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2006-2007 Smartest State Award ALPHA ORDER RANK ORDER RANK STATE SMART RATING 2005-2006 RANKCHANGE RANK STATE SMART RATING2005-2006 RANK CHANGE 45 Alabama -11.00 43 -2 1 Vermont 18.57 1 0 46 Alaska -11.91 44 -2 2 Massachusetts 16.09 3 1 50 Arizona -17.61 50 0 3 Connecticut 14.46 2 -1 32 Arkansas -3.44 37 5 4 New Jersey 14.35 4 0 47 California -13.10 46 -1 5 Maine 10.79 5 0 27 Colorado -1.32 23 -4 6 Virginia 10.07 7 1 3 Connecticut 14.46 2 -1 7 Montana 9.55 9 2 28 Delaware -2.47 25 -3 8 Wisconsin 9.04 8 0 29 Florida -2.90 36 7 9 Iowa 8.82 14 5 41 Georgia -6.92 40 -1 10 Pennsylvania 8.69 11 1 42 Hawaii -9.31 42 0 11 Nebraska 6.40 12 1 20 Idaho 1.29 28 8 12 New Hampshire 5.90 15 3 35 Illinois -4.32 32 -3 13 Minnesota 5.33 6 -7 24 Indiana 0.06 26 2 14 Rhode Island 4.31 16 2 9 Iowa 8.82 14 5 15 Kansas 4.27 13 -2 15 Kansas 4.27 13 -2 16 New York 3.66 10 -6 31 Kentucky -3.24 35 4 17 South Dakota 3.25 18 1 44 Louisiana -10.95 45 1 18 Maryland 2.27 19 1 5 Maine 10.79 5 0 19 Wyoming 1.35 17 -2 18 Maryland 2.27 19 1 20 Idaho 1.29 28 8 2 Massachusetts 16.09 3 1 21 North Dakota 0.95 20 -1 39 Michigan -6.43 27 -12 22 Missouri 0.94 21 -1 13 Minnesota 5.33 6 -7 23 North Carolina 0.84 22 -1 48 Mississippi -14.78 49 1 24 Indiana 0.06 26 2 22 Missouri 0.94 21 -1 25 Texas -0.11 24 -1 7 Montana 9.55 9 2 26 South Carolina -1.19 29 3 11 Nebraska 6.40 12 1 27 Colorado -1.32 23 -4 49 Nevada -15.81 47 -2 28 Delaware -2.47 25 -3 12 New Hampshire 5.90 15 3 29 Florida -2.90 36 7 4 New Jersey 14.35 4 0 30 Tennessee -3.01 41 11 43 New Mexico -10.60 48 5 31 Kentucky -3.24 35 4 16 New York 3.66 10 -6 32 Arkansas -3.44 37 5 23 North Carolina 0.84 22 -1 33 Washington -3.85 30 -3 21 North Dakota 0.95 20 -1 34 Ohio -4.00 31 -3 34 Ohio -4.00 31 -3 35 Illinois -4.32 32 -3 36 Oklahoma -5.81 39 3 36 Oklahoma -5.81 39 3 40 Oregon -6.87 38 -2 37 West Virginia -5.82 34 -3 10 Pennsylvania 8.69 11 1 38 Utah -6.30 33 -5 14 Rhode Island 4.31 16 2 39 Michigan -6.43 27 -12 26 South Carolina -1.19 29 3 40 Oregon -6.87 38 -2 17 South Dakota 3.25 18 1 41 Georgia -6.92 40 -1 30 Tennessee -3.01 41 11 42 Hawaii -9.31 42 0 25 Texas -0.11 24 -1 43 New Mexico -10.60 48 5 38 Utah -6.30 33 -5 44 Louisiana -10.95 45 1 1 Vermont 18.57 1 0 45 Alabama -11.00 43 -2 6 Virginia 10.07 7 1 46 Alaska -11.91 44 -2 33 Washington -3.85 30 -3 47 California -13.10 46 -1 37 West Virginia -5.82 34 -3 48 Mississippi -14.78 49 1 8 Wisconsin 9.04 8 0 49 Nevada -15.81 47 -2 19 Wyoming 1.35 17 -2 50 Arizona -17.61 50 0 METHODOLOGY--This fifth Smartest State designation is awarded based on 21 factors chosen from Morgan Quitno's annual reference book, Education State Rankings, 2006-2007. To calculate the Smartest State rankings, the 21 factors were divided into two groups: those that are "negative" for which a high ranking would be considered bad for a state, and those that are "positive" for which a high ranking would be considered good. Rates for each of the 21 factors were processed through a formula that measures how a state compares to the national average for a given category. The positive and negative nature of each factor was taken into account as part of the formula. Once these computations were made, the factors then were assigned equal weights. These scores then were added together to determine a state's final score ("SUM" on the table above.) This way, states are assessed based on how they stack up against the national average. The end result is that the farther below the national average a state's education ranking is, the lower (and less smart) it ranks. The farther above the national average, the higher (and smarter) a state ranks. This same methodology is used for our annual Healthiest State, Safest and Most Dangerous State and Safest/Dangerous City Awards. The table above shows how each state scored in Morgan Quitno's fifth annual Smartest State Award.

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Ranking vary from year to year, but Florida ranked 5th in 2011 and 11th in 2012.

Florida has ranked in the top 15 for the last four years.

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36th.

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