State Overall Grade ALEC Rank NAEP Rank School Choice
Grade
Charter School
Grade
Digital
Learning
Homeschool
Burden
Teacher
Quality
Academic
Standards
Special Award Per-Pupil
Spending
Alaska
D+
47th -- F F D+ A D- B+ $17,510
Alabama
C
26th -- C- D D- B C B- $9,258
Arkansas
C
22nd -- D- D C B C+ A $9,900
Arizona
B+
1st -- A A C+ B D B $7,772
California
C
25th -- F B D- B D+ B $11,420
Colorado
C
27th -- F B D+ C D+ A $9,619
Connecticut
C-
36th -- F D F A C+ B $19,615
District of Columbia
B
5th -- C- A -- C D+ A $21,134
Delaware
C-
37th -- F D D- B B- B- $14,397
Florida
B+
2nd -- A B A- C B+ A $9,176
Georgia
B
4th -- B+ C B B B- B+ $9,835
Hawaii
D+
49th -- F D D C D+ B $13,748
Iowa
C-
41st -- C- F D A D+ D+ $11,148
Idaho
C
18th -- F C C A C B+ $7,178
Illinois
C+
14th -- C+ D D- A C+ A $14,327
Indiana
B+
3rd -- B+ A B- A B- C+ $9,691
Kansas
C-
33rd -- D- F B- B D+ A $10,216
Kentucky
C-
44th -- F D D B C- B- $9,831
Louisiana
C+
11th -- D+ C B- C B+ B- $11,169
Massachusetts
C
21st -- F B D+ D B- A $16,986
Maryland
C-
35th -- D D C C D+ A $14,523
Maine
C-
31st -- D D C C D+ B+ $14,202
Michigan
C+
10th -- F B C A C B+ $11,051
Minnesota
C
15th -- F A B+ C C- B- $12,364
Missouri
C-
30th -- F C D+ A C C $10,385
Mississippi
C-
32nd -- D- D D- B C B+ $8,692
Montana
C-
43rd -- C F F B F B+ $11,374
North Carolina
C+
13th -- D+ C C C C+ B+ $8,717
North Dakota
D+
1st -- F F F C D C+ $13,358
Nebraska
D
51st -- F F F B D C+ $12,379
New Hampshire
C-
38th -- D- D D C D+ B+ $15,535
New Jersey
C
16th -- F C D- A B A $19,041
New Mexico
C
20th -- F C C B C A $9,959
Nevada
B
6th -- B+ C B+ B C- B+ $8,753
New York
C
23rd -- F B D- D B A $22,231
Ohio
C-
28th -- D- C D C B- C+ $11,933
Oklahoma
B-
8th -- C- C C+ A D+ A $8,091
Oregon
D+
46th -- F D C C D- B $10,823
Pennsylvania
C
17th -- C+ C D D C B $15,165
Rhode Island
C-
29th -- D- D C D B A $16,082
South Carolina
C+
12th -- D- B B- C C+ B $10,045
South Dakota
D+
48th -- D F C C F B $9,355
Tennessee
C
24th -- D- C F C B A $8,876
Texas
C
19th -- F C B- A B- C- $9,352
Utah
B-
9th -- D- C A- B C A- $7,006
Virginia
C-
42nd -- D- F B D C+ C- $11,435
Vermont
C-
40th -- C+ F D- D D B+ $19,023
Washington
C-
34th -- F D B- D C- B $11,484
Wisconsin
B
7th -- A C D B D+ A $11,664
West Virginia
C-
45th -- F F B- D C+ B $11,424
Wyoming
C-
39th -- F D C- B D B $16,431
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