Research Guides: EDUC 200: Community Learning Collaborative (BMC/HC): Data and Statistics

Data and Statistics (State)

Pennsylvania School Data Project
This project brings together publicly-available state and federal data related to Pennsylvania’s pre-K through 12th grade public school system.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) This link opens in a new window
Provides an enormous list of statistical publications relating to education; includes datasets and published reports. Covers all areas of education including early childhood, secondary and postsecondary education. Coverage varies.

School Attendance Boundary Information System (SABINS)
SABINS provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for school attendance areas, or school catchment areas, for selected areas in the United States for the 2009-2010 school year.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
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The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. An entire section is devoted to annual, national Education data.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Series (1878-2012)
Archived editions of the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. up to 2012 are available via the website of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Statista: The Leading Statistics Portal
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Provides access to selected statistics and studies of over 600 industries gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources from 2007 to the present.

U.S. Department of Education Public Data
The Ed Department's searchable, filterable public data listing.

UNData
UN datasets like the Millenium Development Goals, and other UNESCO statistics, can be queried together through the UNdata portal.
World Bank EdStats
World Bank Data on Education, click through to "All indicators" to get to the query tool.
UIS Data Center
UNESCO Institute of Statistics data portal, allows your to browse education statistics and create custom datasets.
United Nations Millennium Development Goals
Goals 2 (universal primary education) and 3 (gender equality) include education statistics that can be queried at the national or regional level.