Welcome To Local School Directory
Thank you for visiting our public & private schools directory, where we have over 130,000 schools listed including pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary schools, middle schools and high schools. We statistically break down school information at the state, city, zip, district and individual school levels. The information provided includes number of students, teachers, gender, race, grade levels, test scores and financial data. At the individual school level we provide even more in-depth information that is updated continuously from various sources including school administrators and state and federal departments of education.
Parents can read and submit their own reviews of schools, view upcoming school calendar of events, and much more... School administrators can update school events, post school news and information, as well as upload school photos.
To get started please follow the link that corresponds to the state the school is located in.
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United States Education News
Back to School Book DonationDeputy Secretary Simon and First Book Senior Vice President Lynda Lancaster today announced the availability of free books through the 2008 Back to School Book Donation. Mark Bounds, deputy state superintendent, and Nancy J. McGinley, Charleston County, S.C., superintendent of schools, joined them for the announcement at Jennie Moore Elementary School, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. The initiative will make available more than 300,000 new Random House books, which will be distributed nationally to schools, libraries and literacy organizations serving low-income youth.
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Leading Education IndicatorsSecretary Spellings unveiled five education indicators that will complement No Child Left Behind by providing a snapshot of national trends. These indicators -- Achievement, Achievement Gap, High School Graduation, College Readiness, and College Completion -- show educational performance over time to inform future debate on reform.
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Grant OpportunitiesNotices inviting applications have been issued recently under ED programs that include the following: Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), and Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Projects.
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Doing What Works: How to Organize Your TeachingVisitors to the U.S. Department of Education's "Doing What Works" Web site can find out the answers to these questions and much more. Enjoy an engaging and interactive experience with Psychology of Learning: How to Organize Your Teaching, the latest addition to the site, which will empower educators and administrators with research-based strategies to help instructors organize their teaching and improve student learning.
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General Information
- Number of Schools: 100,627
- Number of Students: 48,985,888
- Number of Teachers: 3,059,362
- Student:Teacher Ratio: 15.49:1
Public Schools
- Number of Schools: 29,754
- Number of Students: 5,375,897
- Number of Teachers: 373,098
- Student:Teacher Ratio:14.02:1
Private Schools
School Types
- Regular Schools: 90,025
- Special Schools: 2,246
- Vocational Schools: 1,254
- Alternative Schools: 7,102
- Magnet Schools: 2,750
- Title 1 Schools: 54,208
- Charter Schools: 4,056
Public Schools
- Regular Schools: 19,888
- Montessori Schools: 2,196
- Special Program Schools: 1,022
- Special Education Schools: 1,530
- Vocational Schools: 7
- Alternative Schools: 756
- Early Childhood Programs: 3,832
Private Schools
Administration Overview
- LEA Administrators: 65,325
- LEA Support Staff: 167,949
- School Administrators: 169,269
- School Support Staff: 257,903
- Student Services: 213,025
Administrators
- Pre-K Teachers: 47,649
- Kindergarten Teachers: 208,651
- Elementary Teachers: 1,508,899
- Secondary Teachers: 1,146,894
- Instructional Aides: 697,862
Instructional Staff
- Elementary Counselors: 43,660
- Secondary Counselors: 59,608
- Librarians: 54,068
- Library Support Staff: 44,400