Education: Statistics
Children Statistics
- Child StatsStatistics and reports on children and families, including: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health.
- Kids Count Data CenterThis system contains state- and city-level data for over 100 measures of child well-being, including all the measures regularly used in the popular KIDS COUNT Data Book . You can generate custom reports for a geographic area (Profiles) or to compare areas on a topic (Ranking, Maps, and Line Graphs).
- The State of America's Children® 2017 ReportThe Children’s Defense Fund’s new report, The State of America’s Children® 2017, provides a comprehensive look at the status of America’s children in 11 areas: child population, child poverty, income and wealth inequality, housing and homelessness, child hunger and nutrition, child health, early childhood, education, child welfare, juvenile justice and gun violence.
Education Statistics
- Almanac of Higher EducationThe Chronicle's Almanac of Higher Education is an in-depth analysis of American colleges and universities including data on students, professors, administrators, institutions, and their resources, as well as state-by-state profiles of higher education in the United States.
- Digest of Education StatisticsThe publication contains information on a variety of subjects in the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international education. Supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends provides background for evaluating educa
- NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress)The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas.
- NCES (National Center for Education Statistics)The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collects, analyzes and makes available data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
- Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)From its inception, SASS has had four core components: the School Questionnaire, the Teacher Questionnaire, the Principal Questionnaire, and the School District Questionnaire, which was known as the Teacher Demand and Shortage Questionnaire until the 1999–2000 SASS administration. These questionnaires are sent to respondents in public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education/tribal schools.
- State Education Data ProfilesSearch for statewide information in elementary/secondary education characteristics and finance, postsecondary education, public libraries, assessments, and selected demographics for all states.
- UNESCO Institute for StatisticsGlobal and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, culture and communication.
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)The primary source for data on colleges, universities, and technical and vocational postsecondary institutions in the United States.
Other Statistics Sources
- Statistical Abstract of the United StatesA comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States; a snapshot of America and its people. It is also a guide to statistical sources.
- American FactFinderProvides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.
- Pew Research CenterRespected polls and analysis of current issues and social trends.