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The Northeast > Pennsylvania > Education

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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 6% [10th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Reading 9% [6th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Writing 2% [15th of 40]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Math 6% [21st of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Reading 3% [20th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Writing 2% [15th of 39]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Math 82% [24th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 69% [18th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Writing 88% [13th of 44]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Math 72% [23rd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Reading 77% [18th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Writing 85% [17th of 42]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Math 41% [11th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Reading 36% [10th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Writing 29% [15th of 44]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Math 31% [22nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Reading 36% [11th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 32% [14th of 42]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 241 [19th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 223 [17th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Writing 156 [15th of 44]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 281 [25th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 267 [12th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 154 [15th of 42]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 25.3% [29th of 51]
Best Educated Index 6.76 [11th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students 150,652 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students (per capita) 0.121 per 10 people [44th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students 138,685 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.112 per 10 people [26th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students 140,412 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students (per capita) 0.113 per 10 people [47th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students 127,988 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students (per capita) 0.103 per 10 people [51st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students 135,765 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students (per capita) 0.109 per 10 people [47th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 406,702 [9th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.327 per 10 people [43rd of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program 253,129 [6th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program (per capita) 0.204 per 10 people [40th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students 118,647 [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students (per capita) 0.095 per 10 people [49th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students 162,097 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students (per capita) 0.13 per 10 people [45th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students 2,588 [36th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students (per capita) 0.208 per 1,000 people [50th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.2 students per teacher [23rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible 105,238 [8th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.085 per 10 people [42nd of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students 128,030 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students (per capita) 0.103 per 10 people [50th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students 151,157 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.122 per 10 people [43rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students 145,421 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students (per capita) 0.117 per 10 people [46th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students 150,643 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students (per capita) 0.121 per 10 people [31st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students 131,904 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students (per capita) 0.106 per 10 people [49th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools 3,267 [8th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools (per capita) 0.263 per 1,000 people [43rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff 216,711 [6th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff (per capita) 0.174 per 10 people [36th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students 1,821,146 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students (per capita) 0.147 per capita [47th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan 2,443 [36th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan (per capita) 0.197 per 1,000 people [49th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander 41,097 [13th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.331 per 100 people [25th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 287,033 [13th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic (per capita) 2.309 per 100 people [20th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic 100,938 [14th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic (per capita) 0.812 per 100 people [29th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic 1,389,635 [5th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.118 per 10 people [26th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers 119,889 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers (per capita) 0.096 per 10 people [40th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female 0 [50th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female (per capita) 0 per capita [50th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male 0 [50th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male (per capita) 0 per capita [50th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown 1,821,146 [1st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown (per capita) 146,516.674 per 1 million people [1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students 131,199 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students (per capita) 0.106 per 10 people [27th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Ungraded Students 5,958 [9th of 29]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ungraded Students (per capita) 47.934 per 100,000 people [16th of 29]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $16,344,438,806.00 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.35 per $10 of GDP [21st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per capita) $1,314.96 per capita [21st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal $1,453,198,060.00 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.31 per $100 of GDP [29th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $116.91 per capita [30th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal $10,095,432,188.00 [6th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.22 per $10 of GDP [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $812.21 per capita [18th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues $18,514,156.00 [14th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per $ GDP) $394.90 per $10 million of GDP [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per capita) $148.95 per 100 people [19th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal $10,411,916,729.00 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $2.22 per $100 of GDP [3rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $837.67 per capita [8th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal $639,074,140.00 [5th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.36 per $1,000 of GDP [29th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $51.42 per capita [28th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues $6,867,531,041.00 [8th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.15 per $10 of GDP [37th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per capita) $552.51 per capita [41st of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal $5,609,932,478.00 [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.12 per $10 of GDP [21st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per capita) $451.34 per capita [21st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education $18,590,008,605.00 [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per $ GDP) $0.40 per $10 of GDP [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per capita) $1,495.62 per capita [21st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources $18,751,159,986.00 [7th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per $ GDP) $0.40 per $10 of GDP [18th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per capita) $1,508.59 per capita [19th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 86.5% [30th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 24.7 % [29th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 9.1 % [24th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency) 85.8 % [27th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native 282 [27th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.227 per 10,000 people [50th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander 5,641 [9th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.454 per 1,000 people [12th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 75,343 [4th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors (per capita) 0.606 per 100 people [10th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic 11,116 [10th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 8.943 per 10,000 people [18th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 2,799 [4th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors (per capita) 2.252 per 10,000 people [5th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic 3,203 [11th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic (per capita) 0.258 per 1,000 people [27th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 26,288 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (per capita) 0.211 per 100 people [16th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien 6,507 [7th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.524 per 1,000 people [17th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 7,210 [7th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 5.801 per 10,000 people [19th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total 144,813 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) 1.165 per 100 people [21st of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White 110,854 [3rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White (per capita) 0.892 per 100 people [17th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year 149 [3rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) 1.199 per 100,000 people [13th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit 81 [2nd of 49]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit (per capita) 6.517 per 1 million people [3rd of 49]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit 114 [3rd of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit (per capita) 9.172 per 1 million people [13th of 50]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public 65 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public (per capita) 0.523 per 100,000 people [35th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible 260 [3rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible (per capita) 0.209 per 10,000 people [13th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year 111 [2nd of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year (per capita) 0.893 per 100,000 people [9th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native 1,773 [26th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.143 per 1,000 people [49th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander 26,304 [10th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 2.116 per 1,000 people [19th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic 64,816 [14th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 5.215 per 1,000 people [22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female 388,862 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female (per capita) 0.313 per 10 people [32nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional 19,053 [4th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional (per capita) 1.533 per 1,000 people [8th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate 98,405 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate (per capita) 0.792 per 100 people [14th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic 18,142 [11th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic (per capita) 1.46 per 1,000 people [33rd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male 299,918 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male (per capita) 0.241 per 10 people [27th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien 22,913 [9th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.184 per 100 people [20th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 45,039 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 3.624 per 1,000 people [24th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate 571,322 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate (per capita) 0.46 per 10 people [36th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White 509,793 [4th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White (per capita) 0.41 per 10 people [24th of 51]
Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) 1,063.7 [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.856 per 10,000 people [26th of 51]
Public Libraries > Audio Materials per 1,000 Population 182.8 [7th of 51]
Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures $25,579,808.00 [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per $ GDP) $54.56 per $1 million of GDP [37th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per capita) $20.58 per 10 people [38th of 51]
Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance 2,072,870 [8th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance (per capita) 0.167 per capita [31st of 51]
Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials 23,281,990 [6th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials (per capita) 1.873 per capita [32nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population 5.9 [31st of 51]
Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures $3,928,984.00 [6th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.84 per $100,000 of GDP [11th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per capita) $3.16 per 10 people [16th of 50]
Public Libraries > Federal Revenue $3,229,137.00 [3rd of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per $ GDP) $6.89 per $1 million of GDP [11th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per capita) $25.98 per 100 people [9th of 49]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 3.3 [44th of 51]
Public Libraries > Local Revenue $166,608,137.00 [13th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.36 per $1,000 of GDP [45th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per capita) $13.40 per capita [45th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 37 [6th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles (per capita) 2.977 per 1 million people [22nd of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries 177 [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries (per capita) 0.142 per 10,000 people [42nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries 453 [5th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries (per capita) 3.645 per 100,000 people [24th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals 6,710 [8th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals (per capita) 0.54 per 1,000 people [24th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures $70,096,130.00 [7th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.15 per $1,000 of GDP [17th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per capita) $5.64 per capita [20th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Revenue $45,769,742.00 [5th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.98 per $10,000 of GDP [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per capita) $3.68 per capita [10th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) 3,075.2 [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.247 per 1,000 people [33rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Public Service Hours 1,529,978 [6th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (per capita) 0.123 per capita [31st of 51]
Public Libraries > Reference Transactions per Capita 0.7 [37th of 51]
Public Libraries > State Revenue $78,824,443.00 [2nd of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per $ GDP) $1,681.29 per $10 million of GDP [4th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per capita) $634.17 per 100 people [3rd of 50]
Public Libraries > Total Circulation per Capita 5.2 [39th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures $43,621,961.00 [7th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.93 per $10,000 of GDP [26th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per capita) $3.51 per capita [27th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) 1,553.9 [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.125 per 1,000 people [38th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures $290,881,326.00 [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.62 per $1,000 of GDP [29th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per capita) $23.40 per capita [28th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Revenue $294,431,459.00 [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.63 per $1,000 of GDP [34th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per capita) $23.69 per capita [29th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures $177,163,235.00 [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.38 per $1,000 of GDP [33rd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per capita) $14.25 per capita [31st of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) 4,627.1 [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.372 per 1,000 people [36th of 51]
Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources 15,030,665 [8th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources (per capita) 1.209 per capita [13th of 50]
Public Libraries > Video Materials per 1,000 Population 92.4 [31st 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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