http://www.psk12.com/rating/USindexphp/STATE_US.html

This page offers choice between elementary and middle schools.

25th in elementary

32nd in middle school

EDIT forgot to mention this is the 2003 ranking. You have to join the site above to get more recent information.

If you want a stupid, uneducated population that is unable to compete in the global marketplace with people from Europe or Asia, than sure lets eliminate public education. Education is the best way to give people the opportunity to succeed in this world. It is really quite simple, those that are poor, in prison, unsuccessful, single parents, drug users, etc are likely to be uneducated. Since education leads to success, it is only reasonable that our government fund the education of our children. Personally, I think K-12 education is the MOST important thing our government should do to better the lives of it people and protect the American dream. However, I would definitely favor a voucher system that would allow parents to choose which school their children would go to and use federal or state money to either pay for that schooling or offset some of the cost of that schooling. Competition can only make our education system perform better. For the record, I consider myself a conservative.