Showing service academy sites. All education sites
The federal service academies.
F 17
Average readability score of 6 fully scanned service academy sites
8th
of 9 lists, ranked by average readability score
6 of 7
Service academy sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Service academies readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 6 fully scanned service academy sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 6 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Service academies average
- All education average
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| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 5 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 1 |
Service academies by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Service academies: 6 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
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| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service academies | 17% (1) | 0% (0) | 83% (5) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 service academy sites by readability score
#1 in Service academies · U.S. education rank 1
United States Military Academy
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability F
- Readability A
#2 in Service academies · U.S. education rank 244
Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management
F 0 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability C
- Security C
- Usability F
- Readability F
#2 in Service academies · U.S. education rank 182
Department of the Air Force
F 0 readability
- Accessibility C
- Botability B
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability F
What each check means
- Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. Users struggle to understand your content.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites that are hard to read: 1,110 of 2,535 fully scanned education sites (44%), with every site listed.
Service academies by readability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
westpoint.edu
United States Military Academy U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
afit.edu
Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management U.S. rank 244 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
usafa.edu
Department of the Air Force U.S. rank 182 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
nps.edu
Naval Postgraduate School U.S. rank 232 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
uscga.edu
U.S. Coast Guard U.S. rank 84 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
usna.edu
United States Naval Academy U.S. rank 206 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
usmma.edu
United States Merchant Marine Academy |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - |
About readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this ranking
About this data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each college and university site on our higher education list. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 10/26/2026 and 11/1/2026. Each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage loaded and sent us its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. We could not fully scan 1 sites. They did not respond, blocked the scanner, or sent no page content. They appear in the table without grades, with their scan status, and are left out of every figure. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale. Rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, with every county's raw results, is in the ScanGov data repository.