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Did you know…
$7.5 billion was the amount spent at family clothing stores in August last year? Only in November and December — the holiday shopping season — were sales significantly higher. Similarly, sales at bookstores in August 2007 totaled $2.3 billion, an amount approached in 2007 only by sales in January and December. Source: Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/mrts.html
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Students
75.2 million
The number of children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country
in October 2006 — from nursery school to college.
Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 2006
Pre-K through 12 Enrollment
56 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school in October 2006.
Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 2006
72%
Percentage of children 3 to 6 enrolled in kindergarten who attended all
day, as of October 2006.
Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 2006
56 million The projected number of students to be enrolled in the nation’s elementary through high schools (grades K-12) this fall. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 211 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
17,000
Number of students 30 and older enrolled in elementary school, as of
October 2006.
Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 2006
11% Projected percentage of elementary through high school students enrolled in private schools this fall. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 211 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
41%
Percentage of elementary through high school students who were minorities,
as of October 2006. Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic
Characteristics of Students: October 2006
Bobbi note: You will notice that this is higher than the general population for minorities. This means the public schools will become majority minority before the U.S. does. You might want to see what these figures are for your local communities.
Nut graf: Older white (and black) taxpayers are going to be paying for schools attended increasingly by minority children. Those children will in turn pay the Social Security of the older white (and black) taxpayers.
23%
Percentage of elementary through high school students who have at least one
foreign-born parent in October 2006. Five percent were foreign-born
themselves.
Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 2006
33%
Percentage of children 6 to 11 who participated in lessons as of 2004.
Lessons include those taken after school or on the weekend in subjects such
as music, dance, language, computers or religion. The corresponding
percentage a decade earlier was 24 percent.
Source: A Child’s Day: 2004
26%
Percentage of children 6 to 11 who had ever attended or been enrolled in
first grade or higher and had changed schools at some point as of 2004,
down from 30 percent a decade earlier. For children 12 to 17, the
corresponding rate declined from 52 percent to 42 percent over the period.
Source: A Child’s Day: 2004
7%
The percentage of children 6 to 11 who had ever repeated a grade as of
2004, unchanged from a decade earlier. For children 12 to 17, the rate
declined from 16 percent to 11 percent over the period.
Source: A Child’s Day: 2004
Languages
10.9 million Number of school-age children (5 to 17) who speak a language other than English at home; 7.8 million of these children speak Spanish at home. Source: 2006 American Community Survey http://factfinder.census.gov/
Lunchtime
30.5 million Average number of children participating each month in the national school lunch program in 2007. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 551 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
9.3 billion The nation’s total apple production, in pounds, in 2007, down from 9.9 billion in 2006. The chances are good that the apples your children present to their teachers or enjoy for lunch were grown in Washington state, which accounted for more than half of the nation’s total production. Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service http://www.usda.gov/nass/
College
18.4 million The projected number of students enrolled in the nation’s colleges and universities this fall. This is up from 13.5 million 20 years ago. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 211 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
37%
Percentage of all college students 25 and older in October 2006; 55 percent
of these older students attended school part time.
Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 2006
69%
Percentage of undergraduates enrolled in four-year colleges in October
2006. Of those enrolled in such schools, 80 percent attended full time.
Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 2006
46%
Percentage of 18- and 19-year-olds enrolled in college in 2006.
Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 2006
56%
Percentage of undergraduates who were women in October 2006.
Source: School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 2006
8.6 million
Number of people who hold bachelor’s degrees in business. Twenty-five
percent of bachelor’s degrees were in this field.
Source: What It’s Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004
5.6 years
Average amount of time it takes people to complete bachelor’s degrees. It
took 4.4 years to complete an associate’s degree.
Source: What It’s Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004
How Many Schools?
97,382 Number of public schools in 2005-06. The corresponding number of private schools was 28,996 in 2005-06. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Tables 231 and 254 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
4,276 Number of institutions of higher learning that granted college degrees in 2005. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 269 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
3,690 The number of public charter schools nationwide in 2005-06. These schools, exempt from selected state and local rules and regulations, enrolled 1 million students. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 230 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Teachers and Other School Personnel
7.1 million Number of teachers in the United States in 2007. Some 2.9 million teach at the elementary and middle school level. The remainder includes those teaching at the postsecondary, secondary, and preschool and kindergarten levels. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 596 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
$59,825 Average annual salary of public school teachers in California as of the 2005-2006 school year — the highest of any state. Teachers in South Dakota received the lowest pay — $34,709. The national average was $49,026. High school principals earned $92,965 annually in 2006-07. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Tables 244 and 247 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
$15.48 Average hourly wage for the nation’s school bus drivers in 2006-07. Custodians earned $13.78, while cafeteria workers made $11.16. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 247 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Technology
14.2 million Number of computers available for classroom use in the nation’s schools as of the 2005-2006 school year. That works out to one computer for every four students. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 252 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
The Rising Cost of College
$14,203 Average tuition, room and board (for in-state students) at the nation’s four-year public colleges and universities for an entire academic year (2006-07). That is more than double the corresponding figure in 1990. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 282 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
$38,400 Average tuition, room and board at the nation’s four-year private colleges and universities for one academic year (2006-07). That also is more than double the corresponding 1990 figure. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 282 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
The Rewards of Staying in School
$82,320
Average annual 2006 earnings of workers 18 and older with an advanced
degree. This compares with $20,873 for those without a high school diploma.
In addition, those with a bachelor’s degree earned an average of $56,788 in
2006, while those with a high school diploma earned $31,071.
Source: Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007
$59,408 Average starting salary offered to bachelor’s degree candidates in petroleum engineering in 2007, among the highest of any field of study. At the other end of the spectrum were those majoring in the humanities, who were offered an average of $31,345. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 287 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
$5,992
Average monthly earnings for full-time workers 18 and older with earnings
who had a bachelor’s degree in engineering.
Source: What It’s Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004
$3,431
Average monthly earnings for full-time workers 18 and older with earnings
who had a bachelor’s degree in education.
Source: What It’s Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004
Graduation
3.3 million Projected number of high school diplomas that will be awarded in the 2008-09 school year. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 213 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
3.1 million Number of college degrees expected to be conferred in the 2008-09 school year. Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 213 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Government Spending on Public Education
$9,138
The per-pupil expenditure on public elementary and secondary education
nationally in 2006. New York ($14,884) spent the most among states or state
equivalents, followed by New Jersey ($14,630) and the District of Columbia
($13,446). Utah ($5,437) spent the least per student, followed by Idaho
($6,440) and Arizona ($6,472).
Source: Public Education Finances: 2006
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