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The Midwest > Indiana > Education

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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 5% [19th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 64% [29th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 26% [24th of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 240 [21st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 218 [30th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 282 [17th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 150 [23rd of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 21.1% [47th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Best Educated Index -1.34 [26th of 50]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 270,703 [19th of 46]
Source: Morgan Quitno Press, 2005
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.9 students per teacher [12th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 125,108 [20th of 50]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $8,088,684,361.00 [14th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 87.2% [26th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 21.5 % [46th of 51]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 7.9 % [37th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 36,388 [11th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 10,836 [18th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 6.1 [3rd of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 37 [5th 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: IN

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