The Comparative Guide to American Elem. & Secondary Schools

Updated for 2007/08, this comprehensive volume offers a snapshot profile of every public school district in the United States serving 1,500 or more students and provides pertinent evaluative and demographic statistics necessary to evaluate educational programs nationwide.

The Comparative Guide to American Elementary & Secondary Schools is a comprehensive compilation with more details, more test scores, and more ranking data than the previous edition. The text is arranged by state and each state section is broken down alphabetically by county. Within each county, listings for each school district are arranged alphabetically by city in which the school district headquarters is located.

Section One - State Educational Profile
With two full pages of data, these profiles allow the user to quickly and easily see a complete statewide educational overview. The first page includes test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Users will find reading and mathematics scores for both 4th grade and 8th grade levels, broken down by gender, race, ethnicity, and class size.

Page two of the Profile includes the following categories: Schools, Students, Diploma Recipients, High School Drop-out Rate, Staff, Student/Staff Ratios, Current Spending and College Entrance Exam Scores.

Section Two - School District Profiles
This section is arranged alphabetically by county, then by name of school district. Each profile includes basic information, including name, address, phone, and web site, and offers data on 9 categories: Grade Span; District Type; Number and Type of Schools; Number of Teachers; Number of Librarians/Media Specialists and Guidance Counselors; Current Spending; Enrollment, Drop-out Rates and Diploma Recipients by Race/Ethnicity. Brand new to this edition is male/female ratio within each district, as well as number of high school diplomas by race.

Section Three - School District Rankings
This section ranks 15 pieces of data, including the newly added male/female ratios and high school diplomas by race.

Section Four - National Rankings
Following the 50 state chapters is an expanded National Ranking section where you can compare, state by state, each piece of criteria found in the School District Profiles.

Indexes
To further facilitate research, The Comparative Guide to American Elementary and Secondary Schools includes two indexes:

• School District Index: an alphabetical listing of all school districts in this edition, including the city they are located in, and the page number of their detailed profile.
• City Index: an alphabetical listing of all cities represented by the school districts profiled in this Guide, and the page number of the school district profile it is included in.

The Comparative Guide to American Elementary & Secondary Schools is the ideal source to help parents make relocation decisions and teachers to find desirable school districts. The combination of usability, currency of data, breadth of scope, narratives, detailed information, and multiple access points make this guide invaluable. This edition is a must-have resource in any reference collection.

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Alabama

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Alaska

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Arizona

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Arkansas

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

California

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Colorado

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Connecticut

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Deleware

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

District of Columbia

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Florida

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Georgia

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Hawaii

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Idaho

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Illinois

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Indiana

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Iowa

State Educational Profile

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School District Rankings

Kansas

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Kentucky

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Louisiana

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Maine

State Educational Profile

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School District Rankings

Maryland

State Educational Profile

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Massachusetts

State Educational Profile

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Michigan

State Educational Profile

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Minnesota

State Educational Profile

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Mississippi

State Educational Profile

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Missouri

State Educational Profile

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Montana

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

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Nebraska

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Nevada

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

New Hampshire

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

New Jersey

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

New Mexico

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

New York

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

North Carolina

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

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North Dakota

State Educational Profile

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Ohio

State Educational Profile

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Oklahoma

State Educational Profile

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Oregon

State Educational Profile

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Pennsylvania

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

Rhode Island

State Educational Profile

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South Carolina

State Educational Profile

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South Dakota

State Educational Profile

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School District Rankings

Tennessee

State Educational Profile

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School District Rankings

Texas

State Educational Profile

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School District Rankings

Utah

State Educational Profile

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Vermont

State Educational Profile

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Virginia

State Educational Profile

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School District Rankings

Washington

State Educational Profile

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School District Rankings

West Virginia

State Educational Profile

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School District Rankings

Wisconsin

State Educational Profile

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School District Rankings

Wyoming

State Educational Profile

School District Profiles

School District Rankings

National Rankings

School District Index

City Index