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Public schools in the Northeast have the highest rate of advanced courses offered at 89%; the South and West regions of the US have the highest rate of career and technical education classes at 88%.
As of the 2019–2020 school year, there were 23,426 SROs in the United States. SROs perform various duties that can be categorized into investigative, enforcement, patrol and response, security, mentoring, and teaching activities.
School enrollment of Gen Z students decreased across all age groups from 2019 to 2022.
29,092 K-12 students reported harassment or bullying based on their sex, race, or disability in 2020–2021, an 84% decrease from 2011–2012.
There are over 830,000 apprentices, and they’re becoming more popular — the number of new apprentices increased by 82.1% between 2008 and 2021.
Nationally, 1.3% of US public school teachers in 2020–2021 were Black men — a decline from 6.5% just three years before.
Almost five billion free or reduced-price school lunches were served to over 30 million public school students during fiscal year 2022.
Although literacy varies across states, the average literacy rate of the US hasn’t changed since 2012.
Public schools have expanded their mental health services since the pandemic, but school staff still report barriers to progress.
Public school funding comes primarily from local and state governments, while the federal government provides about 8% of local school funding.
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