Fairfield Bay Arkansas 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. Fairfield Bay shows it has 95% percent high school graduates or better which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Indian Rock township with a high school graduates of 95% is about the same size.

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. Fairfield Bay points out it has 20% 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 city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Higden with a percent with a bachelors degree of 35% is 72.9% larger.

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. Fairfield Bay indicates it has 5% percent who dropped out of school which is the 6th in percent who dropped out of school out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Morgan township, Cleburne County, Arkansas with a percent who dropped out of school of 21% is approximately 4.0 times bigger.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. Fairfield Bay has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an Associates degree at 35% of the total and is ranked #1.

In terms of advanced education, Figure 6 shows the percentage breakdown of all people who have received a post secondary education, what is the highest level obtained. Fairfield Bay has the largest proportion of percent of people with an Associate degree at 30% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Fairfield Bay has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an Associates Degree at 35.2% of the total and is ranked #1.

Fairfield Bay Arkansas School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Fairfield Bay has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 43.8% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has percent of children in grades 9 to 12 in the mid range of other places in the area at 26.2% of the total and is ranked in the middle of the group.

Figure 15 shows a comparison of all students in public versus private schools. Fairfield Bay Arkansas has percent enrolled in public schools in the middle of other places in the area at 98% of the total and is ranked in the middle of the group.

Next comparison in Figure 16 shows Kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) students enrolled in public versus private schools. Fairfield Bay Arkansas has the largest proportion of percent of children enrolled in public K-8 grades at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 17 provides a view of all students high school students who are enrolled in public versus private schools. Fairfield Bay Arkansas has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a public high school at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Fairfield Bay Arkansas has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Private gradudate or Professional school at 42% 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.) Fairfield Bay illustrates it has 317 Total population enrolled in school which is the 3d most of all other places in the area. The city with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Union township, Van Buren County, Arkansas with a Total population enrolled in school of 376 measures 18.6% larger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,751,797, Fairfield Bay measures only about 0.0% the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Arkansas, Total population enrolled in school of 741,993, Fairfield Bay is only about 0.0% the size.

Fairfield Bay Arkansas 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: Shirley High School, Shirley Elementary School, West Side High School, West Side Elementary School, and Rural Special Elem. 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), Cowsert Elementary School (473), Heber Springs Middle School (427), and Quitman Elementary School (344). 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: Timbo High School (8.0), South Side High School (9.1), Shirley Elementary School (9.7), and Clinton Jr High School (10.3). The difference between the lowest value (Rural Special High School) and the next lowest (Timbo High School) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is only slightly larger.