Average scale scores for grade 8 reading, by National School Lunch Program eligibility, 3 categories and jurisdiction: 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, and 2002
Year	Jurisdiction	Eligible		Not eligible		Information not available
Year	Jurisdiction	Average scale score	Standard Error	Average scale score	Standard Error	Average scale score	Standard Error
— Not available. † Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. The NAEP Reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. 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), 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 Reading Assessments.
2009	National public	249	(0.3)	273	(0.3)	259	(3.3)
2009	Large city	244	(0.5)	268	(1.0)	258	(4.8)
2009	Atlanta	244	(1.9)	273	(2.4)	‡	(†)
2009	Austin	247	(1.9)	278	(2.6)	‡	(†)
2009	Baltimore City	242	(1.6)	257	(3.0)	‡	(†)
2009	Boston	251	(1.7)	273	(2.3)	‡	(†)
2009	Charlotte	248	(1.4)	270	(1.5)	‡	(†)
2009	Chicago	246	(1.5)	270	(2.7)	‡	(†)
2009	Cleveland	242	(1.6)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
2009	Detroit	228	(2.0)	241	(4.3)	‡	(†)
2009	District of Columbia (DCPS)	232	(1.6)	263	(3.1)	‡	(†)
2009	Fresno	234	(2.6)	274	(4.8)	‡	(†)
2009	Houston	246	(1.2)	271	(3.1)	‡	(†)
2009	Jefferson County (KY)	248	(1.4)	271	(1.5)	‡	(†)
2009	Los Angeles	240	(1.0)	262	(3.6)	262	(3.2)
2009	Miami-Dade	254	(1.5)	271	(1.9)	‡	(†)
2009	Milwaukee	237	(2.0)	255	(3.5)	‡	(†)
2009	New York City	250	(1.4)	266	(2.5)	‡	(†)
2009	Philadelphia	243	(1.9)	269	(7.0)	‡	(†)
2009	San Diego	242	(2.6)	270	(3.9)	‡	(†)
2007	National public	247	(0.3)	271	(0.3)	255	(3.9)
2007	Large city	242	(0.6)	265	(1.0)	253	(4.3)
2007	Atlanta	240	(1.6)	263	(2.9)	‡	(†)
2007	Austin	240	(2.0)	277	(2.7)	‡	(†)
2007	Baltimore City	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2007	Boston	249	(2.0)	268	(2.1)	‡	(†)
2007	Charlotte	245	(1.8)	273	(1.4)	‡	(†)
2007	Chicago	247	(1.5)	266	(3.3)	‡	(†)
2007	Cleveland	246	(1.5)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
2007	Detroit	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2007	District of Columbia (DCPS)	234	(1.0)	253	(1.6)	‡	(†)
2007	Fresno	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2007	Houston	247	(1.3)	269	(3.5)	‡	(†)
2007	Jefferson County (KY)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2007	Los Angeles	237	(1.0)	251	(3.4)	251	(3.1)
2007	Miami-Dade	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2007	Milwaukee	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2007	New York City	246	(1.8)	272	(4.3)	‡	(†)
2007	Philadelphia	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2007	San Diego	236	(2.1)	268	(2.5)	‡	(†)
2005	National public	247	(0.3)	270	(0.2)	258	(1.8)
2005	Large city	243	(0.6)	264	(0.9)	247	(2.8)
2005	Atlanta	234	(1.3)	260	(4.0)	‡	(†)
2005	Austin	240	(3.0)	272	(2.7)	‡	(†)
2005	Baltimore City	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2005	Boston	247	(1.1)	274	(2.6)	‡	(†)
2005	Charlotte	242	(1.7)	274	(1.5)	‡	(†)
2005	Chicago	246	(1.2)	264	(2.9)	‡	(†)
2005	Cleveland	240	(1.9)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
2005	Detroit	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2005	District of Columbia (DCPS)	234	(1.0)	249	(1.8)	‡	(†)
2005	Fresno	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2005	Houston	243	(1.0)	262	(1.9)	‡	(†)
2005	Jefferson County (KY)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2005	Los Angeles	236	(1.4)	254	(3.0)	‡	(†)
2005	Miami-Dade	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2005	Milwaukee	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2005	New York City	249	(1.6)	266	(4.1)	243	(6.7)
2005	Philadelphia	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2005	San Diego	243	(2.1)	266	(2.1)	‡	(†)
2003	National public	246	(0.4)	271	(0.3)	262	(1.0)
2003	Large city	241	(0.7)	263	(1.0)	247	(3.7)
2003	Atlanta	235	(1.3)	256	(3.3)	252	(4.1)
2003	Austin	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2003	Baltimore City	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2003	Boston	247	(1.4)	265	(2.9)	266	(3.0)
2003	Charlotte	244	(2.2)	273	(1.6)	‡	(†)
2003	Chicago	246	(1.3)	267	(3.4)	259	(4.2)
2003	Cleveland	240	(1.8)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
2003	Detroit	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2003	District of Columbia (DCPS)	232	(1.1)	248	(1.6)	249	(2.2)
2003	Fresno	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2003	Houston	241	(1.0)	256	(1.8)	‡	(†)
2003	Jefferson County (KY)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2003	Los Angeles	230	(1.7)	247	(5.3)	243	(2.6)
2003	Miami-Dade	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2003	Milwaukee	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2003	New York City	248	(1.6)	278	(3.3)	263	(6.6)
2003	Philadelphia	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2003	San Diego	240	(1.4)	262	(2.0)	252	(6.6)
2002	National public	249	(0.5)	271	(0.5)	264	(2.5)
2002	Large city	242	(1.5)	268	(1.4)	251	(4.4)
2002	Atlanta	233	(1.7)	244	(2.7)	‡	(†)
2002	Austin	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	Baltimore City	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	Boston	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	Charlotte	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	Chicago	246	(1.6)	267	(7.3)	268	(6.3)
2002	Cleveland	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	Detroit	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	District of Columbia (DCPS)	235	(1.2)	251	(1.4)	‡	(†)
2002	Fresno	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	Houston	243	(2.3)	261	(3.1)	‡	(†)
2002	Jefferson County (KY)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	Los Angeles	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
2002	Miami-Dade	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	Milwaukee	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	New York City	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
2002	Philadelphia	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
2002	San Diego	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)