Grading Summary
Editor’s Note:
This table has been revised to
reflect corrections to errors in
Quality Counts 2016, published
as the Jan. 7 issue of Education
Week and online.
Overall State Grade
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Vermont
Maryland
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
New York
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Virginia
Rhode Island
Maine
North Dakota
Delaware
Illinois
Nebraska
Iowa
Alaska
Indiana
Washington
Ohio
Colorado
Hawaii
Kansas
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Montana
Florida
Missouri
Utah
Georgia
West Virginia
Michigan
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Dakota
Oregon
Arkansas
California
Texas
South Carolina
Louisiana
Arizona
Oklahoma
Alabama
Idaho
New Mexico
Mississippi
Nevada
U.S.
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K-12 Achievement
Grade
Total score
Grade
Total Score
Grade
Total Score
B+
B
B
B
BBBBBBC+
C+
C+
C+
C+
C+
C+
C+
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCD+
D+
D+
D+
D+
D
D
D
86.8
85.1
83.8
82.7
82.5
82.3
80.5
80.2
79.8
79.6
79.4
79.2
78.9
78.5
77.1
76.8
76.6
76.5
76.2
75.1
74.9
74.9
74.7
74.5
74.0
73.8
73.3
72.9
72.8
72.4
72.2
72.2
71.9
71.8
71.7
70.9
70.6
70.3
70.2
69.8
69.8
69.7
69.6
68.7
68.5
68.2
68.1
67.9
65.8
65.6
65.2
AB+
B+
B
B+
B+
BBBB+
B
B
BBB
C+
BB
B
C+
C+
BC+
B
C+
BC
B
C+
C
C+
BC
CC
C
C+
BC
CC
C
C
CC
C
CC
D+
CD
92.3
88.1
86.8
84.7
87.4
89.1
82.1
81.8
80.8
87.4
83.3
85.0
79.8
79.5
85.3
79.3
80.5
84.1
84.6
76.7
77.5
80.4
78.9
83.2
78.9
80.7
75.4
82.8
77.2
75.1
78.7
81.6
74.6
70.7
76.1
73.5
76.5
79.7
75.2
70.8
73.6
73.3
73.4
70.3
72.8
72.6
70.4
75.5
66.9
69.8
66.5
B
B
B
B+
B+
C+
B
B+
B+
C
BC+
B
B
C+
B
C+
C
C
B
CCC
D+
83.0
86.2
85.7
86.6
86.7
78.4
84.9
87.7
88.1
75.5
80.3
76.8
85.8
83.5
77.9
83.1
78.2
73.8
73.7
83.2
72.0
71.1
74.6
68.6
NA1
NA1
C
C-
74.7
72.1
NA1
NA1
CD+
CDCBC
D+
D
D
D+
CD
D
CC
DD
D+
F
D+
D+
D
C
74.4
C+
77.8
C
Grade
Total Score
70.7
68.3
70.5
61.9
70.0
81.9
73.4
67.3
66.2
66.1
69.1
72.5
66.4
64.8
70.9
72.9
61.8
66.0
69.4
59.0
68.7
67.1
62.8
B
BC+
C+
C
C+
C
CCC
C
C
CCD+
D+
CCCD
C
C
CCD+
D
CD
CC
D+
C
CD
D
CD+
D
D
D
D+
CD
D
CD
D
D+
DDD
85.2
81.0
78.8
76.8
73.3
79.4
74.6
71.2
70.6
75.9
74.6
75.8
71.0
72.4
68.1
67.9
71.2
71.6
70.3
65.6
75.3
73.2
70.7
71.8
69.0
66.0
72.3
63.1
70.5
73.9
67.6
73.2
71.2
62.8
65.6
72.0
69.0
65.2
66.4
66.0
69.3
70.9
64.4
62.8
70.7
66.1
64.6
69.2
61.8
60.0
66.2
74.4
C-
71.0
Note: States are ranked based on unrounded scores.
The District of Columbia and Hawaii are single-district jurisdictions. They are not issued grades for school finance, which analyzes distribution
of funding across districts within a state.
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SOURCE: Education Week Research Center, 2016