Poinsett 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. Poinsett County indicates it has 81% percent high school graduates or better which is the 6th ranked 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 Craighead County with a high school graduates of 89% is 10.5% 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. Poinsett County shows it has 10% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 4th smallest percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all the other counties in the area . The county with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Craighead County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 26% measures approximately 2.6 times bigger.

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. Poinsett County shows it has 19% percent who dropped out of school which is the 2nd most of all the counties in the area . The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Jackson County with a percent who dropped out of school of 21% is 8.9% larger.

The next chart (Figure 8) shows a detailed frequency distribution of the bachelors degrees earned by residents aged 25 years and older. Poinsett County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Biological, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at 12.3% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Poinsett County has the largest proportion of percent of people with High School (or GED) at 44.3% of the total and is ranked #1.

Poinsett County School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Poinsett County has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 29.1% 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.) Poinsett County shows it has 5,075 Total population enrolled in school which is the 5th ranked 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 Craighead County with a Total population enrolled in school of 29,888 measures substantially bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Poinsett County is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in contrast to the state of Arkansas, Total population enrolled in school of 737,199, Poinsett County compares as only about 0.7% the size.

Poinsett 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: Harrisburg Elementary School, Harrisburg Middle School, Harrisburg High School, Trumann High School, and Cedar Park Elementary 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 Valley View Elementary School ranks the largest with a value of 1,491 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Valley View High School (1,130), Nettleton High School (919), Cedar Park Elementary School (632), and Nettleton Junior High School (482). The difference between the highest value (Valley View Elementary School) and the next highest (Valley View High School) is that the enrolled students is about is 31.9% 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 Weiner High School ranks the largest with a value of 8.0 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Bay High School (10.1), Cross Cnty High A New Tech Sch (10.5), Harrisburg High School (11.4), and Harrisburg Middle School (12.4). The difference between the lowest value (Weiner High School) and the next lowest (Bay High School) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is 26.1% larger.