The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), as part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States; conducts studies on international comparisons of education statistics; and provides leadership in developing and promoting the use of standardized terminology and definitions for the collection of those statistics.
Data Analysis System (DAS), an online application that provides public access to US education survey data
National Public School Locator, an online application for locating U.S. public elementary and secondary school information. Data includes number of classroom teachers, total students, student/teacher ratios, and school population by grade and race/ethnicity.