Florida Among Least Safest States To Reopen Schools, Report Finds

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Florida is not a very safe place for students to return to the classroom, a new report found.

WalletHub ranked the safest states in the country for students to get back to school.

Florida was listed number 41 out of 50.

The top 10 safest states were:

1. Vermont
2. Maine
3. Pennsylvania
4. Massachusetts
5. New Hampshire
6. Rhode Island
7. Ohio
8. New Jersey
9. Connecticut
10. Nebraska

The bottom 10 were:

41. Florida
42. Louisiana
43. Utah
44. Missouri
45. Tennessee
46. Nevada
47. Arizona
48. Arkansas
49. South Carolina
50. Mississippi

The list was created using 15 key metrics, including number of child COVID-19 cases per 100,000 children, average class size, and ratio of students to school nurses.