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  45th
State Academic Standards  B
Charter Schools  F
Homeschool Regulation Burden  D
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  C D+ D+ C- C- C- D+ D+ C-
ALEC Overall Rank  -- -- -- -- -- -- 44th 47th 45th
State Academic Standards  D- C A- B+ B B B+ B+ B
Charter Schools  F -- -- -- -- -- -- -- F
Homeschool Regulation Burden  C C C C C C C C D
Private School Choice  -- -- F F F F -- -- F
Teacher Quality & Policies  -- D+ D+ C- C- C- C- C- C+
Digital Learning  -- -- D D+ B- B- B- B- B-

NAEP Data

Current

Performance Rank  --
Math (4th Grade)  236
Math (8th Grade)  273
Reading (4th Grade)  217
Reading (8th Grade)  259

Historical Data

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Performance Rank  50th 51st 50th 50th --
Math (4th Grade)  233 235 237 235 236
Math (8th Grade)  270 273 274 271 273
Reading (4th Grade)  215 214 215 216 217
Reading (8th Grade)  255 256 257 260 259

Education Spending

Current

Per-pupil Spending $11,424
% From Federal Funding 12%
% From State Funding 54%
% From Local Funding 35%

Historical Data

2013 2015 2017
Per-pupil Spending $11,132 $11,987 $11,424
% From Federal Spending --% 10% 11.6%
% From State Spending --% 58.1% 53.9%
% From Local Spending --% 58.1% 53.9%

Demographics & Achievement

State Population 1,815,857
Per Capita Income $38,479
Graduation Rate 89.4%
Average Class Size 14.15
2015 2017
State Population 0 1,815,857
Per Capita Income $-- $38479
School-aged Children 0 0
Graduation Rate 85% 89.4%
Average Class Size 13.9 14.15

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