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US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8, 2024

Massachusetts had the highest NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8 of 51 states in 2024, at 283 NAEP scale score (0 to 500). New Mexico had the lowest, at 256 NAEP scale score (0 to 500). The median was 273 NAEP scale score (0 to 500) and the figure for the United States was 272 NAEP scale score (0 to 500). Source: National Center for Education Statistics.

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Highest283Massachusetts
Lowest256New Mexico
Median27351 states
United States272History

Map of states, 2024

Alabama: 262 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alaska: 264 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arizona: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arkansas: 266 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)California: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Colorado: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Connecticut: 277 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Delaware: 263 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)District of Columbia: 262 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Florida: 267 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Georgia: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Hawaii: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Idaho: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Illinois: 277 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Indiana: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Iowa: 275 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kansas: 274 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kentucky: 271 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Louisiana: 267 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maine: 273 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maryland: 268 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Massachusetts: 283 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Michigan: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Minnesota: 282 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Mississippi: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Missouri: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Montana: 279 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nebraska: 280 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nevada: 265 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Hampshire: 280 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Jersey: 282 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Mexico: 256 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New York: 271 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Carolina: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Dakota: 280 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Ohio: 279 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oklahoma: 264 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oregon: 268 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Pennsylvania: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Rhode Island: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Carolina: 268 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Dakota: 281 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Tennessee: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Texas: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Utah: 282 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Vermont: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Virginia: 275 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Washington: 274 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)West Virginia: 261 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wisconsin: 283 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wyoming: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)
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NAEP scale score (0 to 500), 2024. Source: NCES, NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 8, all students, public schools, states and nation. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2024

Massachusetts: 283 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Massachusetts283Wisconsin: 283 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wisconsin283Minnesota: 282 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Minnesota282Utah: 282 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Utah282New Jersey: 282 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Jersey282South Dakota: 281 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Dakota281Nebraska: 280 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nebraska280North Dakota: 280 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Dakota280New Hampshire: 280 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Hampshire280Montana: 279 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Montana279Ohio: 279 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Ohio279Wyoming: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wyoming278Indiana: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Indiana278Colorado: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Colorado278Idaho: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Idaho278Illinois: 277 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Illinois277Connecticut: 277 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Connecticut277Pennsylvania: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Pennsylvania276Tennessee: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Tennessee276North Carolina: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Carolina276Vermont: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Vermont276Virginia: 275 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Virginia275Iowa: 275 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Iowa275Kansas: 274 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kansas274Washington: 274 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Washington274Maine: 273 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maine273New York: 271 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New York271Kentucky: 271 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kentucky271Missouri: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Missouri270Hawaii: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Hawaii270Michigan: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Michigan270Rhode Island: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Rhode Island270Arizona: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arizona270Texas: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Texas269Mississippi: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Mississippi269California: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)California269Georgia: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Georgia269Maryland: 268 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maryland268South Carolina: 268 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Carolina268Oregon: 268 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oregon268Florida: 267 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Florida267Louisiana: 267 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Louisiana267Arkansas: 266 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arkansas266Nevada: 265 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nevada265Oklahoma: 264 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oklahoma264Alaska: 264 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alaska264Delaware: 263 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Delaware263Alabama: 262 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alabama262District of Columbia: 262 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)District of Columbia262West Virginia: 261 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)West Virginia261New Mexico: 256 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Mexico256Massachusetts: 283 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Massachusetts283Wisconsin: 283 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wisconsin283Minnesota: 282 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Minnesota282Utah: 282 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Utah282New Jersey: 282 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Jersey282South Dakota: 281 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Dakota281Nebraska: 280 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nebraska280North Dakota: 280 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Dakota280New Hampshire: 280 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Hampshire280Montana: 279 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Montana279Ohio: 279 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Ohio279Wyoming: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Wyoming278Indiana: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Indiana278Colorado: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Colorado278Idaho: 278 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Idaho278Illinois: 277 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Illinois277Connecticut: 277 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Connecticut277Pennsylvania: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Pennsylvania276Tennessee: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Tennessee276North Carolina: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)North Carolina276Vermont: 276 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Vermont276Virginia: 275 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Virginia275Iowa: 275 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Iowa275Kansas: 274 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kansas274Washington: 274 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Washington274Maine: 273 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maine273New York: 271 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New York271Kentucky: 271 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Kentucky271Missouri: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Missouri270Hawaii: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Hawaii270Michigan: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Michigan270Rhode Island: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Rhode Island270Arizona: 270 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arizona270Texas: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Texas269Mississippi: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Mississippi269California: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)California269Georgia: 269 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Georgia269Maryland: 268 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Maryland268South Carolina: 268 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)South Carolina268Oregon: 268 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oregon268Florida: 267 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Florida267Louisiana: 267 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Louisiana267Arkansas: 266 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Arkansas266Nevada: 265 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Nevada265Oklahoma: 264 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Oklahoma264Alaska: 264 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alaska264Delaware: 263 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Delaware263Alabama: 262 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)Alabama262District of Columbia: 262 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)District of Columbia262West Virginia: 261 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)West Virginia261New Mexico: 256 NAEP scale score (0 to 500)New Mexico256
NAEP scale score (0 to 500). Source: NCES, NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 8, all students, public schools, states and nation. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStates2024
NAEP scale score (0 to 500)
1Massachusetts283
2Wisconsin283
3Minnesota282
4Utah282
5New Jersey282
6South Dakota281
7Nebraska280
8North Dakota280
9New Hampshire280
10Montana279
11Ohio279
12Wyoming278
13Indiana278
14Colorado278
15Idaho278
16Illinois277
17Connecticut277
18Pennsylvania276
19Tennessee276
20North Carolina276
21Vermont276
22Virginia275
23Iowa275
24Kansas274
25Washington274
26Maine273
27New York271
28Kentucky271
29Missouri270
30Hawaii270
31Michigan270
32Rhode Island270
33Arizona270
34Texas269
35Mississippi269
36California269
37Georgia269
38Maryland268
39South Carolina268
40Oregon268
41Florida267
42Louisiana267
43Arkansas266
44Nevada265
45Oklahoma264
46Alaska264
47Delaware263
48Alabama262
49District of Columbia262
50West Virginia261
51New Mexico256

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About this ranking

Average scale score of public school students in mathematics, grade 8 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 8, 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 8, all students, public schools, states and nation (US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8, 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 8, all students, public schools, states and nation, US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8, 2024. National Center for Education Statistics, 12 Oct. 2026, https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/naep-math-grade-8/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

National Center for Education Statistics. 2026. NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 8, all students, public schools, states and nation. US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/naep-math-grade-8/us-states.

Harvard

National Center for Education Statistics (2026) NAEP Data Service: average scale score, mathematics, grade 8, all students, public schools, states and nation, US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/naep-math-grade-8/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8?

Massachusetts, with 283 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 8?

New Mexico, with 256 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 8, all students, public schools, states and nation. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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