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  B (3.0)
Overall Ranking  4th
State Academic Standards  B+
Charter Schools  C
Homeschool Regulation Burden  B
Private School Choice Programs  B+
Teacher Quality & Policies  B-
Digital Learning:  B

Historical Data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ALEC Overall Grade  C B B- C+ C+ C+ B B B
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 5th 4th 4th
State Academic Standards  F C- A- F F F A A B+
Charter Schools  C C C C C C C C C
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C C C B B B B B B
Private School Choice  -- -- B A B B -- B B+
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- C- C B- B- B- B- B- B-
Digital Learning  -- -- C- B B B B B B

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  236
Math (8th Grade)  281
Reading (4th Grade)  220
Reading (8th Grade)  266

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  27th 27th 23rd 23rd --
Math (4th Grade)  236 238 240 236 236
Math (8th Grade)  278 278 279 279 281
Reading (4th Grade)  218 221 222 222 220
Reading (8th Grade)  260 262 265 262 266

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $9,835
% From Federal Funding 9%
% From State Funding 45%
% From Local Funding 46%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $9,099 $9,311 $9,835
% From Federal Spending --% 10.1% 9.1%
% From State Spending --% 44% 45.2%
% From Local Spending --% 44% 45.2%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 10,429,379
Per Capita Income $44,145
Graduation Rate 80.6%
Average Class Size 15.37
2015 2017
State Population 0 10,429,379
Per Capita Income $-- $44145
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 72% 80.6%
Average Class Size 14.4 15.37

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