State of the Schools

datascience@berkeley looked at each president’s first State of the Union address — from Woodrow Wilson to Donald J. Trump — to find out how often they mentioned these words.

Donald J. Trump

Party: Republican
Year: 2018
Total Word Count: 5,799

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
College
1
0.01724435247
Education
2
0.03448870495
Schools
3
0.01724435247
Students
2
0.03448870495

Barack Obama

Party: Democrat
Year: 2010
Total Word Count: 7,304

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
College
8
0.1095290252
Education
5
0.06845564074
Schools
6
0.08214676889
Students
5
0.06845564074
Teachers
2
0.0273822563

George W. Bush

Party: Republican
Year: 2002
Total Word Count: 3,878

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
College
1
0.025786488
Education
2
0.05157297576
Schools
4
0.1031459515
Teachers
4
0.1031459515

Bill Clinton

Party: Democrat
Year: 1994
Total Word Count: 7,432

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Academic
1
0.01345532831
College
2
0.02691065662
Education
5
0.06727664155
Schools
12
0.1614639397
Students
1
0.01345532831
Teachers
2
0.02691065662

George Bush Sr.

Party: Republican
Year: 1990
Total Word Count: 3,777

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
5
0.1323801959
Schools
9
0.2382843527
Students
2
0.05295207837
Teachers
2
0.05295207837

Ronald Reagan

Party: Republican
Year: 1982
Total Word Count: 5,154

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
3
0.05820721769
Schools
2
0.0388048118

James Carter, Jr.

Party: Democrat
Year: 1978
Total Word Count: 4,580

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
3
0.06550218341
Illiteracy
1
0.02183406114
Schools
1
0.02183406114

Richard Nixon

Party: Republican
Year: 1970
Total Word Count: 4,457

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
2
0.04487323312

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party: Democrat
Year: 1964
Total Word Count: 3,168

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
4
0.1262626263
Schools
6
0.1893939394
Teachers
1
0.03156565657

John F. Kennedy

Party: Democrat
Year: 1961
Total Word Count: 5,274

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
College
4
0.07584376185
Education
2
0.03792188093
Illiteracy
1
0.01896094046
Schools
4
0.07584376185
Students
1
0.01896094046
Teachers
2
0.03792188093

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party: Republican
Year: 1953
Total Word Count: 6,973

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
1
0.01434102969
Schools
7
0.1003872078

Harry S. Truman

Party: Democrat
Year: 1946
Total Word Count: 27,465

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
College
3
0.0109229929
Education
15
0.0546149645
Schools
14
0.05097396687
Students
1
0.003640997633

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party: Democrat
Year: 1934
Total Word Count: 2,230

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
1
0.04484304933

Herbert Hoover

Party: Republican
Year: 1929
Total Word Count: 10,994

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
6
0.05457522285
Illiteracy
1
0.009095870475
Schools
1
0.009095870475

Calvin Coolidge

Party: Republican
Year: 1923
Total Word Count: 6,706

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
5
0.07456009544
Illiteracy
1
0.01491201909
Schools
1
0.01491201909
Students
1
0.01491201909

Warren Harding

Party: Republican
Year: 1921
Total Word Count: 5,606

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Education
1
0.01783803068
Illiteracy
1
0.01783803068
Schools
2
0.03567606136

Woodrow Wilson

Party: Democrat
Year: 1913
Total Word Count: 3,553

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
Schools
1
0.02814522938

Frequency adjusted for speech length.
Similar variations of words were combined. For example: college and colleges are both categorized under “college.”

Source: The American Presidency Project – http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php