nj med's world top 20 poll 2017 final rankings
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World’s Best Education Systems in 2017
www.worldtop20.org
NJ MED’s 5thAnnual
The World Top 20 Education Poll provides annual international rankings of the top 20 education systems out of 209 nations.
The ranking system mission is to identify the nations that provide the best learning environment for student’s 3 to 25. The poll also recognizes each nation’s top Government leader.
How Each Country is Ranked:
Each country’s ranking is based on five educational levels: early-childhood enrollment rates, Elementary Math, Science and Reading scores, Middle-School Math, Science and Reading scores, High School Graduation rates, and College Graduation rates.
Each level consists of ranking the top 20 countries by giving a country 20 points for a first place rank, 19 for a second place rank, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty rank. The data is then used to produce the nation’s ranking from a combined score from all 5 levels.
The 2017 results are:
1. SOUTH KOREA 81 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 11
Elementary Level: 2
Middle-School Level: 2
High School Graduation Rate: 6
College Graduation Rate: 3
South Korea President - Moon Jae-in
2. JAPAN 74 pts
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 17
Elementary Level: 3
Middle-School Level: 4
High School Graduation Rate: 2
College Graduation Rate: 5
Japan Prime Minister – Shinzo Abe
3. RUSSIA 62 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 20
Elementary Level: 6
Middle-School Level: 8
High School Graduation Rate: 3
College Graduation Rate: 6
Russia President - Vladimir Putin
4. Hong Kong 59 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: NR
Elementary Level: 4
Middle-School Level: 6
High School Graduation Rate: 13
College Graduation Rate: 2
Hong Kong Chief Executive – Carrie Lam
5. CHINA 57 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: NR
Elementary Level: 5
Middle-School Level: 3
High School Graduation Rate: 18
College Graduation Rate: 1
China President - Xi Jinping
6. United Kingdom 57 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 1
Elementary Level: 9
Middle-School Level: 10
High School Graduation Rate: NR
College Graduation Rate: 7
United Kingdom Prime Minister – Theresa May
7. SINGAPORE 55 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: NR
Elementary Level: 1
Middle-School Level: 1
High School Graduation Rate: 12
College Graduation Rate: 15
Singapore Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong
8. FINLAND 48 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: NR
Elementary Level: 7
Middle-School Level: 7
High School Graduation Rate: 1
College Graduation Rate: NR
Finland President - Sauli Niinistö
9. DENMARK 40 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 5
Elementary Level: 13
Middle-School Level: NR
High School Graduation Rate: 8
College Graduation Rate: 18
Denmark Prime Minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen
10. ISRAEL 38 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 3
Elementary Level: NR
Middle-School Level: 20
High School Graduation Rate: 7
College Graduation Rate: 16
Israel Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu
11. NETHERLANDS 35 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 14
Elementary Level: 18
Middle-School Level: 14
High School Graduation Rate: 5
College Graduation Rate: 19
Netherlands Prime Minister – Mark Rutte
12. SLOVENIA 32 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 18
Elementary Level: 16
Middle-School Level: 9
High School Graduation Rate: 12
College Graduation Rate: NR
Slovenia President - Borut Pahor
13. CANADA 30 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: NR
Elementary Level: NR
Middle-School Level: 12
High School Graduation Rate: 17
College Graduation Rate: 4
Canada Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau
14. IRELAND 28 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: NR
Elementary Level: 11
Middle-School Level: 16
High School Graduation Rate: NR
College Graduation Rate: 8
Ireland President – Michael D. Higgins
15. NORWAY 28 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 8
Elementary Level: 17
Middle-School Level: NR
High School Graduation Rate: NR
College Graduation Rate: 10
Norway Prime Minister – Erna Solberg
16. USA 28 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: NR
Elementary Level: 8
Middle-School Level: 13
High School Graduation Rate: NR
College Graduation Rate: 14
United States President – Donald Trump
17. ESTONIA 26 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 15
Elementary Level: NR
Middle-School Level: 11
High School Graduation Rate: 11
College Graduation Rate: NR
Estonia - Prime Minister – Jüri Ratas
18. NEW ZEALAND 25 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 13
Elementary Level: NR
Middle-School Level: NR
High School Graduation Rate: 4
College Graduation Rate: NR
New Zealand Prime Minister - Jacinda Ardern
19. TAIWAN 24 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: NR
Elementary Level: NR
Middle-School Level: 5
High School Graduation Rate: 14
College Graduation Rate: 20
Taiwan President - Tsai Ing-wen
20. ITALY 22 PTS
Early- Childhood Enrollment: 10
Elementary Level: NR
Middle-School Level: NR
High School Graduation Rate: 10
College Graduation Rate: NR
Italy President -Sergio Mattarella