Average scale scores for grade 8 science, by public or nonpublic school, 5 categories and jurisdiction: 2009
Year	Jurisdiction	Public		Other private		Catholic		Bureau of Indian Education		Department of Defense
Year	Jurisdiction	Average scale score	Standard Error	Average scale score	Standard Error	Average scale score	Standard Error	Average scale score	Standard Error	Average scale score	Standard Error
† Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: The NAEP Science scale ranges from 0 to 300. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.
2009	National	149	(0.3)	‡	(†)	163	(1.0)	110	(3.0)	162	(0.7)