Visalia ranks last among most, least educated cities in US

Overall Rank* MSA Total Score Educational Attainment Rank Quality of Education & Attainment Gap Rank 1 Ann Arbor, MI 93.49 1 4 2 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 84.87 6 1 3 Madison, WI 82.07 2 49 4 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 81.82 5 16 5 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 81.42 3 35 6 Raleigh-Cary, NC 80.41 4 27 7 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA 80.22 7 19 8 Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX 79.51 9 6 9 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 78.92 10 11 10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 77.99 8 66 11 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 74.57 11 86 12 Colorado Springs, CO 74.07 16 23 13 Portland-South Portland, ME 73.81 13 67 14 Provo-Orem, UT 73.39 17 20 15 Huntsville, AL 72.01 22 8 16 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 71.43 21 22 17 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 71.39 12 142 18 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 70.03 15 103 19 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 69.90 14 109 20 Trenton-Princeton, NJ 69.82 19 63 21 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 69.76 18 77 22 Tallahassee, FL 68.79 25 21 23 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 68.64 27 13 24 Lexington-Fayette, KY 68.23 24 50 25 Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT 67.31 20 121 26 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 66.41 30 24 27 New Haven-Milford, CT 66.31 23 113 28 Asheville, NC 66.17 29 53 29 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA 66.01 32 26 30 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 65.14 26 76 31 Urban Honolulu, HI 64.58 45 10 32 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 64.46 28 81 33 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 64.38 38 36 34 Eugene-Springfield, OR 63.62 52 12 35 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 63.10 35 82 36 Richmond, VA 62.79 33 93 37 Rochester, NY 62.49 34 91 38 Pittsburgh, PA 62.26 43 43 39 Manchester-Nashua, NH 62.23 31 124 40 Salt Lake City, UT 62.15 48 29 41 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 62.09 37 92 42 Worcester, MA-CT 61.97 40 71 43 Tucson, AZ 61.82 47 41 44 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 61.63 55 25 45 Kansas City, MO-KS 61.34 36 114 46 St. Louis, MO-IL 61.05 39 127 47 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 60.90 56 31 48 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 60.77 50 58 49 Columbus, OH 60.58 44 95 50 Naples-Marco Island, FL 59.84 42 117 51 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 59.54 58 34 52 Boise City, ID 59.13 57 59 53 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 58.70 41 138 54 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 58.13 73 17 55 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 57.91 59 68 56 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 57.86 51 134 57 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 57.85 46 133 58 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 57.58 54 118 59 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 57.50 49 131 60 Columbia, SC 57.33 65 79 61 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 57.28 68 48 62 Anchorage, AK 57.15 62 83 63 Albuquerque, NM 57.09 53 129 64 Dayton-Kettering, OH 56.86 71 52 65 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 56.67 64 90 66 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 56.58 60 112 67 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 56.29 88 3 68 Syracuse, NY 56.16 63 108 69 Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI 56.05 69 78 70 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 55.89 89 2 71 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 55.89 70 65 72 Jacksonville, FL 55.84 72 62 73 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 55.50 86 5 74 Savannah, GA 55.35 66 94 75 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 54.33 80 46 76 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 54.30 67 128 77 Akron, OH 53.94 74 98 78 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 53.85 78 61 79 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 53.55 82 40 80 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 53.52 61 148 81 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 53.17 77 104 82 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 53.11 75 116 83 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 52.95 81 57 84 Greenville-Anderson, SC 52.86 87 33 85 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 52.78 99 18 86 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 52.56 102 14 87 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 52.56 76 130 88 Oklahoma City, OK 52.47 85 54 89 Peoria, IL 52.38 79 96 90 Knoxville, TN 51.65 90 38 91 Springfield, MO 51.48 96 37 92 Reno, NV 51.37 91 47 93 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 50.93 83 100 94 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 50.85 92 55 95 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 50.78 84 99 96 Fayetteville, NC 50.75 108 7 97 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 49.85 93 75 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 49.76 98 70 99 Toledo, OH 49.72 97 73 100 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 49.65 105 32 101 Greensboro-High Point, NC 49.21 106 42 102 Chattanooga, TN-GA 48.90 101 80 103 Montgomery, AL 48.57 107 51 104 Wichita, KS 48.47 94 109 105 Jackson, MS 48.31 95 122 106 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 47.87 100 132 107 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 47.54 103 106 108 Winston-Salem, NC 47.21 113 39 109 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 46.83 104 111 110 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 46.74 110 56 111 Tulsa, OK 45.42 109 97 112 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 45.39 118 30 113 Fort Wayne, IN 44.62 114 101 114 Baton Rouge, LA 44.32 116 74 115 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 44.00 111 126 116 Port St. Lucie, FL 42.79 112 141 117 Killeen-Temple, TX 42.37 117 107 118 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 41.84 126 28 119 York-Hanover, PA 41.75 123 60 120 Springfield, MA 41.22 119 120 121 Lancaster, PA 40.85 122 89 122 Vallejo, CA 40.84 115 143 123 Canton-Massillon, OH 40.72 127 45 124 Salem, OR 40.21 120 119 125 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 40.19 125 72 126 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA 39.58 121 136 127 Mobile, AL 38.90 132 44 128 Salisbury, MD-DE 38.50 128 102 129 Flint, MI 37.87 129 115 130 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 37.02 124 146 131 Rockford, IL 35.92 130 125 132 El Paso, TX 35.12 140 9 133 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 35.03 135 84 134 Lafayette, LA 33.34 136 105 135 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 33.30 133 144 136 Reading, PA 33.26 131 149 137 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 32.89 137 64 138 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 32.72 139 69 139 Ocala, FL 30.92 134 150 140 Corpus Christi, TX 30.02 138 137 141 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 27.39 143 85 142 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 26.89 141 139 143 Salinas, CA 26.32 142 140 144 Stockton, CA 25.33 145 87 145 Fresno, CA 23.90 144 135 146 Modesto, CA 17.78 146 145 147 Bakersfield, CA 16.91 147 123 148 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 14.10 150 15 149 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 13.09 148 88 150 Visalia, CA 9.12 149 147