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This reference gives budget, demographic, and comparative data on primary and secondary schools in 5,838 public school districts in the US, offering data on areas such as test scores and state rankings. Section 1 presents state education profiles, with state-by-state info on schools, students, diploma recipients, drop-out rates, staff, student/staff ratios, current spending, and college entrance exam scores, along with standardized test scores for 4th and 8th grades; this section also includes demographic info on race, ethnicity, and class sizes. Section 2 offers school district profiles, covering districts with 1,500 or more students. Each profile contains data on grade span, number and types of schools, teachers, media specialists, counselors, current spending, enrollment and drop-out rates, and graduate rates. Section 3 presents national data rankings, looking at average scores of 4th and 8th grade standardized tests by school district, allowing readers to compare school districts state by state. The book includes school district and city indexes. For this 2014 edition, school district profiles contain new data on federal revenue, state revenue, and long-term debt. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
