This fold-out chart provides information about educational achievement in New Mexico for 1988-89. Demographic and educational indicators are summarized for the 88 school districts with over 292,450 students in 633 public schools in the state. The New Mexico Assessment System measures student achievement in language arts, social studies, science,…

Consisting largely of 17 tables and 46 graphs, this document reports regional and subregional division characteristics of public elementary and secondary education (PESE) in 1988-89 in the United States; it also reports characteristics associated with the urbanicity, or most prevalent type of locale (TOL), and the relative wealth (RW) of states.…

This report contains summaries of dropout information as well as more detailed breakdowns that portray the dropout situation in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District in 1991-92. Statistics are reported in terms of annual rates as well as longitudinal rates. This report contains high school and junior high school rates for 1984-85 through…

This "Report Card," third in a series, monitors the progress of each local school system in North Carolina and makes comparison among districts possible. Information is related to the outcomes of education based on student achievement. One comparison permitted is that of current levels of performance with those of previous years. Another…

This document is an analysis of statewide educational data procured by the New York State Education Department and presented to the Governor and the Legislature. Data are primarily derived from information submitted by superintendents of schools. This fifth in the series of annual reports again shows that students in affluent areas do reasonably…

The school-year and annual dropout counts for high schools in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District are summarized for the past 7 years, 1983-84 through 1989-90, and for grades 7 and 8 for the past 6 years. Also reported are the current status of entering ninth graders of 1983-84 through 1989-90, and of the entering seventh graders of…

School enrollment is projected for the State of Virginia and its 133 school divisions over the next 2 decades. Data on fall school membership, high school graduates, and March 31 average daily membership (ADM) are included. In the peak projection year, 2006-07, fall membership (almost 1,243,000 students) is expected to be 23 percent higher than in…

This report presents statistical data with analyses of dropouts in Texas for the 1990-91 school year. The data used in the report are based on enrollment in grades 7 through 12 and on school districts reporting the number of individuals absent for a period of 30 or more consecutive days. Section I, a state summary, includes the following types of…

This report contains the school-year and annual dropout counts for the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) for 1990-91 and trends and comparison data from the previous 8 years. Also reported are the current status of entering ninth graders from 1983-84 through 1990-91 and the current status of entering seventh graders from 1984-85…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has recently released the 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), an integrated survey of public and private schools, school districts, principals, and teachers, conducted every 3 years. This report presents results from the recent SASS. In 1990-91, there were about 80,000 public schools and…

Rate of retention in grade is a measure of the number of students who repeat the grade they were in the year before. This report of retention rates is produced annually for the Austin (Texas) Independent School District, but contains information produced after the beginning of the school year and data produced at the end of the school year…

Statewide information contained in the school report cards released over the last 6 years in Illinois are summarized, with a focus on trends for selected indicators. Some vignettes have been included to reflect the more human aspects of the data presented in the graphs. Between 1986 and 1991 student enrollment, after declining, increased in 1991,…

A study was done to determine the extent to which children in public high and low poverty schools receive similar services and levels of supports, and whether public schools receiving Chapter 1 assistance appear to have more services and support than do similar non-Chapter 1 schools. The study used data from the base year Schools and Staffing…

Selected statistics are used to provide a snapshot of Nevada's 17 school districts. This report is produced annually for Nevada citizens who are interested in the schools. Data are provided for the school year ending June 1986. Individual district sections are preceded by a section on the state as a whole, which allows certain comparisons with…

This third edition of the annual status report on Nevada schools presents information for the school year ending June 1987. Data present a picture of Nevada's 17 school districts. Information for the state as a whole and each district is grouped into categories of: (1) financial; (2) students; (3) student achievement in terms of graduation rate…