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The West > Colorado > Education

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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 6% [11th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Reading 8% [12th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Math 6% [19th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Reading 3% [9th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Math 81% [28th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 69% [17th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Math 70% [27th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Reading 75% [22nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Math 39% [20th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Reading 37% [7th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Math 32% [19th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Reading 32% [22nd of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 239 [25th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 224 [11th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 281 [27th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 265 [19th of 51]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 35.5% [3rd of 51]
Best Educated Index -0.32 [23rd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students 58,897 [24th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students (per capita) 0.126 per 10 people [32nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students 52,288 [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.112 per 10 people [27th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students 57,662 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [20th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students 57,030 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students (per capita) 0.122 per 10 people [21st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students 56,437 [24th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students (per capita) 0.121 per 10 people [23rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 180,675 [24th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.387 per 10 people [31st of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program 75,618 [26th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program (per capita) 0.162 per 10 people [50th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students 55,913 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students (per capita) 0.12 per 10 people [21st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students 97,043 [5th of 47]
    Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students (per capita) 2.08 per 100 people [7th of 47]
Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students 63,312 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students (per capita) 0.136 per 10 people [29th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students 19,993 [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students (per capita) 4.286 per 1,000 people [12th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.9 students per teacher [11th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible 47,943 [23rd of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.103 per 10 people [36th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students 56,188 [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students (per capita) 0.12 per 10 people [19th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students 59,352 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.127 per 10 people [31st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students 59,013 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students (per capita) 0.126 per 10 people [28th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students 56,844 [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students (per capita) 0.122 per 10 people [25th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students 55,840 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students (per capita) 0.12 per 10 people [21st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools 1,672 [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools (per capita) 0.358 per 1,000 people [24th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff 89,529 [24th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff (per capita) 0.192 per 10 people [27th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students 757,693 [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students (per capita) 0.162 per capita [22nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan 8,977 [16th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan (per capita) 1.924 per 1,000 people [19th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander 23,548 [20th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.505 per 100 people [18th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 44,063 [30th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic (per capita) 0.945 per 100 people [33rd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic 191,763 [8th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic (per capita) 4.111 per 100 people [6th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic 488,561 [22nd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.047 per 10 people [30th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers 44,904 [25th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers (per capita) 0.096 per 10 people [41st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female 368,060 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female (per capita) 0.079 per capita [19th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male 388,852 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male (per capita) 0.083 per capita [25th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown 0 [34th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [17th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students 48,924 [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students (per capita) 0.105 per 10 people [28th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $5,551,506,246.00 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.28 per $10 of GDP [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per capita) $1,189.99 per capita [30th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal $409,358,653.00 [29th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.21 per $100 of GDP [45th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $87.75 per capita [49th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal $3,180,392,374.00 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.16 per $10 of GDP [48th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $681.73 per capita [34th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues $14,758,803.00 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per $ GDP) $738.11 per $10 million of GDP [18th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per capita) $316.36 per 100 people [15th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal $3,160,212,390.00 [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.58 per $100 of GDP [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $677.41 per capita [18th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal $191,073,973.00 [29th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.96 per $1,000 of GDP [48th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $40.96 per capita [48th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues $2,715,206,029.00 [25th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.14 per $10 of GDP [42nd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per capita) $582.02 per capita [40th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal $2,180,039,899.00 [19th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.11 per $10 of GDP [33rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per capita) $467.30 per capita [17th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education $6,429,915,800.00 [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per $ GDP) $0.32 per $10 of GDP [44th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per capita) $1,378.28 per capita [28th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources $6,299,535,875.00 [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per $ GDP) $0.32 per $10 of GDP [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per capita) $1,350.33 per capita [31st of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 88.3% [16th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 33.7 % [5th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 11.9 % [9th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency) 87.4 % [17th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native 675 [11th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 1.447 per 10,000 people [12th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander 1,853 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.397 per 1,000 people [16th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 25,247 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors (per capita) 0.541 per 100 people [19th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic 2,147 [31st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 4.602 per 10,000 people [34th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 780 [21st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors (per capita) 1.672 per 10,000 people [15th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic 4,941 [9th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic (per capita) 1.059 per 1,000 people [8th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 10,027 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (per capita) 0.215 per 100 people [15th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien 1,792 [24th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.384 per 1,000 people [30th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 3,524 [15th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 7.554 per 10,000 people [16th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total 55,628 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) 1.192 per 100 people [18th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White 40,696 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White (per capita) 0.872 per 100 people [19th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year 46 [18th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) 0.986 per 100,000 people [22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit 36 [8th of 49]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit (per capita) 7.717 per 1 million people [1st of 49]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit 13 [34th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit (per capita) 2.787 per 1 million people [44th of 50]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public 29 [27th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public (per capita) 0.622 per 100,000 people [28th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible 78 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible (per capita) 0.167 per 10,000 people [22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year 32 [20th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year (per capita) 0.686 per 100,000 people [20th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native 4,074 [10th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.873 per 1,000 people [12th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander 10,703 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 2.294 per 1,000 people [18th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic 12,536 [31st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 2.687 per 1,000 people [35th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female 169,154 [21st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female (per capita) 0.363 per 10 people [14th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional 4,169 [28th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional (per capita) 0.894 per 1,000 people [27th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate 48,349 [17th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate (per capita) 1.036 per 100 people [5th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic 30,969 [9th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic (per capita) 6.638 per 1,000 people [8th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male 136,026 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male (per capita) 0.292 per 10 people [10th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien 6,731 [24th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.144 per 100 people [34th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 24,920 [13th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 5.342 per 1,000 people [13th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate 252,662 [21st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate (per capita) 0.542 per 10 people [14th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White 215,247 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White (per capita) 0.461 per 10 people [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) 477 [20th of 51]
    Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 1.022 per 10,000 people [21st of 51]
Public Libraries > Audio Materials per 1,000 Population 145.5 [22nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures $28,912,418.00 [13th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per $ GDP) $144.60 per $1 million of GDP [13th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per capita) $61.98 per 10 people [10th of 51]
Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance 1,062,529 [17th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance (per capita) 0.228 per capita [13th of 51]
Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials 15,576,433 [18th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials (per capita) 3.339 per capita [7th of 51]
Public Libraries > Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population 6.4 [27th of 51]
Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures $2,673,637.00 [12th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per $ GDP) $1.34 per $100,000 of GDP [3rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per capita) $5.73 per 10 people [1st of 50]
Public Libraries > Federal Revenue $420,825.00 [31st of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per $ GDP) $2.11 per $1 million of GDP [35th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per capita) $9.02 per 100 people [36th of 49]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 6.3 [2nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Local Revenue $174,478,564.00 [12th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.87 per $1,000 of GDP [4th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per capita) $37.40 per capita [3rd of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 12 [24th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles (per capita) 2.572 per 1 million people [24th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries 138 [22nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries (per capita) 0.296 per 10,000 people [18th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries 104 [27th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries (per capita) 2.229 per 100,000 people [34th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals 2,486 [24th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals (per capita) 0.533 per 1,000 people [26th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures $32,227,974.00 [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.16 per $1,000 of GDP [15th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per capita) $6.91 per capita [13th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Revenue $12,200,074.00 [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.61 per $10,000 of GDP [19th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per capita) $2.62 per capita [17th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) 1,717 [19th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.368 per 1,000 people [12th of 51]
Public Libraries > Public Service Hours 567,500 [25th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (per capita) 0.122 per capita [32nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Reference Transactions per Capita 1.3 [7th of 51]
Public Libraries > State Revenue $216,217.00 [44th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per $ GDP) $10.81 per $10 million of GDP [46th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per capita) $4.64 per 100 people [46th of 50]
Public Libraries > Total Circulation per Capita 10.1 [7th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures $24,812,366.00 [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per $ GDP) $1.24 per $10,000 of GDP [8th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per capita) $5.32 per capita [6th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) 751.9 [21st of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.161 per 1,000 people [28th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures $167,476,354.00 [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.84 per $1,000 of GDP [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per capita) $35.90 per capita [11th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Revenue $187,315,680.00 [15th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.94 per $1,000 of GDP [8th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per capita) $40.15 per capita [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures $110,588,263.00 [17th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.55 per $1,000 of GDP [11th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per capita) $23.71 per capita [12th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) 2,468.9 [20th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.529 per 1,000 people [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources 4,511,021 [21st of 50]
    Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources (per capita) 0.967 per capita [26th of 50]
Public Libraries > Video Materials per 1,000 Population 171 [7th 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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