Table 1 of 3: Class Size and Student Engagement States are ranked by number grade to the nearest decimal; ties are ranked by alphabetical order. ? = state did not participate in national assessment, survey, or data collection, and grade could not be calculated due to lack of data. n/a = not applicable. You can download the data in this table as an Excel spreadsheet or as tab-delimited text (both compressed with PKzip.) You can also compare the data from any two states you choose. Navigation: Click on a state's initials on the ruler to go directly to that state's data.

State	Grade		Class Size--35% of grade		Student Engagement--20% of grade
			% 4th graders in classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	% 8th graders in math classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	8th graders in schools reporting that...
					Absenteeism is not a problem, 1996	Tardiness is not a problem, 1996	Classroom misbehavior is not a problem, 1996
Maine	81	B-	96	88	83	92	77
North Dakota	81	B-	82	72	96	88	85
Connecticut	80	B-	89	74	84	81	62
Nebraska	80	B-	92	69	84	87	72
Vermont	79	C+	97	88	89	81	58
Iowa	77	C+	79	67	83	87	69
Wisconsin	77	C+	78	54	82	86	75
Rhode Island	76	C	82	79	93	72	66
State	Grade	Grade	% 4th graders in classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	% 8th graders in math classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	8th graders in schools reporting that...
					Absenteeism is not a problem, 1996	Tardiness is not a problem, 1996	Classroom misbehavior is not a problem, 1996
Massachusetts	76	C	77	62	91	72	70
Texas	75	C	97	65	71	72	62
Wyoming	74	C	89	74	79	73	81
Minnesota	72	C-	45	40	83	85	67
Arkansas	71	C-	71	77	66	56	55
Montana	70	C-	71	60	73	75	75
Colorado	70	C-	61	36	80	72	59
Alaska	70	C-	64	53	80	80	64
State	Grade	Grade	% 4th graders in classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	% 8th graders in math classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	8th graders in schools reporting that...
					Absenteeism is not a problem, 1996	Tardiness is not a problem, 1996	Classroom misbehavior is not a problem, 1996
West Virginia	67	D+	82	65	72	83	67
South Carolina	67	D+	72	63	61	53	52
Indiana	66	D	67	57	85	83	64
Missouri	66	D	77	57	71	78	60
Virginia	65	D	68	55	75	80	62
North Carolina	65	D	59	52	63	69	54
Mississippi	65	D	71	71	60	69	54
Michigan	65	D	43	41	70	73	62
State	Grade	Grade	% 4th graders in classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	% 8th graders in math classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	8th graders in schools reporting that...
					Absenteeism is not a problem, 1996	Tardiness is not a problem, 1996	Classroom misbehavior is not a problem, 1996
Arizona	64	D	45	35	61	66	74
New Mexico	63	D	83	53	49	54	46
Alabama	63	D	74	57	73	69	63
Georgia	62	D-	66	45	61	72	57
Tennessee	62	D-	65	45	59	73	65
Delaware	62	D-	50	34	73	63	40
Oregon	62	D-	43	45	59	76	63
Louisiana	61	D-	50	49	68	68	47
State	Grade	Grade	% 4th graders in classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	% 8th graders in math classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	8th graders in schools reporting that...
					Absenteeism is not a problem, 1996	Tardiness is not a problem, 1996	Classroom misbehavior is not a problem, 1996
Kentucky	61	D-	73	44	67	87	58
New York	60	D-	55	48	86	78	56
Florida	58	F	46	24	61	67	49
Utah	57	F	34	21	78	56	71
Washington	56	F	46	31	67	74	49
Hawaii	52	F	37	52	61	52	39
California	51	F	8	13	73	68	67
Maryland	51	F	34	33	63	70	48
State	Grade	Grade	% 4th graders in classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	% 8th graders in math classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	8th graders in schools reporting that...
					Absenteeism is not a problem, 1996	Tardiness is not a problem, 1996	Classroom misbehavior is not a problem, 1996
Idaho	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Illinois	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Kansas	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Nevada	?	?	17	?	?	?	?
New Hampshire	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
New Jersey	?	?	77	?	?	?	?
Ohio	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Oklahoma	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
State	Grade	Grade	% 4th graders in classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	% 8th graders in math classes of 25 or fewer students, 1996	8th graders in schools reporting that...
					Absenteeism is not a problem, 1996	Tardiness is not a problem, 1996	Classroom misbehavior is not a problem, 1996
Pennsylvania	?	?	52	?	?	?	?
South Dakota	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
U.S.			60	50	75	80	67

For a complete list of sources of data, see "Data Sources and Notes."

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