About Our Region
The West Region—Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah—spans nearly 500,000 square miles, with more than 14,000 public schools, ranging in location from the very remote to the densely urban. Approximately 372,000 (full-time equivalent) teachers serve more than 8 million socioeconomically, linguistically, and culturally diverse students in the K–12 system. In California alone, there are more than a million English learner students. In three of the region’s four states, more than half of all students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The ongoing effort to improve academic and life outcomes for all of these learners requires that educators and policymakers routinely make difficult choices, whether instructional decisions in the classroom, resource decisions at school board meetings, or policy decisions in state departments of education or the legislature.
Click on the images below to download a PDF with profiles of each state in the West Region.
West Regional Snapshot
Arizona Snapshot
California Snapshot
Nevada Snapshot
Utah Snapshot
Legend:
- Local Education Agency (LEA)
- Full Time Employee (FTE)
- Individualized Education Program (IEP)
- English Language Learner (ELL)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
References:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey", 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 2013–14”, http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015151/tables/table_03.asp
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Universe Survey," 2014–15, Provisional Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2014–15, https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_214.30.asp
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Membership Data", 2014-15, v.1a. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000-01, 2010-11, 2012-13, and 2013-14. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_204.10.asp?current=yes
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Special ED Data", 2014-15 v.1a https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx
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U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey LEP Data", 2014-15 v.1a https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx
U.S. Department of Education (2015). A Matter of Equity: Preschool in America. https://www2.ed.gov/documents/early-learning/matter-equity-preschool-america.pdf
EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2014–15 https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/tables/ACGR_RE_and_characteristics_2014-15.asp
U.S Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2014. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_302.65.asp?current=yes
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2013-14, (version 1a). https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ruraled/tables/a.1.a.-3.asp
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2013-14, (version 1a). https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ruraled/tables/A.1.a.-3_2.asp
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_221.40.asp
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_222.50.asp
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_221.60.asp
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_222.60.asp