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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 4% [27th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Reading 7% [20th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Science 4% [5th of 39]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Writing 1% [25th of 40]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Math 6% [15th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Reading 3% [17th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Math 85% [12th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 67% [22nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Science 81% [3rd of 39]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Writing 89% [8th of 44]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Math 75% [13th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Reading 79% [12th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Math 37% [26th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Reading 33% [19th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Science 37% [5th of 39]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Writing 27% [18th of 44]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Math 34% [15th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Reading 34% [19th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 240 [22nd of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 221 [20th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Science 160 [4th of 39]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Writing 155 [16th of 44]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 284 [14th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 267 [14th of 51]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 24.3% [38th of 51]
Best Educated Index 4.75 [14th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students 38,428 [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students (per capita) 0.13 per 10 people [27th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students 36,794 [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [11th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students 35,539 [32nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students (per capita) 0.12 per 10 people [32nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students 33,296 [34th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students (per capita) 0.112 per 10 people [37th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students 34,290 [32nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students (per capita) 0.116 per 10 people [32nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 107,313 [31st of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.362 per 10 people [38th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program 63,886 [31st of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program (per capita) 0.215 per 10 people [35th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students 35,295 [33rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students (per capita) 0.119 per 10 people [22nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students 15,238 [29th of 47]
    Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students (per capita) 0.514 per 100 people [32nd of 47]
Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students 40,486 [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students (per capita) 0.136 per 10 people [30th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students 6,907 [28th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students (per capita) 2.328 per 1,000 people [25th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 13.8 students per teacher [36th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible 36,907 [29th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [28th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students 33,330 [33rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students (per capita) 0.112 per 10 people [38th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students 37,919 [31st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.128 per 10 people [29th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students 36,701 [31st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [32nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students 38,451 [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students (per capita) 0.13 per 10 people [17th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students 33,326 [34th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students (per capita) 0.112 per 10 people [40th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools 1,495 [25th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools (per capita) 0.504 per 1,000 people [10th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff 63,992 [29th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff (per capita) 0.216 per 10 people [18th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students 481,226 [32nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students (per capita) 0.162 per capita [21st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan 2,835 [32nd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan (per capita) 0.956 per 1,000 people [24th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander 8,702 [32nd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.293 per 100 people [28th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 21,687 [34th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic (per capita) 0.731 per 100 people [37th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic 23,661 [33rd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic (per capita) 0.798 per 100 people [30th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic 424,341 [25th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.431 per 10 people [8th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers 34,791 [29th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers (per capita) 0.117 per 10 people [14th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female 233,933 [29th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female (per capita) 0.079 per capita [21st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male 247,293 [29th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male (per capita) 0.083 per capita [23rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown 0 [24th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [46th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students 36,834 [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [7th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Ungraded Students 3,630 [16th of 29]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ungraded Students (per capita) 122.373 per 100,000 people [11th of 29]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $3,652,022,139.00 [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.32 per $10 of GDP [35th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per capita) $1,231.16 per capita [27th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal $315,453,993.00 [34th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.28 per $100 of GDP [36th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $106.35 per capita [36th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal $2,174,017,843.00 [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.19 per $10 of GDP [36th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $732.90 per capita [29th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues $9,067,257.00 [19th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per $ GDP) $793.50 per $10 million of GDP [16th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per capita) $305.67 per 100 people [17th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal $1,942,279,487.00 [25th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.70 per $100 of GDP [18th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $654.77 per capita [19th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal $267,010,805.00 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $2.34 per $1,000 of GDP [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $90.01 per capita [2nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues $1,974,707,153.00 [31st of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.17 per $10 of GDP [34th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per capita) $665.71 per capita [27th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal $1,210,993,491.00 [31st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.11 per $10 of GDP [36th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per capita) $408.25 per capita [32nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education $4,139,340,992.00 [29th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per $ GDP) $0.36 per $10 of GDP [35th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per capita) $1,395.44 per capita [27th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources $4,241,507,890.00 [29th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per $ GDP) $0.37 per $10 of GDP [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per capita) $1,429.88 per capita [25th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 89.8% [9th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 23.9 % [37th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 7.2 % [44th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency) 89.5 % [5th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native 156 [37th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.526 per 10,000 people [30th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander 764 [30th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.258 per 1,000 people [29th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 20,174 [25th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors (per capita) 0.68 per 100 people [7th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic 1,028 [34th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 3.466 per 10,000 people [37th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 606 [24th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors (per capita) 2.043 per 10,000 people [9th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic 741 [31st of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic (per capita) 0.25 per 1,000 people [30th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 3,967 [33rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (per capita) 0.134 per 100 people [39th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien 1,787 [25th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.602 per 1,000 people [8th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 2,226 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 7.504 per 10,000 people [17th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total 42,548 [25th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) 1.434 per 100 people [6th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White 35,846 [23rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White (per capita) 1.208 per 100 people [4th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year 45 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) 1.517 per 100,000 people [7th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit 8 [25th of 49]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit (per capita) 2.697 per 1 million people [23rd of 49]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit 37 [14th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit (per capita) 12.473 per 1 million people [4th of 50]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public 19 [35th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public (per capita) 0.641 per 100,000 people [27th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible 64 [24th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible (per capita) 0.216 per 10,000 people [11th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year 19 [34th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year (per capita) 0.641 per 100,000 people [24th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native 1,031 [35th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.348 per 1,000 people [28th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander 4,188 [32nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 1.412 per 1,000 people [30th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic 7,148 [34th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 2.41 per 1,000 people [37th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female 122,651 [27th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female (per capita) 0.413 per 10 people [4th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional 7,124 [16th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional (per capita) 2.402 per 1,000 people [3rd of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate 16,614 [32nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate (per capita) 0.56 per 100 people [37th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic 4,711 [30th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic (per capita) 1.588 per 1,000 people [28th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male 94,995 [27th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male (per capita) 0.32 per 10 people [6th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien 7,311 [22nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.246 per 100 people [8th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 22,916 [14th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 7.725 per 1,000 people [7th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate 193,908 [26th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate (per capita) 0.654 per 10 people [5th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White 170,341 [24th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White (per capita) 0.574 per 10 people [6th of 51]
Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) 225 [29th of 51]
    Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.759 per 10,000 people [29th of 51]
Public Libraries > Audio Materials per 1,000 Population 168.1 [12th of 51]
Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures $18,386,415.00 [20th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per $ GDP) $160.91 per $1 million of GDP [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per capita) $61.98 per 10 people [9th of 51]
Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance 901,507 [19th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance (per capita) 0.304 per capita [3rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials 9,436,937 [25th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials (per capita) 3.181 per capita [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population 13.3 [1st of 51]
Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures $481,479.00 [31st of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.42 per $100,000 of GDP [34th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per capita) $1.62 per 10 people [32nd of 50]
Public Libraries > Federal Revenue $434,366.00 [29th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per $ GDP) $3.80 per $1 million of GDP [25th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per capita) $14.64 per 100 people [27th of 49]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 5.3 [12th of 51]
Public Libraries > Local Revenue $69,753,429.00 [29th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.61 per $1,000 of GDP [21st of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per capita) $23.52 per capita [25th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 6 [34th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles (per capita) 2.023 per 1 million people [29th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries 24 [42nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries (per capita) 0.081 per 10,000 people [48th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries 539 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries (per capita) 18.171 per 100,000 people [3rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals 2,535 [22nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals (per capita) 0.855 per 1,000 people [3rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures $14,496,660.00 [30th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.13 per $1,000 of GDP [27th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per capita) $4.89 per capita [29th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Revenue $7,057,372.00 [29th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.62 per $10,000 of GDP [18th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per capita) $2.38 per capita [20th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) 722.7 [32nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.244 per 1,000 people [34th of 51]
Public Libraries > Public Service Hours 964,396 [12th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (per capita) 0.325 per capita [2nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Reference Transactions per Capita 0.7 [39th of 51]
Public Libraries > State Revenue $2,162,943.00 [28th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per $ GDP) $189.29 per $10 million of GDP [29th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per capita) $72.92 per 100 people [29th of 50]
Public Libraries > Total Circulation per Capita 9.2 [11th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures $11,842,958.00 [28th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per $ GDP) $1.04 per $10,000 of GDP [20th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per capita) $3.99 per capita [21st of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) 874.8 [17th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.295 per 1,000 people [2nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures $76,560,961.00 [29th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.67 per $1,000 of GDP [23rd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per capita) $25.81 per capita [24th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Revenue $79,404,610.00 [29th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.70 per $1,000 of GDP [25th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per capita) $26.77 per capita [26th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures $49,917,663.00 [28th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.44 per $1,000 of GDP [22nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per capita) $16.83 per capita [24th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) 1,597.5 [29th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.539 per 1,000 people [15th of 51]
Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources 3,820,266 [23rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources (per capita) 1.288 per capita [11th of 50]
Public Libraries > Video Materials per 1,000 Population 169.5 [10th 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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