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Education Indicators for the White House Social Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR)

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Figure: Percentage Distribution of Revenues
Figure: Percentage Distribution of Revenues
Public School Revenues and Expenditures
Differences by State in Fiscal Year 2005


State governments provided 46.9 percent of education revenues in FY 2005, while local governments provided 44.0 percent and the federal government provided 9.2 percent. Adjusting for inflation, current expenditures per pupil grew 23.5 percent between FY 1995 and FY 2005.
7/20/2007
Figure: Trends in course credits earned
Figure: Trends in course credits earned
High School Transcripts, 2005
Results from the 2005 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) High School Transcript Study


High school graduates in 2005 earned the most credits in English, followed by social studies, mathematics, and science. The average number of credits earned increased between 1990 and 2005 in these four subjects, as well as in foreign language, fine arts, and computer-related studies.
6/26/2007
Figure: Graduate school enrollment, by race/ethnicity
Figure: Graduate school enrollment, by race/ethnicity
Bachelor's Degree Recipients, 10 Years Later
Characteristics Related to Graduate Degree Enrollment


By 2003, a decade after completing a bachelor’s degree, 40 percent of 1992–93 graduates had enrolled in a graduate degree program. Black graduates were more likely than White graduates to enroll in a graduate degree program.
6/26/2007
Figure: Dropout rates: 1972-2004
Figure: Dropout rates: 1972-2004
Dropout Rates
By Race/Ethnicity


Since 1972, status dropout rates for Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics ages 16–24 have declined; nonetheless, rates for Hispanics have remained higher than those for other racial/ethnic groups.
3/16/2007
Figure: Reading and Mathematics Trends: 1971-2004
Figure: Reading and Mathematics Trends: 1971-2004
Trends in Academic Progress
Reading and Mathematics: 1971–2004


Between 1999 and 2004, average reading scores increased at age 9 and average mathematics scores increased at ages 9 and 13. No measurable changes in average scores were found at age 17 in either subject between 1999 and 2004.
8/12/2005

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