US Counties With the Highest Tests Taken

3,135 US counties ranked by tests taken, from highest to lowest. First are Ziebach County, SD (3990.04), King County, TX (3894.18) and Hyde County, SD (3696.55). The middle one of the 3,135 has 1367.57.

What this measures

The number of tests the county's figures are based on. Source: Stanford Education Data Archive.

This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

More on tests taken

• US Counties With the Lowest Tests Taken
• Tests taken by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.