According to The Associated Press, Missouri’s public schools are 41st in the country in Education Week’s annual rankings.
The publication released its 2013 “Quality Counts” rankings Thursday. Missouri’s overall grade was a C, up slightly from last year’s grade of C minus.
The report examines a number of factors, including elementary reading scores, high school graduation rates, college completion rates and per-student education spending.
Maryland received the highest score in the survey, followed by Massachusetts, New York and Virginia.
Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.