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POPULATION
1,235,786

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW

NUMBER OF STUDENTS	205,767
NUMBER OF New Hampshire SCHOOLS	488
NUMBER OF New Hampshire SCHOOL DISTRICTS	172
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($)	11,406

State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS	PERCENTAGE

Grade 3 Reading Proficiency	71.0
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency	69.0
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency	67.0
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency	65.0
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency	66.0
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency	62.0
Grade 10 Reading Proficiency	83.0

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	93.3	57.0
BLACK (%)	1.7	17.2
HISPANIC (%)	2.8	19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	1.9	4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	0.3	1.2

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	17.1	41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%)	1.2	7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%)	14.7	12.2

New Hampshire Educational Environment
POPULATION	STATE	NATION

POPULATION	1,323,596	299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	143	84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	STATE	NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	5.5%	6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD	18.4%	19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD	35.2%	36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD	28.3%	24.9%
65 OR OLDER	12.6%	12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	503,779	112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	9.4%	11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	88.7%	85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	33.6%	28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	6.9%	6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999	12.7%	10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	14.2%	11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999	22.4%	19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999	20.3%	21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999	14.1%	16.7%
$15,000 or less	9.3%	13.8%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$6,710	$1,380,637,964	58.8
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$713	$146,728,742	6.2
STAFF	$319	$65,679,365	2.8
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$349	$71,717,051	3.0
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$564	$116,102,472	4.9
OPERATION	$901	$185,314,911	7.9
TRANSPORTATION	$441	$90,652,185	3.9
OTHER	$97	$19,954,631	0.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,383	$696,149,357	29.7
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,313	$270,262,568	11.5
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$11,406	$2,347,049,889	100.0

FOR THE NATION	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,582	$274,180,000,000	53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$475	$23,356,970,935	4.5
STAFF	$446	$21,924,659,888	4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$181	$8,920,041,056	1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$514	$25,277,042,259	4.9
OPERATION	$902	$44,320,216,892	8.6
TRANSPORTATION	$384	$18,864,068,868	3.7
OTHER	$294	$14,465,936,592	2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,199	$157,129,000,000	30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,687	$82,900,118,526	16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,469	$514,209,000,000	100.0

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