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Table 1: Ranking the States by the Amount of Education Freedom
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State
|
EFI 2001 Score
|
EFI 2001 Rank
|
EFI 2000 Rank
|
Change in Rank
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Arizona
|
2.94
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
New Jersey
|
2.43
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
|
Delaware
|
2.40
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
|
Florida
|
2.39
|
4
|
35
|
31
|
|
Minnesota
|
2.37
|
5
|
2
|
-3
|
|
Wisconsin
|
2.36
|
6
|
3
|
-3
|
|
Texas
|
2.32
|
7
|
6
|
-1
|
|
Missouri
|
2.26
|
8
|
19
|
11
|
|
Michigan
|
2.26
|
9
|
11
|
2
|
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Oklahoma
|
2.23
|
10
|
31
|
21
|
|
Idaho
|
2.20
|
11
|
12
|
1
|
|
Colorado
|
2.16
|
12
|
8
|
-4
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Indiana
|
2.15
|
13
|
25
|
12
|
|
California
|
2.11
|
14
|
21
|
7
|
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Maine
|
2.09
|
15
|
9
|
-6
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Oregon
|
2.06
|
16
|
5
|
-11
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New Hampshire
|
2.04
|
17
|
16
|
-1
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Nebraska
|
2.02
|
18
|
13
|
-5
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|
New Mexico
|
2.02
|
19
|
23
|
4
|
|
Kansas
|
1.96
|
20
|
30
|
10
|
|
Illinois
|
1.94
|
21
|
24
|
3
|
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Pennsylvania
|
1.86
|
22
|
33
|
11
|
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Louisiana
|
1.84
|
23
|
26
|
3
|
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Connecticut
|
1.84
|
24
|
10
|
-14
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Vermont
|
1.83
|
25
|
28
|
3
|
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Ohio
|
1.82
|
26
|
18
|
-8
|
|
North Carolina
|
1.80
|
27
|
38
|
11
|
|
Washington
|
1.79
|
28
|
20
|
-8
|
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Montana
|
1.79
|
29
|
37
|
8
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Wyoming
|
1.79
|
30
|
40
|
10
|
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South Dakota
|
1.78
|
31
|
15
|
-16
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Arkansas
|
1.76
|
32
|
17
|
-15
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Iowa
|
1.76
|
33
|
14
|
-19
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New York
|
1.75
|
34
|
27
|
-7
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Georgia
|
1.68
|
35
|
41
|
6
|
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Massachusetts
|
1.66
|
36
|
22
|
-14
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Mississippi
|
1.64
|
37
|
34
|
-3
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Alaska
|
1.62
|
38
|
42
|
4
|
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South Carolina
|
1.59
|
39
|
43
|
4
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Tennessee
|
1.53
|
40
|
36
|
-4
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Alabama
|
1.50
|
41
|
39
|
-2
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Virginia
|
1.47
|
42
|
44
|
2
|
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Kentucky
|
1.44
|
43
|
47
|
4
|
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North Dakota
|
1.43
|
44
|
32
|
-12
|
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Nevada
|
1.40
|
45
|
48
|
3
|
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Maryland
|
1.37
|
46
|
46
|
0
|
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West Virginia
|
1.36
|
47
|
49
|
2
|
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Rhode Island
|
1.35
|
48
|
45
|
-3
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Utah
|
1.34
|
49
|
29
|
-20
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Hawaii
|
0.88
|
50
|
50
|
0
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Table 1A: Education Freedom in the States, Arranged Alphabetically
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State
|
EFI 2001 Score
|
EFI 2001 Rank
|
EFI 2000 Rank
|
Change in Rank
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Alabama
|
1.50
|
41
|
39
|
-2
|
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Alaska
|
1.62
|
38
|
42
|
4
|
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Arizona
|
2.94
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
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Arkansas
|
1.76
|
32
|
17
|
-15
|
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California
|
2.11
|
14
|
21
|
7
|
|
Colorado
|
2.16
|
12
|
8
|
-4
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Connecticut
|
1.84
|
24
|
10
|
-14
|
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Delaware
|
2.40
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
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Florida
|
2.39
|
4
|
35
|
31
|
|
Georgia
|
1.68
|
35
|
41
|
6
|
|
Hawaii
|
0.88
|
50
|
50
|
0
|
|
Idaho
|
2.20
|
11
|
12
|
1
|
|
Illinois
|
1.94
|
21
|
24
|
3
|
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Indiana
|
2.15
|
13
|
25
|
12
|
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Iowa
|
1.76
|
33
|
14
|
-19
|
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Kansas
|
1.96
|
20
|
30
|
10
|
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Kentucky
|
1.44
|
43
|
47
|
4
|
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Louisiana
|
1.84
|
23
|
26
|
3
|
|
Maine
|
2.09
|
15
|
9
|
-6
|
|
Maryland
|
1.37
|
46
|
46
|
0
|
|
Massachusetts
|
1.66
|
36
|
22
|
-14
|
|
Michigan
|
2.26
|
9
|
11
|
2
|
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Minnesota
|
2.37
|
5
|
2
|
-3
|
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Mississippi
|
1.64
|
37
|
34
|
-3
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Missouri
|
2.26
|
8
|
19
|
11
|
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Montana
|
1.79
|
29
|
37
|
8
|
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Nebraska
|
2.02
|
18
|
13
|
-5
|
|
Nevada
|
1.40
|
45
|
48
|
3
|
|
New Hampshire
|
2.04
|
17
|
16
|
-1
|
|
New Jersey
|
2.43
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
|
New Mexico
|
2.02
|
19
|
23
|
4
|
|
New York
|
1.75
|
34
|
27
|
-7
|
|
North Carolina
|
1.80
|
27
|
38
|
11
|
|
North Dakota
|
1.43
|
44
|
32
|
-12
|
|
Ohio
|
1.82
|
26
|
18
|
-8
|
|
Oklahoma
|
2.23
|
10
|
31
|
21
|
|
Oregon
|
2.06
|
16
|
5
|
-11
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1.86
|
22
|
33
|
11
|
|
Rhode Island
|
1.35
|
48
|
45
|
-3
|
|
South Carolina
|
1.59
|
39
|
43
|
4
|
|
South Dakota
|
1.78
|
31
|
15
|
-16
|
|
Tennessee
|
1.53
|
40
|
36
|
-4
|
|
Texas
|
2.32
|
7
|
6
|
-1
|
|
Utah
|
1.34
|
49
|
29
|
-20
|
|
Vermont
|
1.83
|
25
|
28
|
3
|
|
Virginia
|
1.47
|
42
|
44
|
2
|
|
Washington
|
1.79
|
28
|
20
|
-8
|
|
West Virginia
|
1.36
|
47
|
49
|
2
|
|
Wisconsin
|
2.36
|
6
|
3
|
-3
|
|
Wyoming
|
1.79
|
30
|
40
|
10
|
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