Education in the United States Title

Overview 88% go to public schools,10% go to private schools, 2% are homeschooled Over 85% have completed high school and 27% received a bachelor's degree or higher. 98% of the population over age 15 is literate School year usually begins in late August, ends in early June.

Elementary School Before elementary, some go to Preschool (4 or 5 years old) First year of elementary is called Kindergarten (German: literally means "children's garden) Then 1 st through 5 th or 6 th grade. Ames has 5 elementary schools

Middle School/Junior High -6 th -8 th grade, or 7 th and 8 th grade -6 th grade is for students years old -Students begin to decide which classes they want to take

High School Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Freshmen are years old Sports! Baseball, basketball, football, soccer, tennis, track and field, swimming, volleyball, etc.

High School (cont.) Science (usually two years minimum, normally biology, chemistry and physics) Mathematics (usually two years minimum, normally including algebra, geometry, algebra II, and/or precalculus/trigonometry) English (usually four years minimum, including literature, humanities, etc.) Social sciences (usually three years minimum, including various history, government/economics courses) Physical education (at least one year) Electives: classes students can choose to take

College “Post-secondary education” Public 4-year institutions: 629 Private 4-year institutions: 1,845 Public 2-year institutions 1,070 Private 2-year institutions 596