Report: A Retrospective Look at U.S. Education Statistics

This report is a commemorative guide that is intended to provide a better understanding of the history and use of federal education statistics that have been collected and reported by this agency since 1868. Statistics covered in the report include: 

• Number of elementary and secondary schools 

• Enrollment in elementary and secondary schools 

• Attendance and length of school year in elementary and secondary schools 

• High school graduates and graduation rates 

• High school course-taking 

• Elementary and secondary revenues and expenditures 

• Number of postsecondary institutions 

• Enrollment in postsecondary institutions 

• Postsecondary student costs and financing  

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