About Our Region
REL Northeast & Islands serves a geographically large and demographically diverse region that is home to nearly 38 million people, or about 11.7 percent of the nation’s population. The region includes seven U.S. states—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont—and two U.S. island territories—Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
More than 395,000 teachers serve approximately 5.2 million public school students across the region. There are 11,000 schools and 2,500 districts, including many small, rural districts and some of the largest urban districts in the country. About half of all students in the region qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The region’s urban centers are primarily in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Puerto Rico, where the vast majority of students attend schools in urban and suburban districts. New Hampshire’s student population is evenly split between urban and suburban centers, and small towns and rural communities. Maine, Vermont, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are primarily rural, and more than 70 percent of students in each jurisdiction attend schools in small towns or rural areas.
5,261,308
11,126
2,576
397,476
8%
6%
49%
| American Indian | .46% | |
| Hawaiian | .04% | |
| White | 50.51% | |
| Black | 12.71% | |
| Hispanic | 27.42% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 6.56% | |
| Two or more races | 2.03% |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
1 This percentage does not include data from New Hampshire and New York because the data do not meet NCES data quality standards.
2 In Puerto Rico, Spanish is the language of instruction, as well as the predominant language used in commerce and social interaction. Spanish Learners (SL) students is the group of students in Puerto Rico that is not fluent or is limited in the Spanish language in reading, writing, speaking and listening and parallels the English learner (EL) group in mainland states.
3 These percentages do not include data from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The percentages of students in special education, identified as English learners, eligible for free and reduced price lunch, race/ethnicity, and urbanicity were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data.
542,678
1,299
205
42,062
14%
7%
38%
87%
| American Indian | .28% | |
| Hawaiian | .09% | |
| White | 57.28% | |
| Black | 12.92% | |
| Hispanic | 22.11% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 4.81% | |
| Two or more races | 2.52% |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
The percentages of students in special education, students by race/ethnicity, and students eligible for free and reduced price lunch were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data (CCD).
182,470
616
261
14,937
16%
3%
47%
88%
| American Indian | .79% | |
| Hawaiian | .11% | |
| White | 90.58% | |
| Black | 3.23% | |
| Hispanic | 1.94% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 1.49% | |
| Two or more races | 1.87% |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
The percentages of students in special education, students by race/ethnicity, and students eligible for free and reduced price lunch were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data (CCD).
955,844
1,866
406
71,859
18%
9%
40%
87%
| American Indian | .23% | |
| Hawaiian | .10% | |
| White | 63.66% | |
| Black | 8.74% | |
| Hispanic | 17.89% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 6.28% | |
| Two or more races | 3.09% |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
The percentages of students in special education, students by race/ethnicity, and students eligible for free and reduced price lunch were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data (CCD).
184,670
488
296
14,773
‡
2%
29%
88%
| American Indian | .29% | |
| Hawaiian | .07% | |
| White | 87.37% | |
| Black | 1.9% | |
| Hispanic | 4.72% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 3.11% | |
| Two or more races | 2.54% |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
‡ indicates that the data do not meet NCES data quality standards.
The percentages of students by race/ethnicity and students eligible for free and reduced price lunch were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data (CCD).
2,741,185
4,826
982
203,781
‡
7%
51%
79%
| American Indian | .62% | |
| Hawaiian | - | |
| White | 45.44% | |
| Black | 17.96% | |
| Hispanic | 25.31% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 8.92% | |
| Two or more races | 1.75% |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
‡ indicates that the data do not meet NCES data quality standards.
– indicates that the data are missing.
The percentages of students by race/ethnicity and students eligible for free and reduced price lunch were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data (CCD).
410,950
1,378
1
31,186
31%
.30%
90%
72%
| American Indian | .03% | |
| Hawaiian | 0% | |
| White | .08% | |
| Black | .01% | |
| Hispanic | 99.87% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | .01% | |
| Two or more races | 0% |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
1 In Puerto Rico, Spanish is the language of instruction, as well as the predominant language used in commerce and social interaction. Spanish Learners (SL) students is the group of students in Puerto Rico that is not fluent or is limited in the Spanish language in reading, writing, speaking and listening and parallels the English learner (EL) group in mainland states.
The percentages of students in special education, students eligible for free and reduced price lunch, students identified as English learners, and students by race/ethnicity were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data (CCD).
141,959
307
63
9,471
16%
7%
47%
83%
| American Indian | .71% | |
| Hawaiian | .17% | |
| White | 60.70% | |
| Black | 8.07% | |
| Hispanic | 23.65% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 3.18% | |
| Two or more races | 3.53% |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
The percentages of students in special education, students by race/ethnicity, and students eligible for free and reduced price lunch were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data (CCD).
87,311
316
360
8,276
16%
2%
39%
88%
| American Indian | .25% | |
| Hawaiian | .05% | |
| White | 91.28% | |
| Black | 1.97% | |
| Hispanic | 1.68% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 1.93% | |
| Two or more races | 2.83% |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
The percentages of students in special education, students by race/ethnicity, and students eligible for free and reduced price lunch were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data (CCD).
14,241
30
2
1,131
9%
7%
99%
69%
| American Indian | - | |
| Hawaiian | - | |
| White | - | |
| Black | - | |
| Hispanic | - | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | - | |
| Two or more races | - |
Data Sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Free Lunch Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Directory Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15 v.1a; "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Staff Data", 2014-15 v.1a.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2014–15”
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe - Geographic Data," 2014-15. EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15; September 15, 2016
Puerto Rico Department of Education (2018). “Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, As Amended By The Every Student Succeeds Act”
USVI Department of Education, Office of Planning Research & Evaluation. “Transitional Report Card, 2014-15"
Notes:
– indicates that the data are missing.
The percentages of students in special education, students eligible for free and reduced price lunch, and students identified as English learners were calculated using the total number of students from the Common Core of Data (CCD).