Public Education Rankings in the Mountain West, 2025

Authors

Anthony Arroyo, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Yiselle Olivas Ruiz, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Olivia K. Cheche, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Caitlin J. Saladino, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy InstituteFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1-26-2026

Publication Title

K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 15

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

2

Abstract

This fact sheet reports 2025 public education rankings for the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The Consumer Affairs report, “Best States for Public Education 2025,” ranks all 50 U.S. states across four categories: K-12 performance, school funding and resources, higher education quality, and school safety. This fact sheet also highlights the change in each Mountain West state’s overall ranking between 2024 and 2025.

Keywords

Performance; Score; Graduation; Safety; Funding; Colorado; Utah; New Mexico; Nevada; Arizona

Disciplines

Early Childhood Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Education Policy | Public Affairs | Public Policy

File Format

pdf

File Size

130 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Arroyo, A., Olivas Ruiz, Y., Cheche, O.K., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2026). Public Education Rankings in the Mountain West, 2025. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 15, 1-2.

Repository Citation

Arroyo, A., Olivas Ruiz, Y., Cheche, O. K., Saladino, C. J., Brown, W. E. (2026). Public Education Rankings in the Mountain West, 2025. K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 15 1-2.
Available at: https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_k12/15