MADISON, Wis. – There were probably a lot of people who read a recent quote from the chairperson of the Wisconsin Democratic Party and concluded that Wisconsin’s education system is terrible, largely due to the policies of Gov. Scott Walker.

“As a parent with children who have recently graduated from high school I’ve had a front row seat to the destructive changes that have short-changed our children and their futures,” state Chairwoman Martha Laning said in a Democratic press release.

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“When budget cuts force schools to do more with less it’s no surprise that the quality of the education our children receive inevitably declines.”

While there are certainly problematic pockets in the Wisconsin’s K-12 landscape – like Milwaukee Public Schools – the overall quality of education in the state has improved slightly over the past few years, according to a pair of new reports.

Education Week’s 2016 Quality Counts report, which measures on overall educational quality, had Wisconsin’s score increasing from 78.9 in 2015 (a C+) to 79.8 (a B-). The state ranked 11th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Wisconsin also tied for first with Minnesota among Midwestern states.

Massachusetts ranked first nationally with a score of 86.5. The national average score was 74.4, according to the newspaper report.

While Laning’s statement seemed to suggest that Walker has left the schools all but penniless and unable to function normally, that’s hardly the case.

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Wisconsin ranked 22nd, and slightly above the national average, in per-pupil spending, according to the Education Week report. And that amount of money was seemingly enough to provide quality instruction for most students.

“On academic achievement, the state ranked above the nation in most areas,” the Journal Sentinel observed, based on the Education Week report.

Wisconsin also improved its score and remained tied for third in the nation in the K-12 graduation rate, according to PoltiFact Wisconsin.

The state has a graduation rate of 88.6 percent in 2013-14, which is apparently the last school year measured by federal officials. In 2012-13 that figure was 88.0 percent.

The scoring is based on the number of students in public high schools who graduate within four years.

That graduation rate left Wisconsin in a tie for third nationally with New Jersey. Iowa was first with a score of 90.5 while Nebraska was second with an 89.7, according to PolitiFact Wisconsin.