10 Facts about Education in usa

Whether they’re good or bad, here are some facts about education and schools in America. Are you ready? Let’s check it out:

1. In 2000, 76.6 million students enrolled in school from kindergarten through graduate schools.
    
2. The largest high school gymnasium in the U.S. is in New Castle, Indiana. It is the New Castle Fieldhouse, which can house up to 9,325 people.
    
3. In 2007, 76% of public school teachers were female.
    
4. From 2000 to 2013, 6.5 million more students will attend a college or university.
    
5. In just this this school year alone, the expenditure for public elementary and secondary schools is estimated to be at $591 billion.
    
6. Every day, there are 8,300 students drop out of high school. In other words, 3,030,000 students drop out of high school each year.
    
7. Students grades 6 through 12 find it hard to read. In fact, it has be found that 6 million students in these grade levels have lower-than-basic levels of reading.
    
8. 23% of all public and private schools have a uniform policy.
    
9. In 2011, Arizona State University has the highest new transfer acceptance rate at 87.6%.
    
10. In 2010, 16% of college students were 35+ years old.

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 Sources:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_high_school_gyms_in_the_United_States
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=28
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372
http://www.statisticbrain.com/high-school-dropout-statistics/
http://www.susanohanian.org/show_nclb_outrages.php?id=107
http://www.statisticbrain.com/school-uniform-statistics/
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2013/07/16/10-colleges-with-the-most-new-transfer-students-enrolled
http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/04/back-to-school-by-the-numbers/