The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. The National Education Association (NEA) Research offers this report to its state and local affiliates as well as to researchers, policymakers, and the public as a tool to examine public education programs and services. Part I of this combined report--"Rankings 2001"--provides state-level data on an array of topics relevant to the complex enterprise of public education. Since the 1960s, "Rankings" has presented facts and figures useful in determining how states differ from one another--or from national averages--on selected statistics. Part II of this report, "Estimates 2012," is in its 68th year of production and provides projections of public school enrollment, employment and compensation of personnel, and finances, as reported by individual state departments of education. [For "Rankings & Estimates: Rankings of the States 2010 and Estimates of School Statistics 2011," see ED521870.]