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Texas is the 7th best state for Racial Equality in education

Reprinted with permission from WalletHub

It’s been decades since the landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education declared school segregation unconstitutional in 1954, though it took years for schools to actually adopt that ruling. Now, no one can be denied enrollment in a school due to the color of their skin, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that educational conditions are equal for all students.

A recent study found that school districts that have a high concentration of white students receive $23 billion more per year in funding than those that have a high concentration of non-white students. Lower funding can lead to lower quality education, which can affect not only a person’s income trajectory but also their career trajectory for the rest of their life.

In order to determine which states have the most racial equality in education, WalletHub compared the 50 states across six key metrics. Our data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as high school and college degrees, test scores and graduation rates.

Source: WalletHub

 

State Education Systems with the Most Racial Equality

 
Overall Rank* State Total Score
1 Wyoming 86.46
2 West Virginia 76.77
3 New Mexico 70.85
4 Idaho 65.68
5 Montana 64.87
6 Oklahoma 60.07
7 Texas 60.05
8 Arizona 59.34
9 Kentucky 58.56
10 Tennessee 57.33
11 Hawaii 55.09
12 Delaware 54.80
13 Arkansas 54.58
14 Maine 53.86
15 New Hampshire 53.10
16 Georgia 52.96
17 North Dakota 52.64
18 Vermont 52.53
19 Alabama 51.55
20 Mississippi 50.46
21 Nevada 49.78
22 Alaska 49.37
23 Washington 47.77
24 Oregon 46.84
25 North Carolina 46.05
26 Indiana 45.90
27 Rhode Island 45.42
28 Florida 43.39
29 Missouri 42.92
30 California 42.50
31 South Dakota 41.14
32 Kansas 40.97
33 Maryland 40.10
34 Louisiana 40.05
35 Virginia 37.41
36 Michigan 36.10
37 Colorado 36.09
38 Ohio 35.89
39 Utah 34.86
40 Nebraska 34.71
41 New Jersey 33.02
42 Illinois 32.53
43 Iowa 31.51
44 Pennsylvania 31.01
45 South Carolina 30.82
46 Massachusetts 29.95
47 New York 26.16
48 Connecticut 24.13
49 Minnesota 20.18
50 Wisconsin 12.06

*No. 1 = Most Equality

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