States with the most students in charter schools, 2011-12
California 410,157
Florida 179,254
Texas 149,348
Arizona 135,930
Ohio 122,660
Michigan 118,702
Pennsylvania 98,108
Colorado 79,963
Georgia 61,821
New York 54,681
Source:
Fall 2010, states with the largest total enrollment in degree-granting higher-education institutions
California 2,714,172
Texas 1,536,858
New York 1,305,595
Florida 1,125,469
Illinois 906,889
Pennsylvania 803,593
Arizona 795,388
Ohio 744,947
Michigan 698,125
North Carolina 586,042
Source:
Digest of Education Statistics, 2011
Top 10 college towns for 2012 ("places where the identity of the city is both shaped by and complementary to the presence of its university.")
College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University>
Oxford, Miss.: University of Mississippi
Logan, Utah: Utah State University
Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois
Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas
Corvallis, Ore.: Oregon State University
Bloomington, Ind.: University of Indiana
Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia
Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan
Blacksburg, Va.: Virginia Tech
Source:Livability.com
States with the most public school staff (full-time-equivalent), 2010-11
Texas 665,419
California 530,337
New York 413,971
Florida 333,183
Pennsylvania 266,796
Ohio 241,212
Georgia 227,188
Illinois 215,764
New Jersey 202,634
Virginia 201,047
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
States with the highest-percentage projected K-12 enrollment growth, 2010-11 to 2021-22
Texas 20.1%
Colorado 14.4%
Wyoming 14.1%
Nebraska 13.2%
North Dakota 11.9%
New Mexico 11.2%
Alaska 10.5%
Oklahoma 10.0%
Minnesota 9.3%
Arizona 8.7%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, "The Condition of Education 2012"
States with the highest percentage of college graduates (age 25-34)
Washington, D.C. 68.8%
Massachusetts 54.3%
North Dakota 50.8%
Minnesota 49.8%
New York 49.6%
New Jersey 47.2%
New Hampshire 46.0%
Connecticut 45.9%
Maryland 45.5%
Iowa 45.5%
Source: U.S. Department of Education
States that spent the most on public elementary and secondary schools, 2009-10
California $68.1 billion
New York $59.5 billion
Texas $53.7 billion
Illinois $27.5 billion
Florida $27.3 billion
New Jersey $26.0 billion
Pennsylvania $25.6 billion
Ohio $22.5 billion
Michigan $18.6 billion
Georgia $17.8 billion
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
School districts (with more than 10,000 students) with the highest spending per pupil in 2009-10
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
