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- (1.67)
Overall Ranking  29th
State Academic Standards  A
Charter Schools  D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  D
Private School Choice Programs  D-
Teacher Quality & Policies  B
Digital Learning:  C

Historical Data

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ALEC Overall Grade  D C D+ C C- C- C- C- C-
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 37th 29th 29th
State Academic Standards  C+ B A- C+ C+ C+ A A A
Charter Schools  D D D D D D D D D
Homeschool Regulation Burden  D D D D D D D D D
Private School Choice  -- -- F C D D F D- D-
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- D B- B B B B- B- B
Digital Learning  -- -- D+ D+ C C C C C

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  238
Math (8th Grade)  277
Reading (4th Grade)  223
Reading (8th Grade)  266

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  25th 6th 17th 17th --
Math (4th Grade)  239 242 241 238 238
Math (8th Grade)  278 283 284 281 277
Reading (4th Grade)  223 222 223 225 223
Reading (8th Grade)  260 265 267 265 266

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $16,082
% From Federal Funding 7%
% From State Funding 41%
% From Local Funding 52%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $14,415 $14,811 $16,082
% From Federal Spending --% 8.1% 7.2%
% From State Spending --% 37.9% 40.5%
% From Local Spending --% 37.9% 40.5%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 1,059,639
Per Capita Income $52,786
Graduation Rate 84.1%
Average Class Size 13.3
2015 2017
State Population 0 1,059,639
Per Capita Income $-- $52786
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 80% 84.1%
Average Class Size 13.8 13.3

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