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District Science Results by Parental Education Level

  • Comparing eighth-graders who indicated that at least one of their parents graduated from high school, students in Atlanta had lower average scores than students in large central city schools. 
  • Comparing eighth-graders who indicated that at least one of their parents graduated from college, students in Austin, Charlotte and San Diego had higher average scores, and students in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles and New York City had lower average scores than students in large central city schools.
GRADE 8
Percentage distribution of grade 8 public school students in science, by student-reported highest level of education of either parent and jurisdiction in 2005
  Parental education level
Jurisdiction Less than high school Graduated from high school Some education after high school Graduated from college Unknown
Nation 8 18 18 45 11
Large central city 12 18 17 37 17
Atlanta 7 25 17 41 10
Austin 15 14 13 44 14
Boston 9 19 19 35 19
Charlotte 5 14 18 55 8
Chicago 12 22 20 30 17
Cleveland 11 25 22 28 15
Houston 21 19 15 28 18
Los Angeles 19 15 13 24 28
New York City 9 15 14 43 20
San Diego 12 14 16 37 20
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Parental education questions were not presented to students at grade 4.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Trial Urban District Science Assessment.

Fourth-graders were not asked to indicate their parents' highest level of education because their responses in previous studies were highly variable, and a large percentage of them chose the "I don't know" option. Learn more about the NAEP reporting groups on the NAEP website.

 

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