There is a very insignificant correlation between US state’s political swing and the overall rank of schools in the state. [OC] by InternetPopular3679
InternetPopular3679 on March 26, 2026 1:42 pm Data [https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/public-school-rankings-by-state](https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/public-school-rankings-by-state) [https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi](https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi)
phdoofus on March 26, 2026 2:37 pm R^2 of 0.199 is a pretty weak correlation. You’d have to do more evaluation to find out if it’s ‘statistically significant’.
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[https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/public-school-rankings-by-state](https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/public-school-rankings-by-state)
[https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi](https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi)
that doesn’t look very insignificant to me.
R^2 of 0.199 is a pretty weak correlation. You’d have to do more evaluation to find out if it’s ‘statistically significant’.