Quality Counts 2005: No Small Change
Friday, December 5, 2008
Resources: Equity
Introduction | Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3
Equity: Interpretation | How We Graded | Sources & Notes
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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.
1Because the District of Columbia does not have a state revenue source, it did not receive a grade for equity. The District of Columbia and Hawaii are single districts.
2Figures were adjusted to reflect regional cost differences and weighted for student needs. Students in poverty equal 1.2, and students in special education equal 1.9.
3Nevada has a 100 percent on the McLoone index only because 69 percent of its students attend the Clark County school system, which is also the district with the lowest per-pupil spending level in the state, at $5,215—the same as the statewide median.
STATE   33.3%
of gradeG		 33.3%
of gradeG		 33.3%
of gradeG
  Overall grade for resources: equityG Wealth-neutrality score (2002)2 McLoone Index (2002) 2 Coefficient of variation 2
Hawaii A 100 0.0001 100.0%1 0.0%1
Nevada A 93 -0.132 100.0%3 10.8%
Utah A- 91 -0.037 98.8% 14.4%
Iowa A- 90 -0.002 95.1% 8.3%
West Virginia B 86 0.075 96.9% 5.9%
Louisiana B 85 0.043 95.5% 8.9%
South Dakota B 84 -0.026 96.7% 18.0%
New York B 83 0.116 98.3% 12.4%
Delaware B 83 -0.019 91.5% 7.9%
Kansas B 83 0.002 93.8% 13.0%
Minnesota B 83 -0.006 93.6% 13.5%
New Mexico B 83 0.022 97.1% 16.7%
Florida B 83 0.132 96.8% 5.7%
Oklahoma B- 82 -0.018 93.9% 14.3%
Wyoming B- 82 -0.049 94.7% 16.9%
Wisconsin B- 82 0.042 94.2% 9.2%
Nebraska B- 81 -0.061 93.5% 15.5%
Connecticut B- 81 0.073 95.5% 13.6%
Oregon B- 80 0.059 94.5% 10.6%
South Carolina B- 80 0.116 94.8% 10.0%
Arkansas C+ 79 0.092 94.6% 11.0%
North Carolina C+ 78 0.178 96.0% 9.0%
California C+ 78 0.037 92.6% 11.9%
Colorado C+ 77 0.119 94.5% 11.1%
Rhode Island C+ 77 0.114 94.7% 11.0%
Ohio C+ 77 0.055 92.6% 13.7%
Alaska C+ 77 -0.251 94.7% 34.6%
Washington C 76 0.070 92.6% 12.6%
Alabama C 76 0.187 94.5% 8.6%
Kentucky C 76 0.087 92.8% 10.5%
Texas C 75 0.120 93.5% 13.9%
Arizona C 75 0.075 93.4% 16.0%
Indiana C 75 0.044 91.3% 11.2%
New Jersey C 74 0.027 91.3% 18.0%
Mississippi C 73 0.137 92.5% 11.7%
Georgia C 73 0.155 93.4% 12.6%
Maryland C- 72 0.312 94.6% 8.6%
Tennessee C- 72 0.116 90.8% 10.7%
Michigan C- 72 0.118 91.8% 12.0%
Maine C- 72 0.096 90.5% 13.5%
Missouri C- 72 0.058 90.5% 15.4%
Pennsylvania C- 71 0.149 91.7% 13.3%
North Dakota C- 71 0.146 93.5% 17.1%
Virginia C- 70 0.231 95.1% 12.5%
Illinois C- 70 0.178 93.0% 14.0%
Massachusetts C- 70 0.072 90.5% 18.6%
Montana D 65 0.096 92.3% 21.3%
Idaho D 65 0.179 91.6% 17.2%
New Hampshire D- 62 0.127 87.8% 19.3%
Vermont F 58 0.111 84.5% 20.3%
District of Columbia NA1 N/A1 NA1 NA1 NA1
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