How Dumb Is Your State

[Kimp the Shrimp]

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.




How does YOUR state rank?




Smartest States


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

 

[MGov]

Based on?

 

[MGov]

And how did Texas end up in the top 50?

 

[muppetsforever]

WOOHOO wisconsin is in the top 5!!!!
which isn't all that suprising.....

 

[RedDragon]

24. We're getting better now that Chicago school grades are going up.

WOOHOO wisconsin is in the top 5!!!!
which isn't all that suprising.....

I disagree, Lambeau Field is a vortex of stupidity on Sundays. Go Bears!
LOL, just kidding
I may hate the Packers, but I love Wisconsin. Beautiful landscape and a very lovely zoo.

 

[muppetsforever]

I disagree, Lambeau Field is a vortex of stupidity on Sundays. Go Bears!
LOL, just kidding
I may hate the Packers, but I love Wisconsin. Beautiful landscape and a very lovely zoo.

all is well, I hate da bears. I'm guessing that you're talking about the milwaukee county zoo or maybe N.E.W. zoo

 

[redBoobergurl]

We came in at number 7, that's pretty good! I know they've been doing some hard work trying to improve test scores in our schools, so it's nice to see it's working.

 

[RedDragon]

all is well, I hate da bears. I'm guessing that you're talking about the milwaukee county zoo or maybe N.E.W. zoo

Milwaukee, of course. I'll be up in said city next weekend getting my engineering on. MSOE is having this orientation thingy and I'm going, yay me. No zoo, unfortunately, oh well, another time maybe.

 

[muppetsforever]

Milwaukee, of course. I'll be up in said city next weekend getting my engineering on. MSOE is having this orientation thingy and I'm going, yay me. No zoo, unfortunately, oh well, another time maybe.

see, maybe we should swap states i wanna got to this art school in chicago, but i cant aford it. not to mention my level of income would probably put me in a not so safe area of the city

so for now i study up in da north woods.

 

[D'Snowth]

And how did Texas end up in the top 50?

Because they think they're big-shots because they were once their own country.

Anyway, here's how dumb MY state is...
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

That ain't right!