Education Statistics: Education Data Sources

ED's public data listing in web format, per President Obama's 2013 executive order making open and machine-readable data the new default for government information.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. As such there are a number of longitudinal studies available on the NCES web site as well as at ICPSR.

Describes data reported to the US Department of Education as part of grant activities, along with administrative and statistical data assembled and maintained by the Department.

Annual, national statistical database of information about public elementary and secondary schools (e.g., enrollment by grade, student characteristics, number of teachers) and school districts (e.g., number of students, number of high school graduates in the previous year).

The Elementary/Secondary Information System (ElSi) is an NCES web application that allows users to quickly view public and private school data and create custom tables and charts using data from the Common Core of Data (CCD) and Private School Survey (PSS). All three ElSi tools use available data beginning in 1986-87 to the most recent school year from Common Core Data (CCD) and Private School Survey (PSS). Closed Schools (status=2) and Closed Districts (bound=2) are excluded from this application. Visit ElSi's about the data section for more information.

The Education Data Explorer harmonizes data from all major federal datasets, including the US Department of Education Common Core of Data, the US Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection, the US Department of Education EDFacts, the US Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the US Department of Education Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the US Department of Education College Scorecard, and the National Historical Geographic Information System. Allows you to search for a single school, school district, or college or to compare several schools, districts, or colleges across various data points.

A survey of the characteristics and conditions of America's public and private schools and the teachers and principals who work in them.

These surveys cover learning at all ages, from early childhood to school age to adulthood. Surveys include adult education (1991, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003), early childhood program participation (1991, 1995, 1999, 2001), and parent and family involvement in education (1996, 1999, 2003) among others.

IPEDS is a system of surveys designed to collect data from all primary providers of postsecondary education. Study components include earned degrees/completions, fall enrollment, staff, finance, institutional characteristics, salaries, tenure, and fringe benefits of full-time instructional faculty.

This was the first program in the United States to provide major subsidies to private schools as part of a general voucher program. The data were collected as part of the annual evaluation of this program.

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of some 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed. A number of questions on drug use are asked.

The National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth are designed to document the transition from school to work and into adulthood. They collect extensive information about youths' labor market behavior and educational experiences over time. Data are also available from SSDS.

The National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey (NPSAS) provides information on how postsecondary student financial aid is targeted, received, and used. A significant component of the NPSAS is the Student Loan Recipient Transcript Survey, which collected postsecondary-school transcripts for Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) recipients who were surveyed in the Student Loan Recipient Survey (SLRS).

In addition to SESTAT, a comprehensive and integrated system of information about the employment, educational, and demographic characteristics of scientists and engineers, this site also makes available several surveys of recipients of higher education.

These data were collected by researchers at the University of Pensnylvania with the assistance of a registry of all twins born in Minnesota between 1936-55. A questionnaire was mailed out to twins in the registry starting in May 1994. Questions cover education, family status, health, and jobs held. Data are available through application only. Sample size is 3682.

A multi-year study that investigates college planning and enrollment behavior under a policy that guarantees admission to any Texas public college or university to high school seniors who graduate in the top decile of their class.

This data set provides nationwide school enrollment data at the state, school district, and school level, standardized into a single schema. The data set provides enrollment data at each grade level, and currently includes information from more than 30 states. Where available, the data set also provides information about race, ethnicity, and gender, as well as counts of homeless students, English Language Learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students. (Data from Big Local News.)

From University Communications. A wide ranging collection of facts, statistics, background and history on the University of California, San Diego.

The official source of student admission, enrollment and graduation statistics.

Provides access to detailed data on undergraduate admissions, enrollment, persistence and graduation at the University of California. Summary data on financial aid is also available.

NCES supports a variety of activities to provide statistical data for cross-national comparisons of education. These activities focus on 2 major areas: indicators and assessments. Canada France Germany Italy Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

OECD Education statistics database includes the UNESCO/OECD/EUROSTAT (UOE) database on education covering the outputs of educational institutions, the policy levers that shape educational outputs, the human and financial resources invested in education, structural characteristics of education systems, and the economic and social outcomes of education, learning and training throughout life, including on employment and unemployment. Also included in the database are the PISA 2015 dataset, Teaching and learning international survey (TALIS) data, the annual Education at a Glance data and data relating to Gender equality in education.

Variable categories include literacy, learning outcomes, gender equality, teachers, educational attainment, and more.

Search by country, variable, and year.

The Profiles include basic education indicators, learning outcome data, educational attainment data, and educational equity data as well as information on country research resources, World Bank education project activities, and country context.

Data from Department of School Education & Literacy; includes tables with data about schools, teachers, infrastructure, and enrollment at state level. Data prior to 2018 (2002-2017) can be downloaded as raw data tables from historical web page captures from Wayback Machine.