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The Midwest > Illinois > Education

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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 5% [20th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Reading 7% [23rd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Science 4% [6th of 39]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Math 5% [29th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Reading 3% [13th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Science 3% [16th of 38]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Math 74% [43rd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 62% [33rd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Science 68% [20th of 39]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Math 68% [31st of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Reading 75% [25th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Science 62% [18th of 38]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Math 32% [35th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Reading 29% [33rd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Science 31% [15th of 39]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Math 29% [31st of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Reading 31% [25th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Science 30% [18th of 38]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 233 [39th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 216 [36th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Science 151 [19th of 39]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 278 [32nd of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 264 [24th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Science 150 [19th of 38]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 27.4% [19th of 51]
Best Educated Index -3.07 [32nd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students 160,271 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students (per capita) 0.126 per 10 people [33rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students 139,504 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.109 per 10 people [31st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students 158,367 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [22nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students 155,142 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students (per capita) 0.122 per 10 people [22nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students 160,246 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students (per capita) 0.126 per 10 people [15th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 661,335 [4th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.518 per 10 people [16th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program 316,733 [4th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program (per capita) 0.248 per 10 people [15th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students 146,803 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students (per capita) 0.115 per 10 people [28th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students 174,343 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students (per capita) 0.137 per 10 people [28th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students 67,148 [3rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students (per capita) 5.261 per 1,000 people [5th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.5 students per teacher [14th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible 113,863 [5th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.089 per 10 people [41st of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students 154,191 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students (per capita) 0.121 per 10 people [16th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students 162,933 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.128 per 10 people [27th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students 163,901 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students (per capita) 0.128 per 10 people [22nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students 155,848 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students (per capita) 0.122 per 10 people [26th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students 161,329 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students (per capita) 0.126 per 10 people [10th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools 4,416 [4th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools (per capita) 0.346 per 1,000 people [29th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff 132,794 [11th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff (per capita) 0.104 per 10 people [50th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students 2,100,961 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students (per capita) 0.165 per capita [14th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan 4,082 [26th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan (per capita) 0.32 per 1,000 people [43rd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander 75,865 [7th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.594 per 100 people [13th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 444,290 [6th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic (per capita) 3.481 per 100 people [13th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic 370,942 [6th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic (per capita) 2.906 per 100 people [8th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic 1,205,782 [8th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic (per capita) 0.945 per 10 people [34th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers 127,669 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers (per capita) 0.1 per 10 people [34th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female 1,018,621 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female (per capita) 0.08 per capita [14th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male 1,081,782 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male (per capita) 0.085 per capita [15th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown 0 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [38th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students 136,974 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students (per capita) 0.107 per 10 people [22nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Ungraded Students 3,961 [15th of 29]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ungraded Students (per capita) 31.034 per 100,000 people [21st of 29]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $17,271,301,336.00 [4th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.33 per $10 of GDP [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per capita) $1,353.19 per capita [16th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal $1,618,737,437.00 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.31 per $100 of GDP [30th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $126.83 per capita [25th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal $10,320,227,331.00 [4th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.20 per $10 of GDP [34th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $808.58 per capita [20th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues $0.00 [49th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.00 per $10 million of GDP [49th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per capita) $0.00 per 100 people [49th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal $11,208,835,942.00 [4th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $2.12 per $100 of GDP [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $878.20 per capita [6th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal $557,825,805.00 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.06 per $1,000 of GDP [42nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $43.71 per capita [44th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues $6,327,131,969.00 [10th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.12 per $10 of GDP [48th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per capita) $495.73 per capita [44th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal $6,393,248,200.00 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.12 per $10 of GDP [18th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per capita) $500.91 per capita [13th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education $20,126,719,166.00 [4th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per $ GDP) $0.38 per $10 of GDP [26th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per capita) $1,576.91 per capita [13th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources $19,154,705,348.00 [4th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per $ GDP) $0.36 per $10 of GDP [36th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per capita) $1,500.76 per capita [20th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 86.8% [29th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 29.1 % [15th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 11.2 % [11th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency) 85.2 % [29th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native 598 [14th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.469 per 10,000 people [33rd of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander 9,517 [3rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.746 per 1,000 people [7th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 59,537 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors (per capita) 0.466 per 100 people [29th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic 18,321 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 14.354 per 10,000 people [11th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 2,498 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors (per capita) 1.957 per 10,000 people [11th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic 10,487 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic (per capita) 0.822 per 1,000 people [9th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 32,732 [3rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (per capita) 0.256 per 100 people [6th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien 8,227 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.645 per 1,000 people [6th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 5,650 [10th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 4.427 per 10,000 people [26th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total 154,830 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) 1.213 per 100 people [17th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White 102,030 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White (per capita) 0.799 per 100 people [22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year 112 [4th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) 0.878 per 100,000 people [29th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit 27 [12th of 49]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit (per capita) 2.115 per 1 million people [28th of 49]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit 85 [4th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit (per capita) 6.66 per 1 million people [20th of 50]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public 60 [8th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public (per capita) 0.47 per 100,000 people [40th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible 172 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible (per capita) 0.135 per 10,000 people [34th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year 60 [8th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year (per capita) 0.47 per 100,000 people [34th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native 2,571 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.201 per 1,000 people [39th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander 44,750 [4th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 3.506 per 1,000 people [8th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic 106,090 [7th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 8.312 per 1,000 people [14th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female 457,946 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female (per capita) 0.359 per 10 people [16th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional 17,859 [5th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional (per capita) 1.399 per 1,000 people [12th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate 116,293 [4th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate (per capita) 0.911 per 100 people [9th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic 88,571 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic (per capita) 6.939 per 1,000 people [7th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male 343,455 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male (per capita) 0.269 per 10 people [17th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien 24,126 [7th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.189 per 100 people [18th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 32,503 [11th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 2.547 per 1,000 people [32nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate 667,249 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate (per capita) 0.523 per 10 people [18th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White 502,790 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White (per capita) 0.394 per 10 people [29th of 51]
Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) 1,724.8 [5th of 51]
    Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 1.351 per 10,000 people [9th of 51]
Public Libraries > Audio Materials per 1,000 Population 165.8 [13th of 51]
Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures $141,826,470.00 [1st of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per $ GDP) $268.15 per $1 million of GDP [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per capita) $111.12 per 10 people [4th of 51]
Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance 2,566,687 [6th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance (per capita) 0.201 per capita [21st of 51]
Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials 37,911,647 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials (per capita) 2.97 per capita [13th of 51]
Public Libraries > Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population 11.2 [6th of 51]
Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures $6,130,466.00 [3rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per $ GDP) $1.16 per $100,000 of GDP [7th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per capita) $4.80 per 10 people [6th of 50]
Public Libraries > Federal Revenue $2,864,929.00 [4th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per $ GDP) $5.42 per $1 million of GDP [17th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per capita) $22.45 per 100 people [11th of 49]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 5.6 [11th of 51]
Public Libraries > Local Revenue $465,245,754.00 [3rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.88 per $1,000 of GDP [3rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per capita) $36.45 per capita [5th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 29 [11th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles (per capita) 2.272 per 1 million people [28th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries 164 [18th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries (per capita) 0.128 per 10,000 people [44th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries 629 [2nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries (per capita) 4.928 per 100,000 people [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals 6,832 [6th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals (per capita) 0.535 per 1,000 people [25th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures $99,647,394.00 [5th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.19 per $1,000 of GDP [8th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per capita) $7.81 per capita [7th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Revenue $46,210,874.00 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.87 per $10,000 of GDP [12th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per capita) $3.62 per capita [11th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) 4,842.3 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.379 per 1,000 people [10th of 51]
Public Libraries > Public Service Hours 1,927,948 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (per capita) 0.151 per capita [21st of 51]
Public Libraries > Reference Transactions per Capita 1.5 [3rd of 51]
Public Libraries > State Revenue $31,160,770.00 [6th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per $ GDP) $589.16 per $10 million of GDP [10th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per capita) $244.14 per 100 people [13th of 50]
Public Libraries > Total Circulation per Capita 8.2 [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures $69,592,284.00 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per $ GDP) $1.32 per $10,000 of GDP [6th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per capita) $5.45 per capita [5th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) 2,719.7 [3rd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.213 per 1,000 people [14th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures $482,868,397.00 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.91 per $1,000 of GDP [7th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per capita) $37.83 per capita [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Revenue $545,443,277.00 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per $ GDP) $1.03 per $1,000 of GDP [2nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per capita) $42.74 per capita [4th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures $313,722,356.00 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.59 per $1,000 of GDP [7th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per capita) $24.58 per capita [9th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) 7,195.5 [4th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.564 per 1,000 people [11th of 51]
Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources 17,393,376 [3rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources (per capita) 1.363 per capita [8th of 50]
Public Libraries > Video Materials per 1,000 Population 170.5 [9th 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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