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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of 4th-graders with reading skills at or above the proficient level — AH‑05 Data

This objective is a Leading Health Indicator (LHI). Learn about LHIs.

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
33.3 percent (2022)

Target:
41.5 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
36.6 percent of 4th grade students attending public and private schools had reading skills at or above the proficient achievement level for their grade in 2017

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Fourth graders whose reading skills are at or above grade level, 2022
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Total
33.3
CI 32.5 / 34.0
SE 0.394

Fourth graders whose reading skills are at or above grade level by School lunch program eligibility, 2022
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Eligible
19.3
CI 18.4 / 20.2
SE 0.469
Not eligible
46.4
CI 45.3 / 47.5
SE 0.553

Highest and lowest rates for Fourth graders whose reading skills are at or above grade level: Disparities by School lunch program eligibility, 2022
(percent)
Increase desired