Which US states have the best schools: ranking

Schools typically grade students, but a new WalletHub study has put public school systems across the country to the test. Where are the best and worst schools in the US? Business Insider.

To determine the states with the best and worst school systems, WalletHub ranked public schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on 32 indicators divided into two categories: quality (80% of the overall score) and safety (20%).

To assess quality, factors such as graduation rates, standardized test scores, and student-teacher ratios were considered. To assess safety, statistics on drug use, bullying, school shootings, and disciplinary incidents were analyzed.

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The analysis used data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. News & World Report, and the College Board.

Here are the state-by-state rankings of public school quality, from worst to best.

51. New Mexico

New Mexico has the lowest math and reading scores and the lowest average SAT scores of any state, according to a WalletHub study.

50. Alaska

Alaska shares Washington's fifth-highest public school dropout rate. The state also has the lowest high school graduation rate over four consecutive years. WalletHub noted the second-lowest reading and math test scores, the fourth-lowest student-teacher ratio, and the highest rate of bullying.

49. Oklahoma

Oklahoma has the fourth-highest dropout rate, the fourth-lowest reading test score, and is tied with Nevada for last place in average ACT scores.

48. Oregon

Oregon ranked 47th in quality and 45th in safety.

47. West Virginia

West Virginia shares the fourth-lowest dropout rate with New Hampshire and Alabama, but it has the fourth-lowest math test scores, the third-lowest reading scores, and the second-lowest average SAT score. The state's bullying rate is the second-highest in the study.

46. Arizona

Arizona is tied with Oklahoma and Nevada for last place in average ACT scores.

45. Nevada

Nevada is tied with Oklahoma and Arizona for last place in average ACT scores and also has the third-lowest student-teacher ratio.

44. Louisiana

Louisiana has the highest percentage of high school students who have been threatened or injured. The state is tied with Mississippi and North Carolina for fourth-lowest average ACT scores.

43. Alabama

While Alabama is tied with New Hampshire and West Virginia for the fourth-lowest dropout rate, the state ranks third in the percentage of high school students threatened or injured.

42. Hawaii

Hawaii has the third lowest rate of bullying in the United States.

41. Missouri

Missouri ranked 36th for quality and last for safety. Business Insider's high school graduation rate rankings showed an improvement, placing 10th.

40. Idaho

Idaho has the second-highest dropout rate in the WalletHub study and is tied with Texas for fifth in the percentage of high school students threatened or injured.

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Arkansas ranked 37th in safety and 39th in quality.

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South Carolina ranks 30th in safety and 41st in quality.

37. Mississippi

While Mississippi tied with New Jersey for the lowest dropout rate, the state, along with Louisiana and North Carolina, ranked fourth from bottom in average ACT scores and second in the percentage of students threatened or injured.

36. Ohio

Ohio ranked 33rd in safety and 38th in education quality.

35. Kansas

Kansas is tied with Wisconsin for fourth highest average SAT scores, but also has the fourth-highest percentage of high school students who have been threatened or injured.

34. Georgia

Georgia ranked 35th in quality and 42nd in safety.

33. Michigan

Michigan ranked 24th in safety but 37th in quality.

32. Texas

Texas is tied with Idaho for fifth in the percentage of high school students threatened or injured.

31. California

California is tied with Massachusetts for third-highest average ACT scores and second-lowest percentage of students threatened or injured, but has the worst student-teacher ratio of any state and the District of Columbia.

30. Columbia region

The District of Columbia has the lowest rate of bullying, the highest average ACT score, and the second-highest student-teacher ratio, but it has the fourth-lowest average SAT score, the third-lowest math test scores, and the highest dropout rate in the WalletHub study.

29. North Carolina

North Carolina has the third-lowest percentage of high school students threatened or injured.

28. Washington

Washington is tied with Alaska for fifth place in terms of the highest attrition rate.

27. Colorado

Colorado has the third-highest reading test scores in the United States.

26. South Dakota

South Dakota ranked 23rd safest.

25. Montana

Montana's school system ranked 20th in quality and 29th in safety.

24. Illinois

Illinois' school system ranked 19th in quality and 28th in safety.

23. Minnesota

Minnesota's school system ranked 18th in quality. Fourth- and eighth-graders scored third, the highest, in math, but ranked 32nd in safety.

22. Tennessee

Tennessee's school system ranked 12th in quality and 44th in safety.

21. Iowa

Iowa's school system has the highest average SAT scores of any state, ranking it 23rd in school quality. The state ranked 22nd in school safety, with the fifth-highest rate of bullying.

20. Wyoming

Wyoming's school system ranked 15th in quality and 31st in safety, but it had the fourth-highest rate of bullying among the states.

19. Utah

Utah's school system ranked second in math, helping it rank 22nd overall in quality. The state has the second-worst student-teacher ratio, while it ranks 16th in safety.

18. Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's school system ranked 13th in quality and 27th in safety.

17. Kentucky

Kentucky's school system ranked 21st for quality and 12th for safety. It has the highest high school graduation rate of any state.

16. Delaware

Delaware's school system ranked 32nd for quality, but first for safety, with the lowest percentage of students threatened or injured by guns on school grounds. The state also had the second-lowest rate of bullying.

15. Indiana

Indiana's school system ranked 17th in quality and 11th in safety.

14. Maryland

Maryland's school system ranked 26th in quality and 4th in safety.

13. Florida

Florida's school system ranked 16th in quality and 9th in safety.

12. Maine

Maine's school system is one of the safest in the country (ranked 3rd), but the state ranked 24th in quality.

11. Nebraska

Nebraska's school system ties North Dakota for second place in terms of average SAT scores. Overall, the state's schools ranked 14th in quality and 10th in safety.

10. North Dakota

North Dakota's school system ranked 8th in quality and 26th in safety. Average SAT scores tied for second with Nebraska.

9. Rhode Island

Rhode Island's school system ranked in the top 10 in both categories: 10th for quality and 8th for safety.

8. New York

New York City's school system ranked 6th in quality and 19th in safety.

7. Vermont

Vermont has the best student-teacher ratio in the country. The state's school system ranked 7th for quality and 13th for safety.

6. Virginia

Virginia's school system ranks 9th in quality and 5th in safety. The state also has the fifth-lowest rate of bullying.

5. Wisconsin

Wisconsin's school system ranked 5th in quality and 18th in safety. The state also has the fourth-highest average SAT scores (tied with Kansas).

4. New Hampshire

New Hampshire's school system ranked 4th in quality and 15th in safety. The state shares with Alabama and West Virginia the fourth-lowest dropout rate and has the fourth-highest reading and math test scores for fourth- and eighth-grade students.

3. New Jersey

Fourth- and eighth-graders in New Jersey scored second in reading, the highest of any state, and fifth in math. Approximately 8,5% of New Jersey schools rank among the top 700 nationally. WalletHub's overall ranking of the New Jersey school system ranks second in quality and 20th in safety.

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2. Connecticut

Connecticut's school system ranked third in quality and sixth in safety. The state has high ACT scores, a seventh-best student-teacher ratio, and the lowest rate of illegal drug use on school campuses of any state.

1. Massachusetts

Massachusetts ranked first in WalletHub's overall rankings thanks to strong scores in quality and security.

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