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States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest

The smartest state in the union is Massachusetts. The dumbest, for the second consecutive year, is New Mexico. These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of the public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.

How does YOUR state rank?

1. Massachusetts
2. Vermont
3. Connecticut
4. Montana
5. New Jersey
6. Maine
7. Pennsylvania
8. (tie) Wisconsin and Iowa
10. New York
11. Nebraska
12. Minnesota
13. Indiana
14. Wyoming
15. Kansas
16. Rhode Island
17. Virginia
18. Maryland
19. Delaware
20. Michigan
21. North Carolina
22. Ohio
23. Alaska
24. North Dakota
25. Utah

And on the bottom half of the list are:

26. New Hampshire
27. Illinois
28. Missouri
29. West Virginia
30. Idaho
31. South Dakota
32. Oregon
33. Washington
34. Texas
35. Colorado
36. Georgia
37. Kentucky
38. Arkansas
39. Oklahoma
40. Florida
41. South Carolina
42. Tennessee
43. Hawaii
44. California
45. Arizona
46. Alabama
47. Louisiana
48. Mississippi
49. Nevada
50. New Mexico
 
Todd wants to know where the "state" of Atlanta comes out?

(Now that we know Ruth is doing well, I can start picking on him again. It has been a tough couple of days for me.....)
 
woo hoo! I live in the 34th dumbest state! But, I went to school in 22nd dumbest state... hmmm and I have lived in the 36th, 37th, and 42nd,...

hmm,... number 42,.. Tennessee... "The state where Educayshun Pays!" HA! WTG TN!

Tom
 
Know why Nevada is rated 49th?

Because the state is always full of stupid people losing their money at casinos. :)
 
I have to seriously argue about Massachusetts being smart. They keep electing Ted Kennedy.
 
Notice that

The District of Columbia gets it's own representation, auto tags and other perks to seperate itself from "the states", But when it comes to this type of list... it disappears into Maryland. Hmmmm, I smell a conspiracy.
 
The two smartest states share some laws about what a marriage is; that I don't agree with, so I prefer to live in dumb Florida, amazing what bright educated people consider to be ok.
 
Virginia is ranked 17th. Therefore, I am entitled to make an occasional grammatical or spelling error. :)
 
Just when you thought you had seen it all....... (true story)

I just found out why Alabama is rated at 46th dumbest state in the nation...... on another bullentin board a guy posted his vehicle manufacturer's door sticker GVWR (4825 pounds) as the actual weight of his car. This person claims to be a Ford mechanic in Alabama..... makes you wonder whose hands you leave your car in at a dealership, huh?



quote: ".....Geeze that thing's gotta fly, my SHO weighs 4825 and with only 250hp 240ftlb it's still fast as hell, 14 sec in the 1/4 mile, 2.3 sec 60'"

"....Robert, did you mistype the SHlO's weight?"

"....Nope sure didnt bro [4825] GVW
Went and looked at door sticker again to be sure. Soon as my camera batteries recharge, I'll post a pic of the sticker."

".....Here we go for the non believers,
(image attached)"

"....GVWR is the gross vehicle weight rating, it means that's the maximum amount of weight your car is designed to carry, not how much it actually weighs..."


:) :) :) :)
 
Now that California is 44th smartest................

or is it the 7th dumbest?????

with our new Governator we're changing the spelling to...............

Kaleefornia!
 
Mark Twain said it best, their are three kinds of lies.
Their are lies, damned lies and statistics.
But then he was only from Missouri so what do you expect.
 
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