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