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From the Census:

• 78 million: The number of children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in October 2013 — from nursery school to college. They comprised 25.9 percent of the entire population age 3 and older. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2013, Table 1 <http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2013/tables.html>
• 48,299,727: Fall enrollment for elementary and secondary public school systems in 2012. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Elementary-Secondary School System Finances by Enrollment-Size Groups: Fiscal Year 2013- 2013 Annual Survey of School System Finances <http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/SSF/2013/SSF013>
• $10,700: The amount of current spending per pupil for elementary and secondary public school systems in the United States in 2013. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Per Pupil Amounts for Current Spending of Public Elementary-Secondary School Systems by State: Fiscal Year 2013 – United States – States – 2013 Annual Survey of School System Finances <http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/SSF/2013/SSF008.US01>
• 25%: Percentage of elementary through high school students who had at least one foreign-born parent in October 2013. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2013, Table 1 <http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2013/tables.html>
• 12 million: Number of school-age children (5 to 17) who spoke a language other than English at home; 8.5 million of these children spoke Spanish at home. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/B16004>
• 4,605: The number of colleges, universities and professional schools in the United States in 2013. There were 1,006 junior colleges. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 County Business Patterns <http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2013/00A1//naics~ALL-6112|ALL-6113>
• 15%: Percentage of college and graduate school students 35 and older in October 2013. They made up 33 percent of those attending school part time.
• Source: U.S. Census Bureau, School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2013, Table 5 http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2013/tables.html>
• 40%: Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in college or graduate school in 2013.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2013, Table 1 <http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2013/tables.html>
• $82,720: Average earnings of full-time, year-round workers 18 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2012. Workers whose highest degree was a bachelor’s had mean earnings of $70,432. Mean earnings for full-time, year-round workers with a high school diploma (includes GED certificate) was $41,248, while workers with less than a ninth grade education had $26,679 average earnings. Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013, Series P60-245 <http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032013/perinc/pinc04_000.htm>