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  37th
State Academic Standards  B-
Charter Schools  D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  B
Private School Choice Programs  F
Teacher Quality & Policies  B-
Digital Learning:  D-

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  -- -- -- -- -- -- 28th 36th 37th
State Academic Standards  C- C- A- B- C C B+ B+ B-
Charter Schools  B C C C C C -- D D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  B B B B B B B B B
Private School Choice  -- -- F F F F -- -- F
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- D C C+ C+ C+ B- B- B-
Digital Learning  -- -- D F D- D- D- D- D-

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  236
Math (8th Grade)  278
Reading (4th Grade)  221
Reading (8th Grade)  263

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  19th 22nd 28th 28th --
Math (4th Grade)  239 240 243 239 236
Math (8th Grade)  284 283 282 280 278
Reading (4th Grade)  226 225 226 224 221
Reading (8th Grade)  265 266 266 263 263

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $14,397
% From Federal Funding 6%
% From State Funding 59%
% From Local Funding 35%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $13,833 $12,723 $14,397
% From Federal Spending --% 7% 6.3%
% From State Spending --% 59.8% 59.2%
% From Local Spending --% 59.8% 59.2%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 961,939
Per Capita Income $49,673
Graduation Rate 86.9%
Average Class Size 14.8
2015 2017
State Population 0 961,939
Per Capita Income $-- $49673
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 84% 86.9%
Average Class Size 14.7 14.8

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