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Schools and school systems

Side by side, never added together

# Schools and school systems

The bodies that run public schooling, and in the UK the schools themselves. Each region’s population is its own cohort, drawn from that country’s own register and scored against the same Index. There is no figure across regions: it would be a number about whichever region has more sites.

Index 12.1 · Census Q4 2026

Region

- [United States](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4)
- [United Kingdom](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk)
- [Canada](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/ca)
- [Compare regions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare)

3 populations, 3 measured

## Schools and school systems in each region

| Region | Population | Median and spread | Scanned | Gated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States | [US School Districts](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/us/education/k12-districts) Every US public school district and independent charter agency operating this school year, as the Common Core of Data reports it. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), with Wikidata and the state education agencies | **53** · 21–78 | 10735/17704 | 7019 of 10735 |
| United Kingdom | [England's Multi-Academy Trusts](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk/education/academy-trusts) Every open multi-academy trust in England, the bodies that run most of its state schools. Department for Education | **56** · 31–74 | 258/1203 | 62 of 258 |
| United Kingdom | [UK Schools](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk/education/schools) Every open school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, state and independent. Department for Education (GIAS); Scottish Government; Welsh Government; Department of Education Northern Ireland | **55** · 17–77 | 23504/29692 | 7121 of 23504 |

Purple line is the median. Grey band is the middle half of the range. A population drawn from a different kind of register is not the same population: the UK’s schools are schools, where the US cohort is the districts that run them.

Comparisons

## The other comparisons

- [Universities and colleges](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/universities) · Higher education in each region, measured against the same Index.
- [Hospitals and health systems](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/hospitals) · Where patients look for care.
- [National government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/national-government) · The websites central governments run on hosts of their own.
- [Legislators](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/legislators) · Elected members and the websites each publishes.
- [States, provinces and devolved governments](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/regional-government) · The level between national and local government.
- [Local government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/local-government) · Counties, cities, councils and municipalities.
- [Banks and credit unions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/banks) · Deposit-takers, where trust and accuracy are the product.
- [Charities and nonprofits](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/charities) · The largest charitable organizations.