The data presented in this combined report provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. NEA Research offers this report to its state and local affiliates as well as to researchers, policymakers, and the public as a tool to examine public education policies, programs, and services. Part I of this report, "Rankings 2016" provides state-level data on an array of topics relevant to the complex enterprise of public education. Part II, "Estimates 2017" is in its 72nd year of production and provides data tables projecting public school enrollment, employment and compensation of personnel, and finances, as reported by individual state departments of education. Part III, National Trends 2007-17 presents summary data of national trends in student enrollment and attendance, staff salaries, sources of school funding, and levels of educational expenditures in the previous ten years. A glossary is provided. [For "Rankings & Estimates: Rankings of the States 2015 and Estimates of School Statistics 2016," see ED569221.]