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2019’s States with the Best & Worst School Systems
wallethub ^ | july 29,2019 | Adam McCann

Posted on 08/01/2019 8:08:15 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Unlike other research that focuses primarily on academic outcomes or school finance, WalletHub’s analysis takes a more comprehensive approach. It accounts for performance, funding, safety, class size and instructor credentials. To determine the top-performing school systems in America, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 29 key metrics. Read on for our findings, expert insight from a panel of researchers and a full description of our methodology.

Public School Ranking by State

Overall Rank
(1 = Best)

State

Total Score

‘Quality’ Rank

‘Safety’ Rank

1 Massachusetts 67.85 2 1
2 New Jersey 64.78 1 11
3 Connecticut 62.36 3 12
4 Virginia 61.42 7 2
5 Vermont 60.71 6 4
6 Minnesota 58.98 4 23
7 New Hampshire 58.93 9 6
8 Nebraska 57.17 11 7
9 North Dakota 56.81 5 43
10 Wyoming 56.76 8 29
11 Wisconsin 56.57 10 27
12 Delaware 55.10 22 3
13 Kentucky 54.86 13 18
14 Iowa 54.45 12 33
15 Maine 54.36 20 5
16 Illinois 54.24 14 30
17 Colorado 53.49 17 10
18 Rhode Island 53.48 19 9
19 Maryland 53.04 15 17
20 Kansas 52.65 18 16
21 South Dakota 52.50 16 25
22 Indiana 51.42 21 28
23 Utah 51.20 24 13
24 New York 51.07 23 14
25 Montana 49.33 25 36
26 Florida 49.05 28 20
27 Pennsylvania 48.77 26 35
28 Ohio 47.98 30 19
29 Washington 47.67 31 8
30 Missouri 47.14 27 44
31 North Carolina 46.97 29 39
32 Idaho 46.56 35 22
33 Texas 46.44 33 31
34 Tennessee 45.98 36 26
35 Georgia 45.66 34 38
36 Hawaii 44.74 38 32
37 Michigan 44.15 32 49
38 California 42.43 40 37
39 South Carolina 41.67 39 41
40 Oklahoma 41.03 45 15
41 Arkansas 40.67 37 50
42 Alaska 40.21 46 21
43 Nevada 40.16 42 40
44 Oregon 39.43 41 46
45 District of Columbia 38.94 43 48
46 Alabama 38.47 44 47
47 West Virginia 37.86 48 24
48 Mississippi 37.40 47 42
49 Arizona 34.61 50 34
50 Louisiana 29.93 49 51
51 New Mexico 28.81 51 45



TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: schoolranking; schools
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1 posted on 08/01/2019 8:08:15 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

I’m calling Bull Shit on these rankings. Maryland is 14 for ‘quality’ and Baltimore has 15+ high schools where not even one student in the school was proficient in math.


2 posted on 08/01/2019 8:17:31 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: NoLibZone

67.85 is barely a “C+”. and that’s the BEST?

Whoa Nelly, there’s a problem here


3 posted on 08/01/2019 8:19:37 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: NoLibZone

There are three kinds of lies

1. Lies
2. Damned Lies
3. Statistics


4 posted on 08/01/2019 8:27:12 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: NoLibZone

This is meaningless.

Why do I think that?

Because to issue statewide rankings of schools ignores the individual differences of schools and school districts within states.

I’m sure there are many schools of greater quality in last place New Mexico than found in #1 Massachusetts.


5 posted on 08/01/2019 8:28:05 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: NoLibZone

hey, the top 12 states are all blue. what does this mean?


6 posted on 08/01/2019 8:43:04 PM PDT by Ikeon (Are you going to flap your lips until I die of boredom or are you gonna shoot me?)
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To: WASCWatch

Oregon 46 th for safety? The other rankings are, sadly, about right.


7 posted on 08/01/2019 9:22:19 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: NoLibZone

Massachusetts 67.85.

Congratulations, Massachusetts. Now please try for the .70 next time.

Anything less than 100% is unacceptable. 68% is garbage.


8 posted on 08/01/2019 9:51:29 PM PDT by Falconspeed
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To: NoLibZone

Can’t believe CA scored so high.


9 posted on 08/01/2019 9:57:38 PM PDT by umgud
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To: WASCWatch
I’m calling Bull Shit on these rankings. Maryland is 14 for ‘quality’ and Baltimore has 15+ high schools where not even one student in the school was proficient in math.

Baltimore is messed up however Maryland has Montgomery County, the wealthiest county in the U.S.

10 posted on 08/01/2019 10:06:54 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Ikeon

I don’t rankings really have any meaning. If I were going into a school and trying measure things....I’d be more concerned about where the 100 kids who graduated in the summer of 2016 are today, and if they are either working, or in some education continuation program. If you got 25-percent unemployed, or just delivering pizzas....then I’d consider that school a negative experience.


11 posted on 08/01/2019 11:51:02 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: WASCWatch

Yes, no way NJ is #2; our teachers’ unions dominate state government and successfully avoid any meaningful evaluation of results - grades are inflated and meaningless, especially in minority areas. High taxes chase employers out of NJ; lack of educated workers will ensure they never return.


12 posted on 08/02/2019 2:31:20 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: pepsionice

Here in NJ you’d probably find the best students have left the state after graduation, for job opportunities and economic freedom/to escape our enormous tax burdens (which result in high rents for those who wisely avowing buying homes here - they know they’re only renting them from the teachers’ unions). We have a serious brain drain, and colleges have begun offering scholarships to residents (even white males!) to get them to stay.

NY has sunk so low that they’ve incorporated indentured servitude into a “free tuition” program statewide; the catch is you have to remain in the state one year for each year of free tuition you receive, and the “servitude” comes into play because there is no way in Hell you can stay there without working - even if it is by working three pizza delivery jobs simultaneously.


13 posted on 08/02/2019 2:37:04 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: pepsionice

This is total BS. Massachusettes #1 and Connecticut #3? And I suppose the authors support the Ivey League school myth also. This is societal indoctrination!


14 posted on 08/02/2019 4:34:55 AM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: Don W

Grading on the curve


15 posted on 08/02/2019 5:24:26 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Don W

Don, Your comment says it all. These are all crappy grades. There should only be outrage and shame with these scores.


16 posted on 08/02/2019 5:27:17 AM PDT by Howindependent (A Liberal has no concept of reality.)
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To: WASCWatch

I agree! RI @ 18 and GA @ 35 having lived in both w/ school age kids, it is like they got those 2 flipped. RI was the worst compared to GA, OH, MA, TX


17 posted on 08/02/2019 5:28:39 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: NoLibZone

Where’s the rating for leftist indoctrination?


18 posted on 08/02/2019 5:30:23 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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To: NoLibZone

I’m originally from Massachusetts and I can verify this. We are a bunch of smart asses.


19 posted on 08/02/2019 6:18:23 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The Best schools in New Mexico don’t come even close to the best ones in Mass. Mass schools are excellent.


20 posted on 08/02/2019 8:06:10 AM PDT by fision
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