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District rankings · Achievement

The highest-performing school districts

5,554 districts

US public school districts ranked by enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency across the district. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 48.2%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% Proficient
1Chagrin Falls Exempted VillageOH41,66595.7%
2Solon CityOH74,59494.4%
3Denver Comm School DistrictIA41,00793.2%
4Monmouth County Vocational School DistrictNJ81,63593.2%
5Mariemont CityOH41,55693.1%
6Rocky River CityOH52,60692.8%
7Gilbert Comm School DistrictIA41,68292.3%
8West Geauga LocalOH41,96992.3%
9Bergen County Vocational Technical School DistrictNJ62,73592.1%
10Hudson CityOH54,46891.3%
11BYRAM HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,33691.1%
12Treynor Comm School DistrictIA381790.9%
13Bay Village CityOH52,33190.8%
14Madeira CityOH41,78690.1%
15BRIARCLIFF MANOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,33589.8%
16Van Meter Comm School DistrictIA31,14689.7%
17Highland LocalOH53,33689.6%
18JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY53,23189.5%
19Falls Church City Public SchoolsVA52,67189.3%
20Brecksville-Broadview Heights CityOH33,68689.2%
21BRONXVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,58489.0%
22HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,59889.0%
23Pleasant Valley Comm School DistrictIA85,69689.0%
24Revere LocalOH42,89888.8%
25Wyoming CityOH51,88288.6%
26Anthony Wayne LocalOH64,13588.2%
27GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY106,79888.2%
28Granville Exempted VillageOH42,51788.2%
29Aurora CityOH53,04988.0%
30Sycamore Community CityOH76,05187.9%
31Canfield LocalOH42,45387.8%
32Kenston LocalOH42,91287.7%
33St Ansgar Comm School DistrictIA364387.7%
34Orange CityOH42,02987.6%
35NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,54487.5%
36Saratoga Union ElementaryCA41,65187.5%
37COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,53187.4%
38Wise County Public SchoolsVA115,77987.3%
39San Marino UnifiedCA43,08387.0%
40Independence LocalOH31,04486.9%
41GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY73,93286.8%
42South Range LocalOH31,22286.8%
43Upper Arlington CityOH106,66986.8%
44New Albany-Plain LocalOH54,99186.7%
45Perrysburg Exempted VillageOH85,58486.7%
46Peters Township SDPA54,01186.7%
47Roland-Story Comm School DistrictIA31,09486.7%
48Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School DistrictIA52,27886.6%
49RYE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,79286.6%
50Olentangy LocalOH2924,13386.5%

By state

36 states
Alaska 10Alabama 127Arkansas 138California 534Colorado 70Florida 63Georgia 160Iowa 169Illinois 327Indiana 147Kansas 124Kentucky 139Louisiana 54Maryland 24Michigan 121Minnesota 163Missouri 225Mississippi 126North Carolina 112Nebraska 22New Hampshire 54New Jersey 243New Mexico 23Nevada 8New York 437Ohio 223Oklahoma 17Oregon 89Pennsylvania 356South Dakota 23Texas 667Utah 41Virginia 117Washington 128Wisconsin 243Wyoming 30

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