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Special Territories and Administrative Regions > District of Columbia > Education

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 1% [51st of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 33% [51st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 10% [42nd of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 211 [51st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 191 [51st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 245 [51st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 238 [51st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 128 [42nd of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 45.7% [1st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 36,889 [39th of 46]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 13.8 students per teacher [37th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $902,317,945.00 [48th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 86.4% [32nd of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 47.7 % [1st of 51]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 26 % [1st of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 9,435 [36th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 576 [25th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 8,468 [23rd of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 3.9 [36th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 1 [47th 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.; American Community Survey 2004

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: District of Columbia, Washington (District of Columbia), DC, D.C., Dist. of Col.

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