Sentences with phrase «points below the national average»

That's 4.5 percentage points below the national average of 13 %.

«Northern pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve lower attainment levels than disadvantaged pupils elsewhere in the country (1.3 points below the national average and 6.5 points below their peers in London).»

A decade ago, it was 12 points below the national average.

Test scores for Native American students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress fourth grade reading test are 25 points below the national average, and the high school graduation rate for students in BIE schools is 59 percent, compared with 80 percent for students across the country.

The graduation rate was 18 points below the national average.

The average score is 14 points below the national average of 1497.

Tennessee is four points below the national average in both 4th and 8th grade math.

With an unemployment rate that is a whopping 3 percentage points below the national average, Oklahoma City gains a decent spot on our list.

That means you can find a deal that's at least a quarter of a percentage point below the national average of 15 - year home loans — 2.97 %, according to our latest survey of major lenders.

Though its unemployment rate is one of the highest in our top 10, it's still more than a full point below the national average.

These high users have credit scores about 30 points below the national average.

Unemployment is nearly two percentage points below the national average; there are several large companies anchoring the local economy, including a large presence by Boeing and the headquarters of Chesapeake Energy.

Like the other cities on the list, its unemployment rate is a full percentage point below the national average, and it sports a high employee wage as well.

(The current average interest rate for business cards now stands at 12.98 percent — nearly two full percentage points below the national average for all cards.)

As of September 2014, the unemployment rate in Pennsylvania was just two tenths of a point below the national average at 5.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The January Employment Situation report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 45,000 healthcare jobs were added in December, and the industry's unemployment rate is down to 5.2 % — more than 2.5 points below the national average.

Not exact matches

Despite rising 0.3 points last month, the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Optimism Index remains below its pre-recession average, mired in what the association's economists call its «recession range.»

Austin scored 23 points in the state final, and Rabb — facing double - teams which often included National Player of the Year, Stanley Johnson, or 6 - foot - 10 All - State sophomore M.J. Cage — pulled down 16 rebounds but was held to just 10 points (17 below his season average).

The barrier resulted in only 44 % of legislative races contested by both Democrats and Republicans in 2004, 17 points below the 61 % national average;

The barrier resulted in only 44 % of legislative races contested by both a Democrat and Republican in 2004, 17 points below the 61 % national average;

But when respondents in below - average districts are told about state and national rankings, the level of confidence in teachers falls by 7 and 8 percentage points, respectively.

The difference between the informed and the uninformed in below - average districts is slightly larger: 6 percentage points when given state ranking and 11 percentage points when given national ranking.

As a trustee of the ISAS Group Benefits Trust, she was invaluable in helping participating schools offer comprehensive health coverage at price points that have risen well below the national average.

The government points to areas such as Nottingham, where a high proportion of children are eligible for free school meals and results are below the national average.

They pointed out that California ranked 43rd in adjusted per - pupil expenditures for K - 12 education, according to a survey conducted by Education Week, with per - student spending of $ 9,417, which is $ 3,109 below the national average of $ 12,526.

Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased competence with peers, which over time develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.

Salt Lake City also has a lower unemployment rate compared to other markets throughout the U.S. with 2.9 percent, which is below the national average by a few points.

At the end of the first quarter, the vacancy rate in Washington D.C. declined 30 basis points to reach 10.4 %, well below the national average of 17.3 %, according to Reis, a New York - based real estate research firm.