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The number of students enrolled in American schools from kindergarten through college is approximately 78.8 million.
In 1995, approximately 50 percent of American schools had Internet access. Today, 100 percent do. The average school has one computer for every four students.
The oldest public school in the United States is the Boston Latin School, founded in 1635. Five of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence attended the Latin School.
In 2009, there were approximately 100,00 schools and 7.2 million teachers in the country.
There are expected to be 3.2 million high school diplomas awarded this year.
By the time a typical American student is 18, he would have spent about 12,000 hours in school.
Two percent of all elementary to high school aged students in the country are home-schooled.
Smart boards are used by more than 30 million students globally.
-compiled by Julia Moss from http://woodridge.patch.com/articles/back-to-school-fun-facts and http://news.everest.edu/post/2009/08/back-to-school-fun-facts