NAEP state assessment results
Grade 4 and grade 8 mathematics and reading results for the nation and every state from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Nation's Report Card: the average scale score and the percentage of students scoring at or above the Proficient achievement level, for public school students.
Figures
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) State Mathematics and Reading Assessments. Data period 2024. Published .
| Measure | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| NAEP grade 4 mathematics score2024 | 238.4 points | 2024 |
| NAEP grade 8 mathematics score2024 | 278.1 points | 2024 |
| NAEP grade 4 reading score2024 | 215.7 points | 2024 |
| NAEP grade 8 reading score2024 | 260.7 points | 2024 |
| NAEP grade 4 mathematics proficiency2024 | 40.7% | 2024 |
| NAEP grade 8 mathematics proficiency2024 | 30.9% | 2024 |
| NAEP grade 4 reading proficiency2024 | 31.9% | 2024 |
| NAEP grade 8 reading proficiency2024 | 32.0% | 2024 |
Pages built on this dataset
Publisher
Coverage
- Geography
- Nation and every state (50 states plus the District of Columbia)
- Time coverage
- 1996 to 2024 for mathematics; 1998 to 2024 for reading
- Update frequency
- Every two years
- Published
- January 29, 2025
- Retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- License of the records
- Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
- Rows
- 5,082 observations, 1996-2024
Measures
| Measure | What it measures | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| NAEP grade 4 mathematics score | Average NAEP mathematics scale score for public school grade 4 students, on a 0 to 500 scale. (subscale MRPCM, stattype MN:MN) | score |
| NAEP grade 8 mathematics score | Average NAEP mathematics scale score for public school grade 8 students, on a 0 to 500 scale. (subscale MRPCM, stattype MN:MN) | score |
| NAEP grade 4 reading score | Average NAEP reading scale score for public school grade 4 students, on a 0 to 500 scale. (subscale RRPCM, stattype MN:MN) | score |
| NAEP grade 8 reading score | Average NAEP reading scale score for public school grade 8 students, on a 0 to 500 scale. (subscale RRPCM, stattype MN:MN) | score |
| NAEP grade 4 mathematics proficiency | Share of public school grade 4 students scoring at or above the Proficient achievement level on the NAEP mathematics assessment. (subscale MRPCM, stattype ALC:AP) | percent |
| NAEP grade 8 mathematics proficiency | Share of public school grade 8 students scoring at or above the Proficient achievement level on the NAEP mathematics assessment. (subscale MRPCM, stattype ALC:AP) | percent |
| NAEP grade 4 reading proficiency | Share of public school grade 4 students scoring at or above the Proficient achievement level on the NAEP reading assessment. (subscale RRPCM, stattype ALC:AP) | percent |
| NAEP grade 8 reading proficiency | Share of public school grade 8 students scoring at or above the Proficient achievement level on the NAEP reading assessment. (subscale RRPCM, stattype ALC:AP) | percent |
Caveats
- NAEP scores and achievement-level percentages are estimates from a sample of students in each state, not a count of every student.
- Mathematics and reading are scored on separate scales, and grade 4 and grade 8 are scored on separate scales within each subject, so a score is comparable only within its own subject and grade, never across them.
- Every figure covers public school students only, including the national figure, so a state's figures and the national figure are on the same basis.
- State participation in this assessment was voluntary before 2003, so a state can be missing from an earlier assessment year.
- The Nation's Report Card publishes these figures rounded to whole numbers; the figures here come from the underlying data service and are kept to one decimal place.
- The Proficient achievement level represents solid academic performance for the grade assessed, including competency over challenging subject matter and the ability to apply it to real-world situations; it is a higher bar than performing at grade level, and NAEP says it should not be read as one.
How to cite
Understand Idaho, “National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) State Mathematics and Reading Assessments”, compiled from National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) State Mathematics and Reading Assessments. Retrieved September 21, 2026. https://understandidaho.com/data/naep-state-assessments/.
Cite National Center for Education Statistics directly for the figures themselves.
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