K-12 Education
Information for teachers, students, and parents related to K-12 education.

K-12 Education Facts:

Fewer students, more teachers. Common sense would tell you the better the teacher/student ratio, the better instruction students receive. But that isn’t necessarily true. In 1970 there were 22.3 students per teacher in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Education. In 2001, the ratio is estimated at 15.1 students per teacher. During the same period, the average reading score of 17-year-olds on the National Assessment of Educational Progress was 305 in 1970; today it’s 295. The average math score was 304 in 1973; currently, it’s 308.