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 (2.0)
Overall Ranking  23rd
State Academic Standards  A
Charter Schools  B
Homeschool Regulation Burden  D
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  D+ C- C- C C C C C C
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 22nd 23rd 23rd
State Academic Standards  C+ D A- B A A A A A
Charter Schools  B B B B B B B B B
Homeschool Regulation Burden  D D D D D D D D D
Private School Choice  -- -- F F F F -- -- F
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- D+ C B- B- B- B B B
Digital Learning  -- -- D- F D- D- D- D- D-

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  236
Math (8th Grade)  282
Reading (4th Grade)  222
Reading (8th Grade)  264

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  5th 10th 19th 19th --
Math (4th Grade)  241 238 240 237 236
Math (8th Grade)  283 280 282 280 282
Reading (4th Grade)  224 222 224 223 222
Reading (8th Grade)  264 266 266 263 264

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $22,231
% From Federal Funding 5%
% From State Funding 41%
% From Local Funding 54%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $19,818 $18,621 $22,231
% From Federal Spending --% 5.5% 5.3%
% From State Spending --% 40.6% 40.8%
% From Local Spending --% 40.6% 40.8%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 19,849,399
Per Capita Income $64,540
Graduation Rate 81.8%
Average Class Size 13.05
2015 2017
State Population 0 19,849,399
Per Capita Income $-- $64540
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 78% 81.8%
Average Class Size 12.9 13.05

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