The Federal government's National Center for Education Statistics has posted a long list of back to school statistics. I have copied them all below, and have annotated some (in red) with our Spring Branch ISD stats.
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Question:
Are there any Back to School Statistics?
Response:
As the nation's students and teachers return to school, here are
selected statistics about American schools, students, and the
educational process. The information was compiled by IES and derives
from the Institute's research and statistical centers. Follow the
accompanying links for additional information.
Elementary and Secondary Education
$489.4 billion
Projected expenditure for public elementary and secondary schools in the 2007-08 school year.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/tables/table_34.asp (Our General Fund budget for 2007-2008 is $237.7 million)
49.6 million
Estimated number of students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in 2007-08.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section1/table.asp?tableID=663 (Spring Branch anticipates educating approximately 32,200 students this year)
97,000
Number of public elementary and secondary schools in 2005-06.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007354rev (See Table 2.) (We have 45 of the 97,000 schools)
3.2 million
Projected number of teachers employed in public elementary and secondary schools in 2007-08.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/tables/table_32.asp (We have approximately 2,700 teachers)
$9,969
Projected average expenditure per pupil for fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools in 2007-08.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/tables/table_34.asp (Spring Branch's per pupil expenditure is approximately $7,376)
1.1 million
Number of students -- about 2 percent of all students -- who were homeschooled during the 2003 school year.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2005/section1/table.asp?tableID=227
887,000
Number of students who attended the nation's approximately 3,300 charter schools during the 2004-05 school year.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section4/table.asp?tableID=718
6.1 million
Estimated number of students enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools in 2007-08.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_003.asp?referrer=list
28,000
Number of private elementary and secondary schools in 2003-04.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_005.asp?referrer=list
464,000
Projected number of teachers employed in private elementary and secondary schools in 2007-08.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_004.asp?referrer=list
93 percent
Percentage of children with disabilities, 3-5 years of age, who received speech language therapy during the 2003-04 school year.
http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/pdf/20063003.pdf 
(1.31 MB) (See Table 10.)
42 percent
Percentage of minority students in total public school enrollment in 2005.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section1/table.asp?tableID=667 (approximately 65% in Spring Branch)
20 percent
Percentage of school-age children who spoke a language other than English at home in 2005.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section1/table.asp?tableID=668 (approximately 1/3rd of our students)
74 percent
Percentage of public high school students who graduated on time (within 4 years) with a regular diploma in 2003-04.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section3/table.asp?tableID=701
17 percent
Increase in high school completion rates for students with disabilities from 1987 to 2003.
http://www.nlts2.org/reports/2005_06/nlts2_report_2005_06_complete.pdf (See Exhibit 2-1.)
1.2 million
Number of high school students taking AP exams in 2005, which more than doubled between 1997 and 2005.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/analysis/sa_table.asp?tableID=853
10
Number of programs to enhance beginning reading skills that have evidence of effectiveness from rigorous research.
http://whatworks.ed.gov/TopicReportLinks.asp?tid=01&ReturnPage=default.asp
9
Number of programs to improve the English language literacy or reading
achievement of elementary school English language learners that have
evidence of effectiveness from rigorous research.
http://whatworks.ed.gov/TopicReportLinks.asp?tid=10
Postsecondary Education
69 percent
Percentage of students who enrolled in 2-year and 4-year colleges
immediately after high school in 2005 (in 1972, it was 49 percent).
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section3/table.asp?tableID=702
79 percent
Percentage of students with disabilities who have been engaged in
postsecondary education, work, or training for work up to 2 years after
leaving high school.
http://www.nlts2.org/reports/2005_04/nlts2_report_2005_04_complete.pdf (See Exhibit 8-1.)
17 percent
Increase in the proportion of students with disabilities participating in postsecondary education from 1987 to 2003.
http://www.nlts2.org/reports/2005_06/nlts2_report_2005_06_complete.pdf (See Exhibit 4.1)
18 million
Projected number of 2-year and 4-year college students, part time and full time, in the 2007-08 school year.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/tables/table_10.asp
1.3 million
Number of faculty working in 2-year and 4-year colleges in fall 2005.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_228.asp?referrer=list
269 percent
Increase in minority enrollment in graduate programs from 1976 to 2005 (from 134,000 to 496,000).
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section1/table.asp?tableID=674
$15,100
Average price before aid for one year of full-time undergraduate
education at a public 4-year institution in 2003-04 (includes tuition
and fees, books and supplies, and other living expenses).
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section5/table.asp?tableID=749
$21,900
Average price before aid for one year of full-time master's degree
education at a public institution in 2003-04 (includes tuition and
fees, books and supplies, and other living expenses).
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section5/indicator48.asp#info
$19,202
Average cumulative amount borrowed for bachelor's degree students graduating in 2003-04.
http://nces.ed.gov/das/library/tables_listings/show_nedrc.asp?rt=p&tableID=2146
$27,200
Average cumulative amount borrowed for master's degree students graduating in 2003-04.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006185 (See Table 2.13.)
For more information about these and other IES statistics and reports, visit the IES website at http://ies.ed.gov/, or contact the Institute's Office of Outreach and Communications at 202-219-1662 or 202-219-1658.
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