{"id":349976,"date":"2026-09-18T04:58:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349976\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T04:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:58:44","slug":"report-gives-near-perfect-score-for-new-york-state-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349976\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Gives Near Perfect Score For New York State Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The report card is in and Teachers in New York State <\/a>have something to brag about.<\/p>\n

A WalletHub <\/a>study has placed the empire state near the top of a list of Best States for Teachers.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: USPS Inviting Central New Yorkers To Be Santa’s Helpers This Year<\/a><\/p>\n

The study looked at all 50 states plus the District of Columbia using around two dozen key metrics in two main categories: Opportunity <\/a>& Competition and Academic & Work Environment.<\/p>\n

And only one state topped New York.<\/p>\n

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Why New York Ranks So High<\/p>\n

While Washington State took the top spot this year overall, New York State dominated several sub-metrics, including ranking number 1 in the Academic & Work Environment category.<\/p>\n

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New York State <\/a>ranks number 1 in the country for average annual public school <\/a>teacher <\/a>salaries when adjusted for cost of living, averaging around $87K.<\/p>\n

The state ranks number 1 for public school spending per student, shelling out upwards of $33,000 per pupil, outpacing most of the country.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Baby Bobcat Survives Being Hit By A Car On Route 233<\/a><\/p>\n

The state placed in the top 10 for several other categories:<\/p>\n

Ranked #4 for teachers’ income growth potential<\/p>\n

Ranked #6 for favorable pupil-teacher ratios<\/p>\n

Ranked #8 for overall school-system quality<\/p>\n

New York State has some of the strongest tenure protections and legal structure for educators in the country.<\/p>\n

And New York boasts the lowest teacher turnover rate in the nation.<\/p>\n

Recent Historical Rankings<\/p>\n

New York is a powerhouse in this study and almost always gets high rankings.<\/p>\n

In 2025, New York State ranked number 4 overall.<\/p>\n

Where New York Falls Short<\/p>\n

The primary areas where New York occasionally loses points when it comes to center Opportunity & Competition.<\/p>\n

This is due to high competition for jobs or higher pupil-to-teacher ratios in certain crowded suburban or urban districts.<\/p>\n

For those curious, New Hampshire was the worst state according to the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New York Businesses That Closed in 2026<\/p>\n

Take a look at the New York businesses that have closed in 2026.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Credit – Polly McAdams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The report card is in and Teachers in New York State have something to brag about. A WalletHub…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50,12],"class_list":["post-349976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}