More generally, public schools in many affordable parts of California are severely underfunded due to Proposition 13, while the statewide average is boosted by high-ranking schools in ultra-expensive cities like Palo Alto. Texas has less inequality between public schools and has earned international recognition for its Ten Percent Law:
>California has: Better schools across all grades
No, it doesn't. For example, USNWR ranks TX public schools #33 and CA #37:
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education
More generally, public schools in many affordable parts of California are severely underfunded due to Proposition 13, while the statewide average is boosted by high-ranking schools in ultra-expensive cities like Palo Alto. Texas has less inequality between public schools and has earned international recognition for its Ten Percent Law:
https://news.utexas.edu/key-issues/top-10-percent-law/