Education in United States 796 indicators covering education for United States. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Population ages 15-64 64.5% 2025 down 3.0% 105th Population ages 0-14 17.1% 2025 down 10.9% 151st Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 97.0% 2022 down 2.5% 137th Primary education, teachers 1.78 million 2023 up 5.5% 3rd Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.62 live births per woman 2024 down 12.2% 148th School enrollment, primary, female 97.0% 2022 down 2.1% 135th School enrollment, primary, male 97.0% 2022 down 2.9% 136th Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.62 live births per woman 2023 down 11.7% 149th Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.62 live births per woman 2023 down 11.7% 149th Labor force, total 174.83 million 2025 up 8.0% 3rd Labor force, female 45.6% 2025 up 1.2% 92nd Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 97.0% 2022 down 2.5% 145th Share of children who have completed primary school 100.0% 2025 up 0.2% 6th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9951 GPI 2020 up 0.3% 89th School enrollment, secondary 97.5% 2022 up 1.3% 73rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.4 per 1,000 2024 up 2.3% 105th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.6 per 1,000 2024 up 13.0% 123rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 up 28.6% 129th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 147th Secondary education, teachers 1.74 million 2023 up 6.3% 4th School enrollment, secondary, female 98.7% 2022 up 2.4% 71st School enrollment, secondary, male 96.4% 2022 up 0.3% 74th School enrollment, tertiary 79.4% 2022 down 10.6% 31st School enrollment, primary, private 9.7% 2023 up 17.7% 117th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2020 unchanged 68th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 2.07 million number 2018 up 0.4% 6th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 1.98 million number 2018 down 0.1% 6th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 4.05 million number 2018 up 0.2% 6th School age population, tertiary education, male 10.98 million number 2018 down 0.3% 4th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 21.45 million number 2018 down 0.1% 4th School age population, tertiary education, female 10.47 million number 2018 up 0.2% 4th School age population, upper secondary education, male 6.45 million number 2018 down 5.9% 6th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 12.63 million number 2018 down 5.3% 6th School age population, upper secondary education, female 6.18 million number 2018 down 4.7% 6th School age population, secondary education, male 12.79 million number 2018 down 4.2% 6th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 25.05 million number 2018 down 3.6% 6th School age population, secondary education, female 12.27 million number 2018 down 3.1% 6th School age population, lower secondary education, male 6.34 million number 2018 down 2.3% 7th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 12.42 million number 2018 down 1.8% 7th School age population, lower secondary education, female 6.09 million number 2018 down 1.4% 7th School age population, primary education, male 12.59 million number 2018 up 3.0% 6th School age population, primary education, both sexes 24.65 million number 2018 up 3.1% 6th School age population, primary education, female 12.06 million number 2018 up 3.2% 6th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 4.16 million number 2018 up 1.4% 6th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 2.04 million number 2018 up 1.5% 6th School age population, pre-primary education, male 6.14 million number 2018 up 0.2% 3rd School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 12.02 million number 2018 up 0.2% 3rd School age population, pre-primary education, female 5.87 million number 2018 up 0.1% 3rd Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 9.7% 2023 up 17.7% 120th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 15.92 years 2023 down 3.9% 47th School enrollment, preprimary 72.4% 2020 up 1.2% 91st School enrollment, tertiary, male 64.5% 2022 down 14.0% 37th School enrollment, tertiary, female 94.9% 2022 down 8.0% 31st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.32 GPI 2022 up 3.7% 60th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9789 GPI 2020 down 2.4% 141st Secondary education, teachers, female 1.09 million 2023 up 7.7% 5th Page 1 of 14 Next →