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

All 51 values come from National Center for Education Statistics for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `naep_math_grade8_average_score`
- Unit: NAEP scale score (0 to 500)
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-center-for-education-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/naep-math-grade-8/us-states

| Rank | Place | NAEP scale score (0 to 500) |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Massachusetts | 283 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 283 |
| 3 | Minnesota | 282 |
| 4 | Utah | 282 |
| 5 | New Jersey | 282 |
| 6 | South Dakota | 281 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 280 |
| 8 | North Dakota | 280 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 280 |
| 10 | Montana | 279 |
| 11 | Ohio | 279 |
| 12 | Wyoming | 278 |
| 13 | Indiana | 278 |
| 14 | Colorado | 278 |
| 15 | Idaho | 278 |
| 16 | Illinois | 277 |
| 17 | Connecticut | 277 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | 276 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 276 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 276 |
| 21 | Vermont | 276 |
| 22 | Virginia | 275 |
| 23 | Iowa | 275 |
| 24 | Kansas | 274 |
| 25 | Washington | 274 |
| 26 | Maine | 273 |
| 27 | New York | 271 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 271 |
| 29 | Missouri | 270 |
| 30 | Hawaii | 270 |
| 31 | Michigan | 270 |
| 32 | Rhode Island | 270 |
| 33 | Arizona | 270 |
| 34 | Texas | 269 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 269 |
| 36 | California | 269 |
| 37 | Georgia | 269 |
| 38 | Maryland | 268 |
| 39 | South Carolina | 268 |
| 40 | Oregon | 268 |
| 41 | Florida | 267 |
| 42 | Louisiana | 267 |
| 43 | Arkansas | 266 |
| 44 | Nevada | 265 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | 264 |
| 46 | Alaska | 264 |
| 47 | Delaware | 263 |
| 48 | Alabama | 262 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 262 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 261 |
| 51 | New Mexico | 256 |