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  44th
State Academic Standards  B-
Charter Schools  D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  B
Private School Choice Programs  F
Teacher Quality & Policies  C-
Digital Learning:  D

Historical Data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ALEC Overall Grade  C+ C D+ C- C- C- C- C- C-
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 42nd 41st 44th
State Academic Standards  C C A- C A A B B B-
Charter Schools  F -- -- -- -- -- F 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+ D+ C C C C+ C C-
Digital Learning  -- -- D+ D- D- D- B D D

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  239
Math (8th Grade)  278
Reading (4th Grade)  224
Reading (8th Grade)  265

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  37th 37th 42nd 42nd --
Math (4th Grade)  239 241 241 242 239
Math (8th Grade)  279 282 281 278 278
Reading (4th Grade)  226 225 224 228 224
Reading (8th Grade)  267 269 270 268 265

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $9,831
% From Federal Funding 12%
% From State Funding 55%
% From Local Funding 34%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $9,316 $9,133 $9,831
% From Federal Spending --% 11.4% 11.5%
% From State Spending --% 54.9% 54.7%
% From Local Spending --% 54.9% 54.7%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 4,454,189
Per Capita Income $40,597
Graduation Rate 89.7%
Average Class Size 14.8
2015 2017
State Population 0 4,454,189
Per Capita Income $-- $40597
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 93% 89.7%
Average Class Size 16.2 14.8

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