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Table 5: Ranking the States by Availability of Public School Choice
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State
|
Public Choice Score
|
Public Choice Rank
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Nebraska
|
4.96
|
1
|
|
Oklahoma
|
4.95
|
2
|
|
Iowa
|
4.95
|
3
|
|
Michigan
|
4.95
|
4
|
|
Arkansas
|
4.94
|
5
|
|
Connecticut
|
4.94
|
6
|
|
Wisconsin
|
4.94
|
7
|
|
North Dakota
|
4.93
|
8
|
|
Minnesota
|
4.93
|
9
|
|
Washington
|
4.91
|
10
|
|
Arizona
|
4.91
|
11
|
|
South Dakota
|
4.90
|
12
|
|
Delaware
|
4.90
|
13
|
|
Tennessee
|
4.86
|
14
|
|
Colorado
|
4.84
|
15
|
|
Idaho
|
4.84
|
16
|
|
New Hampshire
|
4.57
|
17
|
|
Maine
|
4.57
|
18
|
|
New Jersey
|
4.57
|
19
|
|
Massachusetts
|
4.56
|
20
|
|
Missouri
|
4.55
|
21
|
|
Ohio
|
4.55
|
22
|
|
New York
|
4.53
|
23
|
|
Indiana
|
4.53
|
24
|
|
Texas
|
4.50
|
25
|
|
California
|
4.49
|
26
|
|
Utah
|
4.48
|
27
|
|
West Virginia
|
4.45
|
28
|
|
Louisiana
|
4.36
|
29
|
|
New Mexico
|
4.31
|
30
|
|
Wyoming
|
4.22
|
31
|
|
Vermont
|
4.19
|
32
|
|
Illinois
|
4.16
|
33
|
|
Montana
|
4.14
|
34
|
|
Rhode Island
|
4.14
|
35
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
4.14
|
36
|
|
Kansas
|
4.13
|
37
|
|
Kentucky
|
4.12
|
38
|
|
Mississippi
|
4.11
|
39
|
|
Oregon
|
4.08
|
40
|
|
Alabama
|
4.06
|
41
|
|
South Carolina
|
4.05
|
42
|
|
Georgia
|
4.04
|
43
|
|
Virginia
|
4.04
|
44
|
|
Florida
|
4.01
|
45
|
|
North Carolina
|
4.00
|
46
|
|
Maryland
|
3.68
|
47
|
|
Nevada
|
2.84
|
48
|
|
Alaska
|
2.30
|
49
|
|
Hawaii
|
0.75
|
50
|
|
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Table 5A: Public School Choice in the States, Arranged Alphabetically
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|
State
|
Public Choice Score
|
Public Choice Rank
|
|
Alabama
|
4.06
|
41
|
|
Alaska
|
2.30
|
49
|
|
Arizona
|
4.91
|
11
|
|
Arkansas
|
4.94
|
5
|
|
California
|
4.49
|
26
|
|
Colorado
|
4.84
|
15
|
|
Connecticut
|
4.94
|
6
|
|
Delaware
|
4.90
|
13
|
|
Florida
|
4.01
|
45
|
|
Georgia
|
4.04
|
43
|
|
Hawaii
|
0.75
|
50
|
|
Idaho
|
4.84
|
16
|
|
Illinois
|
4.16
|
33
|
|
Indiana
|
4.53
|
24
|
|
Iowa
|
4.95
|
3
|
|
Kansas
|
4.13
|
37
|
|
Kentucky
|
4.12
|
38
|
|
Louisiana
|
4.36
|
29
|
|
Maine
|
4.57
|
18
|
|
Maryland
|
3.68
|
47
|
|
Massachusetts
|
4.56
|
20
|
|
Michigan
|
4.95
|
4
|
|
Minnesota
|
4.93
|
9
|
|
Mississippi
|
4.11
|
39
|
|
Missouri
|
4.55
|
21
|
|
Montana
|
4.14
|
34
|
|
Nebraska
|
4.96
|
1
|
|
Nevada
|
2.84
|
48
|
|
New Hampshire
|
4.57
|
17
|
|
New Jersey
|
4.57
|
19
|
|
New Mexico
|
4.31
|
30
|
|
New York
|
4.53
|
23
|
|
North Carolina
|
4.00
|
46
|
|
North Dakota
|
4.93
|
8
|
|
Ohio
|
4.55
|
22
|
|
Oklahoma
|
4.95
|
2
|
|
Oregon
|
4.08
|
40
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
4.14
|
36
|
|
Rhode Island
|
4.14
|
35
|
|
South Carolina
|
4.05
|
42
|
|
South Dakota
|
4.90
|
12
|
|
Tennessee
|
4.86
|
14
|
|
Texas
|
4.50
|
25
|
|
Utah
|
4.48
|
27
|
|
Vermont
|
4.19
|
32
|
|
Virginia
|
4.04
|
44
|
|
Washington
|
4.91
|
10
|
|
West Virginia
|
4.45
|
28
|
|
Wisconsin
|
4.94
|
7
|
|
Wyoming
|
4.22
|
31
|
|