Research Guides: Education: Data & Statistics

Featured Resource

ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States 2024: the National Data Book by Bernan Press; ProQuest
Call Number: Ref 317.3 U58 2024

ISBN: 9781636714288

Publication Date: 2024-02-02

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the best-known statistical reference in the country. As a comprehensive collection of statistics of the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people.

Websites

National Center for Education Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
NCES Digest of Education Statistics Covers American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. Includes supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends provides background for evaluating education data.
NCES The Condition of Education Report from NCES summarizes important developments and trends in education from latest available data.

Other Sources:

ChildStats.gov Statistics and reports on children and families, including population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
KidsCount Data Center Access hundreds of measures of child well-being.
The Nation's Report Card - State Profiles Find key data for state/jurisdiction performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments in mathematics, reading, writing, and science at grades 4, 8 and 12 (where applicable). View trends and demographics, download snapshot reports, and compare results for each state/jurisdiction to the nation and to the other states.
World Bank EdStats The World Bank EdStats (Education Statistics) portal is a comprehensive data and analysis source for key topics in education such as access, completion, learning, expenditures, policy, and equity. Data sources include administrative country data from UIS; international learning assessments (PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS, PIAAC, and EGRA) and three regional learning assessments (SACMEQ, PASEC, LLECE); World Bank databases, household surveys such as LSMS, DHS, MICS surveys. It includes World Bank Education Projects Database classified by activities, components, and sub-sectors of all World Bank Education Projects since 1998.
Rankings of States and Estimates of School Statistics (NEA) Rankings & Estimates is an annual report that the National Education Association’s Research Department has produced for 70 years. The report consists of two parts: - Rankings, how states compare on a variety of education and funding measures. - Estimates, how education funding in each state has changed over time.