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United States school rankings 2025

Top 100 lists for every state and category, ranked by the Success Index (US). Every list is built from the same official data and the same transparent formula.

ScopeElementaryMiddleHighPublicCharterMagnetMath resultsReading resultsRatioLargest
United StatesTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
AlabamaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
AlaskaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
ArizonaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
ArkansasTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
CaliforniaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
ColoradoTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
ConnecticutTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
DelawareTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
District of ColumbiaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
FloridaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
GeorgiaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
HawaiiTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
IdahoTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
IllinoisTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
IndianaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
IowaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
KansasTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
KentuckyTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100––Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
LouisianaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
MaineTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
MarylandTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
MassachusettsTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
MichiganTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
MinnesotaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
MississippiTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
MissouriTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
MontanaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100––Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
NebraskaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100––Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
NevadaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
New HampshireTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
New JerseyTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
New MexicoTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
New YorkTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
North CarolinaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
North DakotaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100––Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
OhioTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
OklahomaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
OregonTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
PennsylvaniaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
Rhode IslandTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
South CarolinaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
South DakotaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100––Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
TennesseeTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100–Top 100
TexasTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
UtahTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
VermontTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100––––Top 100Top 100
VirginiaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
WashingtonTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
West VirginiaTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100––Top 100–Top 100Top 100
WisconsinTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100
WyomingTop 100Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100–Top 100Top 100Top 100Top 100

How to use these rankings

Read this before you shortlist.

The US Success Index covers every regular public and charter school in the NCES Common Core of Data. It combines state-assessment proficiency in reading and math (EDFacts, all students), the share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch as a measure of community advantage, and the student–teacher ratio. Each component is a percentile against schools of the same level (elementary, middle, high) across the whole country; state and district ranks are shown on every profile.

  • States set their own assessments and proficiency cut scores, so proficiency rates are most comparable within a state. Use the state rankings for like-for-like comparisons.
  • EDFacts reports proficiency in ranges for small schools; we use the midpoint, and schools with fewer than 30 tested students are excluded from results-based lists.
  • Private schools are not covered by the Common Core of Data and are not listed.

Read the full methodology →