Digest State Dashboard

¹ As of July 1.

NOTE: Resident population includes civilian population and armed forces personnel residing within the United States and within each state; it excludes armed forces personnel residing overseas. The total counts of ungraded students and those whose grade was not specified were prorated into either the prekindergarten through grade 8 level or the grades 9 through 12 level based on the known grade-level distribution of a state. In addition to students in grades 9 through 12 and ungraded students, enrollment in grades 9 through 12 includes a small number of students reported as being enrolled in grade 13. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2010 through 2019 Population Estimates, retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/technical-documentation/research/evaluation-estimates/2020-evaluation-estimates/2010s-state-detail.html; and 2020 through 2022 Population Estimates, retrieved January 1, 2024, from https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-state-detail.html. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 2012–13 through 2022–23.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Enrollment data for students not reported by race/ethnicity were prorated based on the known racial/ethnic composition of a state by grade to match state totals. Data on English learners (ELs) include all ELs, regardless of program participation. Data on students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch reflect counts of students enrolled in all schools for which both enrollment data and free/reduced-price lunch eligibility data were reported. Students reported as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch also include students whose National School Lunch Program eligibility has been determined through direct certification. Students with disabilities refers to 3- to 21-year-olds served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection: 2020-21. Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database, retrieved October 13, 2023, from https://data.ed.gov/dataset/idea-section-618-state-part-b-child-count-and-educational-environments/resources. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2022–23, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2021–22 and 2022–23; and EDFacts file 141, Data Group 678, 2021–22.

NOTE: Public school teacher data come from the Common Core of Data (CCD), an annual statistical database of all public elementary and secondary schools and school districts containing data designed to be comparable across all states. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). The pupil/teacher ratio includes teachers for students with disabilities and other special education teachers; these teachers are generally excluded from class size calculations. Ratios reflect totals reported by states and differ from totals reported for schools or school districts. Private school teacher data come from the Private School Universe Survey (PSS), a biennial data collection of K–12 private schools in the U.S. Annual wage data come from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS).Estimates in this figure include state government, local government, and private ownerships only. The OEWS annual wage estimates are generally computed from hourly rates and assume a full-time, year-round schedule of 2,080 hours. However, for certain occupations (e.g., teachers, pilots, flight attendants), annual wages are reported directly. These data represent aggregated information that does not take into account differences (e.g., level of work performed, age and experience, cost of living, work schedule) that may exist among individuals and across ownership groups. Occupations are defined by the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification system. Kindergarten and elementary school teachers are individuals who teach academic and social skills to students at the specified school level; special education teachers and short-term substitute teachers are excluded. Middle and high school teachers are individuals who teach one or more subjects to students at the specified school level; career/technical education (CTE) teachers, special education teachers, and short-term substitute teachers are excluded.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 2022-23; and Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2021–22. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) estimates, 2022.

¹ Schools are also included under the appropriate school level totals.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 2022-23

NOTE: Includes special education, vocational/technical education, and alternative schools. Includes schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Includes enrollment of students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2021–22.

‡ Reporting standards not met.

NOTE: Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Includes public school students who were tested with accommodations; excludes only those students with disabilities (SD) and English learners (ELs) who were unable to be tested even with accommodations. SD and EL populations, accommodation rates, and exclusion rates vary from state to state. Race/ethnicity based on school records. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2022 Reading and Mathematics Assessments, retrieved from the Main NAEP Data Explorer.

— Not available.

¹ The time when students are identified as having certain characteristics varies by state or jurisdiction. Depending on the state or jurisdiction, a student may be included in a category if the relevant characteristic is reported in 9th-grade data, if the characteristic is reported in 12th-grade data, or if it is reported at any point during the student’s high school years.

² States either report data for a combined "Asian/Pacific Islander" group or report the "Asian" and "Pacific Islander" groups separately. Total represents either a single value reported by the state for "Asian/Pacific Islander" or an aggregation of separate values reported for "Asian" and "Pacific Islander." "Asian/Pacific Islander" includes the "Filipino" group, which only California and Hawaii report separately.

NOTE: The adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) is the percentage of public high school freshmen who graduate with a regular diploma or a state-defined alternate high school diploma for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities within 4 years of starting 9th grade. Students who are entering 9th grade for the first time form a cohort for the graduating class. This cohort is “adjusted” by adding any students who subsequently transfer into the cohort and subtracting any students who subsequently transfer out, emigrate to another country, or die. Values preceded by the “>=” symbol have been “blurred” (rounded) to protect student privacy. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 150, Data Group 695, and EDFacts file 151, Data Group 696, 2021–22.

¹ Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.

² Includes current expenditures from funds authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act of 2021, and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021. Due to the lag between when the funds were appropriated and when local education agencies (LEAs) began making expenditures from those funds, only a small portion of the total amounts allocated to LEAs were expended during 2019-20. In 2020-21, expenditures from these funds contributed to a large increase in current expenditures in several states.

NOTE: Current expenditures include instruction, support services, food services, and enterprise operations. Excludes “Other current expenditures,” such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per pupil in public schools. Excludes expenditures for state administration. There are differences in average daily attendance reporting practices from state to state.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “National Public Education Financial Survey,” 2010–11 through 2020–21.

NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions that grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2013 through Spring 2022 (final data) and Spring 2023 (provisional data).

NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions that grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Branch campuses are counted as separate institutions. Relative levels of research activity for research universities were determined by an analysis of research and development expenditures, science and engineering research staffing, and doctor’s degrees conferred, by field. Further information on the research index ranking may be obtained from http://www.carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Data on average undergraduate tuition and required fees are for the entire academic year as defined by the institution and are average charges for full-time students. In-state tuition and fees were weighted by the number of full-time-equivalent undergraduates, but were not adjusted to reflect the number of students who were state residents. Out-of-state tuition and fees were weighted by the number of first-time freshmen attending the institution in fall 2022 from out of state. Data on undergraduate tuition and required fees are not available for the outlying areas. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Institutional Characteristics component, Fall 2022 (provisional data); Completions component, Fall 2022 (provisional data); and Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2023 (provisional data).