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Table 1: Ranking the States by the Amount of Education Freedom
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State
|
EFI Score
|
EFI Rank
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Arizona
|
3.27
|
1
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Minnesota
|
2.99
|
2
|
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Wisconsin
|
2.74
|
3
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New Jersey
|
2.59
|
4
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Oregon
|
2.51
|
5
|
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Texas
|
2.49
|
6
|
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Delaware
|
2.43
|
7
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Colorado
|
2.42
|
8
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Maine
|
2.40
|
9
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Connecticut
|
2.35
|
10
|
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Michigan
|
2.34
|
11
|
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Idaho
|
2.31
|
12
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Nebraska
|
2.31
|
13
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Iowa
|
2.30
|
14
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South Dakota
|
2.27
|
15
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New Hampshire
|
2.27
|
16
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Arkansas
|
2.25
|
17
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Ohio
|
2.23
|
18
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Missouri
|
2.21
|
19
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Washington
|
2.20
|
20
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California
|
2.14
|
21
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Massachusetts
|
2.13
|
22
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New Mexico
|
2.11
|
23
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Illinois
|
2.03
|
24
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Indiana
|
2.03
|
25
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Louisiana
|
2.03
|
26
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New York
|
2.00
|
27
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Vermont
|
1.99
|
28
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Utah
|
1.97
|
29
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Kansas
|
1.93
|
30
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Oklahoma
|
1.93
|
31
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North Dakota
|
1.91
|
32
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Pennsylvania
|
1.87
|
33
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Mississippi
|
1.87
|
34
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Florida
|
1.85
|
35
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Tennessee
|
1.85
|
36
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Montana
|
1.82
|
37
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North Carolina
|
1.81
|
38
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Alabama
|
1.79
|
39
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Wyoming
|
1.76
|
40
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Georgia
|
1.69
|
41
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Alaska
|
1.65
|
42
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South Carolina
|
1.64
|
43
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Virginia
|
1.59
|
44
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Rhode Island
|
1.58
|
45
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Maryland
|
1.55
|
46
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Kentucky
|
1.49
|
47
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Nevada
|
1.44
|
48
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West Virginia
|
1.42
|
49
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Hawaii
|
0.61
|
50
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Table 2: Education Freedom in the States, Arranged Alphabetically
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State
|
EFI Score
|
EFI Rank
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Alabama
|
1.79
|
39
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Alaska
|
1.65
|
42
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Arizona
|
3.27
|
1
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Arkansas
|
2.25
|
17
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California
|
2.14
|
21
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Colorado
|
2.42
|
8
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Connecticut
|
2.35
|
10
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Delaware
|
2.43
|
7
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Florida
|
1.85
|
35
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Georgia
|
1.69
|
41
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Hawaii
|
0.61
|
50
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Idaho
|
2.31
|
12
|
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Illinois
|
2.03
|
24
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Indiana
|
2.03
|
25
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Iowa
|
2.30
|
14
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Kansas
|
1.93
|
30
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Kentucky
|
1.49
|
47
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Louisiana
|
2.03
|
26
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Maine
|
2.40
|
9
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Maryland
|
1.55
|
46
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Massachusetts
|
2.13
|
22
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Michigan
|
2.34
|
11
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Minnesota
|
2.99
|
2
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Mississippi
|
1.87
|
34
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Missouri
|
2.21
|
19
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Montana
|
1.82
|
37
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Nebraska
|
2.31
|
13
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Nevada
|
1.44
|
48
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New Hampshire
|
2.27
|
16
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New Jersey
|
2.59
|
4
|
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New Mexico
|
2.11
|
23
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New York
|
2.00
|
27
|
|
North Carolina
|
1.81
|
38
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North Dakota
|
1.91
|
32
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Ohio
|
2.23
|
18
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Oklahoma
|
1.93
|
31
|
|
Oregon
|
2.51
|
5
|
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Pennsylvania
|
1.87
|
33
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Rhode Island
|
1.58
|
45
|
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South Carolina
|
1.64
|
43
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South Dakota
|
2.27
|
15
|
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Tennessee
|
1.85
|
36
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Texas
|
2.49
|
6
|
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Utah
|
1.97
|
29
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|
Vermont
|
1.99
|
28
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Virginia
|
1.59
|
44
|
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Washington
|
2.20
|
20
|
|
West Virginia
|
1.42
|
49
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Wisconsin
|
2.74
|
3
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Wyoming
|
1.76
|
40
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