Faulkner County Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains Education data using using the latest 2019 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. Faulkner County shows it has 91% percent high school graduates or better which is ranked #1 of all counties in the area .

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. Faulkner County shows it has 30% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 2nd most of all the counties in the area . The county with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Pulaski County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 34% is 13.4% 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. Faulkner County shows it has 9% percent who dropped out of school which is the 4th smallest percent who dropped out of school of all the other counties in the area . The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Cleburne County with a percent who dropped out of school of 15% is 76.2% larger.

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

Faulkner County School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Faulkner County has the largest proportion of percent of people in undergraduate Colleges at 35.7% 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. Faulkner County Arkansas has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Public gradudate or Professional school at 90% 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.) Faulkner County shows it has 36,684 Total population enrolled in school which is the 2nd most of all the counties in the area . The county with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Pulaski County with a Total population enrolled in school of 96,850 measures approximately 2.6 times bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Faulkner County measures only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared with the state of Arkansas, Total population enrolled in school of 737,199, Faulkner County is only about 5.0% the size.

Faulkner 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: Academy Of Technology, Vilonia Primary School, Ray/Phyllis Simon Intermediate, Florence Mattison Elem. School, and Theodore Jones 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 Conway High West ranks the largest with a value of 2,039 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Conway Junior High School (1,426), Vilonia Elementary School (746), Greenbrier High School (694), and Vilonia High School (675). The difference between the highest value (Conway High West) and the next highest (Conway Junior High School) is that the enrolled students is about is 43.0% 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 Ray/Phyllis Simon Intermediate ranks the largest with a value of 12.8 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Bob Courtway Middle School (13.2), Greenbrier High School (13.2), Vilonia High School (13.9), and Mt. Vernon/Enola Elem. School (14.6). The difference between the lowest value (Ray/Phyllis Simon Intermediate) and the next lowest (Bob Courtway Middle School) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is only about 3.0% larger.