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Researching Lubbock

Research tools and techniques for investigating Lubbock community issues to support education, advocacy, and action in key issues including access, agency, equity, and social justice.

Researching Education and Children

Child Opportunity Index Map. DiversityDataKids. Full Map Available at: https://www.diversitydatakids.org/maps/#/explorer/0/15/10,15//xc/s/1.0.14/33.581/-101.881/12/. Accessed July 9, 2021.

On this page you can learn more about researching:

Local Lubbock Schools

Independent School Districts

Charter Schools

Regional, State, and National Educational Assessments and Evaluation Data

Regional and Texas

National

Condition of Education
key indicators on all levels of education, labor force outcomes, and international comparisons
Projections of Education Statistics to 2028
statistics on elementary and secondary schools and degree-granting postsecondary institutions. This report provides revisions of projections shown in Projections of Education Statistics to 2027 and projections of enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures to the year 2028
Digest of Education Statistics
compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school ncluding the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international education. Supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends provides background for evaluating education data.
Public School District Finance Peer Search
compare a school district with other districts

Policies, Factors, and Issues Impacting Childrens

Texas KIDS COUNT
Food insecurity, Nutrition Benefits, Health Insurance, COVID, Child Poverty, Education and Childcare
Child Opportunity Index Map
The map and charts in this tool provide a visualization of several indices that measure neighborhood conditions children need to thrive, including the Overall Child Opportunity Index, Social and Economic Index, Health and Environment Index, and Education Index.

Policies, Factors, and Issues Impacting Children

The Parenting Cottage
Helping with parent care: car seats, diapers, books, & child abuse prevention
Literacy Lubbock
Helping members of community offering tutoring for ESL, GED practice, and literacy in adults & children
Lubbock Public Library
Science Spectrum Museum
Museum of Texas Tech University