Utah school systems rank among best in US

SALT LAKE CITY — Though the primary day of faculty in Utah continues to be a number of weeks away, the state has already obtained first rate grades for its faculty methods.

A brand new WalletHub examine launched Monday showcasing the perfect and worst faculty methods within the U.S. positioned Utah at No. 13 general.

The examine used a number of components to compile the rankings, together with dropout charge, security, class dimension and check scores. Utah ranked twelfth in “high quality” and sixteenth in “faculty security.”

Utah was second-best in common SAT scores, however ranked worst in your entire nation for student-to-teacher ratio, with almost 23 college students per each trainer.

At fiftieth general, the state was additionally close to the very backside in training spending, which measured whole present expenditures for public elementary and secondary day colleges per scholar. Nonetheless, regardless of that low quantity, the report listed Utah as one in every of solely seven states with low spending, however a powerful faculty system.

BEST U.S. SCHOOL SYSTEMS

• 1. Massachusetts
• 2. Connecticut
• 3. New Jersey
• 4. Virginia
• 5. Maryland
• 6. Delaware
• 7. New Hampshire
• 8. North Dakota
• 9. Nebraska
• 10. Wisconsin
• 13. UTAH