Appendix A: Illinois spends more on education to get worse results

Average per pupil spending, NAEP 8th grade math and reading scores, and high school graduation rates in U.S states, 2003-2019

State	NAEP math avg.	Math rank	NAEP reading avg.	Reading rank	Per pupil $	Spending rank	H.S. grad Rate	Grad rank
New York	281	29	264	29	$18,757	1	79	38
New Jersey	290	3	272	3	$16,727	2	88	6
Connecticut	285	18	271	5	$15,658	3	86	13
Vermont	290	5	272	2	$15,494	4	87	9
Alaska	280	31	258	42	$15,464	5	74	47
Wyoming	257	50	268	9	$14,213	6	80	35
Massachusetts	296	1	275	1	$13,998	7	86	14
Rhode Island	278	36	263	32	$13,615	8	81	32
Pennsylvania	285	16	268	9	$13,142	9	85	20
Delaware	281	30	264	29	$13,034	10	84	24
Maryland	283	25	267	20	$12,880	11	86	16
New Hampshire	290	4	272	4	$12,840	12	88	8
Maine	285	17	269	8	$12,074	13	86	14
Hawaii	274	42	255	46	$11,947	14	82	30
Illinois	281	27	266	27	$11,875	15	85	21
North Dakota	289	6	268	13	$11,008	16	87	10
Wisconsin	287	8	267	17	$10,946	17	88	5
Ohio	286	14	268	13	$10,930	18	82	31
Minnesota	293	2	269	7	$10,770	19	81	34
Michigan	278	33	263	31	$10,680	20	78	41
Nebraska	285	19	267	15	$10,574	21	89	2
West Virginia	271	45	257	43	$10,566	22	85	23
Virginia	287	10	267	18	$10,539	23	85	19
Montana	288	7	270	6	$10,082	24	85	22
Louisiana	270	46	255	48	$9,996	25	76	45
California	273	44	256	45	$9,872	26	81	33
Iowa	285	19	267	20	$9,825	27	90	1
Washington	287	11	267	15	$9,805	28	79	39
Oregon	283	26	265	28	$9,724	29	73	48
Kansas	286	12	266	22	$9,575	30	86	18
Indiana	285	15	266	24	$9,366	31	87	11
Missouri	281	28	266	26	$9,335	32	87	12
Georgia	277	38	261	35	$9,309	33	75	46
South Carolina	279	32	259	40	$9,186	34	79	36
Kentucky	278	34	266	24	$8,962	35	88	4
New Mexico	269	47	253	49	$8,910	36	70	50
Arkansas	274	41	259	39	$8,886	37	86	17
Colorado	286	13	268	12	$8,829	38	77	43
Alabama	267	49	255	47	$8,572	39	84	25
South Dakota	287	8	268	9	$8,522	40	83	27
Florida	277	37	262	33	$8,445	41	78	42
Texas	284	22	260	38	$8,408	42	89	3
North Carolina	283	23	262	34	$8,233	43	84	26
Nevada	274	43	256	44	$8,170	44	72	49
Tennessee	275	39	261	36	$8,045	45	88	7
Mississippi	268	48	253	50	$7,885	46	78	40
Oklahoma	275	40	261	37	$7,589	47	83	29
Arizona	278	35	259	41	$7,343	48	77	44
Idaho	284	21	267	18	$6,868	49	79	37
Utah	283	23	266	23	$6,250	50	83	28
National average	281		264		$10,808		82