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POPULATION
7,078,515

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW

NUMBER OF STUDENTS	1,213,616
NUMBER OF Virginia SCHOOLS	2,109
NUMBER OF Virginia SCHOOL DISTRICTS	221
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($)	10,578

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

Grade 3 Reading Proficiency	80.0
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency	86.7
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency	86.3
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency	84.0
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency	82.1
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency	79.2

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	59.8	57.0
BLACK (%)	27.0	17.2
HISPANIC (%)	7.7	19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	5.2	4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	0.3	1.2

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	31.1	41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%)	5.6	7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%)	14.5	12.2

Virginia Educational Environment
POPULATION	STATE	NATION

POPULATION	7,668,521	299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	188	84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	STATE	NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	6.7%	6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD	18.6%	19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD	36.9%	36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD	26.0%	24.9%
65 OR OLDER	11.9%	12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	2,890,753	112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	11.5%	11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	86.3%	85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	34.1%	28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	8.3%	6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999	12.8%	10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	12.8%	11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999	20.1%	19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999	20.1%	21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999	14.7%	16.7%
$15,000 or less	11.3%	13.8%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,789	$7,025,890,052	54.7
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$452	$548,472,806	4.3
STAFF	$606	$735,158,543	5.7
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$142	$172,878,293	1.3
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$549	$665,997,578	5.2
OPERATION	$920	$1,116,045,445	8.7
TRANSPORTATION	$461	$559,361,872	4.4
OTHER	$145	$176,501,742	1.4
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,275	$3,974,416,279	31.0
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,513	$1,836,774,965	14.3
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,578	$12,837,081,296	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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