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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 5% [16th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Reading 5% [44th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Math 6% [17th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Reading 2% [41st of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Math 77% [36th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 58% [40th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Math 69% [30th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Reading 70% [34th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Math 34% [34th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Reading 27% [37th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Math 29% [32nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Reading 26% [37th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 236 [34th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 211 [42nd of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 279 [30th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 259 [34th of 51]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 25.5% [26th of 51]
Best Educated Index -11.25 [44th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students 11,140 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students (per capita) 0.168 per 10 people [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students 9,161 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.138 per 10 people [2nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students 10,169 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students (per capita) 0.153 per 10 people [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students 9,675 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students (per capita) 0.146 per 10 people [3rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students 10,115 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students (per capita) 0.152 per 10 people [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 26,865 [42nd of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.405 per 10 people [29th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program 17,851 [44th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program (per capita) 0.269 per 10 people [6th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students 9,475 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students (per capita) 0.143 per 10 people [2nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students 19,877 [25th of 47]
    Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students (per capita) 2.995 per 100 people [2nd of 47]
Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students 11,803 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students (per capita) 0.178 per 10 people [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students 1,883 [43rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students (per capita) 2.837 per 1,000 people [20th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.2 students per teacher [10th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible 9,651 [41st of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.145 per 10 people [11th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students 9,501 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students (per capita) 0.143 per 10 people [3rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students 11,095 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.167 per 10 people [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students 10,907 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students (per capita) 0.164 per 10 people [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students 10,623 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students (per capita) 0.16 per 10 people [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students 9,735 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students (per capita) 0.147 per 10 people [2nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools 521 [44th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools (per capita) 0.785 per 1,000 people [4th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff 16,388 [45th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff (per capita) 0.247 per 10 people [4th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students 133,933 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students (per capita) 0.202 per capita [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan 34,874 [5th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan (per capita) 52.548 per 1,000 people [1st of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander 8,719 [31st of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander (per capita) 1.314 per 100 people [3rd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 6,259 [40th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic (per capita) 0.943 per 100 people [34th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic 5,200 [43rd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic (per capita) 0.784 per 100 people [31st of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic 78,881 [47th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.189 per 10 people [21st of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers 7,808 [48th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers (per capita) 0.118 per 10 people [13th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female 64,920 [42nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female (per capita) 0.098 per capita [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male 69,007 [42nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male (per capita) 0.104 per capita [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown 6 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown (per capita) 9.041 per 1 million people [5th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students 8,651 [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students (per capita) 0.13 per 10 people [4th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $1,326,226,326.00 [44th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.39 per $10 of GDP [8th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per capita) $1,998.35 per capita [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal $260,064,074.00 [37th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.77 per $100 of GDP [1st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $391.86 per capita [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal $771,236,509.00 [44th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.23 per $10 of GDP [10th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $1,162.09 per capita [3rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues $0.00 [51st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.00 per $10 million of GDP [51st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per capita) $0.00 per 100 people [51st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal $373,952,442.00 [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.10 per $100 of GDP [44th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $563.47 per capita [26th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal $44,660,513.00 [47th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.32 per $1,000 of GDP [31st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $67.29 per capita [8th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues $834,259,395.00 [43rd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.25 per $10 of GDP [7th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per capita) $1,257.06 per capita [2nd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal $510,329,304.00 [44th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.15 per $10 of GDP [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per capita) $768.96 per capita [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education $1,584,855,840.00 [44th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per $ GDP) $0.47 per $10 of GDP [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per capita) $2,388.05 per capita [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources $1,468,275,911.00 [44th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per $ GDP) $0.43 per $10 of GDP [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per capita) $2,212.39 per capita [1st of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 90.2% [8th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 27.2 % [22nd of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 9.2 % [22nd of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency) 91.4 % [1st of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native 385 [22nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 5.801 per 10,000 people [5th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander 130 [47th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.196 per 1,000 people [37th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 1,405 [51st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors (per capita) 0.212 per 100 people [51st of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic 121 [44th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.823 per 10,000 people [42nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 20 [51st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors (per capita) 0.301 per 10,000 people [51st of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic 103 [47th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic (per capita) 0.155 per 1,000 people [39th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 585 [50th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (per capita) 0.088 per 100 people [48th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien 146 [50th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.22 per 1,000 people [47th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 90 [50th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 1.356 per 10,000 people [47th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total 3,290 [51st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) 0.496 per 100 people [50th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White 2,315 [51st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White (per capita) 0.349 per 100 people [49th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year 6 [49th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) 0.904 per 100,000 people [26th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit 1 [47th of 49]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit (per capita) 1.507 per 1 million people [37th of 49]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit 2 [49th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit (per capita) 3.014 per 1 million people [41st of 50]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public 5 [48th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public (per capita) 0.753 per 100,000 people [21st of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible 8 [51st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible (per capita) 0.121 per 10,000 people [40th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year 2 [49th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year (per capita) 0.301 per 100,000 people [47th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native 3,892 [11th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 5.864 per 1,000 people [2nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander 1,273 [42nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 1.918 per 1,000 people [22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic 1,034 [44th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.558 per 1,000 people [40th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female 18,730 [51st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female (per capita) 0.282 per 10 people [47th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate 2,306 [51st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate (per capita) 0.347 per 100 people [51st of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic 993 [45th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic (per capita) 1.496 per 1,000 people [31st of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male 12,139 [51st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male (per capita) 0.183 per 10 people [51st of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien 916 [48th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.138 per 100 people [35th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 1,759 [48th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 2.65 per 1,000 people [31st of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate 28,563 [51st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate (per capita) 0.43 per 10 people [45th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White 21,002 [50th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White (per capita) 0.316 per 10 people [41st of 51]
Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) 70.2 [44th of 51]
    Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 1.058 per 10,000 people [17th of 51]
Public Libraries > Audio Materials per 1,000 Population 142.5 [23rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures $3,208,804.00 [42nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per $ GDP) $94.72 per $1 million of GDP [26th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per capita) $48.35 per 10 people [17th of 51]
Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance 134,147 [49th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance (per capita) 0.202 per capita [20th of 51]
Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials 1,123,762 [49th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials (per capita) 1.693 per capita [38th of 51]
Public Libraries > Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population 11 [9th of 51]
Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures $209,417.00 [40th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.62 per $100,000 of GDP [26th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per capita) $3.16 per 10 people [17th of 50]
Public Libraries > Federal Revenue $647,613.00 [26th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per $ GDP) $19.12 per $1 million of GDP [2nd of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per capita) $97.58 per 100 people [2nd of 49]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 4.8 [19th of 51]
Public Libraries > Local Revenue $22,068,009.00 [43rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.65 per $1,000 of GDP [17th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per capita) $33.25 per capita [9th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 1 [49th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles (per capita) 1.507 per 1 million people [41st of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries 17 [45th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries (per capita) 0.256 per 10,000 people [24th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries 85 [32nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries (per capita) 12.808 per 100,000 people [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals 598 [45th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals (per capita) 0.901 per 1,000 people [2nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures $6,001,236.00 [41st of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.18 per $1,000 of GDP [11th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per capita) $9.04 per capita [3rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Revenue $1,465,633.00 [48th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.43 per $10,000 of GDP [28th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per capita) $2.21 per capita [22nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) 203.8 [46th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.307 per 1,000 people [22nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Public Service Hours 146,019 [46th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (per capita) 0.22 per capita [10th of 51]
Public Libraries > Reference Transactions per Capita 0.5 [50th of 51]
Public Libraries > State Revenue $696,126.00 [36th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per $ GDP) $205.49 per $10 million of GDP [28th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per capita) $104.89 per 100 people [22nd of 50]
Public Libraries > Total Circulation per Capita 6.1 [31st of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures $3,083,496.00 [42nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.91 per $10,000 of GDP [28th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per capita) $4.65 per capita [13th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) 116.6 [49th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.176 per 1,000 people [23rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures $24,869,713.00 [45th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.73 per $1,000 of GDP [18th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per capita) $37.47 per capita [9th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Revenue $24,877,381.00 [45th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.73 per $1,000 of GDP [21st of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per capita) $37.49 per capita [10th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures $15,798,557.00 [45th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.47 per $1,000 of GDP [18th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per capita) $23.81 per capita [11th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) 320.4 [47th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.483 per 1,000 people [22nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources 882,624 [43rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources (per capita) 1.33 per capita [9th of 50]
Public Libraries > Video Materials per 1,000 Population 190 [5th of 51]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics; National Center for Educational Statistics ; US Census Bureau, 2004.; Morgan Quitno Press, 2005; American Community Survey 2004

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