Public School Graduates and Dropouts
from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2006-07
Nationwide, about 74 out of 100 students that entered
high school in 2003-04 graduated in 4 years, according to the 2006-07 Public School
Graduates and Dropouts Report. This First Look from the National Center for Education
Statistics presents the number of high school graduates, the Averaged Freshman Graduation
Rate, and dropout data for grades 9 through 12 for public schools during the 2006-07
school year. State education agencies provided the data to the Common Core of Data
survey. Other findings include:
- Sixteen states had a freshman graduation rate above
80 percent while 12 states and the District of Columbia had graduation rates below
70 percent.
- The high school one-year event dropout rate was 4.4 percent across the 48 states
and the District of Columbia. Two states, Pennsylvania and Vermont, did not report
adequate data for inclusion in this report. The rate ranged from 2 percent in New
Jersey to 7.6 percent in Arizona.
To view the full report please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010313.
Numbers and Types of Public Elementary
and Secondary Local Education Agencies from the Common Core of Data: School Year
2007-08
While the largest school districts represented less than
1 percent of all districts during the 2007-08 school year, they served 12.5 percent
of public school students. The National Center for Education Statistics has released
"Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Local Education Agencies
From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007-08." This report presents selected
findings on the numbers and types of public elementary and secondary local education
agencies in the United States and the territories in the 2007-08 school year, using
data from Public Elementary/Secondary Local Education Agency Universe Survey of
the Common Core of Data survey system. Findings include:
- There were 17,775 operating local education agencies in the 2007-08 school year,
and among those agencies, 13,924 were regular school districts.
- Approximately 699,000 students enrolled in the 2,012 independent charter agencies,
districts in which all schools were charter schools.
- Twenty-seven of the 13,924 active regular school districts enrolled 100,000 or more
students.
To view the full report please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010306.
Public Elementary and Secondary School
Student Enrollment and Staff Counts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007-08
Public elementary and secondary schools enrolled about
49 million students during the 2007-08 school year, according to the report "Public
Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment and Staff Counts From the Common
Core of Data: School Year 2007-08." The report, released by the National Center
for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences, also found
that public elementary and secondary schools and local education agencies employed
a total of 6.2 million full-time staff in the 2007-08 school year, of which 51 percent
were teachers.
To view the full report please visit http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010309.