Education Data and Statistics

Since 1960, Grapevine has published annual compilations of data on state tax support for higher education, including general fund appropriations for universities, colleges, community colleges, and state higher education agencies. Each year’s Grapevine survey has asked states for tax appropriations data for the new fiscal year and for revisions (if any) to data reported in previous years.

A "sophisticated comparative analysis of public school finance in the United States, examining the level and distribution of school funding within each state in relation to student need." From Rutgers University Graduate School of Education and the Education Law Center. Includes links to downloadable reports (2010, 2012, 2014-2018).

Education finance data include revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets [cash and security holdings] of elementary and secondary public school systems. Statistics cover school systems in all states, and include the District of Columbia. Data are available in viewable tables and downloadable files. Data from 1992 to present available online. Print versions of some earlier editions available; see these library catalog records: Finances of public school systems in ... and Public education finances

From the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), the national association of the chief executives of statewide governing, policy, and coordinating boards of postsecondary education. State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) is an annual series produced since FY2003 that provides "in-depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance on both the state and national levels."