Statistical Sources in Education

California Statistics
Bay Area Census.  U.S. Census data compiled and presented by Association of Bay Area Governments and Metropolitan Transportation Commission.  Includes education, health and general population data.

Counting California.  A statistical profile for California, including statistics on education and health.

Ed-Data.  Fiscal, demographic and performance data on California K-12 schools, with national comparisons.  Includes information on school issues and policies.

DataQuest (Calif. Dept of Education) - Data regarding  California schools and districts – enrollments, API, dropouts, and more .

Rand California Statistics.  This site offers a wide variety of statistics for California, including K-12 School projections, Federal and State spending for Education, population, demographics, health care data and other indicators. Fees may apply.

General California Statistics. Data sources concerning California population, economy, labor, regions, and more.

UC Berkeley Campus Data.  Statistics regarding UC Berkeley.

UCB Office of Student Research.  Detailed statistics about students on the Berkeley Campus, including 15 years of statistics for enrollment, graduation rates, and ethnicity.

120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait (pdf).  Education statistics for elementary, secondary and higher education from 1870-1990 produced by IES, U.S. Dept. of Education.

ChildStats.  Compiled by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, this site provides statistics on education, population, family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment.

Chronicle of Higher Education.  Education surveys and data.

The Common Core of Data.  The Common Core of Data is the Department of Education's database on schools and education in the U.S.  It is a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of all public elementary and secondary schools and school districts.  The database is available for 1986 through 1999.  The Website contains both raw data that can be manipulated in statistical processing programs and documentation on the data.

Education Psychology Library Reference Books on Statistics. The EDP Library has a substantial collection of reference books containing statistics on education and mental health in California, the U.S. and abroad.

Education Statistics Quarterly. A quarterly publication from the National Center for Education statistics, featuring special issues in education, such as enrollment projections,  funding, etc.

Education Watch Online. The Education Trust provides data on educational performance by race and class, kindergarden through college.

Education Week Database on Education. Facts, figures, news, legislative updates on all 50 states. Produced by Education Week for their online edition.  Search Pathfinder or Melvyl for Education Week online edition.

Education Statistics from NCES-Annual Reports.  The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has combined popular compendiums of education statistics on this Website.  Data covered includes the condition of U.S. education, school and crime safety, and projected education statistics. 

Elementary and Secondary Education: An International Perspective. A report by IES (Institute for Educational Science), U. S. Dept. of Education.

Digest of Educational Statististics.  The Digest compiles statistics on pre-kindergarten through graduate schools.  Topics include teachers, enrollment, libraries,  technology, finances, employment, among others.

HEGIS.  Higher Education General Information Survey produced by the International Archive of Educational Data.  Multi-national data.

Home Schooling Statistics.  See Homeschooling.

HEDS.  Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium.  Reports and data.

HERI.  Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA.  Postsecondary data. 

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).  NCES data and reports regarding higher education.  

International Archive of Educational Data (IAED).  Archive of U.S. and international educational data, sponsored by the NCES and University of Michigan. Data encompasses the "inputs" to education (funding, personnel, teaching resources, facilities, teacher and student preparation, etc.), the variety of processes by which teaching and learning occur, and the "outputs" of education (graduation and matriculation rates, drop-out rates, test scores, job placements, life histories, life assessments, etc.).

Just for the Kids.  School data for districts and individual schools in all 50 states. Provides data on percentages of low income students and percentages of ethnic groups as well as achievement information.

KIDS COUNT Data Online. A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this database tracts the status of  U.S. children.

MetLife Surveys of the American Teacher. Surveys of American teachers' opinions on multi-topics from 1984.

NCHEMS.  National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. Analyses, surveys and  data.

National Assessment for Educational Progress.  Also known as the Nation's Report Card, NAEP provides data and reports on what U.S. students know in various subjects.

National Center for Education Statistics.  Statistics on education from the U.S. government.  Includes state budgets.  NCES Site Index.

Projections of Education Statistics to 2014.  NCES report on key educational statistics, including enrollment, graduates, teachers, K-12 expenditures, degrees conferred.

Rankings & Estimates: Rankings of the States 2004 and estimates of School Statistics 2005.  Produced by Education Commission of the States, this report is based on data from the National Education Association.  Provides state rankings for K-12 and higher education.

School District Demographics System.  This site contains social, financial and administrative statistics on over 15,000 school districts in the U.S.

State Comparisons of Education Statistics 1969070 to 1996-97.  IES compendium of state level elementary, secondary and higher education statistics.

U.S. Census-Education.  Browse through detailed statistics on education. The Bureau tracks educational trends and attainment levels by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, occupation, industry, nativity, and period of entry, in addition to the relationship between educational attainment and earnings.

UC Berkeley - Government Links.  See other government agency links for other education data sets.

U Michigan Statistics on the Web.  Links to many data and statistics websites.

United States and National Statistics
American FactFinder.  Basic facts, popular tables and data sets drawn from the U.S. 2000 Census.

National Center for Education Statistics.  Statistics on education from the U.S. government.  Includes state budgets.

U.S. Census.  The Census contains general population statistics for the U.S. and can be sorted to the Zip code level. 

General United States Statistics. Data sources concerning the United States population, economy, labor, regions, and more.

International and Foreign Statistics

OECD. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development provides information on educational issues by country, statistics, publications and documents on international and foreign education.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics.  UNESCO publishes statistics on education in various regions of the world.

World Health Organization.  WHO provides statistics and links to foreign statistics on health.

Worldwide Statistical Web Servers.  This is a master list of worldwide government agencies that collect  statistics.  This site includes census information, education and health information, and economic information.

World Bank Data.  Statistics and data on many topics including education, child development and health.

General International Statistics. Data sources concerning the population, economy, labor, regions, and more.  See also Foreign Statistics by country.

CD-ROMS. Many statistical cd-roms are available in the Reference Center, 2nd floor, Doe Library.