Introduction

The state's grade is based on six factors: state academic standards, charter schools, homeschool regulation burden, private school choice, teacher quality, and digital learning. Because the Education and Workforce Task Force at ALEC focuses the most on private school choice and charter schools, those factors were given double weight in the calculation over overall rank and grade. The weighted grades were converted into a GPA average and an individual rank.

Report Card Ranking

Current

Overall Grade  C- (1.67)
Overall Ranking  36th
State Academic Standards  B
Charter Schools  D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  A
Private School Choice Programs  F
Teacher Quality & Policies  C+
Digital Learning:  F

Historical Data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ALEC Overall Grade  C- C+ C- C- C- C- C- C- C-
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 34th 42nd 36th
State Academic Standards  C C A- C- C- C- A A B
Charter Schools  D D D -- D D D D D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  A A A A A A C C A
Private School Choice  -- -- F F F F -- -- F
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- D+ C- B- B- B- B- B- C+
Digital Learning  -- -- D- F F F -- F F

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  239
Math (8th Grade)  284
Reading (4th Grade)  228
Reading (8th Grade)  273

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  29th 39th 37th 37th --
Math (4th Grade)  245 242 243 240 239
Math (8th Grade)  289 287 285 284 284
Reading (4th Grade)  229 227 230 229 228
Reading (8th Grade)  272 275 274 273 273

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $19,615
% From Federal Funding 4%
% From State Funding 38%
% From Local Funding 58%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $16,631 $16,125 $19,615
% From Federal Spending --% 4% 4.3%
% From State Spending --% 39.4% 38.0%
% From Local Spending --% 39.4% 38.0%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 3,588,184
Per Capita Income $71,823
Graduation Rate 87.9%
Average Class Size 12.64
2015 2017
State Population 0 3,588,184
Per Capita Income $-- $71823
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 89% 87.9%
Average Class Size 12.9 12.64

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