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Lowest high schools by state

High 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 7 or above and highest grade 12 or below. Schools spanning a wider range, K–12 most often, are counted separately rather than forced into a band.

  1. 1District of Columbia37
  2. 2Delaware37
  3. 3Vermont40
  4. 4Hawaii42
  5. 5Alaska56
  6. 6Rhode Island59
  7. 7New Hampshire76
  8. 8Wyoming81
  9. 9Maine103
  10. 10West Virginia106
  11. 11Nevada120
  12. 12Mississippi127
  13. 13North Dakota156
  14. 14Idaho162
  15. 15Utah168
  16. 16South Dakota171
  17. 17Connecticut185
  18. 18Montana185
  19. 19New Mexico186
  20. 20Louisiana212
  21. 21Maryland212
  22. 22South Carolina222
  23. 23Oregon240
  24. 24Kentucky247
  25. 25Nebraska271
  26. 26Alabama277
  27. 27Arkansas285
  28. 28Kansas286
  29. 29Iowa294
  30. 30Virginia312
  31. 31Tennessee332
  32. 32Massachusetts339
  33. 33Colorado340
  34. 34Indiana363
  35. 35Georgia406
  36. 36New Jersey425
  37. 37North Carolina427
  38. 38Oklahoma461
  39. 39Missouri462
  40. 40Wisconsin468
  41. 41Arizona474
  42. 42Washington527
  43. 43Florida619
  44. 44Minnesota650
  45. 45Pennsylvania665
  46. 46Illinois673
  47. 47Michigan738
  48. 48Ohio829
  49. 49New York1018
  50. 50Texas1800
  51. 51California1968
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Source: NCES via Urban Institute. · How this is built