Table 117

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Table 117. Percentage of students at or above selected geography proficiency levels, by grade level and selected student characteristics: 2001
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| Percentage of 4th-graders | Percentage of 8th-graders | Percentage of 12th-graders
| __ _____ _ __ _____ _ __ _____ _ __ _____ | __ _____ _ __ _____ _ __ _____ _ ___ _____ | __ _____ _ __ _____ _ __ _____ _ ___ _____
| | | At or | | | | At or | | | | At or |
| | At or | above | | | At or | above | | | At or | above |
Selected | Below | above | profi- | At | Below | above | profi- | At | Below | above | profi- | At
student characteristic | basic | basic | cient | advanced | basic | basic | cient | advanced | basic | basic | cient | advanced
____________________________ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | ___ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | ___ _____
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
____________________________ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | ___ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | ___ _____
All students...............
| 26 (1.2) | 74 (1.2) | 21 (1.0) | 2 (0.3) | 26 (0.9) | 74 (0.9) | 30 (1.2) | 4 (0.6) | 29 (0.9) | 71 (0.9) | 25 (1.1) | 1 (0.3)
| __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | ___ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | ___ _____
Sex | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ......................| 25 (1.3) | 75 (1.3) | 24 (1.4) | 3 (0.5) | 25 (1.0) | 75 (1.0) | 33 (1.5) | 5 (0.7) | 27 (1.1) | 73 (1.1) | 28 (1.5) | 2 (0.4)
Female ....................................................................
| 28 (1.6) | 72 (1.6) | 18 (1.1) | 1 (0.4) | 27 (1.2) | 73 (1.2) | 26 (1.4) | 3 (0.6) | 30 (1.0) | 70 (1.0) | 21 (1.0) | 1 (0.3)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .......................
| 13 (1.3) | 87 (1.3) | 29 (1.5) | 3 (0.5) | 14 (0.9) | 86 (0.9) | 39 (1.7) | 5 (0.8) | 19 (0.9) | 81 (0.9) | 31 (1.4) | 2 (0.4)
Black, non-Hispanic ....................
| 56 (2.1) | 44 (2.1) | 5 (0.9) | # (†) | 60 (2.3) | 40 (2.3) | 6 (0.8) | # (†) | 65 (2.3) | 35 (2.3) | 4 (0.7) | # (†)
Hispanic ...................| 51 (3.0) | 49 (3.0) | 6 (1.0) | # (†) | 52 (1.9) | 48 (1.9) | 10 (1.0) | 1 (0.2) | 48 (2.6) | 52 (2.6) | 10 (1.4) | # (0.1)
Asian/Pacific Islander ....................
| 23 (3.4) | 77 (3.4) | 25 (3.0) | 1 (0.9) | 21 (3.4) | 79 (3.4) | 32 (3.2) | 4 (1.8) | 28 (4.3) | 72 (4.3) | 26 (4.7) | 1 (0.7)
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Free/reduced price lunch | | | | | | | | | | | |
eligibility | | | | | | | | | | | |
Eligible ........................................................
| 49 (2.2) | 51 (2.2) | 6 (0.9) | # (†) | 50 (1.8) | 50 (1.8) | 11 (1.2) | 1 (0.3) | 49 (2.3) | 51 (2.3) | 11 (1.6) | # (†)
Not eligible ...............| 14 (1.1) | 86 (1.1) | 29 (1.5) | 3 (0.6) | 17 (0.9) | 83 (0.9) | 37 (1.7) | 5 (0.8) | 25 (1.2) | 75 (1.2) | 26 (1.6) | 1 (0.4)
Not available ...............
| 16 (2.5) | 84 (2.5) | 27 (3.2) | 3 (0.8) | 21 (2.1) | 79 (2.1) | 33 (2.5) | 4 (0.9) | 24 (2.0) | 76 (2.0) | 31 (2.1) | 2 (0.4)
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Region | | | | | | | | | | | |
Northeast .................| 22 (3.7) | 78 (3.7) | 24 (2.2) | 3 (0.9) | 22 (2.5) | 78 (2.5) | 34 (3.3) | 4 (1.3) | 29 (2.3) | 71 (2.3) | 26 (4.1) | 2 (1.1)
Southeast ..................| 28 (2.5) | 72 (2.5) | 18 (1.9) | 1 (0.6) | 27 (2.4) | 73 (2.4) | 26 (1.6) | 3 (0.6) | 33 (1.6) | 67 (1.6) | 21 (1.3) | 1 (0.3)
Central ....................| 18 (1.7) | 82 (1.7) | 30 (2.5) | 3 (0.7) | 18 (2.3) | 82 (2.3) | 38 (3.7) | 6 (1.3) | 24 (1.8) | 76 (1.8) | 28 (1.9) | 1 (0.5)
West .........................................................
| 34 (2.7) | 66 (2.7) | 14 (1.7) | 1 (0.3) | 34 (1.7) | 66 (1.7) | 23 (1.7) | 2 (0.6) | 30 (1.9) | 70 (1.9) | 23 (1.8) | 1 (0.4)
____________________________ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | ___ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | ___ _____
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Excludes students unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a
disability (and the accommodations provided were not sufficient to enable the test to properly reflect the students' proficiency in
geography). Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP),
The Nation's Report Card: Geography 2001. (This table was prepared July 2002.)

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