The best public-school district in every state
- School-ranking website Niche rated the best public school districts in every US state.
- To determine the best school districts in each state, Niche gave a letter grade to factors like academics, teachers, health and safety, and diversity.
- The best school district in America was Jericho Union Free School District in Jericho, New York.
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There are 10,758 public school districts in the United States, making up 18,841 high schools, 23,783 middle schools, and 50,486 elementary schools.
School-ranking website Niche based its rankings on several factors, among them academics, teachers, health and safety, and diversity. Jericho Union Free School District in Jericho, New York, topped the list, making it the best school district in America.
While most states have a network of school districts for their residents, Hawaii is the only one to have a single district, the Hawaii Department of Education, for its 181,122 students and 348 schools.
Here are the best school districts in every US state.
Alabama: Mountain Brook City Schools
No. of students: 4,343
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: D+
Teachers: A+
Alaska: Haines Borough School District
No. of students: 266
Academics: A-
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B+
Teachers: A+
Arizona: Catalina Foothills Unified School District in Tucson
No. of students: 5,042
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A
Diversity: B+
Teachers: A-
Arkansas: Fayetteville School District
No. of schools: 14
No. of students: 9,864
Academics: A
Health & safety: B+
Diversity: A
Teachers: A+
California: Palo Alto Unified School District
No. of schools: 18
No. of students: 12,259
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A-
Diversity: A-
Teachers: A+
Colorado: Aspen School District No. 1
No. of students: 1,698
Academics: A
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: C+
Teachers: A+
Connecticut: New Canaan School District
No. of students: 4,241
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: C
Teachers: A+
Delaware: Appoquinimink School District in Odessa
No. of schools: 16
No. of students: 10,644
Academics: B+
Health & safety: A-
Diversity: A-
Teachers: B
Florida: St. Johns County School District in St. Augustine
No. of schools: 48
No. of students: 38,550
Academics: A
Health & safety: B
Diversity: B-
Teachers: B
Georgia: Buford City Schools
No. of students: 4,597
Academics: A-
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: A
Teachers: A+
Hawaii: Hawaii Department of Education
No. of schools: 348
No. of students: 181,122
Academics: C
Health & safety: C
Diversity: A+
Teachers: C-
Idaho: Boise Independent School District
No. of schools: 48
No. of students: 26,263
Academics: B+
Health & safety: B+
Diversity: A-
Teachers: A+
Illinois: Community High School District No. 128 in Vernon Hills
No. of students: 3,347
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B-
Teachers: A+
Indiana: West Lafayette Community School Corporation
No. of students: 2,246
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: A-
Teachers: A+
Iowa: Ames Community School District
No. of students: 4,391
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A
Diversity: A-
Teachers: A
Kansas: Blue Valley Unified School District in Overland Park
No. of schools: 34
No. of students: 22,676
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B-
Teachers: A+
Kentucky: Fort Thomas Independent Schools
No. of students: 3,104
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: C-
Teachers: A+
Louisiana: St. Charles Parish Public Schools in Luling
No. of schools: 15
No. of students: 9,319
Academics: A
Health & safety: A-
Diversity: A
Teachers: A
Maine: Yarmouth Schools
No. of students: 1,554
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: C-
Teachers: A+
Maryland: Howard County Public Schools in Ellicott City
No. of schools: 77
No. of students: 55,626
Academics: A
Health & safety: A-
Diversity: A
Teachers: A-
Massachusetts: Newton Public Schools in Newtonville
No. of schools: 22
No. of students: 12,902
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A
Diversity: B
Teachers: A+
Michigan: Bloomfield Hills Schools
No. of students: 5,527
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B+
Teachers: A+
Minnesota: Wayzata Public School District
No. of schools: 13
No. of students: 11,370
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B
Teachers: A+
Mississippi: Oxford School District in Oxford
No. of students: 4,235
Academics: B+
Health & safety: A
Diversity: A
Teachers: A-
Missouri: School District of Clayton
No. of students: 2,254
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A
Diversity: B
Teachers: A+
Montana: Ryegate Public Schools
No. of students: 57
Academics: A-
Health & safety: A
Diversity: B-
Teachers: A+
Nebraska: Elkhorn Public Schools
No. of schools: 20
No. of students: 8,685
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: C-
Teachers: A+
Nevada: Storey County School District in Virginia City
No. of students: 425
Academics: B
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B-
Teachers: A-
New Hampshire: SAU 70 in Hanover
No. of students: 900
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A
Diversity: C-
Teachers: A+
New Jersey: Millburn Township School District
No. of students: 4,860
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B
Teachers: A+
New Mexico: Los Alamos Public Schools
No. of students: 3,662
Academics: A
Health & safety: A
Diversity: B+
Teachers: A-
New York: Jericho Union Free School District
No. of students: 3,021
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B+
Teachers: A+
North Carolina: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
No. of schools: 19
No. of students: 12,115
Academics: A+
Health & safety: B+
Diversity: A
Teachers: A
North Dakota: St. Thomas School District No. 43
No. of students: 55
Academics: A
Health & safety: A
Diversity: B+
Teachers: A
Ohio: Solon City School District
No. of students: 4,589
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: A-
Teachers: A+
Oklahoma: Edmond Public Schools
No. of schools: 28
No. of students: 24,380
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A
Diversity: A-
Teachers: A+
Oregon: Lake Oswego School District
No. of schools: 10
No. of students: 7,096
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A-
Diversity: C+
Teachers: A+
Pennsylvania: Tredyffrin-Easttown School District in Wayne
No. of students: 6,749
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B-
Teachers: A+
Rhode Island: Barrington Public Schools
No. of students: 3,355
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A
Diversity: C-
Teachers: A
South Carolina: Fort Mill School District
No. of schools: 15
No. of students: 14,024
Academics: A
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B
Teachers: A
South Dakota: Brandon Valley School District
No. of students: 3,960
Academics: A-
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: C
Teachers: A+
Tennessee: Oak Ridge School District
No. of students: 4,401
Academics: A
Health & safety: A-
Diversity: A
Teachers: A
Texas: Eanes Independent School District in Austin
No. of students: 8,134
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: B-
Teachers: A+
Utah: Park City School District
No. of schools: 11
No. of students: 5,076
Academics: A
Health & safety: A-
Diversity: B-
Teachers: A+
Vermont: Champlain Valley School District in Shelburne
No. of students: 4,303
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: N/A
Teachers: A-
Virginia: Arlington Public Schools
No. of schools: 31
No. of students: 26,176
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: A
Teachers: A+
Washington: Bellevue School District
No. of schools: 31
No. of students: 20,443
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A-
Diversity: A-
Teachers: A
West Virginia: Ohio County Schools in Wheeling
No. of schools: 14
No. of students: 5,367
Academics: A-
Health & safety: B
Diversity: B
Teachers: A
Wisconsin: School District of Whitefish Bay
No. of students: 3,035
Academics: A+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: C+
Teachers: A+
Wyoming: Lincoln County School District No. 2 in Afton
No. of students: 2,871
Academics: B+
Health & safety: A+
Diversity: C+
Teachers: A+