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  21st
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  C B- C C C- C- C C C
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 32nd 21st 21st
State Academic Standards  A A A- A A A A A A
Charter Schools  C C C C C C C 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)  249
Math (8th Grade)  297
Reading (4th Grade)  236
Reading (8th Grade)  278

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  2nd 1st 1st 1st --
Math (4th Grade)  252 253 253 251 249
Math (8th Grade)  299 299 301 297 297
Reading (4th Grade)  234 237 232 235 236
Reading (8th Grade)  274 275 277 274 278

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $16,986
% From Federal Funding 4%
% From State Funding 39%
% From Local Funding 57%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $14,515 $14,262 $16,986
% From Federal Spending --% 4.8% 4.3%
% From State Spending --% 40% 38.7%
% From Local Spending --% 40% 38.7%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 6,859,819
Per Capita Income $67,630
Graduation Rate 88.3%
Average Class Size 13.32
2015 2017
State Population 0 6,859,819
Per Capita Income $-- $67630
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 89% 88.3%
Average Class Size 13.7 13.32

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