Updated for 2005, this comprehensive volume offers a snapshot profile of every public school district in the United States serving 1,500 or more students and provides pertinent evaluative and demographic statistics necessary to evaluate educational programs nationwide. This book is a comprehensive compilation with more details, more test scores, and more ranking data than the previous edition. The text is arranged by state and each state section is broken down alphabetically by county. Within each county, listings for each school district are arranged alphabetically by city in which the school district headquarters is located. The book is divided into four sections. The first section, State Educational Profile, has doubled to two full pages for this third edition. The first page includes test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Users will find reading and mathematics scores for both 4th grade and 8th grade levels, broken down by gender, race, ethnicity, and class size. Page two of the Profile includes the following categories: Schools, Students, Diploma Recipients, High School Drop-Out Rate, Staff, Student/Staff Ratios, Current Spending and College Entrance Exam Scores. Section two, School District Profiles, is arranged alphabetically by county, then by name of school district. Each profile includes basic information, including name, address, phone, and web site, and offers data on 9 categories: Grade Span; District Type; Number and Type of Schools; Number of Teachers; Number of Librarians/Media Specialists and Guidance Counselors; Current Spending; Enrollment, Drop-Out Rates and Diploma Recipients by Race/Ethnicity. Brand new to this edition is male/female ratio within each district, as well as number of high school diplomas by race. Section three, School District Rankings, ranks 15 pieces of data, including male/female ratios and high school diplomas by race. The fourth and final section of the book, National Rankings, allows the reader to compare, state by state, each piece of criteria found in the School Districts Profiles. To further facilitate research, this book includes two indexes: (1) "School District Index" (an alphabetical listing of all school districts in this edition, including the city they are located in, and the page number of their detailed profile); and (2) "City Index" (an alphabetical listing of all cities represented by the school districts profiled in this Guide, and the page number of the school district profile in which it is included).