Kansas City Missouri 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. Kansas City shows it has 89% percent high school graduates or better which is the 4th in percent high school graduates or better out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Oaks with a high school graduates of 91% measures only about 2.5% 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. Kansas City shows it has 33% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 3d most of all other places in the area. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Oakwood with a percent with a bachelors degree of 52% is 53.9% 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. Kansas City indicates it has 11% percent who dropped out of school which is the 4th 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 Avondale with a percent who dropped out of school of 25% measures approximately 2.3 times bigger.

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. Kansas City has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Masters degree at 22% of the total and is ranked #1.

Kansas City Missouri School Enrollment Charts

The next charts look at public versus private higher education schools starting with Figure 18. Kansas City Missouri has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Private college at 32% 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.) Kansas City shows it has 116,060 Total population enrolled in school which is the largest of all placesin the area. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,751,797, Kansas City is only about 0.1% the size. Also, compared to the state of Missouri, Total population enrolled in school of 1,514,505, Kansas City is approximately a twelfth the size.

Kansas City Missouri 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: Garfield Elem., Della Lamb Elem., Scuola Vita Nuova Charter, Gladstone Elem., and Whittier Elem.. 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 North Kansas City High ranks the largest with a value of 1,439 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: East High School (1,186), Northeast High (1,078), Lincoln College Prep. (914), and Eastgate Middle (708). The difference between the highest value (North Kansas City High) and the next highest (East High School) is that the enrolled students is about compares as 21.3% 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 Alta Vista Middle School ranks the largest with a value of 9.3 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Scuola Vita Nuova Charter (10.1), Kipp: Endeavor Academy (12.1), Della Lamb Elem. (12.3), and Eastgate Middle (12.5). The difference between the lowest value (Alta Vista Middle School) and the next lowest (Scuola Vita Nuova Charter) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is 9.0% larger.