Census ACS 5-Year · 500 school districts

Most Educated US School Districts

Source·US Census ACS 5-Year 2023Updated·Apr 12, 2026Reviewed by·PopulationReview Editorial Team

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The most educated school district communities are anchored by major research universities, technology corridors, and federal employment hubs. Districts surrounding MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and similar institutions routinely have bachelor's-degree attainment above 70% — more than triple the national average. Highly educated communities bring powerful parent advocacy, strong fundraising capacity, and high expectations for school quality. They also tend to elect school boards that prioritize rigorous curriculum, competitive teacher salaries, and extensive extracurricular offerings.

Key Findings

1Highland Park Independent School District (Dallas County) leads with a bachelor's degree rate of 89.4%, followed by Wellesley School District (89.0%) and Brookline School District (85.4%).
2The gap between #1 Highland Park Independent School District (Dallas County) and #500 Moscow School District 281 (48.6%) is 40.8 percentage points.
3The national median across all states is 58.5% (Carlsbad Unified School District at the midpoint).
4The top 10 states are: Highland Park Independent School District (Dallas County), Wellesley School District, Brookline School District, Los Altos Elementary School District, Princeton Public Schools, Lexington School District, Palo Alto Unified School District, Hoboken City School District, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, Del Mar Union Elementary School District.

Full Ranking: Most Educated US School Districts

Source: Census ACS 5-Year Estimates

#	District	Bachelor's+	Median Income	Home Value
1	Zionsville Community Schools	72.6%	$164,989	$564,400
2	York School District 4	56.9%	$121,217	$476,200
3	York County Public Schools	50.0%	$109,956	$433,200
4	Worthington City School District	59.8%	$102,270	$380,900
5	Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50	53.7%	$111,150	$339,500
6	Wissahickon School District	69.0%	$131,040	$602,400
7	Williamsville Central School District	59.3%	$111,221	$356,000
8	Williamson County School District	64.2%	$148,134	$779,100
9	White Plains City School District	53.9%	$110,763	$620,800
10	Westside Community Schools	51.3%	$89,188	$286,500
11	Westport School District	79.9%	$250,001	$1.4M
12	Westlake City School District	60.2%	$112,200	$368,200
13	Westfield-Washington Schools	58.6%	$120,664	$426,400
14	Westfield Town School District	78.1%	$232,629	$953,400
15	Westerville City School District	51.4%	$94,034	$340,300
16	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	82.5%	$165,385	$741,500
17	West Orange Town School District	52.6%	$129,753	$557,300
18	West Linn School District 3J	56.1%	$122,931	$753,200
19	West Lafayette Community School Corporation	78.2%	$32,734	$351,900
20	West Hartford School District	66.6%	$129,890	$411,000
21	West Des Moines Community School District	52.0%	$89,282	$308,400
22	West Chester Area School District	65.1%	$124,871	$569,000
23	West Bloomfield School District	60.0%	$118,061	$410,600
24	Wellesley School District	89.0%	$250,001	$1.6M
25	Webster Groves School District	69.7%	$115,352	$371,700
26	Wayzata Public School District	70.3%	$154,866	$588,800
27	Wayne Township School District	56.8%	$153,056	$612,700
28	Wauwatosa School District	64.0%	$101,138	$339,000
29	Waukee Community School District	60.3%	$108,773	$388,500
30	Watertown School District	66.5%	$126,265	$784,600
31	Washington Township Metropolitan School District	53.3%	$73,858	$306,300
32	Wasatch School District	51.3%	$117,608	$787,300
33	Waltham School District	57.3%	$120,216	$748,700
34	Walnut Valley Unified School District	55.9%	$116,169	$985,500
35	Walnut Creek Elementary School District	70.0%	$122,558	$983,100
36	Wakefield School District	59.7%	$134,306	$723,500
37	Wake County Schools	57.2%	$105,768	$461,300
38	Wachusett School District	52.9%	$139,065	$479,400
39	Voorhees Township School District	59.3%	$105,473	$429,700
40	Victor Central School District	50.4%	$100,570	$312,600
41	Vestavia Hills City School District	65.3%	$134,369	$530,000
42	Verona Area School District	61.9%	$109,463	$425,500
43	Urbana School District 116	50.7%	$45,671	$169,800
44	Upper Merion Area School District	62.9%	$115,852	$438,400
45	Upper Arlington City School District	80.2%	$157,739	$591,500
46	University City School District	64.0%	$78,836	$304,500
47	Union Elementary School District	64.3%	$192,689	$1.7M
48	Twinsburg City School District	48.9%	$103,312	$323,900
49	Tustin Unified School District	53.3%	$123,961	$1.1M
50	Trumbull School District	60.1%	$163,073	$547,300
51	Troy School District	68.2%	$126,607	$432,700
52	Tredyffrin-Easttown School District	78.7%	$175,960	$752,600
53	Torrance Unified School District	54.1%	$116,758	$1.1M
54	Tomball Independent School District	50.4%	$128,054	$431,400
55	Three Village Central School District	62.9%	$162,868	$646,200
56	Teaneck Township School District	57.2%	$144,075	$546,100
57	Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District	58.6%	$118,908	$967,100
58	Syosset Central School District	69.1%	$194,955	$934,600
59	Sylvania City School District	51.1%	$101,594	$270,900
60	Sycamore Community City School District	69.7%	$125,059	$469,900
61	Sunnyvale Elementary School District	68.3%	$185,831	$1.6M
62	Sun Prairie Area School District	51.5%	$95,465	$374,200
63	Summit School District Re-1	55.0%	$109,883	$944,100
64	Strongsville City School District	48.8%	$103,629	$299,200
65	Stillwater Public Schools	50.1%	$47,664	$245,300
66	Stillwater Area Public School District	54.7%	$120,164	$478,000
67	State College Area School District	67.0%	$75,118	$411,600
68	Stamford School District	51.7%	$111,586	$624,400
69	St. Vrain Valley School District Re 1J	49.3%	$110,338	$617,000
70	St. Louis Park Public School District	64.6%	$102,617	$390,600
71	St. Johns County School District	50.9%	$109,839	$489,200
72	St. Charles Community Unit School District 303	53.1%	$144,016	$437,100
73	Springfield School District	49.6%	$129,917	$405,400
74	Springboro Community City School District	55.7%	$138,012	$414,000
75	Spring-Ford Area School District	53.6%	$116,865	$456,700
76	Spring Branch Independent School District	49.8%	$87,141	$521,000
77	Southwest Allen County Metropolitan School District	52.9%	$109,092	$311,700
78	South Washington County School District	50.6%	$122,624	$412,200
79	South Orange-Maplewood School District	74.6%	$185,977	$780,600
80	South Lyon Community Schools	50.5%	$115,060	$402,000
81	South Kingstown School District	60.3%	$108,960	$560,200
82	South Euclid-Lyndhurst City School District	49.9%	$86,087	$173,400
83	South Brunswick Township School District	68.9%	$150,933	$582,700
84	Somerville School District	69.4%	$132,572	$911,300
85	Solana Beach Elementary School District	78.5%	$180,550	$2.0M
86	Snoqualmie Valley School District	63.7%	$190,849	$1.0M
87	Smithtown Central School District	52.9%	$149,513	$670,000
88	Shrewsbury School District	65.6%	$139,302	$592,300
89	Shoreline School District	55.1%	$125,143	$841,600
90	Sherwood School District 88J	49.8%	$121,545	$634,700
91	Shenendehowa Central School District	53.2%	$115,844	$399,800
92	Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School District	56.5%	$91,887	$346,900
93	Shaker Heights City School District	66.6%	$95,126	$286,800
94	Seneca Valley School District	57.6%	$114,244	$399,300
95	Seattle Public Schools	68.4%	$123,823	$938,400
96	Scottsdale Unified District	61.7%	$107,968	$745,500
97	Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District	66.8%	$185,171	$689,300
98	Saratoga Springs City School District	55.6%	$103,526	$431,000
99	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District	70.6%	$121,081	$2.0M
100	Santa Fe Public Schools	49.4%	$80,928	$484,700
101	Santa Cruz City Elementary School District	57.2%	$115,260	$1.2M
102	Santa Clara Unified School District	66.2%	$180,259	$1.5M
103	Santa Barbara Unified School District	51.9%	$106,348	$1.6M
104	San Ramon Valley Unified School District	72.7%	$219,524	$1.7M
105	San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District	62.0%	$165,096	$1.7M
106	San Luis Coastal Unified School District	51.6%	$91,051	$920,500
107	San Jose Unified School District	51.3%	$140,486	$1.4M
108	San Francisco Unified School District	60.3%	$140,970	$1.4M
109	San Diego City Unified School District	50.1%	$102,381	$883,600
110	San Carlos Elementary School District	70.7%	$236,738	$2.0M
111	Salt Lake City School District	51.5%	$75,090	$539,500
112	Saline Area Schools	62.7%	$123,171	$435,900
113	Saddleback Valley Unified School District	50.7%	$123,419	$893,700
114	Royal Oak City School District	63.9%	$101,513	$327,700
115	Round Rock Independent School District	55.9%	$108,174	$489,400
116	Roseville Public School District	53.1%	$85,568	$348,300
117	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	51.5%	$114,836	$403,500
118	Rose Tree Media School District	59.7%	$123,364	$545,100
119	Rockwood R-Vi School District	63.7%	$134,814	$438,300
120	Rockford Public Schools	55.3%	$121,133	$396,700
121	Rochester Public School District	51.4%	$93,312	$330,300
122	Rochester Community School District	65.6%	$130,039	$453,000
123	Roaring Fork School District Re-1	48.6%	$108,993	$899,900
124	Rincon Valley Union Elementary School District	50.7%	$116,925	$830,700
125	Richardson Independent School District	49.3%	$78,676	$452,000
126	Rescue Union Elementary School District	51.4%	$144,940	$845,400
127	Remainder of Virginia	50.7%	$84,517	$275,200
128	Remainder of Massachusetts	55.4%	$122,740	$621,400
129	Remainder of Maine	50.4%	$77,883	$421,300
130	Regional School District 15	52.2%	$118,167	$431,400
131	Redwood City Elementary School District	50.2%	$154,879	$1.9M
132	Redondo Beach Unified School District	67.0%	$150,245	$1.3M
133	Radnor Township School District	74.8%	$164,359	$833,900
134	Quincy School District	50.3%	$98,882	$618,500
135	Pullman School District	60.4%	$48,031	$427,600
136	Prosper Independent School District	65.7%	$174,840	$644,300
137	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools	55.1%	$132,536	$464,300
138	Princeton Public Schools	84.7%	$192,079	$1.1M
139	Poway Unified School District	64.7%	$157,134	$1.1M
140	Poudre School District R-1	59.1%	$91,249	$586,000
141	Portland School District 1J	60.7%	$97,684	$630,600
142	Portland	59.7%	$79,540	$489,600
143	Portage Public Schools	50.6%	$90,730	$280,400
144	Port Washington Union Free School District	69.1%	$154,729	$1.1M
145	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	58.4%	$123,665	$390,700
146	Pleasanton Unified School District	69.4%	$188,856	$1.5M
147	Pleasant Valley Community School District	59.2%	$121,305	$391,900
148	Plano Independent School District	59.9%	$105,159	$476,100
149	Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District	67.2%	$185,405	$819,500
150	Pittsford Central School District	75.7%	$153,694	$391,700
151	Pittsburgh School District	48.8%	$65,584	$204,600
152	Piscataway Township School District	48.9%	$127,832	$449,900
153	Phoenixville Area School District	60.7%	$121,543	$426,800
154	Perrysburg Exempted Village School District	57.1%	$109,618	$335,000
155	Perkiomen Valley School District	50.5%	$127,852	$454,800
156	Penfield Central School District	61.0%	$106,347	$265,500
157	Pasadena Unified School District	56.0%	$110,469	$1.1M
158	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	60.5%	$112,327	$536,200
159	Parkway C-2 School District	67.2%	$115,771	$399,600
160	Parkland School District	49.1%	$111,402	$385,400
161	Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64	65.9%	$144,097	$537,700
162	Park Hill School District	48.8%	$97,758	$350,100
163	Park City School District	70.2%	$158,998	$1.3M
164	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District	74.9%	$188,541	$1.9M
165	Palo Alto Unified School District	84.1%	$218,111	$2.0M
166	Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15	51.2%	$101,372	$364,500
167	Oxford School District	55.6%	$66,819	$384,100
168	Owen J. Roberts School District	53.2%	$127,222	$475,000
169	Orchard Park Central School District	50.6%	$112,341	$356,300
170	Olympia School District	55.1%	$95,563	$525,800
171	Olentangy Local School District	68.4%	$159,473	$494,700
172	Olathe Unified School District 233	52.8%	$114,337	$372,700
173	Okemos Public Schools	73.3%	$105,500	$357,700
174	Oconee County School District	55.9%	$121,217	$461,600
175	Oceanside Union Free School District	49.3%	$150,485	$641,500
176	Ocean Township School District (Monmouth County)	52.1%	$108,626	$678,300
177	Oakland Unified School District	48.7%	$101,376	$928,700
178	Oak Park Elementary School District 97	72.5%	$110,820	$465,500
179	O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90	52.0%	$113,170	$303,600
180	Nutley Town School District	52.6%	$119,734	$516,300
181	Novi Community School District	67.6%	$122,180	$410,000
182	Novato Unified School District	49.6%	$120,417	$1.1M
183	Norwood School District	55.4%	$107,030	$651,700
184	Northwest Allen County Schools	49.1%	$109,778	$311,200
185	Northville Public Schools	73.6%	$169,245	$576,500
186	Northshore School District	62.8%	$156,938	$984,200
187	Northport-East Northport Union Free School District	56.3%	$159,021	$681,300
188	Northfield Public School District	48.8%	$97,801	$367,700
189	Northampton School District	62.7%	$80,288	$429,700
190	North Shore School District 112	72.0%	$154,383	$603,000
191	North Penn School District	50.3%	$106,093	$434,800
192	North Kingstown School District	55.6%	$126,293	$543,700
193	North Hills School District	50.1%	$91,377	$260,300
194	North Colonie Central School District	53.0%	$116,646	$366,800
195	North Andover School District	61.1%	$140,670	$732,900
196	North Allegheny School District	69.4%	$137,836	$422,600
197	Noblesville Schools	49.6%	$103,845	$357,600
198	Newtown School District	58.6%	$155,110	$546,200
199	Newton School District	81.1%	$190,304	$1.3M
200	Newport-Mesa Unified School District	55.9%	$130,417	$1.6M
201	New Rochelle City School District	51.6%	$109,167	$702,500
202	Needham School District	81.9%	$214,308	$1.2M
203	Natick School District	70.8%	$138,538	$821,000
204	Naperville Community Unit District 203	71.4%	$151,595	$520,600
205	Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District	73.6%	$188,605	$1.9M
206	Mount Olive Township School District	48.8%	$117,394	$487,100
207	Mount Lebanon School District	67.9%	$123,771	$378,300
208	Mount Laurel Township School District	57.6%	$118,802	$357,200
209	Mounds View Public School District	53.8%	$101,962	$375,300
210	Moscow School District 281	48.6%	$59,914	$382,500
211	Morris Township School District	66.3%	$153,743	$688,600
212	Moreland School District	59.1%	$160,220	$1.8M
213	Moon Area School District	51.9%	$108,856	$284,000
214	Montgomery County Public Schools	60.6%	$132,450	$640,300
215	Montgomery County Public Schools	48.8%	$72,715	$304,600
216	Montclair Town School District	73.6%	$151,075	$906,400
217	Monroe Township School District (Middlesex County)	53.8%	$107,892	$540,900
218	Monroe County Community School Corporation	51.3%	$62,063	$291,900
219	Monongalia School District	48.9%	$65,346	$267,700
220	Missoula Elementary School District	54.0%	$72,645	$483,600
221	Minnetonka Public School District	69.4%	$156,330	$643,400
222	Minneapolis Public School District	55.5%	$80,846	$362,200
223	Milton School District	71.9%	$188,529	$933,200
224	Milpitas Unified School District	57.4%	$179,038	$1.3M
225	Millard Public Schools	49.4%	$110,052	$299,300
226	Mill Valley Elementary School District	76.2%	$209,707	$2.0M
227	Milford School District	50.5%	$110,669	$416,800
228	Middletown Township School District	51.5%	$141,810	$608,300
229	Middleton-Cross Plains School District	62.4%	$105,205	$528,500
230	Methacton School District	56.9%	$133,591	$501,600
231	Merrimack School District	50.2%	$127,219	$458,600
232	Mequon-Thiensville School District	68.3%	$129,857	$482,200
233	Melrose School District	62.0%	$133,953	$822,900
234	Medford School District	59.8%	$129,540	$755,500
235	McLean County Unit School District 5	54.7%	$85,371	$231,600
236	McKinney Independent School District	49.9%	$118,747	$467,100
237	Mayfield City School District	49.7%	$80,905	$262,100
238	Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District	48.9%	$122,263	$453,500
239	Massapequa Union Free School District	52.9%	$179,602	$678,300
240	Mason City School District	64.1%	$134,192	$452,800
241	Marple Newtown School District	56.2%	$123,535	$547,100
242	Marlboro Township School District	65.9%	$186,292	$701,200
243	Manheim Township School District	53.2%	$102,212	$362,800
244	Manhattan-Ogden Unified School District 383	52.6%	$62,160	$257,700
245	Manhattan Beach Unified School District	78.9%	$204,306	$2.0M
246	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	56.7%	$150,051	$650,500
247	Mamaroneck Union Free School District	69.9%	$155,844	$1.1M
248	Madison Metropolitan School District	59.9%	$77,513	$373,800
249	Madison Elementary District	59.4%	$92,639	$617,200
250	Madison County School District	54.4%	$90,635	$316,000
251	Madison City School District	64.5%	$134,655	$398,800
252	Lower Merion School District	78.9%	$171,307	$804,200
253	Loudoun County Public Schools	64.6%	$181,765	$743,800
254	Los Gatos Union Elementary School District	77.2%	$244,474	$2.0M
255	Los Altos Elementary School District	85.3%	$250,001	$2.0M
256	Los Alamitos Unified School District	52.1%	$105,711	$1.0M
257	Long Beach City School District	56.7%	$141,027	$724,600
258	Livingston Township School District	73.5%	$229,806	$821,100
259	Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District	52.7%	$161,890	$1.1M
260	Littleton School District 6	61.0%	$117,611	$656,500
261	Lindbergh School District	50.9%	$100,131	$332,200
262	Lexington School District	84.3%	$238,444	$1.2M
263	Lewisville Independent School District	52.2%	$113,996	$456,300
264	Lewis-Palmer School District 38	58.2%	$160,525	$775,300
265	Leon County School District	48.9%	$66,287	$301,800
266	Leander Independent School District	56.5%	$133,971	$526,700
267	Lawrence Union Free School District	50.9%	$131,102	$933,200
268	Lawrence Unified School District 497	55.9%	$66,770	$306,100
269	Lawrence Township School District (Mercer County)	61.3%	$130,142	$439,700
270	Las Virgenes Unified School District	68.7%	$176,597	$1.4M
271	Lakota Local School District (Butler County)	53.3%	$126,823	$365,000
272	Lakewood City School District	55.2%	$68,865	$261,900
273	Lakeville Public School District	52.1%	$135,230	$477,900
274	Lakeland Central School District	48.7%	$136,142	$519,700
275	Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95	64.2%	$150,170	$477,400
276	Lake Washington School District	71.9%	$170,870	$1.2M
277	Lake Travis Independent School District	66.9%	$156,087	$777,800
278	Lake Oswego School District 7J	73.7%	$141,907	$936,400
279	Lake Orion Community Schools	53.2%	$119,690	$375,400
280	Lafayette Elementary School District	79.9%	$229,643	$2.0M
281	Ladue School District	79.8%	$156,855	$784,900
282	Kyrene Elementary District	55.7%	$112,455	$542,500
283	Kirkwood R-Vii School District	72.4%	$138,579	$490,600
284	Kings Local School District	55.9%	$109,218	$350,000
285	Kent City School District	49.0%	$45,829	$227,700
286	Kennett Consolidated School District	53.7%	$126,172	$522,300
287	Katy Independent School District	52.6%	$115,908	$378,700
288	Johnston Community School District	53.3%	$104,751	$344,000
289	Jersey City School District	54.8%	$97,710	$566,900
290	Jenks Public Schools	50.2%	$84,024	$337,800
291	Jefferson County School District R-1	52.2%	$110,570	$637,300
292	James City County Public Schools	51.0%	$109,985	$447,200
293	Ithaca City School District	69.7%	$71,623	$345,500
294	Issaquah School District	68.6%	$185,520	$1.1M
295	Irvine Unified School District	70.7%	$137,439	$1.2M
296	Iowa City Community School District	58.8%	$68,637	$295,400
297	Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204	67.4%	$138,495	$451,200
298	Huntington Union Free School District	55.3%	$157,886	$711,700
299	Huntington Beach City Elementary School District	55.5%	$131,200	$1.2M
300	Hudson School District	49.5%	$111,410	$443,800
301	Howard County Public Schools	64.5%	$149,763	$597,900
302	Hopkins Public School District	59.3%	$97,189	$428,800
303	Hoover City School District	62.6%	$109,054	$411,000
304	Homewood City School District	70.9%	$94,485	$558,500
305	Hoboken City School District	82.6%	$180,579	$895,100
306	Hillsborough Township School District	62.2%	$153,692	$546,500
307	Hilliard City School District	56.7%	$111,600	$349,300
308	Highland Park Independent School District (Dallas County)	89.4%	$250,001	$1.9M
309	Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73	64.2%	$113,340	$404,500
310	Haverford Township School District	64.4%	$131,674	$466,400
311	Hatboro-Horsham School District	51.5%	$118,974	$435,300
312	Harrison Central School District	60.4%	$164,250	$1.0M
313	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	64.4%	$124,885	$382,200
314	Hamilton School District	50.1%	$111,182	$426,400
315	Half Hollow Hills Central School District	58.5%	$183,119	$842,100
316	Guilderland Central School District	57.2%	$112,927	$358,300
317	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	66.4%	$130,121	$384,600
318	Gretna Public Schools	52.3%	$139,798	$406,600
319	Greenwich School District	72.5%	$206,130	$1.7M
320	Great Valley School District	71.5%	$164,130	$643,900
321	Great Neck Union Free School District	64.5%	$142,294	$1.0M
322	Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46	53.4%	$115,953	$291,900
323	Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District	58.1%	$117,626	$560,300
324	Goleta Union Elementary School District	52.4%	$104,503	$1.2M
325	Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34	65.6%	$129,715	$593,000
326	Glen Ellyn School District 41	63.9%	$137,763	$548,000
327	Glastonbury School District	68.6%	$157,192	$445,200
328	Germantown School District	48.8%	$111,396	$401,800
329	Germantown Municipal School District	71.9%	$149,920	$470,800
330	Geneva Community Unit School District 304	63.7%	$143,875	$443,600
331	Garnet Valley School District	56.2%	$139,975	$534,500
332	Gahanna-Jefferson City School District	52.3%	$110,451	$366,000
333	Fulton County School District	58.7%	$105,945	$482,400
334	Frisco Independent School District	66.9%	$144,206	$590,100
335	Friendswood Independent School District	56.3%	$149,590	$463,800
336	Fremont Unified School District	63.9%	$181,506	$1.4M
337	Freehold Township School District	50.9%	$128,643	$553,600
338	Franklin Township School District	55.9%	$124,648	$457,900
339	Franklin Special School District	55.5%	$98,525	$614,300
340	Franklin School District	58.1%	$145,773	$611,700
341	Framingham School District	48.7%	$107,419	$627,300
342	Fox Chapel Area School District	65.4%	$109,234	$397,300
343	Fort Lee Borough School District	65.8%	$107,274	$448,000
344	Forsyth County School District	57.1%	$143,784	$550,400
345	Forest Hills Public Schools	68.4%	$135,000	$461,400
346	Forest Hills Local School District	58.9%	$119,269	$356,600
347	Flemington-Raritan Regional School District	62.8%	$138,390	$544,100
348	Flagstaff Unified District	49.6%	$76,030	$545,100
349	Fayette County School District	49.9%	$111,978	$436,400
350	Farmington Public School District	59.2%	$107,011	$349,300
351	Falmouth School District	51.8%	$93,043	$629,900
352	Fairport Central School District	60.8%	$107,205	$300,900
353	Fairfield School District	71.1%	$172,432	$780,500
354	Fairfax County Public Schools	65.0%	$153,637	$732,800
355	Fair Lawn Borough School District	63.3%	$144,574	$564,700
356	Evesham Township School District	53.1%	$118,670	$397,600
357	Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65	69.6%	$98,352	$475,900
358	Eureka Union Elementary School District	55.8%	$139,820	$977,600
359	Englewood School District 1	48.8%	$84,174	$571,600
360	Encinitas Union Elementary School District	68.0%	$167,854	$1.6M
361	Elmhurst School District 205	62.8%	$148,709	$562,800
362	Elmbrook School District	64.2%	$130,902	$442,000
363	Elkhorn Public Schools	64.2%	$143,500	$446,400
364	Edmond Public Schools	56.0%	$101,992	$340,500
365	Edison Township School District	58.4%	$125,145	$496,900
366	Edina Public School District	75.1%	$162,317	$711,500
367	Eden Prairie Public School District	64.5%	$130,546	$470,600
368	Eastern Carver County Public Schools	55.2%	$130,315	$473,400
369	East Lansing School District	62.8%	$46,923	$264,800
370	East Brunswick Township School District	58.1%	$143,343	$521,900
371	Eanes Independent School District	80.7%	$195,329	$1.3M
372	Eagle County School District Re 50	49.8%	$103,910	$791,900
373	Durham Public Schools	55.2%	$82,316	$389,400
374	Durango School District 9-R	53.1%	$84,713	$660,000
375	Dunlap Community Unit School District 323	62.6%	$110,000	$318,000
376	Dublin Unified School District	69.8%	$214,385	$1.3M
377	Dublin City School District	66.1%	$112,369	$483,400
378	Dripping Springs Independent School District	67.7%	$169,874	$735,500
379	Downingtown Area School District	65.7%	$149,631	$533,700
380	Downers Grove Grade School District 58	59.3%	$127,100	$466,100
381	Dover School District	52.0%	$94,829	$436,700
382	Douglas County School District Re-1	61.8%	$149,916	$715,400
383	District of Columbia Public Schools	64.2%	$109,870	$737,100
384	Denver County School District 1	56.5%	$94,718	$616,000
385	Del Mar Union Elementary School District	82.2%	$202,821	$1.8M
386	Deer Creek Public Schools	62.6%	$127,484	$352,000
387	De Soto Unified School District 232	59.5%	$156,127	$429,800
388	Davis Joint Unified School District	75.9%	$87,290	$884,300
389	Cypress Elementary School District	49.1%	$133,519	$923,400
390	Cupertino Union Elementary School District	79.7%	$221,771	$2.0M
391	Cumberland Valley School District	49.7%	$109,197	$356,900
392	Culver City Unified School District	62.4%	$117,389	$1.1M
393	Council Rock School District	62.7%	$159,070	$627,600
394	Corvallis School District 509J	59.5%	$68,869	$523,600
395	Coppell Independent School District	75.5%	$160,589	$567,200
396	Conejo Valley Unified School District	51.7%	$137,145	$998,100
397	Community Unit School District 200	58.8%	$113,550	$433,400
398	Commack Union Free School District	61.1%	$175,051	$692,000
399	Columbia 93 School District	54.6%	$69,428	$278,500
400	Colonial School District	61.6%	$132,576	$491,600
401	Collierville School District	62.5%	$138,598	$485,900
402	College Station Independent School District	57.4%	$54,117	$355,000
403	Cobb County School District	51.1%	$105,318	$404,400
404	Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District	61.2%	$74,845	$209,400
405	Clarkstown Central School District	58.2%	$165,554	$632,600
406	Clarence Central School District	53.3%	$113,569	$384,700
407	Claremont Unified School District	56.5%	$116,947	$866,500
408	Cheshire School District	60.7%	$146,528	$440,000
409	Cherry Hill Township School District	57.4%	$121,502	$386,300
410	Cherry Creek School District 5	53.5%	$113,460	$608,300
411	Cheltenham School District	58.1%	$109,022	$384,800
412	Chelmsford School District	52.8%	$140,629	$593,700
413	Chatham County Schools	48.9%	$94,317	$446,200
414	Charlottesville City Public Schools	62.5%	$74,824	$486,700
415	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	49.2%	$87,005	$406,800
416	Charleston County School District	50.3%	$88,494	$489,100
417	Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools	73.4%	$89,868	$590,100
418	Chandler Unified District	48.7%	$113,670	$556,900
419	Champlain Valley Unified School District	62.5%	$115,359	$538,300
420	Champaign Community Unit School District 4	54.3%	$63,420	$229,900
421	Central Bucks School District	58.7%	$142,886	$572,600
422	Centerville City School District	55.6%	$99,187	$324,000
423	Cedar Falls Community School District	50.8%	$78,619	$269,700
424	Cave Creek Unified District	59.9%	$146,357	$974,800
425	Catalina Foothills Unified District	75.6%	$114,202	$679,800
426	Carroll Independent School District	76.6%	$250,001	$989,000
427	Carmel Clay Schools	74.3%	$142,449	$486,900
428	Carlsbad Unified School District	58.5%	$123,227	$1.2M
429	Capistrano Unified School District	56.5%	$146,398	$1.1M
430	Campbell Union Elementary School District	56.0%	$141,126	$1.6M
431	Cambridge School District	80.8%	$130,748	$1.1M
432	Cambrian Elementary School District	57.4%	$145,611	$1.6M
433	Camas School District	51.3%	$137,315	$709,200
434	Caledonia Community Schools	50.3%	$112,231	$375,400
435	Burlington School District	60.5%	$71,109	$444,800
436	Burlingame Elementary School District	64.5%	$175,938	$2.0M
437	Buckeye Union Elementary School District	53.5%	$152,301	$861,200
438	Brownsburg Community School Corporation	48.9%	$115,349	$330,800
439	Brookline School District	85.4%	$142,101	$1.2M
440	Brighton Area Schools	52.9%	$117,662	$408,900
441	Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District	58.9%	$158,610	$583,100
442	Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District	55.9%	$116,941	$345,900
443	Brea-Olinda Unified School District	52.3%	$130,697	$935,000
444	Branford School District	51.5%	$105,225	$401,200
445	Bozeman Elementary School District	63.2%	$91,474	$730,300
446	Boulder Valley School District Re-2	70.3%	$105,233	$846,800
447	Boston School District	54.9%	$97,344	$731,700
448	Boise City Independent School District 1	48.6%	$82,723	$501,400
449	Boerne Independent School District	56.1%	$136,279	$540,200
450	Blue Valley Unified School District 229	70.1%	$138,639	$543,100
451	Bloomfield Township School District	49.0%	$103,604	$470,800
452	Bloomfield Hills School District	75.7%	$168,068	$600,400
453	Bixby Public Schools	51.1%	$115,734	$362,500
454	Birmingham City School District	74.3%	$159,787	$590,900
455	Beverly School District	53.4%	$106,044	$650,300
456	Beverly Hills Unified School District	70.0%	$132,716	$2.0M
457	Bethlehem Central School District	67.8%	$131,545	$375,500
458	Bethel Park School District	53.6%	$106,530	$272,100
459	Berryessa Union Elementary School District	52.8%	$176,652	$1.3M
460	Bernards Township School District	74.2%	$194,107	$814,800
461	Berkley School District	60.0%	$112,732	$334,500
462	Berkeley Unified School District	74.9%	$108,092	$1.4M
463	Bentonville Public Schools	49.8%	$112,808	$381,800
464	Bend-La Pine Administrative School District 1	48.8%	$93,534	$688,300
465	Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District	72.7%	$202,293	$2.0M
466	Bellingham School District	48.9%	$73,779	$623,900
467	Bellevue School District	72.8%	$164,578	$1.4M
468	Beaverton School District 48J	53.5%	$109,977	$616,900
469	Beavercreek City School District	53.9%	$115,023	$294,300
470	Batavia Unit School District 101	59.8%	$133,963	$402,800
471	Barrington Community Unit School District 220	64.2%	$166,756	$601,000
472	Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5	52.8%	$110,660	$261,500
473	Avondale School District	53.1%	$104,993	$315,900
474	Avon Grove School District	55.2%	$144,708	$466,600
475	Austin Independent School District	60.5%	$92,946	$584,900
476	Auburn City School District	64.1%	$63,668	$364,800
477	Atlanta City School District	59.2%	$85,658	$439,600
478	Athens City School District	53.5%	$49,120	$223,600
479	Asheville City Schools	61.3%	$78,015	$546,400
480	Arlington School District	76.1%	$150,701	$933,800
481	Arlington Heights School District 25	62.8%	$131,546	$436,600
482	Arlington County Public Schools	77.1%	$142,114	$895,000
483	Arcadia Unified School District	57.8%	$118,950	$1.4M
484	Ann Arbor Public Schools	75.2%	$91,652	$450,500
485	Ankeny Community School District	51.8%	$110,543	$335,700
486	Andover Unified School District 385	59.3%	$124,386	$360,300
487	Andover School District	75.6%	$172,606	$855,600
488	Amherst School District	75.6%	$66,968	$484,900
489	Ames Community School District	64.4%	$58,650	$264,100
490	Allen Independent School District	57.4%	$127,415	$467,800
491	Alexandria City Public Schools	66.2%	$119,681	$735,100
492	Aledo Independent School District	55.7%	$156,900	$514,000
493	Albemarle County Public Schools	61.1%	$104,392	$495,400
494	Albany County School District 1	55.0%	$61,917	$333,000
495	Alamo Heights Independent School District	64.5%	$100,268	$637,700
496	Alameda City Unified School District	61.5%	$137,697	$1.2M
497	Alachua County School District	48.8%	$61,949	$288,800
498	Acton-Boxborough Regional School District	79.7%	$157,147	$788,900
499	Academy School District 20	58.6%	$124,706	$611,800
500	Abington School District	50.8%	$103,137	$388,200

Methodology

Rankings are based on American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates from the US Census Bureau. All 50 states and the District of Columbia are included. The ACS surveys approximately 3.5 million households annually and provides detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing data. 5-Year estimates offer the most reliable data for state-level comparisons by averaging responses over a 60-month period. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

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Highland Park Independent School District (Dallas County) has the highest bachelor's degree rate at 89.4%, according to latest Census ACS data. Wellesley School District and Brookline School District round out the top three.

Moscow School District 281 has the lowest bachelor's degree rate at 48.6%. Roaring Fork School District Re-1 is second-lowest at 48.6%.

The median across all 500 states is 58.5%. Note that the national median and the state-level median are calculated differently, the state median represents the midpoint when all states are ranked.

This data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates published by the US Census Bureau. The ACS surveys approximately 3.5 million households annually and provides the most comprehensive demographic data available between decennial censuses.

Rankings are based on the latest available Census ACS 5-Year estimates. The Census Bureau releases new ACS data annually. Our data was last updated on April 12, 2026.

Sources: US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, 2026.