US Reading or Language Arts Proficiency for All Grades Students By State for the 2021-2022 School Year
Updated on January 11, 2026.
Based on data from the US Department of Education, for the 2021-2022 school year, the following US states were among the top 5 who had the highest percentage of their students of All Grades being proficient in Reading or Language Arts: Maine (84.1%), Iowa (69.7%), Ohio (59.5%), Pennsylvania (55.1%), and Idaho (54.8%).
It was 30.6% for District of Columbia, and 10.4% for the Bureau of Indian Education.
You can see similar information for other grade levels.
The interactive chart below shows the percentage of each state's students of All Grades who were proficient in reading or language arts. The table below shows the number of students and percentage proficient in reading or language arts.
Data Source: US Dept. of Education, EdFacts.
US Percent of All Grades Students Proficient in Reading or Language Arts By State in 2021-2022
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US All Grades Reading or Language Arts Proficiency By State in 2021-2022
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| State | Number of Students | Percent Proficient (%) |
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| Alabama | 375409 | 47.3 |
| Alaska | 55156 | 29.4 |
| Arizona | 568918 | 40.4 |
| Arkansas | 292470 | 39.9 |
| California | 2998610 | 46.7 |
| Colorado | 392428 | 44.9 |
| Connecticut | 252775 | 50.5 |
| Delaware | 70470 | 42.2 |
| Florida | 1658982 | 52.1 |
| Georgia | 898919 | 39.6 |
| Hawaii | 85529 | 51.9 |
| Idaho | 166133 | 54.8 |
| Illinois | 941384 | 29.9 |
| Indiana | 525501 | 41.3 |
| Iowa | 326277 | 69.7 |
| Kansas | 235668 | 32.5 |
| Kentucky | 332566 | 44.7 |
| Louisiana | 349841 | 42.4 |
| Maine | 81424 | 84.1 |
| Maryland | 442469 | 45.1 |
| Massachusetts | 467497 | 43.7 |
| Michigan | 693728 | 45.4 |
| Minnesota | 424019 | 51.1 |
| Mississippi | 232275 | 41.7 |
| Missouri | 459767 | 43.2 |
| Montana | 76635 | 45.7 |
| Nebraska | 163973 | 47.1 |
| Nevada | 245780 | 43.5 |
| New Hampshire | 81933 | 50.8 |
| New Jersey | 691681 | 48.6 |
| New Mexico | 156100 | 33.8 |
| New York | 1008135 | 48.9 |
| North Carolina | 807650 | 49.9 |
| North Dakota | 58741 | 43.8 |
| Ohio | 879124 | 59.5 |
| Oklahoma | 349699 | 27.2 |
| Oregon | 253382 | 44 |
| Pennsylvania | 830826 | 55.1 |
| Rhode Island | 69746 | 33.1 |
| South Carolina | 410641 | 52.1 |
| South Dakota | 71817 | 51 |
| Tennessee | 576345 | 36.8 |
| Texas | 2981602 | 51.1 |
| Vermont | 39115 | 44.4 |
| Washington | 538804 | 53.4 |
| West Virginia | 123830 | 41.3 |
| Wisconsin | 398174 | 38.1 |
| Wyoming | 56777 | 53.1 |
| District of Columbia | 43997 | 30.6 |
| Puerto Rico | 133751 | 35.5 |
| Bureau of Indian Education | 16951 | 10.4 |
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