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From the federal National Center for Education Statistics, here are 2012 Science Literacy PISA scores for 15-year-olds, breaking out Americans by race:
OECD average              501 Shanghai-China            580 Hong Kong-China           555 Singapore                 551 Japan                     547 Asian Americans 546 Finland                   545 Estonia                   541 Korea, Republic of        538 White Americans 528 Vietnam                   528 Massachusetts All Races  527 Poland                    526 Canada                    525 Liechtenstein             525 Germany                   524 Chinese Taipei            523 Netherlands               522 Ireland                   522 Connecticut All Races 521 Australia                 521 Macao-China               521 New Zealand               516 Switzerland               515 Slovenia                  514 United Kingdom            514 Multiracial Americans 511 Czech Republic            508 Austria                   506 Belgium                   505 Latvia                    502 France                    499 Denmark                   498 United States             497 Spain                     496 Lithuania                 496 Norway                    495 Hungary                   494 Italy                     494 Croatia                   491 Luxembourg                491 Portugal                  489 Russian Federation        486 Florida All Races 485 Sweden                    485 Iceland                   478 Slovak Republic           471 Israel                    470 Greece                    467 Turkey                    463 Hispanic Americans 462 United Arab Emirates      448 Bulgaria                  446 Chile                     445 Serbia, Republic of       445 Thailand                  444 African Americans 439 Romania                   439 Cyprus                    438 Costa Rica                429 Kazakhstan                425 Malaysia                  420 Uruguay                   416 Mexico                    415 Montenegro, Republic of   410 Jordan                    409 Argentina                 406 Brazil                    405 Colombia                  399 Tunisia                   398 Albania                   397 Qatar                     384 Indonesia                 382 Peru                      373
Asian Americans did about average for wealthy Northeast Asians, white Americans beat all traditionally white countries except Finland and Estonia, Latino Americans beat all Latin American countries, and African Americans likely would have beaten all majority black countries by a comfortable margin.