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Percentage drop in paroles in Oklahoma, from 1,252 in 2008 to 291 in 2017.
Percentage of Oklahoma’s undergraduate students who attend a public college or university.
Projected increase in Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries jobs in Oklahoma from 2016 to 2026.
Number of craft beer breweries in Oklahoma in 2016, up from 4 in 2012.
Share of children of young parents in Oklahoma living in low-income families. The US average is 69%.
Oklahoma 2017-2018 charter school student enrollment growth. Nationally, charter school enrollment grew by 5%.
[National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Estimated Public Charter School Enrollment 2017-2018]
How much Oklahoma’s per-student state funding for higher education decreased from 2008 to 2018, after inflation, the 4th largest cuts in the U.S.
Chronic absence rate for Oklahoma students in the 2015-16 school year, below the national average of 15.5%.
Percentage increase in general fund spending on Oklahoma corrections since 1987
Oklahoma’s national ranking for greatest number of instructional days lost due to out-of-school suspension for black students in 2015-2016, at 93 days of instruction lost per 100 students.
