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  22nd
State Academic Standards  A
Charter Schools  D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  B
Private School Choice Programs  D-
Teacher Quality & Policies  C+
Digital Learning:  C

Historical Data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ALEC Overall Grade  B- C C D+ C C C- C C
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 33rd 18th 22nd
State Academic Standards  C+ C- A- D+ D D+ A A A
Charter Schools  D D D D D D D D D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C C C C C C A A B
Private School Choice  -- -- F F B B F F D-
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- C- C B- B- B- B- B- C+
Digital Learning  -- -- D+ F C C F C C

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  234
Math (8th Grade)  274
Reading (4th Grade)  216
Reading (8th Grade)  260

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  44th 45th 45th 45th --
Math (4th Grade)  238 238 240 235 234
Math (8th Grade)  276 279 278 275 274
Reading (4th Grade)  216 217 219 218 216
Reading (8th Grade)  258 259 262 259 260

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $9,900
% From Federal Funding 11%
% From State Funding 76%
% From Local Funding 13%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $9,394 $9,526 $9,900
% From Federal Spending --% 10.7% 10.9%
% From State Spending --% 77.4% 75.8%
% From Local Spending --% 77.4% 75.8%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 3,004,279
Per Capita Income $41,046
Graduation Rate 88%
Average Class Size 13.81
2015 2017
State Population 0 3,004,279
Per Capita Income $-- $41046
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 88% 88%
Average Class Size 12.9 13.81

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