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District Mathematics Results by Parental Education Level

Compared to grade 8 students in large central city schools who indicated that a parent graduated from high school...

  • students in Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Houston, and New York City had higher average scores, while students in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, the District of Columbia, and Los Angeles had lower average scores.

Compared to grade 8 students in large central city schools who indicated that a parent graduated from college...

  • students in Austin, Charlotte, and San Diego had higher average scores, and students in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, the District of Columbia, and Los Angeles had lower average scores.
Average scale scores and achievement-level results in mathematics, by student-reported parents’ highest level of education (less than high school), grade 8 public schools: By urban district, 2005
# The estimate rounds to zero.
* Average scores are significantly different from large central city public schools.
** Average scores are significantly different from nation (public schools).
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers.
DATA: View complete data with standard errors for scale scores in districts and the nation or in large central cities, and achievement levels in districts and the nation or in large central cities.

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Learn more about the NAEP reporting groups on the NAEP website.

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