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America's High Schools: Characteristics & Patterns
At the local level and for much of the nation, opportunities, performance and productivity in high schools is tied directly to literacy and the local economy. While America has long sought, somewhat unsuccessfully, to reduce poverty, the greatest weapon and opportunity sits before us: improving America's high schools. Although funding for high school operations remains a significant issue, more can done with what is available -- applied and allocated in different ways. The largest Federal elementary and secondary funding program, the ESEA Title I, is designed specifically to improve educational opportunities in areas with high poverty incidence. Yet little is known about the impact of these expenditures. More successful direction and guidance for best practices in the use of these funds at the school level is badly needed. Examine high schools and areas of interest using the interactive ranking table shown below. The ranking table includes all U.S. high schools with a reported grade 12 enrollment during the 2008-09 school year. America's High Schools: Characteristics & Patterns Interactive ranking table -- click column header to sort; click again to sort other direction. See related Ranking Tables Main Page • Click on a column header to sort on that column; click column header again to sort in other direction. • Click ShowAll button to show all areas and restore full set of data view. • Click State to view schools in a selected state (click ShowAll between selections). • Find by Name: key in partial area name in text box to right of Find-in-Name button then click button to locate all matches (case sensitive). • See related ranking tables. Many columns with area names are intentionally set with narrow width to conserve space. Expand/contract a column width by clicking the column divider in the header and dragging right or left. Additional column information: School Code -- Federal school code State -- State USPS abbreviation SchDist -- School district name Metro -- Metro area name CBSA -- CBSA code for metro FIPST -- FIPS state code ZIP -- ZIP code Locale -- Locale code Stcty -- State + County FIPS code CtyName -- County Name CD111 -- 111th Congressional District code TchFTE -- Teacher full-time equivalence Lo -- Low grage offered in school Hi -- High grade offered in school T1 -- ESEA Title I eligible T1SW -- ESEA Title I schoolwide CHARTR -- charter school FRELCH -- free lunch students REDLCH -- reduced lunch fee students TOTFRL -- total free & reduced lunch eligible students G11 -- grade 11 students G12 -- grade 12 students Students -- total students PUPTCH -- pupil-teacher ratio Additional Information Proximity develops geographic-demographic-economic data and analytical tools and helps organizations knit together and use diverse data in a decision-making and analytical framework. We develop custom demographic/economic estimates and projections, develop geographic and geocoded address files, and assist with impact and geospatial analyses. Wide-ranging organizations use our tools (software, data, methodologies) to analyze their own data integrated with other data. Contact Proximity (888-364-7656) with questions about data covered in this section or to discuss custom estimates, projections or analyses for your areas of interest. |
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