National Center for Education Statistics

This report provides official estimates of school crime and safety from a variety of data sources, including national surveys of students, teachers, principals, and post-secondary institutions. The report presents data on different types of student victimization, measures of school conditions, and student perceptions about their personal safety at school. Learn ...

This report (PDF, 65 pages) provides new information from the 2021–22 Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS) about attrition and mobility of public and private K–12 school principals during the 2021-22 school year. The report also provides information on principal attrition and mobility by selected principal and school characteristics, plans to remain ...

This report provides the first results of the 2019–2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20), the most comprehensive national study of student financing of postsecondary education in the United States. The report describes the percentages of students receiving various types of financial aid and average amounts received by type of ...

The American Community Survey-Education Tabulation (ACS-ED) is now available for the most recent cycle of the American Community Survey (2017-2021). ACS-ED is the largest collection of demographic and economic characteristics for school-age students and their families produced by the federal sector. Data include the social, demographic, economic, and housing characteristics ...

This report describes results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend (LTT) reading and mathematics assessments, which was administered to 13-year-old students from October to December of the 2022–23 school year. The average scores for 13-year-olds declined 4 points in reading and 9 points in mathematics compared ...

This report (PDF 54 pages) offers a comprehensive review of education during the coronavirus pandemic. It contains data spanning from early childhood to postsecondary and beyond, and covers topics such as enrollment, student achievement, teacher openings, and public school strategies for pandemic recovery. This report is designed to provide high ...

In celebration of Women’s History Month in March, this webpage explores data on the learning experiences of female students throughout their education careers and the characteristics of female teachers and faculty. Learn more. 

This webpage contains a new data file release from the 2020-21 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), which provides information about U.S. public and private elementary and secondary schools and their staff. This information is collected through school, principal, and teacher surveys, and information can be linked across each survey. ...

This report investigates whether students who expected to go to college after high school met with a high school counselor about financial aid and completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and whether meetings and completion varied by parental education. It also describes whether students who met with ...

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released findings from the November School Pulse Panel (SPP) survey from a universe collection of public schools in the four U.S. Outlying Areas (OAs). These SPP data examine teacher trainings, student discipline, school safety, security personnel, pandemic preparedness, learning mode offerings, and quarantine ...