Public School Ranking by State
Overall Rank (1=Best)
State
Total Score
‘Quality’ Rank
‘Safety’ Rank
1
Massachusetts
74.16
1
1
2
New Jersey
67.09
3
9
3
Connecticut
66.93
2
11
4
New Hampshire
65.11
4
7
5
Vermont
63.18
5
4
6
Virginia
63.03
7
2
7
Minnesota
60.34
6
27
8
Maryland
57.82
10
20
9
Wisconsin
57.59
9
26
10
Colorado
57.45
14
8
11
North Dakota
57.03
11
29
12
Wyoming
57.02
8
37
13
Maine
56.82
16
5
14
Nebraska
56.42
12
28
15
Kansas
55.55
21
6
16
Iowa
55.33
13
35
17
Rhode Island
54.78
19
14
18
Washington
54.58
17
10
19
Delaware
54.36
31
3
20
Kentucky
54.34
20
19
21
Illinois
54.20
15
40
22
New York
53.36
24
12
23
Montana
52.78
18
37
24
Indiana
52.69
22
23
25
South Dakota
52.27
23
24
26
Florida
52.10
25
22
27
Ohio
51.93
29
18
28
Pennsylvania
51.36
30
17
29
Missouri
51.20
26
34
30
Utah
50.99
28
32
31
Michigan
50.07
27
44
32
North Carolina
48.91
32
25
33
Oklahoma
48.79
36
26
34
Idaho
47.84
33
39
35
Tennessee
46.90
39
15
36
Texas
46.90
35
41
37
California
46.33
38
21
38
Georgia
45.67
37
42
39
Hawaii
45.09
41
13
40
South Carolina
42.24
40
46
41
Arkansas
42.18
34
50
42
West Virginia
39.91
44
31
43
Oregon
39.79
42
49
44
Alabama
38.98
43
45
45
Mississippi
38.87
45
43
46
Nevada
38.54
47
36
47
Arizona
37.53
48
30
48
Alaska
35.87
50
33
49
District of Columbia
33.62
49
48
50
Louisiana
32.50
46
51
51
New Mexico
31.53
51
47

Source: www.forbes.com/sites/reneemorad/2018/07/31/states-with-the-best-public-school-systems/#12faff893897