2015 State Rankings by Percent of Teachers Who are Board-Certified
Rank
State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
NC
SC
WA
MS
WY
AR
KY
FL
OK
RI
AL
DE
MD
HI
NM
IL
WV
LA
VA
OH
NV
ID
AZ
CA
GA
AK
IA
WI
ME
CO
VT
DC
MO
Percent of
Teachers Who
are NBCTs
20.82%
18.41%
15.42%
11.92%
8.31%
8.21%
7.83%
7.63%
7.26%
5.20%
4.96%
4.87%
4.75%
4.70%
4.56%
4.43%
4.30%
4.02%
3.46%
3.14%
2.89%
2.55%
2.47%
2.45%
2.35%
2.22%
2.03%
1.93%
1.90%
1.79%
1.66%
1.40%
1.40%
Rank
State
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
MT
OR
SD
KS
TN
PA
MA
UT
NY
MN
NE
ND
MI
CT
IN
TX
NJ
NH
Percent of
Teachers Who
are NBCTs
1.35%
1.16%
1.08%
1.06%
1.02%
1.00%
0.90%
0.89%
0.85%
0.77%
0.52%
0.50%
0.46%
0.34%
0.28%
0.25%
0.23%
0.18%
Updated December 1, 2015
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