Research Guides: Statistics and Data by Topic: Education

Education and Related Statistics in the United States

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
Indicators illustrating the well-being of Nation's young people.
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The report presents 40 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from our most reliable statistics, easily understood by broad audiences, objectively based on substantial research, balanced so that no single area of children's lives dominates the report, measured regularly so that they can be updated to show trends over time, and representative of large segments of the population rather than one particular group.
Child Care & Early Education: Research Connections Datasets
Datasets from a a variety of research studies
Kids Count
Measures of child well-being from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, includes state and community level data as well as census data
National Center for Children in Poverty
Public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income families and children
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. Includes the Digest of Education Statistics and customized tables.
National Science Foundation (NSF): Science and Engineering Statistics
The NSF is a federal agency which supports for all fields of science and engineering, except for medical sciences.
Publications, data, and analyses about the nation's science and engineering resources.
NCES Data Tools
Build custom tables on assessments, public schools and post-secondary education
NCES Data Lab
Online table and regression maker tools featuring 30+ federal education datasets. Contains three powerful tools for your analytical needs: QuickStats – Allows novice users to create simple tables and charts; PowerStats – Allows researchers to create complex tables and logistic and linear regressions; and TrendStats – Allows researchers to create complex tables spanning multiple data collection years. Also, contains the Tables Library which houses 5000+ published analysis tables by topic, publication, and source.
NCES Fast Facts
The primary purpose of the Fast Facts website is to provide users with concise information on a range of educational issues, from early childhood to adult learning.
U.S. Department of Education: Data & Statistics
Browse data and statistics by topic, Fast Facts, popular datasets and more

International Education

NationMaster
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A central data source which compares nations from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD.
UNESCO Database
Internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication, and literacy
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Education statistics cover pre-primary, primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary, and tertiary education. Build custom tables and export documents.