Quality Counts 2005: Data Table

School Climate
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Note: A dash (—) indicates data were not available or, in U.S. row, that a total was not appropriate. States are ranked by number grade to the nearest decimal. G = Graded; U = Ungraded.
STATE				Engagement - 15% of Grade^G
	Overall grade for school climate		Percent of 8th graders in schools where a school official reports that the following are not problems or are minor problems (2003)			State surveys teachers, parents, and/or students about school conditions (2004-05)
	Overall grade for school climate		Absenteeism	Tardiness	Classroom misbehavior
Delaware	B	85	75	79	55
Colorado	B	85	86	81	78
Maine	B	84	88	89	78
Wisconsin	B	84	86	85	79
Wyoming	B	83	77	75	79
Missouri	B	83	85	83	77
New Hampshire	B-	82	88	84	81
Kansas	B-	82	88	86	76
Connecticut	B-	82	89	82	75
Minnesota	B-	82	81	84	76
New Jersey	B-	82	93	77	73
Rhode Island	B-	81	89	78	75
Illinois	B-	80	88	82	75
Vermont	B-	80	86	85	80
Washington	C+	79	77	83	74
South Carolina	C+	79	79	71	60
Nebraska	C+	79	87	89	81
North Carolina	C+	79	71	75	60
Massachusetts	C+	79	92	81	85
West Virginia	C+	79	79	87	72
Oklahoma	C+	79	77	74	74
Idaho	C+	78	82	80	74
Iowa	C+	78	90	85	78
Arkansas	C+	78	71	69	73
Utah	C+	78	75	69	72
New Mexico	C+	78	53	72	64
South Dakota	C+	77	79	83	82
Tennessee	C+	77	81	74	69
Arizona	C+	77	62	67	74
Hawaii	C	76	76	73	44
New York	C	76	82	72	73
Georgia	C	76	67	72	65
Pennsylvania	C	76	83	84	75
Ohio	C	76	75	80	72
California	C	75	71	70	71
North Dakota	C	75	88	74	82
Kentucky	C	75	81	77	66
Oregon	C	74	68	74	74
Texas	C	74	86	72	67
Florida	C	74	64	70	54
Montana	C	73	68	76	75
Michigan	C	73	82	72	71
Indiana	C-	72	84	80	74
Virginia	C-	71	86	81	65
Nevada	C-	71	75	70	61
District of Columbia	C-	70	69	57	56
Alabama	D+	69	80	75	61
Alaska	D+	68	58	72	84
Mississippi	D+	68	68	68	66
Louisiana	D+	67	61	71	57
Maryland	D+	67	79	72	66
U.S.	-	—	79	76	70	17

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