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Tara, Here is a link with some answers to your question about literacy rates in the U.S.
https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now
Sadly and unsurprisingly, New Mexico where I live ranks lowest in child literacy. That, I believe, reflects the investment made by State and local governments in education and in its teachers. Spending on education is wildly inequitable. The State of NM continues to struggle to address the findings against in a 208 lawsuit Yazzie/Martinez vs State of NM) which determined that the state provided wildly inequitable funding to NM schools, particularly those in Native communities.
Education and literacy are only effective protectors of human rights when opportunity is truly available to all.