‡	#	‡	#	257	71	265	29	‡	#	‡	#	‡	#
2009	Baltimore City	‡	#	‡	#	243	57	245	35	‡	8	‡	#	‡	#
2009	Boston	‡	#	‡	#	262	11	257	75	‡	3	‡	3	245	8
2009	Charlotte	‡	#	‡	#	259	63	264	33	‡	3	‡	#	‡	1
2009	Chicago	‡	#	‡	#	250	29	250	64	262	7	‡	#	‡	#
2009	Cleveland	‡	#	‡	#	241	23	243	71	‡	6	‡	#	‡	#
2009	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Detroit	‡	#	‡	#	238	18	233	76	225	6	‡	#	‡	#
2009	District of Columbia (DCPS)	‡	#	‡	#	236	44	246	55	‡	#	‡	#	‡	#
2009	Fresno	‡	#	‡	#	241	77	242	18	‡	1	‡	4	‡	#
2009	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Houston	‡	#	‡	#	251	61	253	35	‡	2	‡	#	‡	2
2009	Jefferson County (KY)	‡	#	‡	#	253	16	259	63	264	19	‡	1	‡	#
2009	Los Angeles	‡	#	‡	#	242	54	248	40	‡	3	‡	3	‡	1
2009	Miami-Dade	‡	#	‡	#	261	55	261	35	262	8	‡	1	‡	2
2009	Milwaukee	‡	#	‡	#	242	37	247	54	‡	8	‡	#	‡	#
2009	New York City	‡	#	‡	#	247	20	255	69	260	10	‡	1	‡	1
2009	Philadelphia	‡	#	‡	#	239	28	253	58	253	12	‡	2	‡	1
2009	San Diego	‡	#	‡	#	251	35	260	57	247	7	‡	#	‡	#
2007	Large city	‡	#	‡	#	252	52	252	42	250	6	247	1	244	1
2007	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Atlanta	‡	#	‡	#	254	38	243	45	240	14	‡	3	‡	#
2007	Austin	‡	#	‡	#	254	76	261	24	‡	#	‡	#	‡	#
2007	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Boston	‡	#	‡	#	264	25	253	66	242	6	‡	#	‡	3
2007	Charlotte	‡	#	‡	#	261	65	265	33	‡	#	‡	#	‡	1
2007	Chicago	‡	#	‡	#	254	34	250	54	256	11	‡	1	‡	#
2007	Cleveland	‡	#	‡	2	243	15	247	72	247	8	‡	3	‡	#
2007	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	District of Columbia (DCPS)	‡	#	‡	#	247	37	241	58	‡	5	‡	1	‡	#
2007	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Houston	‡	#	‡	#	253	67	251	26	270	4	‡	1	‡	2
2007	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Los Angeles	‡	#	‡	#	242	59	245	36	‡	4	‡	#	‡	1
2007	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	New York City	‡	#	‡	#	251	29	252	61	246	9	‡	#	‡	1
2007	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	San Diego	‡	#	‡	#	248	44	252	51	‡	5	‡	#	‡	1
2005	Large city	‡	#	‡	#	251	52	253	40	252	6	246	1	249	#
2005	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Atlanta	‡	#	‡	#	240	37	241	41	252	21	‡	1	‡	#
2005	Austin	‡	#	‡	#	257	66	251	31	‡	3	‡	#	‡	#
2005	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Boston	‡	#	‡	#	264	26	250	61	256	10	‡	2	‡	2
2005	Charlotte	‡	#	‡	#	260	70	261	29	‡	1	‡	#	‡	#
2005	Chicago	‡	#	‡	#	250	45	249	52	‡	3	‡	1	‡	#
2005	Cleveland	‡	#	‡	#	243	34	239	54	‡	8	‡	4	‡	#
2005	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	District of Columbia (DCPS)	‡	#	‡	#	234	42	246	47	‡	3	241	7	‡	1
2005	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Houston	‡	#	‡	#	247	63	249	26	235	7	‡	3	‡	1
2005	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Los Angeles	‡	#	‡	#	241	65	246	28	244	6	‡	1	‡	1
2005	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	New York City	‡	#	‡	#	250	32	258	63	‡	5	‡	#	‡	#
2005	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	San Diego	‡	#	‡	#	253	41	256	56	‡	2	‡	#	‡	1