| Table 1-3 |
| Distribution of all students in grades 4 and 8 and students in the top 1% taking the NAEP mathematics assessments, by student characteristic: 2009 |
| (Percent distribution) |
| |
| |
Grade 4 |
|
Grade 8 |
| Student characteristic |
All Students |
|
Students in top 1% |
|
All Students |
|
Students in top 1% |
| |
| All students |
100.0 |
|
100.0 |
|
100.0 |
|
100.0 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
50.8 |
|
62.4 |
|
50.3 |
|
57.9 |
| Female |
49.2 |
|
37.7 |
|
49.7 |
|
42.1 |
| Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White, non-Hispanic |
56.5 |
|
69.7 |
|
58.5 |
|
75.4 |
| Black, non-Hispanic |
16.1 |
|
1.0 |
|
15.2 |
|
0.6 |
| Hispanic |
21.2 |
|
1.5 |
|
19.9 |
|
1.4 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
5.0 |
|
27.5 |
|
5.2 |
|
22.2 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
1.2 |
|
0.3 |
|
1.1 |
|
0.3 |
| Free/reduced-price lunch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Not eligible |
52.4 |
|
94.7 |
|
57.7 |
|
95.0 |
| Eligible |
47.7 |
|
5.3 |
|
42.3 |
|
5.0 |
| Highest level of parental education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| High school or less |
NA |
|
NA |
|
27.1 |
|
1.9 |
| Some college |
NA |
|
NA |
|
18.2 |
|
4.4 |
| College degree or above |
NA |
|
NA |
|
54.8 |
|
93.7 |
| |
NA = not available
NAEP = National Assessment of Educational Progress
NOTES: Students in the top 1% are those with NAEP mathematics scores ≥ 99th percentile for their grade level. Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2011) of NAEP 2009 mathematics assessments, National Center for Education Statistics.
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