The biennial survey presents statistics and discussion for 1947-48 on broad-range education, state school systems, city school systems, higher education, special schools and classes for exceptional children, libraries in institutions of higher education, nonpublic secondary schools, and public school libraries. Topics include administrative units, consolidation and transportation, enrollment across education sectors, high school and college graduates, state school system data, higher education, teachers, secondary schools, negro schools, school retention rates, educational attainment, funding and expenditures, property and endowments, federally aided vocational education, teacher salaries, veterans' training program, school lunch program, compulsory attendance, teachers retirement, and international educational relations.