StateMaster - District of Columbia Education statistics

Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math	1%	[51st of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading	33%	[51st of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing	10%	[42nd of 42]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math	211	[51st of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading	191	[51st of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math	245	[51st of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading	238	[51st of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing	128	[42nd of 42]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage	45.7%	[1st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible	36,889	[39th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio	13.8 students per teacher	[37th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures	$902,317,945.00	[48th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage	86.4%	[32nd of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree	47.7 %	[1st of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree	26 %	[1st of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors	9,435	[36th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors	576	[25th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters	8,468	[23rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita	3.9	[36th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles	1	[47th of 50]

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SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics; National Center for Educational Statistics ; US Census Bureau, 2004.; American Community Survey 2004

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: District of Columbia, Washington (District of Columbia), DC, D.C., Dist. of Col.

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