New survey gives Arizona poor grades for schools

Arizona once again ranks near the bottom in a national review of state’s public education systems.

This time, the personal finance website wallethub.com ranked Arizona 48th.

To determine the best and worst public-school systems, WalletHub evaluated all 50 states and the District of Columbia across two broad categories: quality and safety.

These categories were assessed using 32 weighted metrics, such as test scores, dropout rates, pupil-teacher ratios, and school safety indicators. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with higher scores reflecting stronger performance.

Rankings were calculated by taking a weighted average of each state’s performance across all metrics. The resulting scores were then used to rank the states and D.C. from “best” to “worst.”

WalletHub based its