Ohio’s K-12 School System Ranks First in Midwest – Sixth in the Nation

Education Weekly Magazine recently published its annual report card ranking of the 50 states.  The report, called Quality Counts 2009, has ranked Ohio #1 among Midwestern states and 6^th nationally on 35 indicators used to judge the quality of school systems, grades K-12.  The report is an independent assessment that ranks how each state educates its children. States are graded in six areas, including student chances for success, school finances, and transitions and alignments from early-childhood education to primary and secondary school to college. 

These results are a further demonstration of Ohio's attractiveness as a location to live and work.  School system performance is commonly used to assist in measuring a location's attractiveness to a vibrant workforce. Coupled with a low cost of living and abundant recreational opportunities, Education Weekly's ranking of Ohio serves as an additional and important indicator of the state's uncompromised quality of life. 

Moreover, Ohio's educational excellence increases its competitiveness as a business location by lending to a skilled workforce pipeline. In addition to the 180,000 high school seniors that graduate annually from Ohio's high-ranking K-12 system, over 78,000 graduates from the state's large and renowned system of colleges and universities enter the workforce each year.

For full details see the report in Education Weekly:  http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/01/08/17execsum.h28.html&destination=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/01/08/17execsum.h28.html&levelId=1000