California's mean scaled MBE score was 142.4 this July, 2.5 points higher than the nationwide average of 139.9. In fact, it's even 0.9 points higher than last year's nationwide average.

The performance of California bar takers is even more impressive given that over 8000 people typically take the July bar among the 50,000 or so nationwide MBE bar exam test-takers. Despite representing over 15% of MBE test-takers, California significantly outperforms the national average.

Pennsylvania (142.2) and Tennessee (139.8) posted lower mean scaled MBE scores. But their pass rates are dramatically higher than California's--71.2% and 64.5%, compared to California's 46.6% in July 2015.

Connecticut and Georgia also disclose the mean scaled MBE scores on a school-by-school basis. I plotted those schools with the California, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee overall results to illustrate how dramatic an outlier California is.