Facts for Features: Back to School: 2014-2015
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By August, summertime will be winding down and vacations will be coming to an end, signaling that back-to-school time is near. It's a time that many children eagerly anticipate -- catching up with old friends and making new ones, and settling into a new daily routine. Parents and children alike scan newspapers and websites looking for sales on a multitude of school supplies and the latest clothing fads and essentials. This edition of Facts for Features highlights the many statistics associated with the return to classrooms by our nation's students and teachers.
Back-to-School Shopping
The estimated amount of money spent at family clothing stores in
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For back-to-school shopping, choices of retail establishments abound: In 2012, there were 25,421 family clothing stores, 6,945 children and infants clothing stores, 25,455 shoe stores 7,443 office supply and stationery stores, 20,893 sporting goods stores, 7,244 book stores and 8,196 department stores.
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Students
78 million
The number of children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in
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Pre-K through 12 Enrollment
76%
Percentage of children ages 3 to 6 enrolled in kindergarten who attended all day, as of
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74% Percentage of children 3 to 6 years old who were enrolled in school as of
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25%
Percentage of elementary through high school students who had at least one foreign-born parent in
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Languages
12 million
Number of school-age children (5 to 17) who spoke a language other than English at home in 2012; 8.6 million of these children spoke Spanish at home.
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Colleges
14%
Percentage of college students 35 and older in
41%
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in college in 2012.br /> Source:
Work Status
52%
Percentage of students enrolled in college who worked less than full time, year-round in 2011; 20 percent worked full time, year-round.
Source: School Enrollment and Work Status: 2011, Appendix Table 1-A http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-14.pdf
3.1 million
Number of enrolled high school students who worked less than full time, year-round in 2011; 146,000 students in high school worked full time, year-round.
Source: School Enrollment and Work Status: 2011, Appendix Table 1-A <http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-14.pdf>
Field of Degree
12.5 million
Number of people age 25 and over who held a bachelor's degree in business in 2012. Business degrees were reported by 20.5 percent of the population with a bachelor's degree, followed by education (13.5 percent); science--and engineering--related fields (9.1 percent); engineering (7.8 percent); social sciences (7.7 percent); biological, agricultural and environmental sciences (6.2 percent); other (5.3 percent); liberal arts and history (5.0 percent); psychology (4.7 percent); literature and languages (4.4 percent); computers, mathematics and statistics (4.2 percent); visual and performing arts (4.1 percent); communications (3.7 percent); and physical and related sciences (3.3 percent).
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<http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/12_1YR/B15010>
74%
Percentage of those in 2012 who have a bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering or math -- commonly referred to as STEM -- and are not employed in STEM occupations.
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Rewards of Staying in School
Average earnings of full-time, year-round workers 18 and older with an advanced degree (bachelor's degree or higher) in 2012. Workers whose highest degree was a bachelor's had mean earnings of
Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in
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The Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act ( Back to School (August) Grandparents Day Hispanic Heritage Month ( Unmarried and Single Americans Week American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month (November) The Holiday Season (December) Editor's note: The preceding data were collected from a variety of sources and may be subject to sampling variability and other sources of error. Facts for Features are customarily released about two months before an observance in order to accommodate magazine production timelines. Questions or comments should be directed to the TNS 30VianaGem - 140725-4808702 30VianaGem
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