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Monday, October 9, 2000
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| Question/Topic: |
Where does Flordia rank in education in the nation?
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According to a book called State Rankings 2000: A
Statistical View of the 50 United States, Florida is ranked
on quite a number of different measures. I'll pick some
from the many tables included.
Pupil-teacher ratio: 10th at 18 pupils per teacher
Average salary of teachers in 1999: 29th at $35,916
Public high school graduation rate in 1999: 47th at 55.1%
Percent of population graduated from high school
as of 1998: 34th at 81.9%
ACT average composite scores in 1999: 35th at 20.6
SAT scores in 1999: 42nd at 997
Per capita state and local government expenditures
for education in 1999: 49th at $1,250
Expenditures for education as a percent of all state
and local government expenditures
in 1996: 44th at 29.7%
Per capita state and local government expenditures
for elementary and secondary education
in 1996: 34th at $ 946
Expenditures per pupil in elementary and secondary
schools in 1999: 34th at $5,585
Per capita state and local government expenditures
for higher education in 1996: 49th at $ 257
Percent of population graduated from college
as of 1998: 25th at 22.5%
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| Librarian: |
SLF
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