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Nearly 50 million students are heading districts containing about 97,000 public The percentage of prekindergarten
off to approximately 97,000 public schools, including about 4,000 charter children ages –5 read to frequently by
elementary and secondary schools for the schools. There were about 5,000 private a family member (i.e., three or more
fall term schools offering kindergarten or higher times in the week preceding the survey)
grades.
increased from 78 percent in 199 to 8
In 2008, 4 percent of eighth-graders
About 18. million students will attend
percent in 2005.
reported participating in one or more
the nation’s 2-year and 4-year colleges
of the following musical activities at
and universities, an increase of about
In fall 2005, nearly 100 percent of public
school: playing in a band, playing in an
.0 million since fall 2000. College
schools in the United States had access
orchestra, singing in a chorus or choir.
enrollment is expected to continue
to the Internet, compared with 5 percent
increasing, reaching a projected 20.4
in 1994
Public school systems will employ about million in fall 201.
. million teachers this fall, resulting The percentage of students in private
in a pupil/teacher ratio of 15., which is The Indiana Department of Education elementary and secondary schools
lower than in 2000, when the ratio was provides a Web page for every Indiana declined from 11.7 percent in 1995 to
1.0. An additional 0.5 million teachers school that includes contact information, 11.0 percent in 2005. In 2008, a projected
will be working in private schools this state and federal accountability ratings, .1 million students were enrolled in
fall, where the pupil/teacher ratio is student demographics, performance data, private schools at the elementary and
estimated at 1.0. teacher information, test results, high secondary levels.
school graduation rates and more. Learn
Source: US Department of Education
There are about 14,200 public school
more at www.doe.in.gov/schooldata.
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