Jalisco state surpasses national education standards
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Pablo Lemus Navarro, the Governor of Jalisco, Mexico, highlighted the success of the state’s education system, which he says outperforms the national average in reading and math.
Since the 2022-2023 school year, the Jalisco Education Secretariat has used a program called Jalisco Avanza to evaluate student achievement.
According to preliminary results from the 2025 PISA test, administered by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 88.6 percent of Jalisco students reached satisfactory levels in math, compared to 30 percent nationally. In reading, 89 percent of Jalisco students achieved satisfactory results, while the national average was 50 percent.
Lemus Navarro stated that Jalisco invests 25 percent of its federal budget in education, significantly more than the national average of 10 percent, believing education is key to the state’s future development. The state has invested 13 billion pesos in school renovations and improvements over the past two years, and has also equipped classrooms with technology like Google Classrooms and music rooms, making Jalisco the first state in Mexico to include music classes in its standard curriculum.
Jalisco also had a strong showing at the Singapore International Mathematical Olympiad Challenge (SIMOC) in 2026, winning a record number of medals and representing over half of the national team.
