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The South > Florida > Education

FLORIDIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 5% [18th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 65% [28th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 32% [15th of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 239 [24th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 219 [29th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 274 [37th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 154 [14th of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 26% [23rd of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Best Educated Index -4.41 [36th of 50]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 956,395 [3rd of 46]
Source: Morgan Quitno Press, 2005
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.9 students per teacher [8th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 629,123 [1st of 50]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $16,355,122,722.00 [6th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 85.9% [34th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 25.4 % [27th of 51]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 9.1 % [23rd of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 63,811 [5th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 23,175 [8th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 4 [31st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 33 [9th 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

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