USA math scores by school district

State-wide test scores visualized using geospatial data. All figures below are 8th grade math scores for 2024 shown as the percentage of all students proficient or above, as defined by the state. Maps are interactive.

Data Source

• Zelma State Assessment Data Repository¹. Brown University (Version 2.0). 2024. Zelma assessment data files, Massachusetts: (2024); Ohio: (2024); Washington: (2024); California: (2024); Pennsylvania: (2024); New York: (2024); Illinois: (2024); Georgia: (2024); Texas: (2024); Wisconsin: (2024); Iowa: (2024). Accessed at https://www.zelma.ai/data on December 18, 2024.

• Geojson files for the school district boundaries were obtained from the US Census Bureau found here.²

Massachusetts

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in Massachusetts.

Ohio

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in Ohio.

Washington

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in Washington.

California

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in California.

Pennsylvania

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in Pennsylvania.

New York

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in New York.

Illinois

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in Illinois.

Georgia

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in Georgia.

Texas

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in Texas.

Wisconsin

Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in Wisconsin.

Iowa

And Iowa, because Iowa is apparently super proficient. I wonder how proficiency standards vary across states. Percent of students proficient or above in 8th grade math in Iowa.

Conclusion

• Find the code for this visualization on Smrithi’s Github. ^{3 4}

Footnotes

1. Brown University (Version 2.0). 2024. Zelma assessment data files, Massachusetts: (2024); Ohio: (2024); Washington: (2024). Accessed at https://www.zelma.ai/data on December 18, 2024.

2. Third party website hosting US Census Bureau data for school district boundaries.

3. Smrithi’s Github

4. This is all very plreliminary analysis. More details to be added soon.