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Education Statistics By State

State	Labor Force Part. Rate	SAT Math Scores	Teachers' Salaries	Hours per Year Students Are In School	Annual Education Expenditures per Capita	Percent Teachers Wigh MS Degrees	Federal Obligations to Universities	Percent of Females Who Are University Graduates
Alabama	59.7	526	27,910	1,220	2942.29	52.2	328,938	25.5
Alaska	67.1	477	47,081	1,158	9776.41	33.6	35,143	10.4
Arizona	63.6	497	32,897	1,126	3421.61	40.4	228,959	23.7
Arkansas	65.1	519	28,019	1,204	2439.92	31.9	124,118	20.1
California	65.7	484	42,032	1,109	3978.45	32.8	3,967,844	21.0
Colorado	70.6	509	34,053	1,149	3418.99	50.4	354,375	30.7
Connecticut	74.4	474	49,595	1,137	4443.02	61.9	266,051	27.8
Delaware	70.4	465	36,770	1,192	4092.90	42.2	36,985	32.6
District of Columbia	78.1	441	38,750	1,104	6935.39	51.7	355,473	72.8
Florida	69.9	466	31,628	1,195	3412.17	35.8	430,172	19.4
Georgia	70.5	445	31,093	1,202	3213.36	47.1	378,082	18.9
Hawaii	68.0	478	37,027	1,099	4597.48	17.2	83,720	20.3
Idaho	65.5	507	27,570	1,105	2852.09	23.2	57,715	21.8
Illinois	64.7	541	39,165	1,140	3293.58	41.8	1,206,643	27.4
Indiana	66.1	460	38,017	1,185	2993.85	79.0	322,053	30.9
Iowa	72.4	583	30,584	1,227	3416.89	31.2	255,508	40.1
Kansas	70.6	548	33,639	1,183	3199.99	40.2	130,742	32.7
Kentucky	57.3	522	31,968	1,179	2946.69	54.7	167,503	20.5
Louisiana	56.1	527	26,472	1,180	3350.68	32.9	273,413	23.0
Maine	65.6	463	30,720	1,101	3628.44	26.8	47,358	27.5
Maryland	72.9	478	39,738	1,157	3716.45	53.2	870,830	23.2
Massachusetts	71.5	476	39,844	1,106	4104.51	49.4	1,302,765	43.2
Michigan	64.2	528	43,992	1,128	3603.62	57.1	554,145	27.0
Minnesota	76.9	556	36,200	1,128	4250.02	32.7	304,244	32.9
Mississippi	59.5	521	24,741	1,248	2695.87	43.2	157,691	20.3
Missouri	68.9	532	29,859	1,158	2663.86	43.0	323,817	30.9
Montana	69.0	516	28,949	1,157	3503.02	25.7	52,384	38.1
Nebraska	73.1	544	29,156	1,171	3266.98	31.9	100,068	35.1
Nevada	71.5	488	34,640	1,110	3740.07	41.4	33,046	12.5
New Hampshire	71.3	487	34,449	1,152	3057.74	38.3	82,366	39.1
New Jersey	66.3	473	44,668	1,117	4093.46	34.4	352,935	19.3
New Mexico	62.1	525	26,757	1,168	3358.76	44.6	721,117	21.1
New York	59.7	471	45,281	1,173	5457.12	63.2	1,684,012	31.7
North Carolina	70.3	453	29,815	1,173	3035.26	34.7	534,478	24.8
North Dakota	70.9	583	25,596	1,150	3541.28	15.1	79,088	40.4
Ohio	65.1	505	35,128	1,156	3194.63	41.3	577,107	27.1
Oklahoma	66.2	530	26,449	1,139	2908.26	41.5	159,219	28.0
Oregon	70.7	492	35,976	1,129	3631.26	40.1	211,371	29.5
Pennsylvania	62.0	460	42,215	1,175	3192.89	48.4	976,702	32.8
Rhode Island	71.6	464	38,082	1,109	3867.15	53.2	96,226	49.5
South Carolina	63.7	442	29,596	1,212	3138.01	45.8	151,808	21.3
South Dakota	74.3	558	24,493	1,150	2949.53	19.8	47,511	35.0
Tennessee	63.3	531	29,760	1,223	2757.08	43.8	349,349	23.0
Texas	64.8	472	30,392	1,239	2895.44	31.7	885,672	21.9
Utah	63.8	549	27,409	1,138	3015.33	22.6	231,720	40.2
Vermont	72.9	467	35,355	1,129	3864.55	36.2	65,626	46.6
Virginia	67.6	469	32,850	1,159	3318.70	34.4	427,093	25.1
Washington	68.6	486	36,417	1,136	3810.26	32.0	422,139	26.4
West Virginia	49.3	485	30,763	1,207	2865.60	47.0	195,457	26.2
Wisconsin	70.9	551	37,034	1,228	3672.24	34.8	378,276	33.5
Wyoming	67.7	507	31,321	1,124	5063.84	29.5	23,321	22.7

Of the 7 following graphs, 3 show no correlation, and 4 show a mild to strong correlation. The ones with no correlation are:

SAT Scores vs. federal obligations to universities, by state.
SAT Scores vs. the amount of time students are in school, by state.
SAT Scores vs. the percent of females in the labor force.

The ones which correlate are:

SAT Scores vs. teachers' salaries, which shows the strongest correlation--SAT Scores increase 1 point for each $200 decrease in teachers' annual salaries.
SAT Scores vs. percent of teachers with MS degress shows the next strongest correlation--SAT Scores decrease 1 point for each 1% increase in the percent of teachers with MS degrees.
SAT Scores vs. the number of female university graduates, which shows a medium correlation.
SAT Scores vs. the annual expenditures per capita for education shows the weakest correlation.

ChartObject SAT Scores v. Female University Graduates