Order
Cross-
jurisdiction
significant
difference
Number of Jurisdictions
Significantly
All students
average scale score
higher
not
different
lower
2009
1
Austin
Austin
>
0
0
16
149
National public
National public
>
0
1
17
149
2
Jefferson County (KY)
Jefferson County (KY)
>
1
0
15
145
3
Charlotte
Charlotte
>
2
2
12
141
4
Houston
Houston
>
2
3
11
138
5
San Diego
San Diego
x
2
3
11
138
6
Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade
>
3
2
11
137
Large city
Large city
6
1
11
134
7
Boston
Boston
<
6
2
8
130
8
New York City
New York City
<
6
2
8
129
9
Atlanta
Atlanta
<
6
4
6
127
10
Fresno
Fresno
<
8
6
2
124
11
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
<
8
6
2
123
12
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
<
9
5
2
122
13
Cleveland
Cleveland
<
9
5
2
121
14
Chicago
Chicago
<
9
5
2
121
15
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
<
9
7
0
119
16
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
<
14
2
0
113
17
Detroit
Detroit
<
14
2
0
113
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.