States with the lowest eighth-grade reading scores 2022:

  1. Oklahoma
  2. Hawaii
  3. Nevada
  4. Louisiana
  5. Mississippi
  6. Texas
  7. West Virginia
  8. Alabama
  9. Alaska
  10. New Mexico

Second lowest in ‘quality’:

Public School Rankings by State 2022

States with the highest per pupil spending 2022:

  1. New York ($24,040)
  2. Connecticut ($20,635)
  3. New Jersey ($20,021)
  4. Alaska ($17,726)