Greenwood township-Baxter County Arkansas Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Greenwood township-Baxter County Arkansas based mainly on the latest year 2019 American Community Survey census data but also the survey from Common Core Data available for Public Elementary through Secondary Schools. In Figure 1, the percent of all people aged 25 years or older, who have either graduated from high school or completed the Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some equivalent certification/credential. Greenwood township-Baxter County depicts it has a percent high school graduates or better of 73% which is the smallest as measured by percent high school graduates or better of all the other places in the local area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Briarcliff which depicts a high school graduates of 90% (24.1% larger).

Figure 4 shows the percentage of people 25 years of age or older who either have no schooling at all or dropped out of school before being able to complete high school. Additionally, these are people who also do not have a Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some other high school level type credential/student achievement. This analysis, along with the last two charts, provides another high level review and comparative data on the Greenwood township-Baxter County Arkansas educational level. Greenwood township-Baxter County shows it has a percent who dropped out of school of 27% which is the most of all places in the greater Greenwood township-Baxter County region.

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Greenwood township-Baxter County Arkansas. This chart provides the proportion of people aged 25 years of age or older and what was their level of educational attainment. The chart provides 5 broad categories including: No Education/No School, Some High School, High School or equivalent, Some college or Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree or higher. Greenwood township-Baxter County has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 27% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 73% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Greenwood township-Baxter County Arkansas region for broad educational attainment. This analysis uses provides five broad education attainment categories including: No Education/No School, Some High School, High School or equivalent, Some college or Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree or higher. Greenwood township-Baxter County has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 27.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 72.7% of the total and is ranked #1.

A more detailed frequency distribution of educational attainment is provided in Figure 10. In particular this illustration breaks out the highest levels of university educational opportunities beyond the four year college degree. Included in the breakout are the relative proportion of masters degrees, PhD/Doctorate/Doctorial holders, and professional degrees such as medicine, dentistry, lawyers, etc. Greenwood township-Baxter County has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than high school at 27.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 72.7% of the total and is ranked #1. The next exhibit (Figure 11) provides detailed cross tabulation analysis that provides education success data broken out or cross tabulated by age group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.Figure 12 is a cross tabulation analysis that shows large educational success categories and is broken out or cross tabulated by racial group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.The final cross tabulation analysis is provided in Figure 13 and shows education success broken out by gender. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.

Greenwood township-Baxter County Arkansas School Enrollment Charts

The next section of chart resources look at school enrollment by a variety of educational institutions and are categorized into a number of other groupings. Figure 14 provides the overall school enrollment by broad range of school age/level groupings. Greenwood township-Baxter County has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 53.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 46.6% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart in this series of resources shown in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in any educational institution for each place in the greater Greenwood township-Baxter County region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Greenwood township-Baxter County shows it has a total population enrolled in school of 99 which is the third most total enrolled of all other places in the greater Greenwood township-Baxter County region. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Calico Rock which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 340 (approximately 3.4 times bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Greenwood township-Baxter County is only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared to the state of Arkansas, total population enrolled in school of 737,199, Greenwood township-Baxter County is only about 0.0% the size.

The final chart in this series is Figure 22 and provides analysis data for the school year shown. The chart shows the proportion of kids/children that are enrolled in a pre-school public district versus those kids/children who are enrolled in a private pre-school oriented tuition institution (private salary/superintendent/etc.) Greenwood township-Baxter County Arkansas has the largest proportion of public preschool enrollment at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

Greenwood township-Baxter County Arkansas Area Schools Charts

Figure 23 lists all the schools in the area along with the school district, county location and other program information/credential such as if they are a public charter school or private charter school or magnet school. Some of the Area Schools are: Norfork High School, Arrie Goforth Elementary School, Calico Rock Elementary School, Calico Rock High School, and Mountain Home Kindergarten. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total child school enrollment for all grades (through 12th grade) at the school shown using NCES data (Common Core of Data, Public Elementary-Secondary School Universe Survey.) Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Mtn Home High Career Academics ranks the largest with a value of 1,211 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Hackler Intermediate School (924), Mountain View Elem. School (652), Nelson Wilks Herron Elementary (649), and Pinkston Middle School (628). The difference between the highest value (Mtn Home High Career Academics) and the next highest (Hackler Intermediate School) is that the enrolled students is about 31.1% larger.

Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers in the classroom. A good student to teacher ratio should be low because it indicates that there are less students for any one teacher to educate in a class and generally a better learning environment, better success and optimal teaching excellence. Teachers includes all educational staff such as special education teachers and any other educator. Note that distance learning (online learning/remote learning) is not included in these values. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Timbo High School ranks the largest with a value of 8.0 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Izard County Cons Middle Sch (8.5), Norfork High School (8.9), Izard Co. Cons. High School (9.2), and Calico Rock High School (9.5). The difference between the lowest value (Timbo High School) and the next lowest (Izard County Cons Middle Sch) is that the student to teacher ratio is only about 5.7% larger.

The next chart, Figure 26, shows the racial mix of students at each location in this district of the state of Arkansas department of education.