In math, 88.7 percent scored at or above grade level.

Almost 5 percent of the whites scored 650 or more on the verbal test.

Fully 10 percent of the whites scored over 650 on the math test.

The board said 48.5 percent, not 44.6 percent, scored at or above the national average.

Of that group, 23 percent scored in the advanced category.

On that test, 53.9 percent of students statewide scored at or above grade level.

Only 47 percent of the city's 15,500 students scored at grade level in reading, math and science.

About 85 percent of students scored high enough on their course exams to win college credits.

Last year, 47.3 percent scored at or above grade level.

Statewide, only 17 percent of the students scored at the highest level.