Educational Leadership

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. Investigate the tabs near the top to find publications and products, surveys and programs, data tools, tables and figures, fast facts, and more.

The Common Core of Data (CCD) is a program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics that annually collects fiscal and non-fiscal data about all public schools, public school districts and state education agencies in the United States. The data are supplied by state education agency officials and include information that describes schools and school districts, including name, address, and phone number; descriptive information about students and staff, includi

The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

See facts and figures about education, NCES data tables, The Nation’s Report Card, “What Works” Clearinghouse reports on a variety of topics, and evaluation reports for programs and issues in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education. You’ll see links to teaching and learning resources from federal agencies.

From the U.S. Census Bureau: "Educational Attainment of the Population 18 Years and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin," and "Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, by Selected Characteristics: 2010." Note the tab in the top right corner, "Subjects A to Z," to see data tables on hundreds of other subjects.

This website offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health. (This is the website’s self-description.) The site is presented by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. The Forum's annual report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, provides a summary of national indicators of child well

See results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress including state profiles and sample questions; create custom tables and graphs of NAEP results.

Use the Search For Public Schools locator to retrieve information on public schools from Common Core of Data’s databases.

Use the Search For Public School Districts locator to retrieve information on public school districts from CCD's databases.

The purpose of SDDS is to provide access to information about demographics, social characteristics, and economics of children (preschool through high school) and school districts from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

One can quickly search the full text of thousands of resources relevant to the field of child care and early education. Interactive tools allow users to refine their searches, download full text documents, build customized tables on state policies, compare state demographics, and analyze research data online. Explore the “Datasets” tab near the top to find data and reports on many issues related to child care and early education.

The K-12 Practitioners' Circle packages and disseminates statistical information on education specifically for local education practitioners, including K-12 teachers, administrators, librarians, parents and students.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation sponsors this resource. The Data Center enables you to investigate hundreds of measures of well-being for kids across the nation, or in any state, city, or community. Users can create customized maps, graphs, and charts.

The Almanac, published annually by the Chronicle of Higher Education, gathers an assortment of key data about the most important trends in higher education. You’ll see data on student achievement, degrees awarded, admissions data, costs and financial aid, student enrollments and demographics, institutions, and faculty/staff. The “Facts and Figures” tab near the top may be a good starting point if you’re looking for data.

Established as the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES, IPEDS is a system of surveys designed to collect data from all primary providers of postsecondary education. IPEDS is a single, comprehensive system designed to encompass all institutions and educational organizations whose primary purpose is to provide postsecondary education. The IPEDS system is built around a series of interrelated surveys to collect institution-level data in such areas as enrollments, program c

(2010, from the U.S. Census Bureau) The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Although emphasis in the Statistical Abstract is primarily given to national data, many tables present data for regions and individual states and a smaller number for metropolitan areas and cities. In the “Browse Sections” column on the

Data and statistics concerning population, race and ethnicity, educational attainment, employment and income, housing, business and industry, thematic maps of data, and more.

“Topic links A-Z” near the top left may be your best starting point. Use the MapStats link to find profiles of state, county, federal judicial district, or Congressional districts. In “Statistics by Geography” you’ll see state education profile data, including NAEP scores and trends.

Part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), this site offers a range of policy-relevant, timely, and reliable statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communication. More than 200 countries and territories take part in the UIS annual education survey, which covers all education levels and a range of issues such as gender parity, teachers and financing.