| ADA | Average daily attendance |
| CCD | Common Core of Data |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CPS | Current Population Survey |
| CV | Coefficient of Variation |
| D.W. statistic | Durbin-Watson statistic |
| FTE | Full-time-equivalent |
| HEGIS | Higher Education General Information Survey |
| IPEDS | Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System |
| IPEDS-C | Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Completions Survey |
| IPEDS-EF | Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Fall Enrollment Survey |
| MAPE | Mean absolute percentage error |
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics |
| PK | Prekindergarten |
| PK-8 | Prekindergarten through grade 8 |
| PK-12 | Prekindergarten through grade 12 |
| PSS | Private School Survey |
| SASS | Schools and Staffing Survey |