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The Northeast > Connecticut > Education

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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 7% [6th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 71% [9th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 45% [1st of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 242 [10th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 226 [6th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 281 [21st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 264 [26th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 164 [1st of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 34.5% [7th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Best Educated Index 15.88 [2nd of 50]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 13.6 students per teacher [42nd of 51]
Source: Morgan Quitno Press, 2005
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 78,276 [24th of 50]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $6,302,987,649.00 [20th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 88.8% [13th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 34.6 % [4th of 51]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 14.6 % [4th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 16,853 [30th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 8,381 [24th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 6.1 [4th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 7 [32nd of 50]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics

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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: CT

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