United States K-12 Education (federated)
- Short code
- US K-12
- Category
- National
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America
- Governing body
- US Department of Education + 50 State Education Departments
- Age range
- 5-18 (K-12)
- Subjects
- Core: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies + electives. Standards set state-by-state
- Assessment
- State assessment systems (e.g. STAAR Texas, CAASPP California, FAST Florida); SAT/ACT for HE
- Adoption scale
- ~100,000 public schools + ~30,000 private
- Languages
- English (primary), Spanish in many states
- Year established
- ESSA 2015; standards vary by state
- Website
- https://www.ed.gov/