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Study: NH’s Students are the Smartest in America

Educational data collected by FindTheBest.com shows that Granite State kids have rock solid brains.

Those of us who live in New Hampshire know we have great kids but did anyone realize that we might have the smartest kids in the nation?

That’s what a new compilation of data by FindTheBest.com has found when it looked at all the educational data available from education departments across the United States, according to a story on The Huffington Post.

Researchers took scores from SATs, ACT, AP, and National Assessment of Educational Progress tests and created a map to present the data.

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After all the data was tabulated, New Hampshire’s students received the highest rating, a 5. 

Students in Massachusetts and Minnesota received a 4.92 rating. Students in Connecticut, New Jersey, also received high ratings.

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