Figure CRF5.7 shows the average performance of grade five students by school locality. In non-urban schools, the students achieved higher results on average in the overall reading domain than did those in urban schools. In previous PILNA cycles, urban and non-urban schools had comparable average reading scores for grade five students. In 2021, however, while there was little difference between 2018 and 2021 reading scores for non-urban students, urban students had scores 36 points lower than in 2018, Figure CRF5.8.