Once again, our state of Massachusetts makes us proud by being #1 in yet another important field. It seems like this has been happening a lot lately, hasn’t it? Massachusetts has ranked at the top (or very near) in numerous fields lately.
The field I’m referring to in this instance is education. Our good friends (and personal finance experts) at WalletHub recently released their report on 2026’s States with the Best and Worst School Systems, and guess what? Massachusetts ranked #1!
As always, the WalletHub team put plenty of research into their study. They compared all 50 states plus the District of Columbia across 32 key metrics of school quality and safety, including math and reading scores, pupil-to-teacher ratio, median ACT and SAT scores, bullying incidence rates, etc…