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US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4

Massachusetts had the highest NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4 of 51 states in 2011, at 253 NAEP scale score (0 to 500). District of Columbia had the lowest, at 222 NAEP scale score (0 to 500). The median was 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500) and the figure for the United States was 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500). Source: National Center for Education Statistics.

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Highest253Massachusetts
Lowest222District of Columbia
Median24151 states
United States240History

Map of states, 2011

Alabama: 231 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alaska: 236 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arizona: 235 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arkansas: 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)California: 234 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Colorado: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Connecticut: 242 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Delaware: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)District of Columbia: 222 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Florida: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Georgia: 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Hawaii: 239 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Idaho: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Illinois: 239 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Indiana: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Iowa: 243 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kansas: 246 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kentucky: 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Louisiana: 231 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maine: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maryland: 247 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Massachusetts: 253 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Michigan: 236 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Minnesota: 249 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Mississippi: 230 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Missouri: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Montana: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nebraska: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nevada: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Hampshire: 252 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Jersey: 248 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Mexico: 233 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New York: 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Carolina: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Dakota: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Ohio: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oklahoma: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oregon: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Pennsylvania: 246 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Rhode Island: 242 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Carolina: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Dakota: 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Tennessee: 233 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Texas: 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Utah: 243 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Vermont: 247 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Virginia: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Washington: 243 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)West Virginia: 235 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wisconsin: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wyoming: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)
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NAEP scale score (0 to 500), 2011. Source: NCES, NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 4, all students, public schools, states and nation. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2011

Massachusetts: 253 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Massachusetts253New Hampshire: 252 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Hampshire252Minnesota: 249 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Minnesota249New Jersey: 248 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Jersey248Maryland: 247 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maryland247Vermont: 247 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Vermont247Kansas: 246 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kansas246Pennsylvania: 246 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Pennsylvania246Virginia: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Virginia245North Dakota: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Dakota245Wisconsin: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wisconsin245North Carolina: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Carolina245Colorado: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Colorado244Maine: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maine244Ohio: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Ohio244Wyoming: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wyoming244Indiana: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Indiana244Montana: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Montana244Washington: 243 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Washington243Iowa: 243 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Iowa243Utah: 243 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Utah243Connecticut: 242 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Connecticut242Rhode Island: 242 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Rhode Island242Texas: 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Texas241South Dakota: 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Dakota241Kentucky: 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kentucky241Missouri: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Missouri240Delaware: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Delaware240Idaho: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Idaho240Florida: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Florida240Nebraska: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nebraska240Illinois: 239 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Illinois239Hawaii: 239 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Hawaii239Georgia: 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Georgia238Arkansas: 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arkansas238New York: 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New York238Oklahoma: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oklahoma237South Carolina: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Carolina237Nevada: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nevada237Oregon: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oregon237Michigan: 236 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Michigan236Alaska: 236 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alaska236Arizona: 235 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arizona235West Virginia: 235 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)West Virginia235California: 234 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)California234Tennessee: 233 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Tennessee233New Mexico: 233 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Mexico233Alabama: 231 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alabama231Louisiana: 231 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Louisiana231Mississippi: 230 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Mississippi230District of Columbia: 222 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)District of Columbia222Massachusetts: 253 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Massachusetts253New Hampshire: 252 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Hampshire252Minnesota: 249 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Minnesota249New Jersey: 248 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Jersey248Maryland: 247 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maryland247Vermont: 247 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Vermont247Kansas: 246 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kansas246Pennsylvania: 246 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Pennsylvania246Virginia: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Virginia245North Dakota: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Dakota245Wisconsin: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wisconsin245North Carolina: 245 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Carolina245Colorado: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Colorado244Maine: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maine244Ohio: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Ohio244Wyoming: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wyoming244Indiana: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Indiana244Montana: 244 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Montana244Washington: 243 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Washington243Iowa: 243 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Iowa243Utah: 243 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Utah243Connecticut: 242 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Connecticut242Rhode Island: 242 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Rhode Island242Texas: 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Texas241South Dakota: 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Dakota241Kentucky: 241 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kentucky241Missouri: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Missouri240Delaware: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Delaware240Idaho: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Idaho240Florida: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Florida240Nebraska: 240 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nebraska240Illinois: 239 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Illinois239Hawaii: 239 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Hawaii239Georgia: 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Georgia238Arkansas: 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arkansas238New York: 238 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New York238Oklahoma: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oklahoma237South Carolina: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Carolina237Nevada: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nevada237Oregon: 237 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oregon237Michigan: 236 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Michigan236Alaska: 236 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alaska236Arizona: 235 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arizona235West Virginia: 235 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)West Virginia235California: 234 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)California234Tennessee: 233 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Tennessee233New Mexico: 233 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Mexico233Alabama: 231 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alabama231Louisiana: 231 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Louisiana231Mississippi: 230 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Mississippi230District of Columbia: 222 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)District of Columbia222
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

RankStates2011
NAEP scale score (0 to 500)
1Massachusetts253
2New Hampshire252
3Minnesota249
4New Jersey248
5Maryland247
6Vermont247
7Kansas246
8Pennsylvania246
9Virginia245
10North Dakota245
11Wisconsin245
12North Carolina245
13Colorado244
14Maine244
15Ohio244
16Wyoming244
17Indiana244
18Montana244
19Washington243
20Iowa243
21Utah243
22Connecticut242
23Rhode Island242
24Texas241
25South Dakota241
26Kentucky241
27Missouri240
28Delaware240
29Idaho240
30Florida240
31Nebraska240
32Illinois239
33Hawaii239
34Georgia238
35Arkansas238
36New York238
37Oklahoma237
38South Carolina237
39Nevada237
40Oregon237
41Michigan236
42Alaska236
43Arizona235
44West Virginia235
45California234
46Tennessee233
47New Mexico233
48Alabama231
49Louisiana231
50Mississippi230
51District of Columbia222

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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, 2011) [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, 2011. 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?period=2011. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 2011. 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?period=2011.

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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, 2011 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/naep-math-grade-4/us-states?period=2011 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Massachusetts, with 253 NAEP scale score (0 to 500) in 2011, according to National Center for Education Statistics.

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

District of Columbia, with 222 NAEP scale score (0 to 500) in 2011.

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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.

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