One more who's smart and who ain't post..........

[Burma Jones]

These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.


1. Massachusetts
2. Connecticut
3. Vermont
4. New Jersey
5. Wisconsin
6. New York
7. Minnesota
8. Iowa
9. Pennsylvania
10. Montana
11. Maine
12. Virginia
13. Nebraska
14. New Hampshire
15. Kansas
16. Wyoming
17. Indiana
18. Maryland
19. North Dakota
20. Ohio
21. Colorado
22. South Dakota
23. Rhode Island
24. Illinois
25. North Carolina
26. Missouri
27. Delaware
28. Utah
29. Idaho
30. Washington
31. Michigan
32. South Carolina
33. Texas and West Virginia (tie)
35. Oregon
36. Arkansas
37. Kentucky
38. Georgia
39. Florida
40. Oklahoma
41. Tennessee
42. Hawaii
43. California
44. Alabama
45. Alaska
46. Louisiana
47. Mississippi
48. Arizona
49. Nevada
50. New Mexico



AND, a link for Grad Degree holders:

http://channels.netscape.com/ns/homerealestate/package.jsp?name=fte/smartestpeople/smartestpeople&floc=wn-np



Here are all the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:
1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent
16. Alaska: 9.8 percent
17. Oregon: 9.5 percent
18. Minnesota: 9.3 percent
19. Delaware: 9.2 percent
20. Kansas: 8.9 percent
20: Missouri: 8.9 percent
20. Pennsylvania: 8.9 percent
23. Hawaii: 8.8 percent
24. Florida: 8.5 percent
25. Michigan: 8.3 percent
26. Arizona: 8.2 percent
27. Texas: 8.0 percent
28. Georgia: 7.9 percent
28. Utah: 7.9 percent
30. Maine: 7.8 percent
31. North Carolina: 7.7 percent
31. South Carolina: 7.7 percent
31. Indiana: 7.7 percent
34. Ohio: 7.6 percent
35. Montana: 7.5 percent
35. Kentucky: 7.5 percent
35. Alabama: 7.5 percent
38. Nebraska: 7.4 percent
39. Wisconsin: 7.2 percent
39. Wyoming: 7.2 percent
41: Idaho: 7.1 percent
42. Tennessee: 7.1 percent
43. Louisiana: 6.7 percent
43. North Dakota: 6.7 percent
45. West Virginia: 6.6 percent
46. Oklahoma: 6.5 percent
46. Arkansas: 6.5 percent
48. Iowa: 6.3 percent
49. South Dakota: 6.1 percent
50. Nevada: 5.9 percent
51: Mississippi: 5.8 percent

[Xenus Sister]

1. Arizona ranks below Mississippi??

I always thought of Arizona as a fairly progressive, higher-income, state. Shows how much I don't know.

Speaking of, I don't get your Subject Line.

[SoCalDem]

2. Such a shame.. california down to 43rd

we used to be "up there"...:(