The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

The Distance Learning Dataset Training System, or DLDT, is an online, interactive tool that allows you to learn about NCES data across the education spectrum and evaluate it for suitability for particular research purposes.

Allows you to get a statistical profile down to the school level.

Data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

Links to resources with statistics related to disability and education.

Post-secondary data analysis tools that can be used with data collected by the National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies (NPSAS), the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS), the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B), and the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF).

Postsecondary data statistics including tuition rates, graduation rates, race/ethnicity.

Statistics and data for Head Start, child abuse, child welfare, refugee resettlement and more.

This website contains UNICEF’s statistical information, including data used in UNICEF’s flagship publications, The State of the World’s Children and Progress for Children.

Child research data and publications. See their flagship publication "The State of American's Children".

A collection of 22 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children. Their website offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health. See their annual report,

Data archived on child welfare and maltreatment allows for secondary analysis. Nearly all datasets are free.

Works with live statistical data held on the sites of the IMF, Eurostat and other organizations. Click here to watch videos to learn more about how to use this tool.

Through the ICPSR InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, you have access to all kinds of education data sets.

World statistics visualization tool.

Use this database to retrieve statistics from the most recent American Community Survey. For historical data, Table B15001 from the American Community Survey has statistics on educational attainment for the population 18 and over. Search for B15001 in American Factfinder and select All Congressional Districts in the United States using the Geographies options. You would need to download for each of the Congresses during the period of interest.

Data about the performance of Michigan’s K-12 public schools and students. Create a report for a particular school or district, which is e-mailed to you.

from edweek.org

100 measures of child well-being, including community-level data.

Historical reports on the Detroit Public School system.

Although a bit dated, these reports contain hard to find statistics, available at the neighborhood level. Data include school enrollment, spoken language, employment status of parents, income, and poverty rates. Also includes a map of Detroit subcommunities.

Interactive Maps include school district boundaries.

Create. Community profile for cities and counties in southeast Michigan.

Creating by the WSU staff at the Center for Urban Studies. These maps address socio-economic questions surrounding Detroit and Southeastern Michigan.