National Center for Education Statistics. Public Elementary/Secondary School Census Detail: Student Count - High School | State: North Carolina | Grade Level: 9th Grade | Gender: Male, Female | Race/Ethnicity: All Races, 2011. Data-Planet™ Statistical Datasets by Conquest Systems, Inc. Dataset-ID: 017-001-014
Dataset: Annual headcount of high school students. High schools are schools offering a low grade of 7 or higher and a high grade of 12.
Data are from the Common Core of Data (CCD), a program of the United States Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics that annually collects fiscal and other data about all public schools, public school districts, and state education agencies in the US. The data are supplied by state education agency officials.
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ccddata.asp
Category: Education
Subject: Education Enrollment, High Schools, Secondary School Students, High School Students
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity in the United States for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the US and other nations. NCES is located within the US Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. The NCES fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of US education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally. The NCES is one of four centers (along with the National Center for Education Research, the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, and the National Center for Special Education Research) charged with carrying out the work of the Institute of Education Sciences.
http://nces.ed.gov/