Cleburne County Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains Education data using using the latest 2018 American Community Survey data. In the first chart, Figure 1 shows the number of people age 25 years or older who have graduated from high school or completed the GED or equivalent credential. Cleburne County shows it has 84% percent high school graduates or better which is the 5th in percent high school graduates or better out of 10 total in the area. The county with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Faulkner County with a high school graduates of 91% is 8.1% larger.

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. Cleburne County illustrates it has 16% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 4th in percent with a bachelors degree or higher out of 10 total in the area. The county with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Faulkner County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 30% is about twice as large.

Figure 4 shows the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who either have no schooling or dropped out of school before completing high school. Cleburne County indicates it has 16% percent who dropped out of school which is the 3d most of all other counties in the area. The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Stone County with a percent who dropped out of school of 23% is 48.8% larger.

The next chart (Figure 8) shows a detailed frequency distribution of the bachelors degrees earned by residents aged 25 years and older. Cleburne County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Engineering at 7.1% of the total and is ranked #1.

Cleburne County School Enrollment Charts

Figure 19 shows for all graduate and professional schools (such as Law or Medical school) and whether students are enrolled in public or private schools. Cleburne County Arkansas has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Private gradudate or Professional school at 82% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in each place shown. (Enrollment includes all students from preschool to graduate school.) Cleburne County shows it has 4,531 Total population enrolled in school which is the 4th in Total population enrolled in school out of 10 total in the area. The county with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Faulkner County with a Total population enrolled in school of 37,129 measures substantially bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,751,797, Cleburne County measures only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Arkansas, Total population enrolled in school of 741,993, Cleburne County measures only about 0.6% the size.

Cleburne County Area Schools Charts

Figure 23 lists the schools in the area along with the school district and other information. Some of the Area Schools are: Heber Springs Elem. School, Heber Springs Middle School, Heber Springs High School, West Side Elementary School, and West Side High School. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total school enrollment for all grades at the school using NCES Common Core data. Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Heber Springs Elem. School ranks the largest with a value of 830 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Heber Springs High School (545), Pangburn Elementary School (447), Rose Bud Elementary School (442), and Heber Springs Middle School (427). The difference between the highest value (Heber Springs Elem. School) and the next highest (Heber Springs High School) is that the enrolled students is about is 52.3% larger.

Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers. Good measures are lower because they indicate less students for any one teacher to educate. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Rural Special High School ranks the largest with a value of 7.8 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Shirley Elementary School (9.7), Pangburn High School (10.1), Shirley High School (10.6), and Rural Special Elem. School (10.8). The difference between the lowest value (Rural Special High School) and the next lowest (Shirley Elementary School) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is 24.2% larger.