Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 science, by how much student likes science and jurisdiction: 2011 and 2009
Year	Jurisdiction	Strongly disagree		Disagree		Agree		Strongly agree
Year	Jurisdiction	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
— Not available. ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. The NAEP Science scale ranges from 0 to 300. 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), 2009 and 2011 Science Assessments.
2011	National	136	12	144	19	155	50	166	19
2011	National public	135	12	144	19	154	50	164	19
2011	Alabama	129	14	134	21	145	47	148	17
2011	Alaska	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2011	Arizona	128	13	139	22	148	50	155	16
2011	Arkansas	133	14	143	20	151	49	158	17
2011	California	122	12	132	20	145	51	158	17
2011	Colorado	140	9	150	15	164	54	171	22
2011	Connecticut	137	11	148	20	158	51	169	19
2011	Delaware	133	11	142	16	152	48	161	25
2011	District of Columbia	100	11	104	17	117	49	123	23
2011	DoDEA	146	11	156	18	163	51	170	19
2011	Florida	132	14	142	20	153	49	161	17
2011	Georgia	133	11	141	17	152	50	165	22
2011	Hawaii	129	10	134	19	146	53	155	17
2011	Idaho	143	13	152	20	162	49	172	18
2011	Illinois	131	11	140	20	150	51	161	19
2011	Indiana	136	12	148	21	157	49	163	17
2011	Iowa	138	9	150	17	159	50	168	24
2011	Kansas	138	12	150	22	159	48	169	17
2011	Kentucky	145	14	151	19	159	52	170	15
2011	Louisiana	131	16	137	22	147	46	153	16
2011	Maine	147	11	153	16	163	52	167	21
2011	Maryland	134	13	144	20	155	49	167	18
2011	Massachusetts	144	11	153	20	165	51	175	17
2011	Michigan	142	11	150	20	161	51	166	18
2011	Minnesota	145	9	153	18	162	52	175	20
2011	Mississippi	125	14	130	19	141	48	148	19
2011	Missouri	144	13	150	20	159	50	167	18
2011	Montana	153	10	156	21	165	50	172	19
2011	Nebraska	141	9	151	17	157	48	168	25
2011	Nevada	132	13	138	22	147	49	158	16
2011	New Hampshire	146	11	153	19	166	49	174	20
2011	New Jersey	139	9	145	18	156	51	170	21
2011	New Mexico	133	13	139	21	148	49	158	16
2011	New York	136	12	140	20	152	47	164	22
2011	North Carolina	134	13	144	18	151	51	157	19
2011	North Dakota	152	9	155	19	165	54	176	18
2011	Ohio	143	12	152	18	159	50	173	20
2011	Oklahoma	134	11	142	21	152	52	160	16
2011	Oregon	141	12	148	21	160	50	169	17
2011	Pennsylvania	133	12	143	20	156	51	166	17
2011	Rhode Island	135	12	144	20	153	51	160	17
2011	South Carolina	134	11	144	19	152	51	157	19
2011	South Dakota	149	9	155	21	164	53	171	17
2011	Tennessee	135	13	144	18	152	50	163	19
2011	Texas	137	11	147	18	154	51	168	20
2011	Utah	145	12	154	23	165	48	177	16
2011	Vermont	151	11	157	18	165	52	172	20
2011	Virginia	143	13	155	21	163	48	171	18
2011	Washington	145	13	153	23	159	49	169	15
2011	West Virginia	135	11	142	19	152	50	159	20
2011	Wisconsin	140	10	153	17	160	50	170	24
2011	Wyoming	148	11	156	17	161	50	168	23
2009	National	135	13	145	21	154	49	163	17
2009	National public	133	13	143	21	153	49	162	17
2009	Alabama	127	16	133	22	143	46	152	16
2009	Alaska	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Arizona	132	14	135	22	145	49	152	15
2009	Arkansas	130	15	139	19	148	49	153	16
2009	California	122	15	133	22	142	49	153	14
2009	Colorado	140	11	148	19	159	52	165	19
2009	Connecticut	138	12	148	20	159	49	166	20
2009	Delaware	136	13	143	19	151	49	159	19
2009	District of Columbia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	DoDEA	149	12	156	20	163	48	172	20
2009	Florida	130	17	142	25	150	43	163	15
2009	Georgia	135	12	141	18	149	52	158	18
2009	Hawaii	130	12	134	22	142	52	148	14
2009	Idaho	142	17	151	22	164	46	171	15
2009	Illinois	132	11	142	20	151	50	158	19
2009	Indiana	135	15	148	21	156	47	166	17
2009	Iowa	140	12	149	21	160	48	167	19
2009	Kansas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Kentucky	146	15	151	20	159	48	165	17
2009	Louisiana	129	18	132	21	144	44	150	17
2009	Maine	145	13	154	18	161	51	165	19
2009	Maryland	134	13	141	20	153	50	163	17
2009	Massachusetts	139	12	152	19	165	52	175	17
2009	Michigan	135	12	147	20	157	51	167	17
2009	Minnesota	142	11	156	23	162	49	170	17
2009	Mississippi	117	15	126	20	136	47	146	19
2009	Missouri	143	14	151	20	160	48	166	18
2009	Montana	150	13	157	21	166	49	171	17
2009	Nebraska	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Nevada	128	16	137	24	147	47	154	14
2009	New Hampshire	148	12	153	19	163	51	171	18
2009	New Jersey	140	10	151	20	157	49	166	20
2009	New Mexico	129	16	140	22	147	48	157	14
2009	New York	135	12	141	20	152	48	164	20
2009	North Carolina	131	14	141	20	148	50	152	17
2009	North Dakota	149	9	156	20	164	54	171	17
2009	Ohio	146	12	153	20	160	48	168	19
2009	Oklahoma	132	12	142	20	149	51	156	17
2009	Oregon	141	13	149	23	157	47	167	17
2009	Pennsylvania	135	12	148	21	158	50	168	17
2009	Rhode Island	135	15	141	21	151	49	156	15
2009	South Carolina	128	14	139	19	147	50	157	17
2009	South Dakota	146	10	155	20	163	52	170	18
2009	Tennessee	133	13	138	20	151	48	162	19
2009	Texas	136	13	145	21	153	49	163	18
2009	Utah	141	15	152	24	163	47	172	14
2009	Vermont	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Virginia	140	14	150	21	160	47	170	19
2009	Washington	140	16	149	24	161	46	166	15
2009	West Virginia	129	14	140	19	148	48	158	18
2009	Wisconsin	137	9	152	18	160	50	168	22
2009	Wyoming	140	12	153	18	160	48	171	21