U.S. public school rankings

Eight national rankings, each ordered by one federal measure with its year: school and district size, spending per student, how evenly states spread that spending, chronic absenteeism and a resource index. None of them rates how well a school teaches; no federal file measures that.

NCES CCD 2024-25 · NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23 · CRDC 2021-22 · EDFacts 2022-23 · method

National rankings

• Largest public schools

  The 50 largest by 2024-25 enrollment, online schools marked (CCD)

• Largest school districts

  The 50 largest by fall 2022 membership (F-33 2022-23)

• Highest-spending districts

  The 50 highest among districts with 500+ students (F-33 2022-23)

• Funding equity by state

  How far apart district spending is, 90th against 10th percentile (F-33 2022-23)

• Chronic absenteeism

  By state and school (EDFacts 2022-23)

• Schools by resource index

  Staffing, counseling, gifted programs, attendance (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22)

Rankings for each state

Each state has eight lists: largest schools, fewest students per teacher, highest-spending districts, spending per student by district, funding equity, chronic absenteeism, and schools and districts by resource index.

1. Alabama1,357 schools
2. Alaska483 schools
3. Arizona2,183 schools
4. Arkansas1,041 schools
5. California9,918 schools
6. Colorado1,861 schools
7. Connecticut987 schools
8. Delaware222 schools
9. District of Columbia240 schools
10. Florida3,929 schools
11. Georgia2,287 schools
12. Hawaii295 schools
13. Idaho767 schools
14. Illinois3,817 schools
15. Indiana1,822 schools
16. Iowa1,290 schools
17. Kansas1,328 schools
18. Kentucky1,381 schools
19. Louisiana1,277 schools
20. Maine553 schools
21. Maryland1,370 schools
22. Massachusetts1,793 schools
23. Michigan3,326 schools
24. Minnesota2,321 schools
25. Mississippi844 schools
26. Missouri2,294 schools
27. Montana818 schools
28. Nebraska993 schools
29. Nevada722 schools
30. New Hampshire484 schools
31. New Jersey2,480 schools
32. New Mexico859 schools
33. New York4,767 schools
34. North Carolina2,653 schools
35. North Dakota486 schools
36. Ohio3,471 schools
37. Oklahoma1,755 schools
38. Oregon1,266 schools
39. Pennsylvania2,899 schools
40. Rhode Island302 schools
41. South Carolina1,183 schools
42. South Dakota670 schools
43. Tennessee1,804 schools
44. Texas8,846 schools
45. Utah1,044 schools
46. Vermont283 schools
47. Virginia1,845 schools
48. Washington2,437 schools
49. West Virginia630 schools
50. Wisconsin2,148 schools
51. Wyoming346 schools

How the rankings are compiled