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The West > Washington > Education

WASHINGTONIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 6% [13th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 70% [12th of 51]
Definition: Education > Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 34% [8th of 42]
Definition: Education > Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 242 [9th of 51]
Definition: Education > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 223 [13th of 51]
Definition: Education > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 285 [9th of 51]
Definition: Education > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 155 [11th of 42]
Definition: Education > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 29.9% [15th of 51]
Definition: Education > Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Best Educated Index -2.17 [30th of 50]
Definition: Education > Best Educated Index
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 273,300 [18th of 46]
Definition: Education > Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible
Source: Morgan Quitno Press, 2005
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 19.3 students per teacher [5th of 51]
Definition: Education > Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 58,182 [28th of 50]
Definition: Education > Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $7,359,565,561.00 [17th of 51]
Definition: Education > Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 89.7% [10th of 51]
Definition: Education > High school diploma or higher, by percentage
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 31.3 % [10th of 51]
Definition: Education > Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 10.9 % [13th of 51]
Definition: Education > Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 27,240 [18th of 51]
Definition: Education > Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 8,481 [22nd of 51]
Definition: Education > Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 4.4 [25th of 51]
Definition: Education > Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 20 [15th of 50]
Definition: Education > Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles
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

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