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.
Oregon 46 th for safety? The other rankings are, sadly, about right.
Baltimore is messed up however Maryland has Montgomery County, the wealthiest county in the U.S.
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.
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