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No Child Left Behind
Mapping Educational Performance
STATE IN FOCUS
Michigan		 Outline of Michigan
GENERAL INFORMATION
Students enrolled   1,750,919
Number of schools   4,067
Per student spending   $8,953
Students per teacher   17.4
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND INFORMATION - SCHOOLS MEETING ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS GOALS
Total number of schools   3,663
Number of schools meeting AYP   3,240
Percentage of schools meeting AYP   88%
MORE INFORMATION
Michigan's full Adequate Yearly Progress plan
Michigan's State Performance Report
Michigan Department of Education
Click on the map to view education information for each state
Map of the United States - Click on the map to view education information for each state Disctric of Columbia Maryland Delaware New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island New York Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts Vermont New Hampshire Maine New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Michigan Wisconsin Arkansas Misouri Iowa Minnesota Louisiana Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Wyoming Montana Idaho Colorado Utah New Mexico Arizona Nevada California Oregon Washington Hawaii Alaska
HOW STUDENTS COMPARE NATIONALLY
MATH READING
Grade 4 8 4 8
State Average    238    277     218     261
National Average    237    278     217     260
Scale: 0 - 500
ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL PERCENTAGE
Advanced    5.0    6.0     7.0     2.0
Proficient    38.0    29.0     32.0     28.0
Basic    79.0    68.0     63.0     73.0
Below Average    21.0    32.0     37.0     27.0
How to read these statistics
Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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