Thursday 13- Back to School: 2010-2011
1. $7.2 billion-Back-to-School Shopping
The amount of money spent at family clothing stores in August 2009. Only in December were sales significantly higher. Similarly, sales at bookstores in August 2009 totaled $2.5 billion, an amount approached in 2009 only by sales in January.
Source: Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services
2. 76 million Students The number of children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in October 2008 — from nursery school to college. They comprised 27 percent of the entire population 3 and older.
Source: School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2008
3. Pre-K through 12 Enrollment 53%-
Percentage of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school in October 2008.
Source: School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2008 .
4. 56 million- K-12 The projected number of students to be enrolled in the nation’s elementary through high schools (grades K-12) this fall.
Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics as cited in the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2010, Table 214
5. 43% Percentage of elementary through high school students who were nonwhite (single race) or Hispanic, as of October 2008.
Source: School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2008
6. Nearly 80% Percentage of students ages 12 to 17 who were academically on-track in 2006, up 8 percentage points from 1998. The odds of being on-track were 48 percent higher for these students if they were in a gifted class and 34 percent higher if they had never been suspended or expelled from school. (Students were considered to be academically on-track if they were enrolled in school at or above the grade level appropriate for their age.)
Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being)
7. Lunchtime- 31 million- Average number of children participating each month in the national school lunch program in 2008.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, as cited in the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2010, Table 558
8. College- 19.1 million – The projected number of students enrolled in the nation’s colleges and universities this fall. This is up from 13.8 million 20 years ago.
Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics as cited in the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2010, Table 214
9. 16%-Percentage of all college students 35 and older in October 2008. They made up 36 percent of those attending school part time.
Source: School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2008
10. 64%- Percentage of undergraduates enrolled in four-year colleges in October 2008. Of those enrolled in such schools, 83 percent attended full time.
Source: School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2008
11. 49%- Percentage of 18- and 19-year-olds enrolled in college in 2008.
Source: School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2008
12. 55%- Percentage of college students who were women in October 2008.
Source: School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2008
13. How Many Schools? 98,793- Number of public schools in 2006-07. In 2007-08, there were 28,218 private schools.
Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics as cited in the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2010, Tables 234 and 255 (Note: Data for public and private schools pertain to different years because they were collected from separate surveys.)
I’ll have part 2 next week!
I’m away this week on a very cool trip!
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Such a wealth of information 🙂
Interesting stat! Thanks for thoses.
It’s interesting that more women were enrolled in college than men.
Cool stats! Interesting info.
That’s an awful lot of numbers. Good thing there weren’t any word problems.
Hey thanks for stopping by Peaceful Divas! Already following you! Cool stats! It is amazing that about the same amount of money was spent for BTS as Christmas!
Increase noted in college enrollment, thus higher amounts to pay for college. When will a student be able to pay off a loan?
I love back to school! Great facts.