Housing Units – Annual Trends

Source US Census Bureau, US Census Population Estimates. Source Description The population and housing unit estimates are released on a flow basis throughout each year. Each new series of data (called vintages) incorporates the latest administrative record data, geographic boundaries, and methodology. Therefore, the entire time series of estimates beginning with the most recent decennial…

Public School Revenue

This indicator displays the total revenue that public schools receive from federal, state, and local sources. Source National Center for Education Statistics, NCES – Common Core of Data, 2021-22.Additional data analysis by CARES. Source Description The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to…

Public School Expenditures

This indicator reports the total expenditures of public schools including spending on instruction, salaries, capital outlay, support services, and other areas. Source National Center for Education Statistics, NCES – Common Core of Data, 2021-22.Additional data analysis by CARES. Source Description The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing,…

School Funding Adequacy

This indicator reports the average gap in dollars between actual and required spending per pupil among public school districts. Required spending is an estimate of dollars needed to achieve U.S. average test scores in each district. Data are acquired from the 2022 School Finance Indicators Database and are used in the 2025 County Health Rankings….

School Segregation Index

This indicator reports the extent to which students within different race and ethnicity groups are unevenly distributed across schools when compared with the racial and ethnic composition of the local population. The index ranges from 0 to 1 with lower values representing a school composition that approximates race and ethnicity distributions in the student populations…

Chronic Absence Rate

This indicator reports the rate of chronic absenteeism (students absent 10% or more school days during the school year 2022-2023). Note: Since the data are protected by adding or subtracting one student for cell sizes less than or equal to four and random data swapping for cell sizes less than or equal to three, the…

Harassment or Bullying

This indicator reports the total count and rate per 1,000 enrolled students of allegations of harassment or bullying on the basis of sex; race, color, national origin; disability; sexual orientation; and religion. Data are obtained from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), 2021-2022.Note: The instances of 0 might indicate…

Proficiency – Student Math Proficiency (4th Grade)

This indicator reports the percentage of children in the 4th grade whose skills tested below the “proficient” level for the Math portion of the state-specific standardized test. This indicator is relevant because an inability to read English well is linked to poverty, unemployment, and barriers to healthcare access, provider communications, and health literacy/education. Source US…

Proficiency – Student Reading Proficiency (4th Grade)

This indicator reports the percentage of children in the 4th grade whose reading skills tested below the “proficient” level for the English Language Arts portion of the state-specific standardized test. This indicator is relevant because an inability to read English well is linked to poverty, unemployment, and barriers to healthcare access, provider communications, and health…