Order
Cross-
jurisdiction
significant
difference
Number of Jurisdictions
Significantly
Not eligible
average scale score
higher
not
different
lower
2009
1
Austin
Austin
>
0
1
14
176
2
Jefferson County (KY)
Jefferson County (KY)
>
0
4
11
171
3
San Diego
San Diego
x
1
6
8
167
4
Charlotte
Charlotte
x
1
6
8
166
5
Atlanta
Atlanta
x
1
6
8
166
National public
National public
2
6
9
163
6
Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade
x
2
6
7
161
7
Houston
Houston
x
2
8
5
159
8
New York City
New York City
x
2
9
4
158
Large city
Large city
<
6
6
5
157
9
Boston
Boston
<
5
6
4
156
10
Chicago
Chicago
<
6
6
3
154
11
Fresno
Fresno
<
6
7
2
151
12
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
<
7
6
2
148
13
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
<
9
5
1
146
14
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
<
10
4
1
137
15
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
<
12
2
1
136
16
Detroit
Detroit
<
15
0
0
122
N/A
Cleveland
Cleveland
‡
‡
‡
‡
‡
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: 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.