When ranked on four criteria relating to how the state allotted and distributed funding in 2009 — the most-recent year of data available — Ohio was one of three states to receive an A in distributing funds fairly among districts of varying income levels.

The report recently released by Rutgers University and the Education Law Center, an education advocacy group, shows Ohio as having a “progressive funding system,” which gives more funding to high-poverty districts than low-poverty ones.

Ohio also received an A in “effort,” a category relating to the percentage of funding for schools in relation to the state’s gross domestic product. The score was up from the B received on the first report, which looked at the schools in 2007 and 2008.