Education

Statistics on children and families in the United States across a range of domains, including family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health.

Use this for current and historical data.

Education Week is an award-winning independent news organization that has covered K-12 education since 1981. It is known for providing both news and analysis, along with explanatory and investigative journalism.

Authoritative source for current statistics, survey results, cumulated data and more. Maintained by the U.S. Department of Education

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.

You will discover a world of wonderful information. This site is HUGE and somewhat difficult to find your way around in. Bookmark whenever you see something of interest! Be prepared for it to change structurally and visually.

"IPEDS is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. It is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS gathers information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs. The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, requires that institutions that participate in federal student aid programs report data on enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty and staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid. These data are made available to students and parents through the College Navigator college search Web site and to researchers and others through the IPEDS Data Center. "

The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) was established in the 1970s and updated in 1997 and 2011 to categorize information on education systems in a way that facilitates cross-national comparisons of education statistics. For all countries outside of the OECD and the European Union, these systems are now available in diagram form and in multiple languages thanks to joint work by the UIS and the GEM Report.

The United Nations Statistics Division collects data on literacy, educational attainment, and school attendance, as well as some statistics and indicators on illiteracy and education, from national statistical offices around the world. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics is a major source of these statistics and indicators. This site allows the user to browse by country.

The United Nations Statistics Division collects data on literacy, educational attainment, and school attendance, as well as some statistics and indicators on illiteracy and education from national statistical offices around the world, derived from population censuses, and disseminates them in tabular form in special issues of the United Nations Demographic Yearbook. This link takes you to the list of special issues, including those with education information.

The World Bank Development Data Group maintains a number of macro, financial, and sector databases. Much of the data comes from the statistical systems of member countries. This link takes you to the Education data interface.

The World Bank EdStats (Education Statistics) portal is a comprehensive data and analysis interactive resource for key topics in education, such as access, completion, learning, expenditures, policy, and equity.