Approximate number of push pins that will be used to hold displays on the 3,944,295 bulletin boards in our public schools at any given time:
368,134,200
Number of miles public school bus drivers will safely transport students to school and back this year:
4,379,694,678
Number of times they would stretch from the Earth to the Moon if you joined all the lines of K-6 students that paraprofessionals and teachers will form each school day:
12 1/2
Number of lunches that will be served in public schools this year:
4,852,411,920
Acres of public school grounds that maintenance and landscape workers will mow this year:
7,003,315
Number of parents, teachers, principals, community members and other people that the 358,289 clerical workers and administrative support staff in our nation's schools will assist, contact and greet throughout the coming school year:
12,575,943,900
Number of incoming first-year students that higher education classified staff will help with housing, enrollment, meal plans, financial aid and much more:
2,168,831
Square feet of floors in public schools that custodians will sweep, mop and wax this year:
31,025,386,215
Sources: School Bus Fleet Magazine, U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, American School & University Magazine.
Compiled by Joe McNearney











