School Enrollment Rates by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age: 1980 to 2006 Let’s examine enrollment rates in a little bit greater detail, breaking it down by race and age. White 1980 1990 2006 3 and 4 years old 36.3 44.9 55.6 20 and 21 years old 31.9 41.0 48.2...
School Enrollment Rate by Age: 1970, 1980, 2006 I’ve previously discussed how the effective high school graduation rate is higher than critics of the education system will acknowledge. But graduation is an arbitrary demarcation along the learning curve for most...
Federal Spending on Education and Related Programs: 2005 and 2006 Level, agency, and program 2005 2006 Total, all programs $145.9 billion $166.5 billion Percent of federal budget outlays 5.9% 6.3% Elementary/secondary education programs $68.9 billion $70.9 billion...
What and where are the largest lakes in the United States? Lake Location Area in sq. miles Lake Superior MI-MN-WI-Ontario 31,700 Lake Huron MI-Ontario 23,000 Lake Michigan IL-IN-MI-WI 22,300 Lake Erie MI-NY-OH-PA-Ontario 9,910 Lake Ontario NY-Ontario 7,340 Great Salt...
In 1980 72.8 million acres were developed. By 2003 that has risen to 108 million. As of 2003, 5.6 percent of the area of the United States had been developed. 70.8 percent of Iowa is used for cropland. 0.9 percent of Nevada is used for cropland. Per capita water use...
