Stats, Stats and More Education Stats

Posted by on October 31, 2011

One of the things the federal government has always been good at is collecting and compiling statistics and information.

One of the things it has recently started to get much better at is publishing those statistics for developers – most notably through the Data.gov portal.

There is a host of data sets available through the Data.gov portal specifically focusing on education. If you want to build a data-driven app, or want to visualize different data sets as part of your Education Hack day project, head on over to the developer section of Data.gov for education statistics.

In addition, here is list of other useful education statistical resources provided by the Department of Education:

Title Year(s) Source Download Dictionary Program
Public K-12 School Listing and Statistics 2009-2010 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Directory (CSV) Dictionary (PDF) Common Core of Data (CCD)
State and District Public High School Graduation Rates 2007-2008 U.S. Department of Education Directory (Excel) EDFacts
Public School District Shapefiles 2010 U.S. Census Bureau Elementary
Secondary
Unified		 Overview (PDF) TIGER
Private K-12 School Listing and Statistics 2007-2008 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Directory (TSV) Dictionary (Excel) Private School Survey (PSS)
College and University Listing and Statistics 2010 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Directory

Offerings

Costs

Degrees
 Dictionary

Dictionary

Dictionary

Dictionary		 Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System
Digest of Education Statistics 2010 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Various Sets (Excel) Full Report (PDF) Digest of Education Statistics
Federal Student Aid Data 2011 U.S. Department of Education Various Sets Federal Student Aid
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence 2011 U.S. Department of Education Full Database (XML) Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
American Community Survey (demographics at local level) 2010 U.S. Census Bureau Various Sets
(see acs*)		 Handbooks (PDF) American Community Survey

Information courtesy of the Jason Hoekstra, U.S. Department of Education.

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