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  1st
State Academic Standards  C+
Charter Schools  F
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C
Private School Choice Programs  F
Teacher Quality & Policies  D
Digital Learning:  F

Historical Data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020
ALEC Overall Grade  D D+ D D D- D- D D D D+
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 49th 50th 50th 1st
State Academic Standards  C C A- C C C A A A C+
Charter Schools  F -- -- -- -- -- -- -- F F
Homeschool Regulation Burden  D D D C C C C C C C
Private School Choice  -- -- F F F F -- -- F F
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- D- D D D D D D D D
Digital Learning  -- -- D- F F F F F F F

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  244
Math (8th Grade)  288
Reading (4th Grade)  222
Reading (8th Grade)  265

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  24th 33rd 38th 38th --
Math (4th Grade)  245 245 246 245 244
Math (8th Grade)  293 292 291 288 288
Reading (4th Grade)  226 226 224 225 222
Reading (8th Grade)  269 269 268 267 265

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $13,358
% From Federal Funding 9%
% From State Funding 58%
% From Local Funding 33%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $11,980 $11,041 $13,358
% From Federal Spending --% 10.2% 9.2%
% From State Spending --% 58.9% 58.0%
% From Local Spending --% 58.9% 58.0%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 755,393
Per Capita Income $52,269
Graduation Rate 87.2%
Average Class Size 11.84
2015 2017
State Population 0 755,393
Per Capita Income $-- $52269
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 88% 87.2%
Average Class Size 11.4 11.84

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