Kids Count Data Center

Georgia

• Education
  • Early Childhood
    • Children ages 3 to 4 not attending preschool
    • Children enrolled in the Georgia Pre-K program
    • Children from low income families enrolled in the Georgia Pre-K program
    • Child-care settings that have national or Georgia accreditation
  • School Age
    • Children absent more than 15 days from school
    • Students who graduate from high school on time
    • Teens who are high school dropouts, ages 16-19
    • Teens ages 16-19 not in school and not working
    • High school graduates eligible for the HOPE scholarship
  • Test Scores
    • 3rd grade students meeting or exceeding state standards on CRCT promotional test in Reading
    • 5th grade students meeting or exceeding state standards on CRCT promotional tests in: Reading
    • 5th grade students meeting or exceeding state standards on CRCT promotional tests in: Math
    • 8th grade students meeting or exceeding state standards on CRCT promotional tests in: Reading
    • 8th grade students meeting or exceeding state standards on CRCT promotional tests in: Math
  • Other Education
    • Adult educational attainment: High school graduate or higher
    • Adult educational attainment: Bachelor's degree or higher
    • GED graduates
• Economic Well-Being
  • Employment and Income
    • Children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
    • Unemployment
  • Public Assistance
    • Eligible households, with children, receiving Food Stamps
    • Eligible children, birth through 4, enrolled in the WIC program
  • Poverty
    • Children living in poverty
    • Students eligible to receive free or reduced price meals
    • Families with children with annual incomes of less than 150% of the federal poverty threshold
• Family and Community
  • Family Structure
    • Children living with single parent
  • Voting
    • Voter participation
• Health
  • Birth Outcomes
    • Low-birthweight babies
    • Infant Mortality
    • Teen pregnancies, ages 15-17
    • Teen mothers giving birth to another child before age 20 (ages 15-19)
    • Teen births, ages 15-19
    • Babies born to mothers with less than 12 years of education
    • First births to mothers age 20 or older with 12 years of education
  • Health Insurance
    • Children with public health insurance
    • Children without health insurance
  • Vital Statistics
    • Child deaths, ages 1-14
    • Teen deaths, ages 15-19
    • Teen deaths by homicide, suicide and accident, ages 15-19
  • Other Health
    • Incidence of STD for youth ages 15-19
• Safety and Risky Behaviors
  • Child Abuse and Neglect
    • Unduplicated count of children with a substantiated incident of child abuse and/or neglect
    • Unduplicated count of children with a substantiated incident of child abuse
    • Unduplicated count of children with a substantiated incident of child neglect
  • Out of Home Placement
    • Children leaving foster care who are reunified with their families or placed with a relative within 12 months of entering foster care
  • Public Safety
    • Crime rate, age 17 or older: Violent crime
    • Crime rate, age 17 or older: Other crimes (burglaries, etc.)
• Other Indicators
  • Homeownership