Table 2.
Test Scores (Percentiles at the National Level) by Race/Ethnicity, School Poverty and Metropolitan Location - Elementary Grades
| % Poor: | Reading | Mathematics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Suburban | Non-Metro | City | Suburban | Non-Metro | |
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| High (over 55.0%) | ||||||
| White | 33.3 | 40.5 | 45.0 | 35.4 | 41.3 | 45.4 |
| Black | 22.4 | 28.4 | 34.5 | 24.0 | 28.8 | 34.3 |
| Hispanic | 25.6 | 28.8 | 37.6 | 29.6 | 32.7 | 39.3 |
| Asian | 31.9 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 38.4 | 38.3 |
| Native American | 29.1 | 31.3 | 31.7 | 31.4 | 33.5 | 33.5 |
| Number of schools | 7,308 | 5,056 | 3,682 | 6,968 | 4,948 | 3,614 |
| Medium (25.0–55.0 %) | ||||||
| White | 57.5 | 55.6 | 53.1 | 56.3 | 55.2 | 52.4 |
| Black | 52.2 | 49.9 | 54.3 | 50.9 | 49.7 | 54.1 |
| Hispanic | 51.7 | 52.0 | 49.1 | 51.6 | 52.7 | 48.7 |
| Asian | 59.8 | 54.7 | 52.3 | 59.7 | 54.7 | 51.6 |
| Native American | 57.2 | 56.4 | 51.6 | 55.4 | 54.6 | 49.3 |
| Number of schools | 2,881 | 6,400 | 4,272 | 2,792 | 6,077 | 4,064 |
| Low (below 25.0%) | ||||||
| White | 78.8 | 73.2 | 63.8 | 77.0 | 72.1 | 60.9 |
| Black | 65.9 | 68.5 | 60.6 | 63.2 | 67.2 | 56.8 |
| Hispanic | 53.4 | 66.4 | 51.5 | 56.3 | 66.9 | 52.7 |
| Asian | 83.9 | 77.3 | 69.6 | 83.2 | 76.8 | 65.7 |
| Native American | 78.5 | 71.1 | 66.8 | 76.4 | 69.2 | 60.4 |
| Number of schools | 2,029 | 8,228 | 1,061 | 1,997 | 7,741 | 954 |