Civic Report No. 24 December 2002

Table 3: Ranking the States by Availability of Private School Options State Private Score Private Rank Florida 2.51 1 Maine 2.36 2 Vermont 1.82 3 Minnesota 1.70 4 Illinois 1.16 5 Pennsylvania 1.16 5 Iowa 1.00 7 Wisconsin 0.93 8 Ohio 0.91 9 Connecticut 0.85 10 Louisiana 0.85 10 Nebraska 0.85 10 New Hampshire 0.85 10 New Jersey 0.85 10 New York 0.85 10 West Virginia 0.85 10 California 0.57 17 Delaware 0.57 17 Indiana 0.57 17 Kansas 0.57 17 Massachusetts 0.57 17 Michigan 0.57 17 Oregon 0.57 17 Rhode Island 0.57 17 Washington 0.57 17 Arizona 0.31 26 Alaska 0.28 27 Colorado 0.28 27 Maryland 0.28 27 Mississippi 0.28 27 Missouri 0.28 27 Montana 0.28 27 Nevada 0.28 27 New Mexico 0.28 27 North Dakota 0.28 27 Tennessee 0.28 27 Texas 0.28 27 Alabama 0.00 38 Arkansas 0.00 38 Georgia 0.00 38 Hawaii 0.00 38 Idaho 0.00 38 Kentucky 0.00 38 North Carolina 0.00 38 Oklahoma 0.00 38 South Carolina 0.00 38 South Dakota 0.00 38 Utah 0.00 38 Virginia 0.00 38 Wyoming 0.00 38 Table 3A: Private Options in the States, Arranged Alphabetically State Private Score Private Rank Alabama 0.00 38 Alaska 0.28 27 Arizona 0.31 26 Arkansas 0.00 38 California 0.57 17 Colorado 0.28 27 Connecticut 0.85 10 Delaware 0.57 17 Florida 2.51 1 Georgia 0.00 38 Hawaii 0.00 38 Idaho 0.00 38 Illinois 1.16 5 Indiana 0.57 17 Iowa 1.00 7 Kansas 0.57 17 Kentucky 0.00 38 Louisiana 0.85 10 Maine 2.36 2 Maryland 0.28 27 Massachusetts 0.57 17 Michigan 0.57 17 Minnesota 1.70 4 Mississippi 0.28 27 Missouri 0.28 27 Montana 0.28 27 Nebraska 0.85 10 Nevada 0.28 27 New Hampshire 0.85 10 New Jersey 0.85 10 New Mexico 0.28 27 New York 0.85 10 North Carolina 0.00 38