{image1} We Wisconsinites have always known we're a smart bunch, and a recent list compiled by Morgan Quinto Press reaffirms it. The Education State Rankings graded Wisconsin as the fifth smartest state in the union, based on a number of public school factors.
In the rankings, they included per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency and pupil-teacher ratios. High school drop out rates and physical violence counted against a state's intelligence score.
And yes, Packers fans, this survey shows that we're the smartest team in the NFC North, though surprisingly, Vikings fans rate a close No. 7. Bears fans come in it No. 24. Lions fans bring up the rear at No. 31.
Here's the whole list:
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- Vermont
- New Jersey
- Wisconsin
- New York
- Minnesota
- Iowa
- Pennsylvania
- Montana
- Maine
- Virginia
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- Kansas
- Wyoming
- Indiana
- Maryland
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Colorado
- South Dakota
- Rhode Island
- Illinois
- North Carolina
- Missouri
- Delaware
- Utah
- Idaho
- Washington
- Michigan
- South Carolina
- Texas and West Virginia (tie)
- Oregon
- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- Georgia
- Florida
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Hawaii
- California
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Arizona
- Nevada
- New Mexico
