Each year the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) publishes a pocket summary of their "Projections of Education Statistics." This summary reviews data on U.S. education from 1980-81 and provides predictions of educational data until 2002-03. Included are tables summarizing population trends and tables of elementary school and…

There has been concern in the private school research community that private school diversity is not captured by the three divisions of Catholic, other religious, and non-sectarian. Data from the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) are used in this analysis to operationalize a typology that further subdivides each group into the following…

This book, which is in its 24th edition, provides general statistical data to the public, professional educators, and the General Assembly of North Carolina. The profile contains information on North Carolina's 1,247,144 students and 117 local education agencies, school personnel, and finances. Part I presents tables and summaries of statewide…

The Educational Research Service annually reports an important statistical measure, the Composite Indicator of Changes in Average Salaries and Wages Paid by Public School Systems (CIC), which is designed to reflect overall changes in average salaries and wages paid by school systems in much the same way that the Dow Jones Average or the Standard…

This first in a series of bulletins on trends and projections presents past and projected enrollment trends in public elementary and secondary schools from 1965 to 2000. Enrollments in regular elementary and secondary schools from the Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of Data Survey were used to develop the projections. For the…

In 1986, the Center for Education Statistics (CES) initiated a series of meetings with a wide range of private school representatives. At these meetings, a need for more complete information on the data collection efforts of the various private groups was identified, and as a result, CES agreed to investigate the extent and nature of the education…

During the 1983-84 school year, 58 percent of the 27,700 private schools in the United States reported benefiting from publicly funded services. The source of these data is the National Survey of Private Schools, fall 1983, carried out by Westat, Inc., under contract with the Center for Education Statistics (CES). The survey supplemented the CES…

This document presents an analysis of data from the October 1979 Current Population Survey (CPS) on private school enrollment and the levels of tuition paid by families of private school students at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. The data are presented in 24 charts and tables and the major trends and patterns are discussed in…

This 1969-70 directory of public elementary and secondary schools provides the names of and basic information on local school systems in the United States and its possessions. In this directory, the listing includes all systems regardless of size, as well as nonoperating public school districts. The main body of the directory lists, in…

This report offers figures on modern foreign language enrollments in four-year colleges and universities for fall 1961 and compares them with those of fall 1960. Most of this information is presented in tables, the majority of which detail enrollment figures and percent of change by state and institution. Individual institution enrollment for…

This statistical report compares school expenses against the total maintenance and operation expenses for general governmental departments in cities, of over 50,000 population, that include school system expenditures within city government costs. Reported in tabular form are (1) total payments for major functions, (2) total payments for schools,…

A survey of 1971 journalism enrollments in 162 colleges and universities in the United States showed that 36,697 students were journalism majors, an increase of 10.8 percent over the 1970 figure of 33,106. Enrollment figures are given for (1) the top 20 schools in number of journalism students; (2) the top 10 schools in number of doctorate…

This profile, the 27th in a series initiated in 1975, is a collection of statistical information about North Carolina's elementary and secondary schools. The purpose of this book is to provide general statistical data to the public, professional educators, and the North Carolina General Assembly. Tables with statewide data are presented in part 1…

This publication provides a detailed look at public education in Texas for the 2000-2001 school year. It provides readers with the basic information needed to examine differences in size, wealth, ethnic composition, and academic achievement and to assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of public school districts in Texas. This Snapshot…