According to the most recent Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the world’s best fourth-grade math students were from Hong Kong. Here are the top five performers: Hong Kong SAR (607), Singapore (599), Chinese Taipei (576), Japan (568), and Kazakhstan (549).
In eighth-grade, students from Hong Kong were the world’s fourth best in math. Here are the top five performers: Chinese Taipei (598), Korea, Rep. of (597), Singapore (593), Hong Kong SAR (572), and Japan (570).
The U.S. ranked eleventh in fourth-grade math with a score of 529, and ninth in eighth-grade math with a score of 508.