Friday, January 11, 2008
Add it up Add It Up: Better than Mississippi
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM
From zero to 100, Georgia's overall state grade for public education: 80.2
Mississippi's overall state grade for public education: 68.9
National average grade for public education: 75.9
Average dollars spent annually on each student in Georgia: 8,658
Rank of Georgia in United States for per-pupil spending: 27
Georgia's grade for K-12 achievement: 68.1
K-12 achievement grade for Massachusetts: 85
Percentage of Georgia high school students who graduate: 56.1
Number of states with higher high school graduation rates than Georgia: 48
Source: EPE Research Center 2008 Quality Counts public education survey
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