StateMaster - Illinoisan Education statistics

Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math	5%	[20th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading	62%	[33rd of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math	233	[39th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading	216	[36th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math	278	[32nd of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading	264	[24th of 51]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage	27.4%	[19th of 51]
Best Educated Index	-3.07	[32nd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible	661,335	[4th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio	16.5 students per teacher	[14th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic	444,290	[6th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures	$17,271,301,336.00	[4th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage	86.8%	[29th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree	29.1 %	[15th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree	11.2 %	[11th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors	59,537	[6th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors	2,498	[6th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters	32,732	[3rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita	5.6	[11th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles	29	[11th 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

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