Rankings And Estimates Report 2018

Rankings of the States 2017 and

Estimates of School Statistics 2018

NEA RESEARCH April 2018

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Contents

Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................... 5

Part I. Rankings 2017 Highlights............................................................................................................. 5 Part II. Estimates 2018 Highlights........................................................................................................... 6 Part III. National Trends 200918 Highlights.......................................................................................... 7 Technical Notes........................................................................................................................................... 10 RANKINGS 2017..........................................................................................................................11 Series A--Enrollment and Attendance......................................................................................................... 13 Series B--Faculty........................................................................................................................................ 19 Series C--School Revenues......................................................................................................................... 27 Series D--School Expenditures ................................................................................................................... 35 ESTIMATES 2018 ........................................................................................................................39 Series E--Students and Faculty ................................................................................................................... 41 Series F--School Revenues and Expenditures ............................................................................................. 51 NATIONAL TRENDS 200918....................................................................................................63 Series G--Students and Faculty................................................................................................................... 65 Series H--School Revenues and Expenditures............................................................................................. 73

Glossary ...................................................................................................................................................... 83 State Notes for Rankings and Estimates ....................................................................................................... 87

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Foreword

The data presented in this report provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to education varies on a state-by-state basis. Thus, NEA Research offers this report to its state and local affiliates as well as to researchers, policy makers, and the public as a tool to examine public education programs and services.

Part I of this report--Rankings 2017--provides state-level data on an array of topics relevant to the complex enterprise of public education. Since the 1960s, Rankings has presented facts and figures useful in determining how states differ from one another--and from national averages--on important school statistics such as student attendance, teacher employment and average salary, and school revenues and expenditures. Of course, no set of tables tells the entire story of a state's education offerings. Consideration of factors such as a state's tax system, provisions for other public services, and population characteristics also are needed. Therefore, it is unwise to draw conclusions based solely on individual statistics in this report.

Part II of this report--Estimates 2018--is in its 73rd year of production. Estimates provides data tables projecting public school enrollment, employment and compensation of personnel, and finances, as reported by individual state departments of education. Not surprisingly, interest in the improvement and renewal of public education continues to capture the attention of the nation.

Part III of this report--National Trends 200918--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. Such trends at the national level have been based on data reported state by state.

Public education in the United States is a joint enterprise between local, state, and federal governments. Yet, progress in improving public education stems primarily from the efforts of state education agencies, local districts, and individual schools. These public organizations deserve credit for recognizing that spending for education needs to be acknowledged as an investment in our nation's most valuable resource--students. Similarly, this publication represents a collective effort that goes well beyond the staff of the National Education Association. Individual state departments of education and the NEA's state affiliates participate in collecting and assembling the data presented in this report. As a result, the NEA appreciates and acknowledges the cooperation it receives from all those whose efforts make this publication possible.

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