In 2013 only 30% of school districts were meeting the minimum FCC goal of 100 kbps per student and over 22,000 schools were without fiber connections. Incredible progress has been made in every state to close the classroom connectivity gap.
Explore state rankings for connectivity and fiber.
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Connectivity
% of school districts meeting 100 kbps per student minimum goal
Alabama99%
Alaska98%
Arizona100%
Arkansas100%
California99%
Colorado99%
Connecticut100%
Delaware100%
Florida97%
Georgia100%
Hawaii100%
Idaho100%
Illinois99%
Indiana100%
Iowa99%
Kansas100%
Kentucky100%
Louisiana100%
Maine100%
Maryland100%
Massachusetts99%
Michigan100%
Minnesota100%
Mississippi100%
Missouri100%
Montana100%
Nebraska100%
Nevada100%
New Hampshire98%
New Jersey100%
New Mexico100%
New York100%
North Carolina100%
North Dakota100%
Ohio100%
Oklahoma100%
Oregon99%
Pennsylvania100%
Rhode Island100%
South Carolina100%
South Dakota100%
Tennessee100%
Texas100%
Utah100%
Vermont100%
Virginia100%
Washington99%
West Virginia100%
Wisconsin100%
Wyoming100%
Fiber
% of schools with fiber connections needed to meet bandwidth targets