5 best & worst states for school systems

[left-of-center2012]

Here, the top five states that can brag about their educational systems, along with their total score out of 100:

Massachusetts; 74.2 (No. 1 in both "Quality" and "Safety" categories)
New Jersey; 67.1
Connecticut; 66.9
New Hampshire; 65.1
Vermont; 63.2

Worst School Systems:

Arizona; 37.5
Alaska; 35.9
District of Columbia; 33.6
Louisiana; 32.5 (last in "Safety" category)
New Mexico; 31.5 (last in "Quality" category)

http://www.newser.com/story/262642/5-us-states-with-best-worst-school-systems.html

[kimbutgar]

1. I met some people who moved from Silcon Valley to Massachusetts because they said

The school systems were better than California. Even though schools in silcon valley have a lot of money funding them.

[lindysalsagal]

2. Sorry, but except for NYC, NY beats Mass by far.

The Boston negatives just aren't as big as NYC, Yonkers, and Buffalo's totals. The Rural/city ratio is different in Mass so that the numbers look better there.

[smirkymonkey]

3. DC surprises me. I certainly would not have expected it to be among the

five worst, or even in the lower half. I wonder why?

[flotsam]

4. Now this explains

why we have New England nabobs and east coast elites!