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The Midwest > Wisconsin > Education

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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 5% [22nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Reading 7% [29th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Math 7% [11th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Reading 3% [11th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Math 84% [19th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 67% [24th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Math 76% [10th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Reading 77% [17th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Math 40% [15th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Reading 33% [22nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Math 36% [4th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Reading 35% [15th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 241 [17th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 221 [24th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 285 [8th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 266 [17th of 51]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 25.6% [25th of 51]
Best Educated Index 8.45 [8th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students 68,663 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [37th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students 70,989 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.128 per 10 people [7th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students 62,970 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students (per capita) 0.114 per 10 people [46th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students 58,368 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students (per capita) 0.105 per 10 people [49th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students 61,744 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students (per capita) 0.112 per 10 people [46th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program 127,129 [16th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program (per capita) 0.23 per 10 people [23rd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students 59,372 [19th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students (per capita) 0.107 per 10 people [42nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students 26,424 [21st of 47]
    Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students (per capita) 0.477 per 100 people [34th of 47]
Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students 77,798 [19th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students (per capita) 0.141 per 10 people [19th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students 26,668 [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students (per capita) 4.817 per 1,000 people [8th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.1 students per teacher [27th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students 58,877 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students (per capita) 0.106 per 10 people [44th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students 68,192 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.123 per 10 people [40th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students 65,762 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students (per capita) 0.119 per 10 people [43rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students 72,043 [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students (per capita) 0.13 per 10 people [16th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students 59,196 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students (per capita) 0.107 per 10 people [47th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools 2,250 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools (per capita) 0.406 per 1,000 people [18th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff 106,225 [16th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff (per capita) 0.192 per 10 people [28th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students 880,031 [19th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students (per capita) 0.159 per capita [30th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan 12,748 [14th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan (per capita) 2.303 per 1,000 people [18th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander 29,662 [16th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.536 per 100 people [16th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 92,552 [22nd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.672 per 100 people [25th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic 51,302 [22nd of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic (per capita) 0.927 per 100 people [27th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic 693,767 [17th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.253 per 10 people [18th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers 58,216 [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers (per capita) 0.105 per 10 people [30th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female 425,870 [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female (per capita) 0.077 per capita [30th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male 453,955 [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male (per capita) 0.082 per capita [31st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown 0 [25th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [48th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students 69,389 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students (per capita) 0.125 per 10 people [6th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $7,934,755,372.00 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.38 per $10 of GDP [11th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per capita) $1,433.25 per capita [12th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal $536,643,051.00 [23rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.25 per $100 of GDP [41st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $96.93 per capita [44th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal $4,904,809,418.00 [16th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.23 per $10 of GDP [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $885.95 per capita [10th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues $0.00 [37th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.00 per $10 million of GDP [48th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per capita) $0.00 per 100 people [48th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal $3,594,200,582.00 [16th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.70 per $100 of GDP [19th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $649.22 per capita [20th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal $254,628,271.00 [25th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.20 per $1,000 of GDP [37th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $45.99 per capita [39th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues $4,727,337,773.00 [15th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.22 per $10 of GDP [12th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per capita) $853.90 per capita [14th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal $2,775,317,683.00 [14th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.13 per $10 of GDP [9th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per capita) $501.30 per capita [12th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education $8,711,255,702.00 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per $ GDP) $0.41 per $10 of GDP [12th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per capita) $1,573.51 per capita [15th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources $8,858,181,406.00 [14th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per $ GDP) $0.42 per $10 of GDP [13th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per capita) $1,600.05 per capita [14th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 88.8% [14th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 24.1 % [35th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 7.7 % [40th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency) 87.1 % [22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native 583 [16th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 1.053 per 10,000 people [18th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander 1,556 [23rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 0.281 per 1,000 people [27th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 31,759 [15th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors (per capita) 0.574 per 100 people [16th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic 2,568 [27th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 4.639 per 10,000 people [33rd of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 802 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors (per capita) 1.449 per 10,000 people [25th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic 1,579 [22nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic (per capita) 0.285 per 1,000 people [22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 9,155 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (per capita) 0.165 per 100 people [24th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien 1,869 [23rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.338 per 1,000 people [36th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 1,816 [25th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 3.28 per 10,000 people [36th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total 68,935 [17th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) 1.245 per 100 people [15th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White 58,964 [11th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White (per capita) 1.065 per 100 people [10th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year 47 [17th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) 0.849 per 100,000 people [32nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit 8 [26th of 49]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit (per capita) 1.445 per 1 million people [39th of 49]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit 28 [18th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit (per capita) 5.058 per 1 million people [29th of 50]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public 31 [22nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public (per capita) 0.56 per 100,000 people [31st of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible 67 [23rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible (per capita) 0.121 per 10,000 people [41st of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year 20 [31st of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year (per capita) 0.361 per 100,000 people [44th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native 3,420 [16th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.618 per 1,000 people [18th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander 8,999 [22nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 1.625 per 1,000 people [25th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic 15,801 [29th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 2.854 per 1,000 people [33rd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female 189,085 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female (per capita) 0.342 per 10 people [22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional 4,389 [26th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional (per capita) 0.793 per 1,000 people [36th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate 33,990 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate (per capita) 0.614 per 100 people [31st of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic 8,854 [24th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic (per capita) 1.599 per 1,000 people [27th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male 142,421 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male (per capita) 0.257 per 10 people [20th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien 7,186 [23rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.13 per 100 people [39th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 8,601 [33rd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 1.554 per 1,000 people [42nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate 293,127 [18th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate (per capita) 0.529 per 10 people [16th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White 278,645 [12th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White (per capita) 0.503 per 10 people [11th of 51]
Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) 622.3 [17th of 51]
    Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 1.124 per 10,000 people [15th of 51]
Public Libraries > Audio Materials per 1,000 Population 177.9 [9th of 51]
Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures $20,336,235.00 [19th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per $ GDP) $96.05 per $1 million of GDP [25th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per capita) $36.73 per 10 people [25th of 51]
Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance 1,310,696 [15th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance (per capita) 0.237 per capita [12th of 51]
Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials 19,906,028 [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials (per capita) 3.596 per capita [4th of 51]
Public Libraries > Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population 11.8 [4th of 51]
Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures $1,122,180.00 [21st of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.53 per $100,000 of GDP [28th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per capita) $2.03 per 10 people [28th of 50]
Public Libraries > Federal Revenue $1,186,645.00 [15th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per $ GDP) $5.61 per $1 million of GDP [16th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per capita) $21.43 per 100 people [12th of 49]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 5.7 [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Local Revenue $163,455,974.00 [14th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.77 per $1,000 of GDP [9th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per capita) $29.53 per capita [14th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 11 [27th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles (per capita) 1.987 per 1 million people [31st of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries 79 [28th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries (per capita) 0.143 per 10,000 people [40th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries 377 [7th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries (per capita) 6.81 per 100,000 people [12th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals 3,937 [14th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals (per capita) 0.711 per 1,000 people [12th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures $32,782,769.00 [14th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.16 per $1,000 of GDP [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per capita) $5.92 per capita [18th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Revenue $12,018,946.00 [17th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.57 per $10,000 of GDP [21st of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per capita) $2.17 per capita [23rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) 1,828.5 [18th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.33 per 1,000 people [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Public Service Hours 1,020,726 [11th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (per capita) 0.184 per capita [14th of 51]
Public Libraries > Reference Transactions per Capita 0.9 [26th of 51]
Public Libraries > State Revenue $4,865,250.00 [22nd of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per $ GDP) $229.79 per $10 million of GDP [25th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per capita) $87.88 per 100 people [27th of 50]
Public Libraries > Total Circulation per Capita 9.9 [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures $23,506,828.00 [17th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per $ GDP) $1.11 per $10,000 of GDP [14th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per capita) $4.25 per capita [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) 1,166.4 [13th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.211 per 1,000 people [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures $177,543,276.00 [14th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.84 per $1,000 of GDP [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per capita) $32.07 per capita [15th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Revenue $181,526,815.00 [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.86 per $1,000 of GDP [12th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per capita) $32.79 per capita [17th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures $121,253,679.00 [15th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.57 per $1,000 of GDP [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per capita) $21.90 per capita [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) 2,994.9 [15th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.541 per 1,000 people [14th of 51]
Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources 6,711,014 [13th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources (per capita) 1.212 per capita [12th of 50]
Public Libraries > Video Materials per 1,000 Population 201.2 [4th 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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