Wisconsin Has the 5th Best School System in America, Report Claims

WISCONSIN -- The dog days of summer are here, and pretty soon the kids will head back to school. For students in Wisconsin, that means trudging back into classrooms that are rated as the safest in the U.S. according to a report released by WalletHub. Wisconsin had the 3rd-Lowest Dropout Rate in the U.S. according to the report.

The number-crunchers at WalletHub compared every school system in the nation, and Wisconsin did well, placing seventh in terms of "School System Quality," and second in "School System Safety."

Those are high marks for the Badger state - despite recent controversies regarding teacher unionization and state shared revenue funding in recent history.

The report compares factors such as SAT scores, dropout rates, reading scores and math scores. WalletHub also compared spending vs. outcome, and Wisconsin, again, showed an efficient overall ranking, ranking 20th in per-pupil spending while garnering a top-5 school system ranking.

1. Massachusetts overall pts 73.65 quality 1 safety 1
2. New Jersey overall pts 69.13 quality 3 safety 3
3. Connecticut overall pts 65.47 quality 2 safety 20
4. Vermont overall pts 64.75 quality 5 safety 9
5. Wisconsin overall pts 64.24 quality 7 safety 2
6. New Hampshire overall pts 63.12 quality 4 safety 25
7. Virginia overall pts 62.95 quality 6 safety 13
8. Maine overall pts 60.45 quality 8 safety 16
9. Delaware overall pts 59.76 quality 16 safety 5
10. Minnesota overall pts 59.6 quality 10 safety 19
11. Iowa overall pts 57.5 quality 12 safety 38
12. Indiana overall pts 57.38 quality 9 safety 41
13. Illinois overall pts 57.31 quality 14 safety 22
14. Florida overall pts 56 quality 21 safety 8
15. Nebraska overall pts 55.88 quality 11 safety 40
16. Maryland overall pts 55.68 quality 13 safety 36
17. Kentucky overall pts 55.5 quality 15 safety 30
18. Utah overall pts 55.01 quality 27 safety 4
19. North Carolina overall pts 54.57 quality 24 safety 11
20. Kansas overall pts 54.13 quality 20 safety 14
21. Texas overall pts 53.83 quality 26 safety 10
22. North Dakota overall pts 53.34 quality 17 safety 42
23. Colorado overall pts 53.06 quality 18 safety 49
24. Montana overall pts 52.99 quality 19 safety 32
25. New York overall pts 51.61 quality 32 safety 15
26. Washington overall pts 51.11 quality 30 safety 12
27. Oklahoma overall pts 51.09 quality 36 safety 7
28. Rhode Island overall pts 51.08 quality 31 safety 21
29. Wyoming overall pts 51 quality 22 safety 34
30. Pennsylvania overall pts 50.74 quality 28 safety 28
31. Ohio overall pts 50.65 quality 25 safety 44
32. Missouri overall pts 49.38 quality 29 safety 39
33. Idaho overall pts 47.16 quality 34 safety 31
34. Michigan overall pts 46.67 quality 35 safety 29
35. Georgia overall pts 46.17 quality 39 safety 23
36. Tennessee overall pts 45.84 quality 33 safety 43
37. South Carolina overall pts 45.72 quality 40 safety 18
38. Arkansas overall pts 45.65 quality 23 safety 50
39. Hawaii overall pts 45.44 quality 42 safety 6
40. California overall pts 45.34 quality 38 safety 35
41. South Dakota overall pts 43.55 quality 37 safety 48
42. Alabama overall pts 39.85 quality 41 safety 47
43. Oregon overall pts 39.65 quality 43 safety 46
44. Nevada overall pts 38.02 quality 48 safety 17
45. West Virginia overall pts 37.73 quality 44 safety 37
46. Mississippi overall pts 36.63 quality 46 safety 26
47. District of Columbia overall pts 35.1 quality 50 safety 24
48. Arizona overall pts 35.03 quality 47 safety 33
49. Alaska overall pts 34.36 quality 45 safety 45
50. New Mexico overall pts 33.3 quality 51 safety 27
51. Louisiana overall pts 30.33 quality 49 safety 5