Data Sources

NCES’s Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates program (EDGE) makes postsecondary school location data available through these data tools and web services:  Geographic data homepage - This tool offers raw data files containing the coordinate points and other geospatial characteristics of postsecondary institutions.  Open Data Site - This service allows users to view ...

NCES released new findings from October 2023 data collection for the School Pulse Panel. This webpage shares data on these topics:  Learning recovery   Staff vacancies  Tutoring  Learn more. 

This webpage contains a set of web tables that highlight data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The tables include data on:  Graduation Rates for Selected Cohorts, 2014-19  Outcome Measures for Cohort Year 2014-15  Student Financial Aid in Postsecondary Institutions, Academic Year 2021-22  Admissions in Postsecondary Institutions, fall 2022  Learn more.  ...

This interactive report describes results from the 8th cycle of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an international comparative study of 15-year-old students' performance in reading, mathematics, and science literacy. The report presents results across these subject areas:  Mathematics Literacy  Reading Literacy  Science Literacy  Financial Literacy  Learn more.  ...

NCES released data from the 2021-22 Private School Universe Survey (PSS). The PSS is a biennial data collection of all K-12 private schools across the U.S. PSS serves as the nation’s primary source of information on U.S. private schools, including the number of private schools, number of teachers, and student ...

NCES added new data tables to the Enrollment and Attendance Policy, Early Childhood and Kindergarten, and Accountability sections of the State Education Practices site. The State Education Practices site is a website that provides state-level data on elementary and secondary education reform efforts in eight topic areas:  Enrollment and Attendance Policy  School ...

SAMHSA released reports and detailed tables from the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The materials present nationally representative data on the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs; substance use disorders; mental health issues; and receipt of substance use and mental health treatment among the civilian, noninstitutionalized ...

The 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data set is now available. The BRFSS is a system of ongoing health-related telephone surveys that collect data on health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, health-care access, and use of preventive services from adults over 18 years old. This webpage contains survey ...

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 ...

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) 2021 dataset provides the most recent data on ongoing and emerging health behaviors and experiences among high school students enrolled in public and private schools across the United States. These data are the first YRBS data collected since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...