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District percentile ranking data

National percentile rankings for jurisdictions based on average scores in NAEP eighth-grade writing, by lower-income status and selected race/ethnicity categories: 2007
  Percentile ranking
Jurisdiction Overall Lower-
income		 White Black Hispanic
Nation 48 33 57 33 33
Large central city 38 30 57 30 30
Atlanta 37 32 72 35 ‡
Austin 39 22 70 24 24
Boston 42 36 70 34 30
Charlotte 49 33 69 36 35
Chicago 39 35 66 31 41
Cleveland 26 26 34 25 26
Houston 35 30 67 32 31
Los Angeles 30 26 55 23 26
New York City 39 36 63 32 30
San Diego 40 26 63 37 22
‡ Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate.
NOTE: Data for other race/ethnicity categories and income levels are included in overall but not reported separately. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. In NAEP, lower-income students are students identified as eligible for free or reduced-price school lunch.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Writing Assessment.
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