U.S. Department of Education

***2007 No Child Left Behind -- Blue Ribbon Schools Program***

***Statistical Summary of National Participation***

Public Schools:

Public Schools: Total \# Nominated by CSSO ^a^ 322

Public Schools: Total \# of Nominated Applied 286

Public Schools: Total \# of Nominated Recognized 239

Public Schools: Percentage of Nominated Recognized 74%

Private Schools:

Private Schools: Total \# Self-Nominated to CAPE ^b^ 131

Private Schools: Total \# of Nominated by CAPE 50

Private Schools: Total \# of Nominated Recognized 50

All Schools:

Total \# of Schools Nominated by CSSO and by CAPE 453

Total \# of Nominated Schools Applied 336

Total \# of Nominated Schools Recognized as NCLB-BRS 289

Percentage of Nominated Schools Recognized as NCLB-BRS 64%

Number of States Represented 43

*a Chief State School Officers*

*b Council for American Private Education*

***Additional Information***

  ---------------------- --------- ---- ---- ----- -- ---- ---- ---------------------------- ----
  **[Public Schools                                             **[Private Schools           
  Only]{.underline}:**                                          Only:]{.underline}**         

  **Geographic Area**                                           **Geographic Area**          

  Rural                                      32                 Rural                        0

  Small city or town in                      49                 Small city or town in a      1
  a rural area                                                  rural area                   

  Suburban                                   98                 Suburban                     32

  Suburban School with                       19                 Suburban School with         4
  characteristics                                               characteristics typical of   
  typical of an urban                                           an urban school              
  school                                                                                     

  Urban or large central                     41                 Urban or large central city  13
  city                                                                                       

                                                                                             

  **Types of Schools**                                          **Types of Schools**         

                                                                                             

  Elementary Schools                         168                Elementary Schools           42

  Middle Schools                             25                 Middle Schools               4

  High Schools                               38                 High Schools                 3

  K-12 Schools                               1                  K-12 Schools                 1

  Charter                                    8                                               

                                                                                             

  **Assessment Criteria                                         **Affiliation**              
  and % of Students from                                                                     
  Disadvantaged                                                                              
  Backgrounds**                                                                              

                                                                                             

                                                                                             

                                                                                             

  Schools in top 10% in                      48                 Catholic                     42
  their state with at                                                                        
  least 40% of students                                                                      
  from disadvantaged                                                                         
  backgrounds                                                                                

                                                                                             

                                                                Christian                    3

  Schools with                               58                                              
  dramatically improving                                                                     
  student performance in                                                                     
  their state with at                                                                        
  least 40% of students                                                                      
  from disadvantaged                                                                         
  backgrounds                                                                                

                                                                Independent                  3

                                                                                             

  Schools in top 10%                         133                                             
  with less than 40% of                                                                      
  students from                                                                              
  disadvantage                                                                               
  backgrounds                                                                                

                                                                                             

                                                                Lutheran                     2
  ---------------------- --------- ---- ---- ----- -- ---- ---- ---------------------------- ----

***Characteristics of all schools selected***

+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  | **    | **L  |   |      | **Lo   | *     | **H  |
|                  | Small | arge |   |      | west** | *Aver | ighe |
|                  | est** | st** |   |      |        | age** | st** |
|                  |       |      |   |      | **% of |       |      |
|                  | **\#  | **\# |   |      | Stud   | **%   | **%  |
|                  | of    | of   |   |      | ents** | of    | of   |
|                  | Stude | St   |   |      |        | Stude | St   |
|                  | nts** | uden |   |      |        | nts** | uden |
|                  |       | ts** |   |      |        |       | ts** |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
| Schools in top   | 63    | 1126 |   | Pov  | 40     | 54    | 100  |
| 10% in their     |       |      |   | erty |        |       |      |
| state with at    |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| least 40% of     |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| students from    |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| disadvantaged    |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| backgrounds      |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   | LEP  | 0      | 6     | 45   |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   | Mobi | 0      | 16    | 46   |
|                  |       |      |   | lity |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
| Schools with     | 58    | 988  |   | Pov  | 40     | 55    | 97   |
| dramatically     |       |      |   | erty |        |       |      |
| improving        |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| student          |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| performance in   |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| their state with |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| at least 40% of  |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| students from    |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| disadvantaged    |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| backgrounds      |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   | LEP  | 0      | 8     | 64   |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   | Mobi | 2      | 16    | 56   |
|                  |       |      |   | lity |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
| Schools in top   | 56    | 3044 |   | Pov  | 0      | 11    | 39   |
| 10% with less    |       |      |   | erty |        |       |      |
| than 40% of      |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| students from    |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| disadvantage     |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
| backgrounds      |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   | LEP  | 0      | 3     | 38   |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   | Mobi | 0      | 7     | 25   |
|                  |       |      |   | lity |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+
|                  |       |      |   |      |        |       |      |
+------------------+-------+------+---+------+--------+-------+------+

***By State 2007 Blue Ribbon Schools Program***

***(Public & Private)***

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  **State**         **Public                           **Private               
                    Schools**                          Schools**               
  ----------------- ----------- --------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------------
                    Nominated   Applied   Recognized   Self-       Nominated   Recognized
                    by CSSO                            Nominated   by CAPE     
                                                       to CAPE                 

  Alabama           5           5         3                                    

  Alaska            3           3         2                                    

  Arizona           5           5         4                                    

  Arkansas          4           3         2                                    

  California        35          35        24           15          3           3

  Colorado          5           5         3            2           0           0

  Connecticut       3           2         1            3           0           0

  Delaware          3           3         3                                    

  District of       3           3         3            1           1           1
  Columbia                                                                     

  Florida           15          15        13           12          3           3

  Georgia           8           8         8            5           2           2

  Hawaii            3           3         2                                    

  Idaho                                                1           0           0

  Illinois          14          12        12           16          7           7

  Indiana           8           8         8            2           1           1

  Iowa              5           5         5                                    

  Kansas            5           5         5                                    

  Kentucky          5           5         5            8           6           6

  Louisiana         6           1         1            3           2           2

  Maine             2           1         0                                    

  Maryland          6           6         6            1           1           1

  Massachusetts\*   6           5         2                                    

  Michigan                                             1           0           0

  Minnesota         8           8         8            1           0           0

  Mississippi       4           4         4                                    

  Missouri          8           5         5            3           0           0

  Montana           3           3         1            1           0           0

  Nebraska          4           1         1            3           1           1

  New Jersey        9           9         6            2           1           1

  New Mexico        3           2         1            2           2           2

  New York          18          16        16           1           0           0

  North Carolina    9           6         5            6           3           3

  North Dakota      3           2         1                                    

  Ohio              14          14        14           9           4           4

  Oklahoma          6           6         6            2           1           1

  Pennsylvania      16          11        9            7           4           4

  South Carolina    5           5         4            2           1           1

  South Dakota      2           1         1                                    

  Tennessee         6           6         4            2           0           0

  Texas             26          23        21           9           3           3

  Virginia          7           7         7            5           3           3

  Washington        8           6         3                                    

  West Virginia     3           3         3            4           1           1

  Wisconsin         8           8         5            2           0           0

  Wyoming           3           2         2                                    

  **Total**         **322**     **286**   **239**      **131**     **50**      **50**
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