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In the latter part of August and early September, the nation’s schools reopen following the traditional summer break.
- More than 1-in-4 ratio of U.S. household residents age 3 and over enrolled in schools — from nursery schools to colleges. That amounts to 74.6 million students in all.
Pre-K through 12
- 55% of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school, up from 20 percent in 1970.
- 53.8 million of students projected to enroll in the nation’s elementary and high schools (grades K-12) fall 2004. That number exceeds the 1969 total of 51.6 million when the last of the “baby boom” children swelled school enrollments.
- There was a decrease by 274,000, in elementary school-age children between 2000 and 2003. Only 14 states experienced increases in the population of this age group. Texas (125,000), Florida (88,000) and Arizona (66,000) — the latter two, usually known for their older populations — led the way. North Carolina (36,000) and Nevada (35,000) followed.
- An increase of 429,000 was seen in the nation’s high school-age population between 2000 and 2003. More than half the states experienced an increase in this age group over the period, led by California (97,000), Florida (81,000), Texas (46,000), North Carolina (37,000) and New Jersey (34,000).
- 11% of elementary and high school students enrolled in private schools in 2004 & 21% students with at least one foreign-born parent.
- 9.8 million of school-age children (5 to 17) speak a language other than English at home. These children make up nearly 1-in-5 in this age group. Most of them (6.9 million) speak Spanish at home.
- 72% of children, 12-to-17 years old are academically on track for their age. The rate is higher for girls than for boys (79 percent versus 69 percent).
- 22% of children 12 to 17 enrolled in special classes for gifted students. The corresponding rate for those who are 6 to 11 is 13 percent.
- 40% of children aged 12 to 17 have changed schools at some time in their educational careers. For children ages 6 to 11, the corresponding rate is 23 percent. This does not include students who graduated from one scholastic level to the next.
- 22% of high school students aged 15 to 17 are holding down a full or part-time job.
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Government Spending on Education; $13,187
The per-pupil expenditure on elementary and secondary education in the nation-leading District of Columbia in 2002. New York, at $11,546; New Jersey, $11,436; Connecticut, $10,001; and Massachusetts, $9,856, followed.
Back-to-School Shopping ; $5.6 billion
The amount of money spent at family clothing stores in August 2003. Only in November and December — the holiday shopping season — were sales higher. Similarly, bookstore sales in August 2003 totaled $2.2 billion, an amount approached only by sales in December and January. |
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