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	2011
			higher	not different	lower
1 Fresno	Fresno	>	0	6	13	269	233	36
2 Austin	Austin	>	0	7	12	282	247	34
3 District of Columbia (DCPS)	District of Columbia (DCPS)	>	0	9	10	259	228	32
4 Philadelphia	Philadelphia	x	0	13	6	274	243	31
5 Los Angeles	Los Angeles	x	0	13	6	271	241	29
6 San Diego	San Diego	x	0	13	6	273	245	28
7 Atlanta	Atlanta	x	2	11	6	275	248	27
8 Boston	Boston	x	0	16	3	275	249	26
9 Charlotte	Charlotte	x	2	12	5	278	252	26
10 Chicago	Chicago	x	1	17	1	273	249	24
Large city	Large city		3	14	4	271	248	23
National public	National public	x	3	14	4	275	251	23
11 Albuquerque	Albuquerque	x	3	15	1	267	245	22
12 Jefferson County (KY)	Jefferson County (KY)	x	3	15	1	273	251	22
13 Hillsborough County (FL)	Hillsborough County (FL)	x	3	15	1	276	254	22
14 Milwaukee	Milwaukee	x	3	15	1	255	234	22
15 Miami-Dade	Miami-Dade	x	8	10	1	274	254	19
16 Baltimore City	Baltimore City	x	7	11	1	261	243	18
17 Houston	Houston	<	8	10	1	266	248	17
18 Dallas	Dallas	<	9	9	1	261	245	16
19 New York City	New York City	<	9	10	0	267	253	14
20 Detroit	Detroit	<	18	1	0	241	235	6
N/A Cleveland	Cleveland	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	240	‡
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. 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), 2011 Reading Assessment.