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Highest middle schools by state

Middle schools.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

NCES's own definition: lowest grade 4 or above and highest grade 9 or below.

  1. 1Texas1785
  2. 2California1369
  3. 3New York790
  4. 4Illinois719
  5. 5Ohio662
  6. 6Florida573
  7. 7Pennsylvania539
  8. 8Michigan498
  9. 9Georgia495
  10. 10North Carolina481
  11. 11New Jersey448
  12. 12Missouri402
  13. 13Wisconsin387
  14. 14Washington379
  15. 15Oklahoma372
  16. 16Tennessee345
  17. 17Indiana340
  18. 18Virginia339
  19. 19Massachusetts311
  20. 20Minnesota307
  21. 21Alabama274
  22. 22Colorado273
  23. 23Iowa258
  24. 24South Carolina252
  25. 25Montana234
  26. 26Arkansas232
  27. 27Kansas227
  28. 28Louisiana226
  29. 29Maryland226
  30. 30Kentucky222
  31. 31Oregon210
  32. 32Arizona208
  33. 33Mississippi196
  34. 34Connecticut188
  35. 35South Dakota170
  36. 36New Mexico167
  37. 37Utah149
  38. 38Nebraska146
  39. 39Idaho117
  40. 40Nevada116
  41. 41West Virginia110
  42. 42New Hampshire97
  43. 43Maine93
  44. 44Wyoming64
  45. 45Rhode Island62
  46. 46District of Columbia42
  47. 47Hawaii42
  48. 48North Dakota41
  49. 49Delaware40
  50. 50Alaska33
  51. 51Vermont29
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Source: NCES via Urban Institute. · How this is built