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There is a correlation between a country's educational system quality and its economic status, with developed nations offering higher quality education. The U.S., despite ranking high in educational system surveys, falls behind in math and science scores compared to many other countries.
The U.S. News Best High Schools rankings include data on nearly 25,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Our initial analysis of recent data on world education rankings reveals several trends: Nordic countries, including Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, consistently score high on the education index, and are considered to have some of the best education systems in the world.
- Comparing Test Scores
- Economic Impact of Education
- Impact on U.S. Competitiveness
The Program for International Student Assessment is administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and it tests 15-year-old students around the world. The U.S. placed 16th out of 81 countries in science when the test was last administered in 2022. It did much worse in math, ranking 34th. The U.S. scored 465 in math...
These relatively low scores mean that U.S. students may not be as prepared to take high-paying computer and engineering jobs, which often go to foreign workers. Silicon Valley is America's high-tech innovation center but one reason for its success is the cultural diversity of its foreign-born software engineers. Eric A. Hanushek, an economist from ...
The International Institute for Management Development's World Competitiveness Center reports that the U.S. ranked 12th in its 2024 Competitiveness Report—continuing a downward trend after the U.S. fell to the third spot in 2019 despite ranking first in 2018. The tumble to 12th place represents the lowest the U.S. has ever been in the annual rankin...
- Kimberly Amadeo
Each year's rankings consist of cumulative data from that year's college graduating class, plus the totals from the previous two years. With over 19,000 records, PolarisList is the largest aggregator of Harvard, Princeton, and MIT matriculation data for US high schools.
The U.S. News rankings include data on nearly 25,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to traditional high schools, the rankings encompass...
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