Grading Summary Quality Counts 2016 Quality Counts 2016 Quality Counts 2016 Overall State Grade Chance for Success School Finance K-12 Achievement Grade Total score Grade Total Score Grade Total Score Grade Total Score Massachusetts B+ 86.8 A- 92.3 B 83.1 B 85.2 New Jersey Vermont Maryland Connecticut New Hampshire Pennsylvania Wyoming New York Minnesota Wisconsin Virginia Rhode Island Maine North Dakota Delaware Illinois Nebraska Iowa Washington Alaska Indiana Ohio Colorado Hawaii Kansas Kentucky District of Columbia Montana Florida Missouri Utah West Virginia Georgia Michigan Tennessee North Carolina South Dakota Oregon South Carolina Arkansas California Texas B B B BBBBBBBC+ C+ C+ C+ C+ C+ C+ C C C C C C C C C 85.1 83.8 82.7 82.5 82.3 80.6 80.2 79.8 79.8 79.8 79.3 79.1 78.6 77.2 76.8 76.7 76.5 76.2 75.2 75.1 75.0 74.9 74.6 74.0 73.9 73.3 B+ B+ B B+ B+ BBBB+ B B BBB C+ BB B BC+ C+ C+ B C+ BC 88.1 86.8 84.7 87.4 89.1 82.1 81.8 80.8 87.4 83.3 85.0 79.8 79.5 85.3 79.3 80.5 84.1 84.6 80.4 76.7 77.5 78.9 83.2 78.9 80.7 75.4 B B B+ B+ C+ B B+ B+ C BC+ B B C+ B C+ C C CB CC D+ NA1 C C- 86.2 85.7 86.6 86.7 78.5 85.1 87.7 88.1 76.1 81.3 77.2 86.4 83.8 78.2 83.1 78.4 73.8 73.8 71.9 83.2 72.3 75.1 68.7 NA1 74.9 72.4 BC+ C+ C C+ C CCC C C CCD+ D+ CCCC D C CCD+ D C- 81.0 78.8 76.8 73.3 79.4 74.6 71.2 70.6 75.9 74.6 75.8 71.0 72.4 68.1 67.9 71.2 71.6 70.3 73.2 65.6 75.3 70.7 71.8 69.0 66.0 72.3 C 72.9 B 82.8 NA1 NA1 D 63.1 C CCCCCCCCCCCCCCD+ D+ D+ D+ D+ D D 72.8 72.4 72.3 72.2 72.1 72.0 71.8 70.9 70.6 70.4 70.4 70.0 69.9 69.8 69.7 68.7 68.5 68.2 68.2 67.9 65.9 65.6 C+ C C+ BCC C C C+ BC C CC C CC C CC D+ C- 77.2 75.1 78.7 81.6 70.7 74.6 76.1 73.5 76.5 79.7 75.2 73.4 70.8 73.6 73.3 70.3 72.8 72.6 70.4 75.5 66.9 69.8 CD+ CDB CC D+ D D CCC D+ D C DD D+ F D+ D+ 70.8 68.4 70.5 61.9 82.8 70.2 73.8 67.3 66.3 66.3 69.6 72.3 72.8 66.5 64.8 72.9 61.8 66.0 69.5 59.0 69.0 67.1 CC D+ C D CD CD+ D D D D D+ CD CD D D+ DD- 70.5 73.9 67.6 73.2 62.8 71.2 65.6 72.0 69.0 65.2 66.4 64.4 66.0 69.3 70.9 62.8 70.7 66.1 64.6 69.2 61.8 60.0 D 65.2 D 66.5 D 62.8 D 66.2 C 74.4 C+ 77.8 C 74.6 C- 71.0 Louisiana Arizona Oklahoma Alabama Idaho New Mexico Mississippi Nevada U.S. Note: States are ranked based on unrounded scores. 1 The District of Columbia and Hawaii are single-district jurisdictions. They are not issued grades for school finance, which analyzes distribution of funding across districts within a state. SOURCE: Education Week Research Center, 2016