StateMaster - Alaskan Education statistics

Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math	16%	[16th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading	40%	[40th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math	34	[34th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading	42	[42nd of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math	30	[30th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading	34	[34th of 51]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage	26%	[26th of 51]
Best Educated Index	44	[44th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible	42	[42nd of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio	10 students per teacher	[10th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic	40	[40th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures	$44.00	[44th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage	8%	[8th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree	22 %	[22nd of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree	22 %	[22nd of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors	51	[51st of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors	51	[51st of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters	50	[50th of 51]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita	19	[19th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles	49	[49th of 50]

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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: AK

Alaska spends more money per capita on elementary and secondary education than any other state.

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