- 8-1: Fourth grade mathematics performance
- 8-2: Fourth grade mathematics proficiency
- 8-3: Fourth grade science performance
- 8-4: Fourth grade science proficiency
- 8-5: Eighth grade mathematics performance
- 8-6: Eighth grade mathematics proficiency
- 8-7: Eighth grade science performance
- 8-8: Eighth grade science proficiency
- 8-9: Public school teacher salaries
- 8-10: Elementary and secondary public school expenditures as a percentage of gross domestic product
- 8-11: Expenditures per pupil for elementary and secondary public schools
- 8-12: Public high school students taking Advanced Placement exams
- 8-13: Public high school students scoring 3 or higher on at least one Advanced Placement exam
- 8-14: Public high school students scoring 3 or higher on Advanced Placement Calculus AB exam
- 8-15: High school graduates or higher among individuals 25–44 years old
- 8-16: Associate's degrees in science, engineering, and technology conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
- 8-17: Bachelor's degrees conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
- 8-18: Bachelor's degrees in science and engineering conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
- 8-19: Bachelor's degrees in natural sciences and engineering conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
- 8-20: Science and engineering degrees as a percentage of higher education degrees conferred
- 8-21: Natural sciences and engineering degrees as a percentage of higher education degrees conferred
- 8-22: Science and engineering graduate students per 1,000 individuals 25–34 years old
- 8-23: Advanced science and engineering degrees as a percentage of S&E degrees conferred
- 8-24: Advanced natural sciences and engineering degrees as a percentage of NS&E degrees conferred
- 8-25: Science and engineering doctoral degrees as a percentage of S&E degrees conferred
- 8-26: Average undergraduate charge at public 4-year institutions
- 8-27: Average undergraduate charge at public 4-year institutions as a percentage of disposable personal income
- 8-28: Appropriations of state tax funds for operating expenses of higher education as a percentage of gross domestic product
- 8-29: State expenditures on student aid per full-time undergraduate student
- 8-30: State funding for public research universities per full-time equivalent student
- 8-31: Postsecondary degree holders among individuals 25–44 years old
- 8-32: Bachelor's degree holders among individuals 25–44 years old
- 8-33: Bachelor's degree holders potentially in the workforce
- 8-34: Individuals in science and engineering occupations as a percentage of all occupations
- 8-35: Employed science and engineering doctorate holders as a percentage of the workforce
- 8-36: Engineers as a percentage of all occupations
- 8-37: Life and physical scientists as a percentage of all occupations
- 8-38: Computer specialists as a percentage of all occupations
- 8-39: Technical workers as a percentage of all occupations
- 8-40: R&D as a percentage of gross domestic product
- 8-41: Federal R&D obligations per employed worker
- 8-42: Federal R&D obligations per individual in science and engineering occupation
- 8-43: State agency R&D expenditures per $1 million of gross domestic product
- 8-44: State agency R&D expenditures per employed worker
- 8-45: State agency R&D expenditures per individual in science and engineering occupation
- 8-46: Business-performed R&D as a percentage of private-industry output
- 8-47: Academic science and engineering R&D per $1,000 of gross domestic product
- 8-48: Science and engineering doctorates conferred per 1,000 employed S&E doctorate holders
- 8-49: Academic science and engineering article output per 1,000 S&E doctorate holders in academia
- 8-50: Academic science and engineering article output per $1 million of academic S&E R&D
- 8-51: Academic patents awarded per 1,000 science and engineering doctorate holders in academia
- 8-52: Patents awarded per 1,000 individuals in science and engineering occupations
- 8-53: High-technology establishments as a percentage of all business establishments
- 8-54: Net high-technology business formations as a percentage of all business establishments
- 8-55: Employment in high-technology establishments as percentage of total employment
- 8-56: Average annual federal small business innovation research funding per $1 million of gross domestic product
- 8-57: Venture capital disbursed per $1,000 of gross domestic product
- 8-58: Venture capital deals as a percentage of high-technology business establishments
- 8-59: Venture capital disbursed per venture capital deal