FACTOID # 4: Alaska spends more money per capita on elementary and secondary education than any other state.
 
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The Northeast > New Jersey > Education

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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 8% [2nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Reading 10% [5th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Math 9% [5th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Reading 4% [2nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Math 86% [10th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 68% [20th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Math 74% [16th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Reading 80% [10th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Math 45% [5th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Reading 37% [8th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Math 36% [5th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Reading 38% [4th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 244 [6th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 223 [15th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 284 [13th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 269 [8th of 51]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 34.6% [6th of 51]
Best Educated Index 12.55 [4th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students 103,603 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students (per capita) 0.119 per 10 people [47th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students 90,048 [10th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.103 per 10 people [38th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students 102,102 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students (per capita) 0.117 per 10 people [38th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students 99,969 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students (per capita) 0.115 per 10 people [30th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students 99,937 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students (per capita) 0.115 per 10 people [35th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 284,793 [14th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.327 per 10 people [44th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program 223,144 [8th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program (per capita) 0.256 per 10 people [12th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students 93,201 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students (per capita) 0.107 per 10 people [40th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students 58,349 [13th of 47]
    Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students (per capita) 0.669 per 100 people [28th of 47]
Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students 108,480 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [50th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students 22,746 [12th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students (per capita) 2.609 per 1,000 people [24th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 12.7 students per teacher [47th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible 86,786 [11th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.1 per 10 people [38th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students 98,078 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students (per capita) 0.113 per 10 people [31st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students 104,426 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.12 per 10 people [46th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students 103,266 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students (per capita) 0.118 per 10 people [45th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students 99,843 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students (per capita) 0.115 per 10 people [44th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students 100,088 [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students (per capita) 0.115 per 10 people [30th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools 2,467 [10th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools (per capita) 0.283 per 1,000 people [38th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff 185,837 [8th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff (per capita) 0.213 per 10 people [19th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students 1,380,753 [10th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students (per capita) 0.158 per capita [35th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan 2,419 [37th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan (per capita) 0.277 per 1,000 people [45th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander 96,895 [5th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander (per capita) 1.111 per 100 people [5th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 245,015 [17th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic (per capita) 2.81 per 100 people [16th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic 237,262 [7th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic (per capita) 2.722 per 100 people [10th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic 799,162 [10th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic (per capita) 0.917 per 10 people [35th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers 109,077 [8th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers (per capita) 0.125 per 10 people [7th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female 670,486 [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female (per capita) 0.077 per capita [33rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male 710,267 [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male (per capita) 0.081 per capita [34th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown 0 [31st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [31st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students 84,539 [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students (per capita) 0.097 per 10 people [36th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Ungraded Students 70,427 [2nd of 29]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ungraded Students (per capita) 807.841 per 100,000 people [2nd of 29]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $17,185,966,478.00 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.41 per $10 of GDP [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per capita) $1,971.34 per capita [2nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal $805,498,070.00 [12th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.19 per $100 of GDP [50th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $92.40 per capita [47th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal $10,152,231,924.00 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.24 per $10 of GDP [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $1,164.52 per capita [2nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues $196,769.00 [24th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per $ GDP) $4.73 per $10 million of GDP [24th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per capita) $2.26 per 100 people [24th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal $9,869,044,113.00 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $2.37 per $100 of GDP [2nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $1,132.04 per capita [3rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal $529,400,895.00 [8th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.27 per $1,000 of GDP [35th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $60.73 per capita [18th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues $8,230,289,480.00 [6th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.20 per $10 of GDP [24th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per capita) $944.07 per capita [8th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal $6,504,333,659.00 [4th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.16 per $10 of GDP [3rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per capita) $746.09 per capita [2nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education $18,879,717,003.00 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per $ GDP) $0.45 per $10 of GDP [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per capita) $2,165.62 per capita [2nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources $18,905,028,432.00 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per $ GDP) $0.46 per $10 of GDP [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per capita) $2,168.52 per capita [2nd of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 87.6% [22nd of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 33.3 % [6th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 12.4 % [7th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency) 86.2 % [26th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native 204 [32nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.234 per 10,000 people [49th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander 4,920 [10th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.564 per 1,000 people [9th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 30,564 [16th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors (per capita) 0.351 per 100 people [48th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic 6,027 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 6.913 per 10,000 people [27th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 1,182 [13th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors (per capita) 1.356 per 10,000 people [30th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic 5,260 [8th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic (per capita) 0.603 per 1,000 people [13th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 12,035 [14th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (per capita) 0.138 per 100 people [37th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien 3,879 [10th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.445 per 1,000 people [25th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 4,563 [12th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 5.234 per 10,000 people [22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total 61,422 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) 0.705 per 100 people [49th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White 36,569 [22nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White (per capita) 0.419 per 100 people [47th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year 38 [25th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) 0.436 per 100,000 people [50th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit 4 [37th of 49]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit (per capita) 0.459 per 1 million people [49th of 49]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit 22 [23rd of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit (per capita) 2.524 per 1 million people [46th of 50]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public 33 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public (per capita) 0.379 per 100,000 people [46th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible 59 [27th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible (per capita) 0.068 per 10,000 people [51st of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year 21 [29th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year (per capita) 0.241 per 100,000 people [49th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native 1,053 [34th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.121 per 1,000 people [51st of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander 28,770 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 3.3 per 1,000 people [10th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic 48,149 [18th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 5.523 per 1,000 people [20th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female 217,936 [14th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female (per capita) 0.25 per 10 people [50th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional 6,184 [19th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional (per capita) 0.709 per 1,000 people [39th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate 52,696 [15th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate (per capita) 0.604 per 100 people [32nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic 44,064 [8th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic (per capita) 5.054 per 1,000 people [11th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male 162,438 [14th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male (per capita) 0.186 per 10 people [50th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien 15,229 [11th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.175 per 100 people [23rd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 34,938 [10th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 4.008 per 1,000 people [20th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate 321,494 [14th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate (per capita) 0.369 per 10 people [51st of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White 208,171 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White (per capita) 0.239 per 10 people [50th of 51]
Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) 1,447.6 [7th of 51]
    Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 1.66 per 10,000 people [6th of 51]
Public Libraries > Audio Materials per 1,000 Population 134.5 [25th of 51]
Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures $47,650,346.00 [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per $ GDP) $114.57 per $1 million of GDP [19th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per capita) $54.66 per 10 people [14th of 51]
Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance 1,634,489 [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance (per capita) 0.187 per capita [26th of 51]
Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials 19,019,802 [12th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials (per capita) 2.182 per capita [25th of 51]
Public Libraries > Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population 7.3 [22nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures $2,675,076.00 [11th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.64 per $100,000 of GDP [23rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per capita) $3.07 per 10 people [18th of 50]
Public Libraries > Federal Revenue $1,414,791.00 [9th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per $ GDP) $3.40 per $1 million of GDP [30th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per capita) $16.23 per 100 people [24th of 49]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 5 [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Local Revenue $325,338,905.00 [5th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.78 per $1,000 of GDP [7th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per capita) $37.32 per capita [4th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 13 [23rd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles (per capita) 1.491 per 1 million people [42nd of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries 147 [20th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries (per capita) 0.169 per 10,000 people [37th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries 308 [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries (per capita) 3.533 per 100,000 people [25th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals 4,596 [11th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals (per capita) 0.527 per 1,000 people [28th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures $61,550,605.00 [8th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.15 per $1,000 of GDP [18th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per capita) $7.06 per capita [12th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Revenue $17,163,620.00 [12th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.41 per $10,000 of GDP [32nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per capita) $1.97 per capita [25th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) 3,770.5 [7th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.432 per 1,000 people [6th of 51]
Public Libraries > Public Service Hours 1,142,817 [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (per capita) 0.131 per capita [29th of 51]
Public Libraries > Reference Transactions per Capita 0.9 [25th of 51]
Public Libraries > State Revenue $9,027,258.00 [15th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per $ GDP) $217.06 per $10 million of GDP [27th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per capita) $103.55 per 100 people [24th of 50]
Public Libraries > Total Circulation per Capita 6.2 [28th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures $41,989,178.00 [8th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per $ GDP) $1.01 per $10,000 of GDP [21st of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per capita) $4.82 per capita [10th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) 1,447.6 [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.166 per 1,000 people [26th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures $340,193,313.00 [6th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.82 per $1,000 of GDP [13th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per capita) $39.02 per capita [6th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Revenue $352,944,574.00 [6th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.85 per $1,000 of GDP [13th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per capita) $40.49 per capita [6th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures $236,758,217.00 [6th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.57 per $1,000 of GDP [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per capita) $27.16 per capita [5th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) 5,218.1 [7th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.599 per 1,000 people [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources 8,851,180 [10th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources (per capita) 1.015 per capita [24th of 50]
Public Libraries > Video Materials per 1,000 Population 117.3 [23rd 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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