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POPULATION
12,281,054

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW

NUMBER OF STUDENTS	1,830,684
NUMBER OF Pennsylvania SCHOOLS	3,289
NUMBER OF Pennsylvania SCHOOL DISTRICTS	708
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($)	12,113

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

Grade 3 Reading Proficiency	72.8
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency	70.1
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency	60.0
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency	63.5
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency	66.8
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency	75.0
Grade 11 Reading Proficiency	65.4

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	74.8	57.0
BLACK (%)	16.2	17.2
HISPANIC (%)	6.4	19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	2.5	4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	0.1	1.2

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	31.4	41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%)	NO DATA	7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%)	14.3	12.2

Pennsylvania Educational Environment
POPULATION	STATE	NATION

POPULATION	12,464,563	299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	275	84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	STATE	NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	5.8%	6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD	17.9%	19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD	34.2%	36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD	26.6%	24.9%
65 OR OLDER	15.4%	12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	4,884,398	112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	10.2%	11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	87.3%	85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	25.8%	28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	5.3%	6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999	9.5%	10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	11.2%	11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999	19.9%	19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999	21.6%	21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999	17.9%	16.7%
$15,000 or less	14.5%	13.8%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$6,586	$12,056,932,145	54.4
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$520	$952,558,026	4.3
STAFF	$408	$746,122,974	3.4
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$332	$608,593,125	2.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$469	$859,325,135	3.9
OPERATION	$1,110	$2,032,021,959	9.2
TRANSPORTATION	$513	$938,668,094	4.2
OTHER	$373	$683,065,785	3.1
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,726	$6,820,355,098	30.8
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,802	$3,298,388,369	14.9
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$12,113	$22,175,675,612	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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