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  D+ (1.33)
Overall Ranking  49th
State Academic Standards  B
Charter Schools  D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C
Private School Choice Programs  F
Teacher Quality & Policies  D+
Digital Learning:  D

Historical Data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ALEC Overall Grade  C C+ C- C- C+ D+ D+ D+ D+
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 45th 49th 49th
State Academic Standards  B+ A A- C C C B B B
Charter Schools  D D D C C C C D D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C C C C C C F F C
Private School Choice  -- -- F F F F -- -- F
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- D- D- D+ D+ D+ D+ D+ D+
Digital Learning  -- -- D+ D D D D D D

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  238
Math (8th Grade)  277
Reading (4th Grade)  216
Reading (8th Grade)  261

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  15th 13th 6th 6th --
Math (4th Grade)  236 239 243 238 238
Math (8th Grade)  274 278 281 279 277
Reading (4th Grade)  211 214 215 215 216
Reading (8th Grade)  255 257 260 257 261

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $13,748
% From Federal Funding 9%
% From State Funding 89%
% From Local Funding 2%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $11,823 $11,671 $13,748
% From Federal Spending --% 10.6% 8.9%
% From State Spending --% 87.3% 89.1%
% From Local Spending --% 87.3% 89.1%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 1,427,538
Per Capita Income $52,787
Graduation Rate 82.7%
Average Class Size 15.41
2015 2017
State Population 0 1,427,538
Per Capita Income $-- $52787
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 83% 82.7%
Average Class Size 15.7 15.41

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