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  46th
State Academic Standards  B
Charter Schools  D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C
Private School Choice Programs  F
Teacher Quality & Policies  D-
Digital Learning:  C

Historical Data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ALEC Overall Grade  C C C C- C- C- C- C- D+
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 35th 44th 46th
State Academic Standards  C- C- A- C- C C B B B
Charter Schools  C C C C C C C D D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C C C C C C C C C
Private School Choice  -- -- F F F F -- -- F
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- D- D- D D D B D D-
Digital Learning  -- -- C D- C C F C C

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  233
Math (8th Grade)  282
Reading (4th Grade)  218
Reading (8th Grade)  266

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  32nd 40th 36th 36th --
Math (4th Grade)  238 237 240 238 233
Math (8th Grade)  285 283 284 283 282
Reading (4th Grade)  218 216 219 220 218
Reading (8th Grade)  265 264 268 268 266

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $10,823
% From Federal Funding 7%
% From State Funding 53%
% From Local Funding 40%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $9,543 $9,317 $10,823
% From Federal Spending --% 7.9% 7.3%
% From State Spending --% 51.6% 52.5%
% From Local Spending --% 51.6% 52.5%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 4,142,776
Per Capita Income $48,137
Graduation Rate 76.7%
Average Class Size 19.46
2015 2017
State Population 0 4,142,776
Per Capita Income $-- $48137
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 69% 76.7%
Average Class Size 20.3 19.46

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