Education

This report presents findings from a 2016 study that collected data on children enrolled in public or private school for kindergarten through 12th grade or homeschooled for these grades.

This video announces the designation of 342 schools in 44 states, the District of Colombia, and Department of Defense Schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2017. 

This practice guide provides four evidence-based recommendations for reducing dropout rates in middle and high schools, and improving high school graduation rates.

This report examines background and educational characteristics, plans for college, postsecondary enrollment, and postsecondary completion patterns of first-generation college students and their peers whose parents have college degrees.

These data describe the FY 2014 cohort student loan default rate, which increased slightly from 11.3% to 11.5% for students who entered repayment between fiscal years 2013 and 2014. 

This annual report provides national-level data for the past 15 years and projections to the year 2025 on enrollment, teachers, high school graduates, and expenditures at the elementary and secondary level; and enrollment and degrees at the postsecondary level.