Wisconsin (WQOW) - Wisconsin ranks in the top 25% of the nation when it comes to the quality of public education.

The website 24/7 Wall St ranked the Badger State 11th in the nation in a new report.

In the study, Wisconsin was found to have a high school graduation rate of 88.6%. It also has education spending that amounts to $11,968 per student, and a preschool participation rate of 37.1%.



Wisconsin trails Minnesota and Nebraska among Midwest states.

The study examined measures such as high school graduation rates, preschool participation and per-pupil funding.

Rank State High School Graduation Rate Public School Spending per Pupil % of 3- and 4-year-olds in Preschool % of Adults With Bachelor's Degrees 1 Massachusetts 88.3% $16,197 58.4% 44.5% 2 New Jersey 90.5% $18,920 62.1% 40.8% 3 Connecticut 87.9% $19,322 61.7% 39.6% 4 New Hampshire 88.9% $15,683 57.6% 36.8% 5 Vermont 89.1% $18,290 61.7% 38.7% 6 Wyoming 86.2% $16,537 45% 26.9% 7 Minnesota 82.7% $12,647 49.6% 36.7% 8 Nebraska 89.1% $12,579 43.3% 32.4% 9 Pennsylvania 86.6% $15,798 46.9% 31.8% 10 Virginia 86.9% $11,886 48.1% 39.3% 11 Wisconsin 88.6% $11,968 37.1% 30% 12 Illinois 87% $15,337 54.2% 35.1% 13 Maryland 87.7% $14,848 47.6% 40.8% 14 Maine 86.9% $13,690 53.5% 31.5% 15 Iowa 91% $11,461 45.4% 29% 16 New York 81.8% $23,091 55% 37.2% 17 Colorado 79.1% $9,809 49.9% 41.7% 18 Indiana 83.8% $10,045 37.7% 27.1% 19 Ohio 84.2% $12,645 43.6% 29.0% 20 Montana 85.8% $11,443 41.4% 31.7% 21 Delaware 86.9% $15,302 48.7% 31.3% 22 Utah 86% $7,179 38% 34.9% 23 Florida 82.3% $9,075 49.9% 30.4% 24 Washington 79.4% $11,989 45% 36.7% 25 North Carolina 86.6% $9,072 43.8% 31.9% 26 Missouri 88.3% $10,589 47% 29.5% 27 South Dakota 83.7% $9,939 37.8% 29.2% 28 Rhode Island 84.1% $15,943 33.9% 34.4% 29 Kentucky 89.7% $10,121 42.7% 24.8% 30 Kansas 86.5% $10,961 45.8% 33.8% 31 North Dakota 87.2% $13,760 38.5% 29.7% 32 Tennessee 89.8% $9,184 35.3% 27.5% 33 Idaho 79.7% $7,486 36% 27.7% 34 Arkansas 88.0% $9,967 45.4% 23.3% 35 California 82.7% $12,143 45.6% 34.2% 36 Texas 89.7% $9,375 38.7% 30.3% 37 Georgia 80.6% $10,205 46.1% 31.9% 38 Michigan 80.2% $11,907 43.5% 29.6% 39 Oregon 76.7% $11,264 45.2% 34% 40 Mississippi 83% $8,771 45.1% 23.2% 41 South Carolina 83.6% $10,590 39.1% 28.3% 42 Hawaii 82.7% $14,322 44.2% 33.5% 43 Alaska 78.2% $17,838 44.3% 30.2% 44 Oklahoma 82.6% $7,940 41.4% 25.6% 45 Arizona 78% $8,003 35.1% 29.7% 46 Alabama 89.3% $9,511 40.9% 25.5% 47 West Virginia 89.4% $11,554 34.6% 21.3% 48 Nevada 80.9% $9,320 35.1% 24.9% 49 Louisiana 78.1% $11,199 48.3% 24.3% 50 New Mexico 71.1% $9,881 40.4% 27.7%

Source: 24/7 Wall St.