Texas Cities Among The Least Educated In The USA

Texas had several cities listed as being among the least educated cities in the United States of America. 2 were among the worst of all and El Paso was well below average.

According to Newsweek, 150 cities were graded and the least educated city in the USA is Visalia, California. They "won" the #1 spot with a score of 9.12 out of a possible 100.

Visalia was 149th in educational attainment and 147th in "quality and attainment gap".  Brownsville and McAllen, Texas were right behind them at 13.09 and 14.1 out of 100 respectively.

The 150 most populated metros were studied by Wallethub and El Paso fell into the lower half of the spectrum with a ranking of 35.12 out of 100. You can see the entire 150 cities list and how each city scored here.

How Were Cities Ranked?

Various factors were considered by Wallethub for this, the 2 big ones being; how many residents moved on to different levels of education and how good the local education system was in general.

This included things like the percentage of adults who finished high school, went to college, or earned advanced degrees. It also considers how well local schools and universities perform, and whether all groups, regardless of race or gender, have equal access to educational opportunities. These elements were then used to create a total score out of 100. - Newsweek

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A total of 10 Texas cities made the 150 biggest metros list studied by Wallethub. They were Austin, DFW, Houston, San Antonio, Killeen-Temple, El Paso, (#132), Corpus Christi, Beaumont - Port Arthur, McAllen and Brownsville.