A new computation of school retention rates by the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that about three-fourths of the young people today are earning high-school diplomas. Discusses the development of those statistics and the estimated retention rates from the fifth grade through college graduation in the United States during the…

Course offerings and enrollments of students in public secondary schools for the 1972-73 period were discussed. (RK)

Cracking school statistics records has come to be "old hat" for education, but signs are out that record-breaking years are numbered. (Editor)

This collection of charts is primarily a compilation of statistics collected by various private and public organizations about North Carolina schools in relation to the rest of the country. Most of the information came from "Rankings of the States, 1991" by the National Education Association. Figures used in the rankings represent the…

This document is a graphic collection of statistical data compiled by the Michigan Department of Education that reflects some of the important educational trends in Michigan. The report is organized in five major sections. The first section describes student enrollment trends and the recent status of various programs designed to serve certain…

For the second time, the National Center for Education Statistics has prepared a report that brings together comparable data concerning several key education characteristics, by state, region, and outlying area for a consecutive 21-year period. Characteristics examined in this report for public elementary education and secondary education include:…

This document is the eleventh annual report of the National Center for Education Statistics, issued in response to its continuing mandate to report full and complete statistics on the conditions of education in the United States. The report employs a chartbook format to convey statistical information in a nontechnical way to a general audience.…