Library Guides: Education: Education Data

Starting Points

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research, including many large time-series datasets in education. International in scope.

ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and includes many large time-series datasets. International in scope.

School Data - Chicago Public Schools
Publicly available data for all Chicago Public Schools and the district, including test scores and school report cards.
City of Chicago Data Portal
The City of Chicago's open data portal provides city data which can be downloaded for your own analysis. Select "Education" to begin.
Illinois State Board of Education - Data Analysis
Reports on a variety of education issues, organized alphabetically, including topics such as enrollment, gifted education, referenda, etc.
eReport Cards - Illinois State Board of Education
School report cards for districts in the State of Illinois.

International Data Explorer
From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), this database allows you to find tables that compare US education data with countries around the world

From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), this database allows you to find tables that compare US education data with countries around the world

EdStats
Offers access to education statistics produced by the World Bank, from sources such as the IMF, UNESCO, and OECD.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
A source for internationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.

Statista

Statista collects data from a broad range of government and commercial sources. Data can be downloaded in Excel or pre-formatted for PowerPoint. Statista also includes reports from market research companies.

ProQuest Statistical Insight

Covers data from U.S. federal and state governments, universities, private associations and organizations, independent research groups, as well as international and intergovernmental organizations.
Formerly from LexisNexis
Digest of Education Statistics
Covering education from prekindergarten through graduate school.
--Older editions available in print: 1964-1974, 1991-2011 in the Library.

From the National Center for Education Statistics, this is a comprehensive source of statistical information on American education for the Pre-K through Post-Secondary level. Print available beginning with 1962, L111.N25 and L111.N251.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition

Compilation of over 37,000 statistical series from over 1,000 sources. All tables include citations to data sources and descriptions of data anomalies. Each major section includes a signed essay that puts the statistics in historical context.

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