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VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Visalia placed archetypal successful a ranking of the astir and slightest educated cities successful America - arsenic the fig 1 slightest educated city.
The WalletHub ranking compared the 150 largest metropolitan areas across 11 categories, including the stock of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s grade oregon higher and the prime of public-school systems.
The metrics recovered Visalia to beryllium the slightest educated city, followed by the areas of Brownsville-Harlingen and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, some successful Texas.
Fresno was besides fixed an honorable mention, coming successful arsenic the sixth slightest educated city. In fact, astir fractional of the apical 10 slightest educated cities were recovered successful the Central Valley.
| Rank | City | Score | Educational Attainment Rank | Quality of Education & Attainment Gap Rank |
| 150 | Visalia, CA | 9.12 | 149 | 147 |
| 149 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 13.09 | 148 | 88 |
| 148 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 14.10 | 150 | 15 |
| 147 | Bakersfield, CA | 16.91 | 147 | 123 |
| 146 | Modesto, CA | 17.78 | 146 | 145 |
| 145 | Fresno, CA | 23.90 | 144 | 135 |
| 144 | Stockton, CA | 25.33 | 145 | 87 |
| 143 | Salinas, CA | 26.32 | 142 | 140 |
| 142 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 26.89 | 141 | 139 |
| 141 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 27.39 | 143 | 85 |
So, wherever does WalletHub accidental the erudites live? According to the study, successful Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Durham-Chapel Hill country successful North Carolina and Madison, Wisconsin, placed 2nd and third, respectively.
