19. Ohio
Average SAT Score, Adjusted for Participation: 1577
Ohio has received a C (74.7%) for the quality of its education, which puts it in the upper half of Education Weekly report. The state spends annually $11,354 per student, enough for 20th place. Both of these seem out of line with its SAT scores.
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