Follow this link to the 2013 Alabama Kids Count Data Book. It is a premiere resource for statistics on education, povery and much more. http://alavoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/KIDS-COUNT-2013-lo-res.pdf
A paper copy will be available in the Social Work Reading Room in Little Hall in the coming weeks.
National statistics can be located by Googling National Kids Count Databook.