Order
Cross-
jurisdiction
significant
difference
Number of Jurisdictions
Significantly
Not eligible
average scale score
higher
not
different
lower
2009
1
Austin
Austin
>
0
0
15
173
2
Jefferson County (KY)
Jefferson County (KY)
x
1
3
11
161
National public
National public
1
3
13
161
3
Houston
Houston
x
1
7
7
157
4
Charlotte
Charlotte
<
2
6
7
155
5
Fresno
Fresno
<
1
9
5
155
6
San Diego
San Diego
x
1
11
3
154
Large city
Large city
<
3
9
5
152
7
Atlanta
Atlanta
<
2
10
3
151
8
Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade
<
3
8
4
150
9
Boston
Boston
<
4
8
3
148
10
New York City
New York City
<
3
10
2
146
11
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
<
5
8
2
143
12
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
<
2
12
1
143
13
Chicago
Chicago
<
6
7
2
142
14
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
<
9
4
2
139
15
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
<
13
2
0
128
16
Detroit
Detroit
<
14
1
0
121
N/A
Cleveland
Cleveland
‡
‡
‡
‡
‡
‡ 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.