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The Northeast > New York > Education

NEW YORKER EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 4% [31st of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 69% [16th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 30% [17th of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 238 [32nd of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 223 [12th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 280 [28th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 265 [22nd of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 151 [22nd of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 30.6% [13th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Best Educated Index 7.53 [10th of 50]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 13.3 students per teacher [45th of 51]
Source: Morgan Quitno Press, 2005
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 565,041 [4th of 50]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $34,546,965,060.00 [2nd of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 85.4% [35th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 30.5 % [11th of 51]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 13.2 % [5th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 108,135 [2nd of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 63,270 [1st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 5.6 [9th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 11 [26th 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: NY

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