Facts and Figures


Facts and Figures: States That Spend More Than $7,000 on Instruction for Each Rural Student

Question: Which 10 states spend more than $7,000 on instruction per rural student?
Date: April 12, 2013
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
Related Tags: Facts and Figures, School Finance/Funding


Facts and Figures: States That Spend Less Than $5,000 on Instruction for Each Rural Student

Question: Which 13 states spend less than $5,000 on instruction per rural student?
Date: November 26, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
Related Tags: Facts and Figures, School Finance/Funding


Facts and Figures: States With a High Percentage of Rural English Language Learner Students

Question: In which 11 states are more than 5% of all rural students classified as English Language Learners?
Date: October 28, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
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Facts and Figures: States With Higher Percentages of Minority Rural Students

Question: Nationally, more than one-quarter of all rural students are classified as minorities according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Minority students exceed this average in 18 states. Which states are they?
Date: September 25, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
Related Tags: Facts and Figures, Minority Students


Fact and Figures: 16 States With High Rural Student Populations

Question: Rural students comprise more than 1/3 of all students in which 16 states?
Date: August 27, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
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Facts and Figures About States With High Rural Student Populations

Question: More than half a million students attend rural schools in each of these three states; which states are they?
Date: July 26, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
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Facts and Figures about States With Most Schools in Rural Places

Question: In which 15 states are more than half of all schools located in a rural place?


Rural School District Performance on NAEP U.S. History Assessment

Students in rural districts taking this exam are holding their own with peers in other geographic settings.
Date: May 30, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
Related Tags: Facts and Figures, Graphs


Facts and Figures about Rural Teacher Salaries

Question: Which thirteen states have the lowest rural teacher salary expenditures per full-time equivalent (a proxy for measuring full-time teacher salaries)?


Rural School District Enrollment: Variations across Census Regions

The highest median rural district enrollment by far is in the South, at close to four times that in the West.
Date: April 28, 2012
Related Categories: Community Advocate, Media, Policy Maker, Rural Policy Matters
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Facts and Figures about the Mobility of Rural Students

Question: Which three states have the highest rates of rural student mobility, that is, the highest numbers of rural students who have changed residence in the previous 12 months?
Date: April 27, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
Related Tags: Facts and Figures, Why Rural Matters


School Safety Measures: Violent Victimization at School

Rural school rates are half that of suburban schools and almost two-thirds lower than those of urban schools.
Date: March 30, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
Related Tags: Facts and Figures, Graphs


Facts and Figures About Rural Student Poverty

Question: Which state has the highest rate of poverty (as measured by eligibility for federally funded subsidized meals) among rural students?
Date: March 29, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
Related Tags: Facts and Figures, Why Rural Matters


Facts and Figures About States Where Rural Enrollment Doubled in the Past Decade

Question: In which eight states did rural enrollment more than double from 1999–2000 through 2008–2009?
Date: February 22, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
Related Tags: Facts and Figures, Why Rural Matters


Facts and Figures About Number of U.S. Students Attending Rural Schools

Question: What percentage of U.S. students attend school in a rural district or a rural school in an urban district?
Date: January 26, 2012
Related Categories: Rural Policy Matters
Related Tags: Facts and Figures