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  15th
State Academic Standards  B-
Charter Schools  A
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C
Private School Choice Programs  F
Teacher Quality & Policies  C-
Digital Learning:  B+

Historical Data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ALEC Overall Grade  B B+ C+ C+ B- B- C+ C C
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 10th 15th 15th
State Academic Standards  B- B B+ B B- B- B B B-
Charter Schools  A A A A A A A B A
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C C C C C C C C C
Private School Choice  -- -- F D C C -- -- F
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- D- C- C- C- C- C- C- C-
Digital Learning  -- -- B- B B+ B+ B+ B+ B+

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  249
Math (8th Grade)  294
Reading (4th Grade)  225
Reading (8th Grade)  269

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  23rd 18th 13th 13th --
Math (4th Grade)  249 249 253 250 249
Math (8th Grade)  294 295 295 294 294
Reading (4th Grade)  223 222 227 223 225
Reading (8th Grade)  270 270 271 270 269

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $12,364
% From Federal Funding 5%
% From State Funding 65%
% From Local Funding 30%

Historical Data

2013 2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $11,089 $12,147 $10,868 $12,364
% From Federal Spending --% --% 5.7% 5.2%
% From State Spending --% --% 69% 64.9%
% From Local Spending --% --% 69% 64.9%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 5,576,606
Per Capita Income $54,359
Graduation Rate 82.7%
Average Class Size 15.43
2015 2017
State Population 0 5,576,606
Per Capita Income $-- $54359
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 69% 82.7%
Average Class Size 15.8 15.43

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