This fact sheet provides a snapshot of statistics and research on the Texas public education system. It includes statistics on performance and proficiency, drop out and graduation rates, standards and achievement, higher education, and public education spending.
Higher Education
Colleges Are At Risk Of Closing. Good.
“You’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy” is an increasingly fitting description of the American college graduate. While that World Economic Forum slogan is rightly mocked for its managerial creepiness, jokes aside, the average student nowadays is surely more nihilistic about the world than previous generations. The economic bargain of college, however, is looking increasingly...
September 8, 2026