StateMaster - New Jerseyan Education statistics

Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math	8%	[2nd of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading	68%	[20th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math	244	[6th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading	223	[15th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math	284	[13th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading	269	[8th of 51]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage	34.6%	[6th of 51]
Best Educated Index	12.55	[4th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible	284,793	[14th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio	12.7 students per teacher	[47th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic	245,015	[17th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures	$17,185,966,478.00	[5th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage	87.6%	[22nd of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree	33.3 %	[6th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree	12.4 %	[7th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors	30,564	[16th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors	1,182	[13th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters	12,035	[14th of 51]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita	5	[16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles	13	[23rd 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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