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Oklahoma 4th graders’ NAEP reading scores in 2015, up from 217.0 in 2013. The score ranks Oklahoma 32nd in the nation out of all 50 fifty states, Washington DC, and Department of Defense schools.
Oklahoma children ages 0 to 5 at risk for developmental delays 2011-2012. The US average is 26%.
Source: Kids Count.
The number of Oklahoma students receiving free- and reduced-price meals in school during the 2013-2014 school year
Source: Food Research and Action Center.
Birth rate per 1,000 Hispanic females ages 15-17 in 2012
Source: 2014 State of the State’s Health.
Percentage of children living in areas of concentrated poverty in Oklahoma 2009-2013
Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The annual amount of money spent by public school systems per secondary education student in Oklahoma. This is $3,028 less than the national average.
Road fatalities in Oklahoma per 100,000 people, the 6th highest rate in the U.S.
Source: City Lab
Poverty rate for Oklahomans with a disability in 2014, compared to 15.5% for Oklahomans with no disability.
Source: OK Policy via the US Census American Community Survey
Percentage of Oklahoma children who did not have access to fluoridated water in 2012.
Source: KIDS COUNT
Deaths due to firearm injury per 100,000 in Oklahoma in 2013, the 8th-highest nationwide
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.
