Sebastian 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. Sebastian County shows it has 83% percent high school graduates or better which is the 3d most of all other counties in the area . The county with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Crawford County with a high school graduates of 85% is only slightly 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. Sebastian County demonstrates it has 20% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the highest of all counties in the area .

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. Sebastian County shows it has 17% percent who dropped out of school which is the 5th ranked in percent who dropped out of school out of 10 total in the area . The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Scott County with a percent who dropped out of school of 21% is 25.6% larger.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. Sebastian County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 20% 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. Sebastian County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors degree at 49% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Doctorate degree at 3% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart (Figure 8) shows a detailed frequency distribution of the bachelors degrees earned by residents aged 25 years and older. Sebastian County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Engineering at 6.1% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Sebastian County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 19.7% of the total and is ranked #1.

Sebastian County School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Sebastian County has the largest proportion of percent of people in undergraduate Colleges at 21.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 15 shows a comparison of all students in public versus private schools. Sebastian County Arkansas has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in private schools at 12% of the total and is ranked #1.

Next comparison in Figure 16 shows Kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) students enrolled in public versus private schools. Sebastian County Arkansas has the largest proportion of percent of children enrolled in private K-8 grades at 12% 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.) Sebastian County shows it has 31,248 Total population enrolled in school which is the largest of all counties in the area . Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Sebastian County is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in contrast to the state of Arkansas, Total population enrolled in school of 737,199, Sebastian County is only about 4.2% the size.

In Figure 22, the proportion of children enrolled in public versus private preschools is shown. Sebastian County Arkansas has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a private preschool at 36% of the total and is ranked #1.

Sebastian 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: Westwood Elementary School, Greenwood Junior High School, East Pointe Elementary School, East Hills Middle School, and Greenwood High 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 Westwood Elementary School ranks the largest with a value of 843 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: L. A. Chaffin Jr. High School (839), Greenwood High School (811), East Pointe Elementary School (788), and Greenwood Junior High School (606). The difference between the highest value (Westwood Elementary School) and the next highest (L. A. Chaffin Jr. High School) is that the enrolled students is about measures about the same size.

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 Lavaca High School ranks the largest with a value of 9.1 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Mansfield Elementary School (11.6), Mansfield Middle School (11.8), Mansfield High School (11.9), and Lavaca Middle School (12.0). The difference between the lowest value (Lavaca High School) and the next lowest (Mansfield Elementary School) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is measures 26.7% larger.