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NCES

National Center for Education Statistics

Invokely serves 3,266 values of 6 statistics for 52 places from National Center for Education Statistics. Every value links to the NCES table it was read from and carries a citation.

Next release: Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state, Monday, 10 May 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

About this publisher

Website

nces.ed.gov

License

Public domain (US government work, 17 U.S.C. 105); citation requested

Places covered

Countries: 1
Regions and states: 51 in the United States

Latest publication

2026-10-12

Last update check

Operating, 2026-10-15 20:30 UTC

Statistics from NCES

Each statistic has a page with every place Invokely covers. Some also draw on other publishers for places this one does not cover.

Population and demography

• High school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort)
• NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4
• NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8
• NAEP average score, reading, grade 4
• NAEP average score, reading, grade 8
• Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools

Rankings built from NCES data

• US states by NAEP average score, reading, grade 8
• US states by high school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort)
• US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8
• US states by NAEP average score, reading, grade 4
• US states by pupil to teacher ratio, public schools
• US states by NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4

Figures from NCES

• NAEP average score, reading, grade 8 in United States
• High school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort) in Texas
• NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 8 in Illinois
• NAEP average score, reading, grade 4 in California
• Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools in Ohio
• NAEP average score, mathematics, grade 4 in Pennsylvania

How to cite

Every value from NCES carries this citation with the blanks filled in: the table title, its address, the date Invokely retrieved it and, where shown, the reference period.

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. {title}. {url}. Retrieved {date}.

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