New York Schools Aren't Among The Best (Or Worst) In America, Study Says

We're always told that New York State has a good public school system, but how does the quality of these schools compare to schools in other parts of the country?

Apparently New York's public school system is mediocre, according to the WalletHub study, "2017's States With The Best And Worst School Systems."

New York was ranked No. 26 with a total quality/safety score of 52.52. It was ranked right between Rhode Island (No. 25) and Kentucky (No. 27.)

• You can see more details of the WalletHub study, including the methodology, here.

The top state, Massachusetts, finished with a total quality/safety score of 78.16. Second-place New Jersey had a 66.92 score and third-place New Hampshire had a score of 64.65.

WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across several key measures, including dropout rate, math test scores, reading test scores, SAT scores, ACT scores, pupil-teacher ratio, percentage of threatened/injured high school students and bullying-incidence rates.

According to the study, New York had the third highest median ACT score. The Empire State didn't make it in the top five or bottom five in any of the other categories.

How does Long Island compare to the rest of New York? Twenty-two Long Island schools made the Top 100 in the New York State rankings in 2017 by U.S. News & World Report, while 35 Long Island schools made the Top 100 in Niche.com's 2017 statewide public high school rankings.

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Here is the whole list:

1. Massachusetts 78.16
2. New Jersey 66.92
3. New Hampshire 64.65
4. Wisconsin 64.25
5. Vermont 64.09
6. Virginia 63.77
7. Minnesota 62.68
8. Connecticut 61.31
9. Iowa 61.06
10. Maine 59.93
11. Illinois 58.32
12. Delaware 58.09
13. North Carolina 57.68
14. Colorado 56.28
15. Kansas 56.24
16. Pennsylvania 56.10
17. Utah 55.95
18. Oklahoma 55.22
19. Maryland 54.79
20. North Dakota 54.67
21. Florida 54.02
22. Indiana 54.00
23. Ohio 53.51
24. Washington 53.36
25. Rhode Island 52.96
26. New York 52.52
27. Kentucky 51.58
28. California 51.45
29. Montana 51.40
30. Nebraska 51.22
31. Missouri 50.94
32. Michigan 50.55
33. Wyoming 50.40
34. Texas 49.15
35. South Carolina 48.58
36. Idaho 47.44
37. South Dakota 47.40
38. Georgia 47.32
39. Hawaii 47.23
40. Nevada 40.99
41. Arizona 40.91
42. Tennessee 40.58
43. Oregon 40.38
44. Alabama 39.06
45. Alaska 38.20
46. Arkansas 37.97
47. Mississippi 35.99
48. District of Columbia 35.85
49. West Virginia 35.42
50. New Mexico 34.79
51. Louisiana 27.42

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