US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4, 2024

Massachusetts had the highest NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4 of 51 states in 2024, at 246 NAEP scale score (0 to 500). New Mexico had the lowest, at 224 NAEP scale score (0 to 500). The median was 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500) and the figure for the United States was 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500). Source: National Center for Education Statistics.

Highest246Massachusetts

Lowest224New Mexico

Median23851 states

United States237History

All states, 2024

NAEP scale score (0 to 500). Source: NCES, NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 4, all students, public schools, states and nation. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)
1	Massachusetts	246
2	Florida	243
3	Wyoming	243
4	New Hampshire	242
5	Utah	242
6	North Dakota	241
7	Minnesota	241
8	Texas	241
9	Indiana	240
10	New Jersey	240
11	South Dakota	240
12	Tennessee	240
13	Ohio	239
14	Hawaii	239
15	Wisconsin	239
16	Mississippi	239
17	Colorado	239
18	Connecticut	239
19	North Carolina	239
20	Montana	238
21	Idaho	238
22	Nebraska	238
23	Pennsylvania	238
24	Virginia	238
25	Kentucky	238
26	South Carolina	238
27	Washington	238
28	Rhode Island	237
29	Kansas	237
30	Iowa	237
31	Alabama	236
32	Georgia	236
33	Illinois	236
34	Michigan	235
35	Missouri	235
36	Vermont	235
37	Louisiana	235
38	New York	234
39	Maryland	234
40	Nevada	233
41	Delaware	233
42	Maine	233
43	California	233
44	Oklahoma	233
45	Arizona	232
46	West Virginia	232
47	District of Columbia	231
48	Arkansas	230
49	Oregon	229
50	Alaska	226
51	New Mexico	224

Other periods

About this ranking

Average scale score of public school students in mathematics, grade 4 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP, the Nation's Report Card), on a scale of 0 to 500, from the National Center for Education Statistics. The year is the year of the assessment, given from January to March.

NAEP tests a sample of students, so each score has a margin of error and a difference of a few points between states or years is often not statistically significant. States are tested every two years (2003 to 2019, then 2022 and 2024). The national value is for public schools only, the group NCES compares states with. Scores are on the same scale across years and states but cannot be compared with state test results.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 4, all students, public schools, states and nation. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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National Center for Education Statistics. (2026). NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 4, all students, public schools, states and nation (US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE

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NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 4, all students, public schools, states and nation, US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4, 2024. National Center for Education Statistics, 12 Oct. 2026, https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/naep-math-grade-4/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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National Center for Education Statistics. 2026. NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 4, all students, public schools, states and nation. US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/naep-math-grade-4/us-states.

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National Center for Education Statistics (2026) NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 4, all students, public schools, states and nation, US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/naep-math-grade-4/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4?

Massachusetts, with 246 NAEP scale score (0 to 500) in 2024, according to National Center for Education Statistics.

Which state has the lowest NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4?

New Mexico, with 224 NAEP scale score (0 to 500) in 2024.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 4, all students, public schools, states and nation. Retrieved 2026-10-12.