Safest States for Schools to Reopen – WalletHub Study

9/28/20

With some students learning online or experiencing a hybrid of online and in-person classes due to COVID-19, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Safest States for Schools to Reopen, as well as accompanying videos and audio files.

To identify which states have the safest conditions for reopening schools, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 15 key metrics. Our data set includes such things as the number of child COVID-19 cases per 100,000 children, the average public-school class size, and the ratio of students to school nurses. Below, you can see highlights from the report, along with a WalletHub Q&A.
Safest StatesLeast Safe States
1. Vermont41. Florida
2. Maine42. Louisiana
3. Pennsylvania43. Utah
4. Massachusetts44. Missouri
5. New Hampshire45. Tennessee
6. Rhode Island46. Nevada
7. Ohio47. Arizona
8. New Jersey48. Arkansas
9. Connecticut49. South Carolina
10. Nebraska50. Mississippi


Best vs. Worst

  • Vermont has the fewest child COVID-19 cases per 100,000 children, 140.60, which is 10.2 times fewer than in Tennessee, the state with the most at 1,430.60.
  • California has the lowest share of K-12 public school students transported through school transportation, 10.04 percent, which is 9.4 times lower than in Minnesota, the state with the highest at 94.26 percent.
  • Vermont has the lowest pupil/teacher ratio, 10.50, which is 2.2 times lower than in Arizona, the state with the highest at 23.53.
  • North Dakota has the lowest share of seniors living with school-age children, 0.91 percent, which is 16.6 times lower than in Hawaii, the state with the highest at 15.12 percent.
  • Vermont has the lowest share of children living in crowded housing, 5.00 percent, which is 6.4 times lower than in Hawaii, the state with the highest at 32.00 percent.
  • Vermont has the lowest student-to-school nurse ratio, 323.30, which is 13.8 times lower than in Utah, the state with the highest at 4,474.52.
  • New York has the highest total current spending on elementary & secondary schools per pupil, $24,040, which is 3.2 times higher than in Utah, the state with the lowest at $7,628.


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