New Mexico has the Second HIGHEST Fund...
Land Grant Permanent Fund Values (in billions; 2011)i
$26.90
$11.24
$2.86
$2.49
$1.72
$1.65
$1.34
$1.31
$.98
$.84
$.79
$.60
$.48
$.45
$.44
$.31
$.24
$.24
$.17
$.06
$0
Texas
New Mexicoii
Wyoming
Arizona
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Idaho
Utah
Oregon
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Colorado
Montana
Nebraska
Alaska
Nevada
Mississippi
Washington
South Dakota
California
The other 30 states
Learning Begins at Birth
So Should Our
Investment in Education
Largest per capita Fund
...and the LOWEST Scores
Fourth Graders Who Are Proficient Readers
(by NAEP test scores; 2011)iii
50%
44%
43%
42%
41%
39%
36%
35%
34%
33%
32%
31%
30%
28%
27%
26%
25%
23%
22%
21%
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New Hampshire, Maryland
Connecticut
Vermont, Pennsylvania
Colorado, Virginia
Delaware, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota
Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island
Missouri, N. Carolina, Ohio, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Utah
Georgia, Maine
Alabama, Michigan, South Dakota
Arkansas, Oregon,
South Carolina, Texas
Hawaii, Oklahoma, West Virginia
Alaska, Arizona, Tennessee
California, Nevada
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
i Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) or other state financial reports
ii New Mexico State Investment Council Investment Performance Analysis, month ended September 30, 2012
iii U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress