Order		Cross- jurisdiction significant difference	Number of Jurisdictions Significantly			Asian/Pacific Islander average scale score
			higher	not different	lower	2009
			higher	not different	lower
1 Charlotte	Charlotte	x	0	6	2	163
2 Houston	Houston	x	0	6	2	160
National public	National public		0	7	3	160
3 Chicago	Chicago	x	0	6	2	159
4 San Diego	San Diego	x	0	6	2	157
5 Boston	Boston	x	0	6	2	154
6 New York City	New York City	x	0	6	2	153
Large city	Large city	<	1	7	2	152
7 Los Angeles	Los Angeles	x	0	7	1	151
8 Philadelphia	Philadelphia	<	6	1	1	141
9 Fresno	Fresno	<	8	0	0	123
N/A Milwaukee	Milwaukee	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
N/A Miami-Dade	Miami-Dade	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
N/A Jefferson County (KY)	Jefferson County (KY)	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
N/A Detroit	Detroit	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
N/A Cleveland	Cleveland	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
N/A Baltimore City	Baltimore City	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
N/A Austin	Austin	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
N/A Atlanta	Atlanta	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Prior to 2011, students in the “two or more races” category were categorized as “unclassified”. 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.