Maryland has the best public school system in the country, according to new analysis from a leading education newspaper.

The report from Education Week took into account data from six criteria over the past two years, including school finance, transition programs that guide students from kindergarten to 12th grade, and student achievement. The state ranked third in last year’s analysis, but this year, for the first time, moved to the top spot — barely beating Massachusetts, which had the No. 2 school system.