The following is a list of education systems that scored higher than the United States on the 2012 International Student Assessment (PISA) science test:
| Shanghai-China |
580 |
| Hong Kong-China |
555 |
| Singapore |
551 |
| Japan |
547 |
| Finland |
545 |
| Estonia |
541 |
| Korea, Republic of |
538 |
| Vietnam |
528 |
| Poland |
526 |
| Canada |
525 |
| Liechtenstein |
525 |
| Germany |
524 |
| Chinese Taipei |
523 |
| Netherlands |
522 |
| Ireland |
522 |
| Australia |
521 |
| Macao-China |
521 |
| New Zealand |
516 |
| Switzerland |
515 |
| Slovenia |
514 |
| United Kingdom |
514 |
| Czech Republic |
508 |
| OECD average |
501 |
| United States |
497 |
